Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] refs: add pseudorefs array and iteration functions

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 24, 2023, 00:08 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqjzrc7ugc.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20231023221143.72489-6-andy.koppe@gmail.com>

Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com> writes:

> Define const array 'pseudorefs' with the names of the pseudorefs that
> are documented in gitrevisions.1, and add functions for_each_pseudoref()
> and refs_for_each_pseudoref() for iterating over them.

Makes sense, and we can later (ab|re)use the same mechanism to extend "git for-each-ref" that currently only knows how to show things under "refs/" hierarchy.

> The functions process the pseudorefs in the same way as head_ref() and
> refs_head_ref() process HEAD, invoking an each_ref_fn callback on each
> pseudoref that exists.

Good.

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