1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 012c0d5213..7152e0a09f 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -376,7 +376,12 @@ int for_each_glob_ref_in(each_ref_fn fn, const char *pattern,
 			 const char *prefix, void *cb_data);
 
 int head_ref_namespaced(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
-int for_each_namespaced_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+/*
+ * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
+ * result set on a best-effort basis.
+ */
+int for_each_namespaced_ref(const char **exclude_patterns,
+			    each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /* can be used to learn about broken ref and symref */
 int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);