From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:48:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] extend git-describe pattern matching
Message-ID: <xmqqpojqhk3i.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170112001721.2534-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>

Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> writes:

> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
>
> Teach git describe and git name-rev the ability to match multiple
> patterns inclusively. Additionally, teach these commands to also accept
> negative patterns to discard any refs which match.

You made quick responses to reviews with "will change", so I am not
queuing this round to my tree; please don't mistake that as my
indifference or opposition to the topic.  This sounds like a good
thing.

As to the semantics of mixing positives and negatives, I would
recommend this to follow how positive and negative pathspecs mix.
IIRC we chose to use the most simple and easy to explain option,
i.e. a thing must match at least one of the positives and must not
match any of the negatives to be considered a match.