From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Globbing for ignored branches? Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:00:16 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20140124090104.GA396@x4> <0C723FEB5B4E5642B25B451BA57E273075148284@S1P5DAG3C.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> <20140124170739.GC396@x4> <20140124170909.GD396@x4> <20140124182341.GB8202@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20140124183222.GE396@x4> <20140124185538.GA9836@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf , Jim Garrison , "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jan 24 21:00:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W6mvV-0002du-Eb for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:00:29 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751592AbaAXUAZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:00:25 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:39942 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751398AbaAXUAY (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:00:24 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F056504A; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:00:23 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=x9Q1rZJT3lRGstGhcEjaih3lwt0=; b=XNZUlO f9WsFRYhwG/RbiTWC6fyLZK5ERUob5Iy+wIo7TlYZ1ZX5kCbuJQYVfneP7vLKGFz BUIkxeOeRQlbWckpfyti8p1Kc9IN8tVCmH2zGj9ctMZI9noHbxg8oAuKU7BythE+ 4PN8qprAtAMDi5+qREzfRfOpeOLmtOp3AqXYc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=LfyLJ+uEWNM6dKajWxu0rkmiOB6VhQ+n H6pomcTUdtsfPbnL0G/Yo0eApT33T5t2e9zsTIhMjkX2/ESqbpxE0sexlbMCH5tK xLRoEvSbjsmtAqqx/dUl2CizTuY5pr3bb9Vethi6K7RGANlo+OTl0hA5u4eokec/ WKPrt1KWwvc= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 879C065049; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:00:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6631265047; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:00:21 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20140124185538.GA9836@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:55:38 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 286BE3AA-8532-11E3-B925-1B26802839F8-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jeff King writes: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 07:32:22PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > >> > However, you do have to specify each branch individually. You probably >> > want to say "all branches except X", and you cannot currently specify >> > a negative refspec like that. >> >> Yes, that was the question I wanted to ask (, sorry for not formulating >> it more clearly). >> Is this "negative refspec for branches" a feature that is planned for >> the future? > > It is something that has been talked about before, but I do not think > anybody is actively working on. It would probably not be too hard a > feature if you are interested in getting your feet wet in git > development. :) The end result might be not so hard in the mechanical sense, but designing the interface would be hard. I do not offhand think of a good way to do this.