[PATCH v7 07/11] ref-filter: add option to match literal pattern

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
 	filter.name_patterns = argv;
+	filter.match_as_path = 1;
 	filter_refs(&array, &filter, FILTER_REFS_ALL | FILTER_REFS_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
 	ref_array_sort(sorting, &array);
 

@@ -946,9 +946,32 @@ static int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit)
 
 /*
  * Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0.
+ * A pattern can be a literal prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
+ * matches a pattern "refs/heads/mas") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref
+ * matches "refs/heads/mas*", too).
+ */
+static int match_pattern(const char **patterns, const char *refname)
+{
+	/*
+	 * When no '--format' option is given we need to skip the prefix
+	 * for matching refs of tags and branches.
+	 */
+	(void)(skip_prefix(refname, "refs/tags/", &refname) ||
+	       skip_prefix(refname, "refs/heads/", &refname) ||
+	       skip_prefix(refname, "refs/remotes/", &refname));
+
+	for (; *patterns; patterns++) {
+		if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, 0, NULL))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0.
  * A pattern can be path prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
- * matches a pattern "refs/heads/") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref
- * matches "refs/heads/m*",too).
+ * matches a pattern "refs/heads/" but not "refs/heads/m") or a
+ * wildcard (e.g. the same ref matches "refs/heads/m*", too).
  */
 static int match_name_as_path(const char **pattern, const char *refname)
 {

@@ -969,6 +992,16 @@ static int match_name_as_path(const char **pattern, const char *refname)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0. */
+static int filter_pattern_match(struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
+{
+	if (!*filter->name_patterns)
+		return 1; /* No pattern always matches */
+	if (filter->match_as_path)
+		return match_name_as_path(filter->name_patterns, refname);
+	return match_pattern(filter->name_patterns, refname);
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a ref (sha1, refname), check if the ref belongs to the array
  * of sha1s. If the given ref is a tag, check if the given tag points

@@ -1037,7 +1070,7 @@ static int ref_filter_handler(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (*filter->name_patterns && !match_name_as_path(filter->name_patterns, refname))
+	if (!filter_pattern_match(filter, refname))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (filter->points_at.nr && !match_points_at(&filter->points_at, oid->hash, refname))

@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ struct ref_filter {
 	} merge;
 	struct commit *merge_commit;
 
-	unsigned int with_commit_tag_algo : 1;
+	unsigned int with_commit_tag_algo : 1,
+		match_as_path : 1;
 	unsigned int lines;
 };