name-rev: add support to exclude refs by pattern match

Extend git-name-rev to support excluding refs which match shell patterns
using --exclude. These patterns can be used to limit the scope of refs
by excluding any ref that matches one of the --exclude patterns. A ref
will only be used for naming when it matches at least one --refs pattern
but does not match any of the --exclude patterns. Thus, --exclude
patterns are given precedence over --refs patterns.

For example, suppose you wish to name a series of commits based on an
official release tag of the form "v*" but excluding any pre-release tags
which match "*rc*". You can use the following to do so:

  git name-rev --refs="v*" --exclude="*rc*" --all

Add tests and update Documentation for this change.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh b/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
index d9827a638..295974519 100755
--- a/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ test_expect_success 'name-rev --refs excludes non-matched patterns' '
 	test_cmp actual.named expect
 '
 
+cat >expect <<EOF
+<tags/F
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --exclude excludes matched patterns' '
+	git rev-list --left-right --right-only --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >>expect &&
+	git rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >actual &&
+	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs="*tags/*" --exclude="*E" \
+		<actual >actual.named &&
+	test_cmp actual.named expect
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'name-rev --no-refs clears the refs list' '
 	git rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >expect &&
 	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs="*tags/F" --refs="*tags/E" --no-refs --refs="*tags/G" \