pack-refs: teach --exclude option to exclude refs from being packed

At GitLab, we have a system that creates ephemeral internal refs that
don't live long before getting deleted. Having an option to exclude
certain refs from a packed-refs file allows these internal references to
be deleted much more efficiently.

Add an --exclude option to the pack-refs builtin, and use the ref
exclusions API to exclude certain refs from being packed into the final
packed-refs file

Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
John Cai
2023-05-12 21:34:41 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 283174b214
commit 826ae79fca
11 changed files with 69 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct rev_cmdline_info {
struct ref_exclusions {
/*
* Excluded refs is a list of wildmatch patterns. If any of the
* patterns matches, the reference will be excluded.
* patterns match, the reference will be excluded.
*/
struct string_list excluded_refs;