refs: plumb `exclude_patterns` argument throughout

The subsequent patch will want to access an optional `excluded_patterns`
array within `refs/packed-backend.c` that will cull out certain
references matching any of the given patterns on a best-effort basis.

To do so, the refs subsystem needs to be updated to pass this value
across a number of different locations.

Prepare for a future patch by introducing this plumbing now, passing
NULLs at top-level APIs in order to make that patch less noisy and more
easily readable.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.co>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 123cfa4424..d672d636cf 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 int for_each_ref_in(const char *prefix, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
 int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
+			     const char **exclude_patterns,
 			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 int for_each_fullref_in(const char *prefix, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
@@ -345,10 +346,15 @@ int for_each_fullref_in(const char *prefix, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
  * iterate all refs in "patterns" by partitioning patterns into disjoint sets
  * and iterating the longest-common prefix of each set.
  *
+ * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
+ * result set on a best-effort basis.
+ *
  * callers should be prepared to ignore references that they did not ask for.
  */
 int refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
-				      const char *namespace, const char **patterns,
+				      const char *namespace,
+				      const char **patterns,
+				      const char **exclude_patterns,
 				      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /**