Re: [GSoC][RFC PATCH v4 3/5] builtin/refs: add list subcommand

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 1, 2025, 17:14 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwm7nklqf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <c4d9b25a-2a62-41bf-90e6-455c62b03aa3@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> It is confusing that refs/heads does a prefix match but refs/heads/m
> does not (unless there is a hierarchy boundary after the m).

And refs/hea would not show branches, for the same reason. It is what "anchored at hierarchy boundary" in the message you are responding to means. In other words, it is not a simple textual prefix match.

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