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Re: [PATCH 0/3] revision: refactor ref_excludes to ref_visibility

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 21, 2023, 20:56 UTC
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"John Cai via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> The ref_excludes API is used to tell which refs should be excluded. However,
> there are times when we would want to add refs to explicitly include as
> well. 4fe42f326e (pack-refs: teach pack-refs --include option, 2023-05-12)
> taught pack-refs how to include certain refs, but did it in a more manual
> way by keeping the ref patterns in a separate string list. Instead, we can
> easily extend the ref_excludes API to include refs as well, since this use
> case fits into the API nicely.

Hmph, how would this interact with the other topic in flight that touch the ref exclusion logic tb/refs-exclusion-and-packed-refs?

Thanks.
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Message 6 of 13 in “revision: refactor ref_excludes to ref_visibility”
  1. 0/3 revision: refactor ref_excludes to ref_visibilityJohn Cai via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2023
  2. 2/3 revision: add ref_visible() helperJohn Cai via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2023
  3. 1/3 revision: rename ref_excludes to ref_visibilityJohn Cai via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2023
  4. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  5. 3/3 pack-refs: use new ref_visible() helperJohn Cai via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2023
  7. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  8. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  9. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  10. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  11. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  12. John CaiJun 23, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2023

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