From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:56:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 04/11] ref-filter: add 'ifexists' atom
Message-ID: <xmqqtwsm94j1.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy4hy973q.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

>> Couldn't think of a better replacer, any suggestions would be welcome :)
>
> See below.
> ...
> One way to do all of the above is ...

Note that is just "one way", not the only or not necessarily the
best.  It certainly is not the easiest, I think.

    %(if:atom)...%(endif)

might be easier to implement.