diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index be763c4..0d7d80f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ refname::
slash-separated path components from the front of the refname
(e.g., `%(refname:strip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo`.
`<N>` must be a positive integer. If a displayed ref has fewer
- components than `<N>`, the command aborts with an error.
+ components than `<N>`, the command aborts with an error. For the base
+ directory of the ref (i.e. foo in refs/foo/bar/boz) append
+ `:base`. For the entire directory path append `:dir`.
objecttype::
The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index dc1e404..73e0a7f 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static struct used_atom {
} objectname;
enum { S_FULL, S_SHORT } symref;
struct {
- enum { R_NORMAL, R_SHORT, R_STRIP } option;
+ enum { R_BASE, R_DIR, R_NORMAL, R_SHORT, R_STRIP } option;
unsigned int strip;
} refname;
} u;@@ -243,7 +243,11 @@ static void refname_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
if (strtoul_ui(arg, 10, &atom->u.refname.strip) ||
atom->u.refname.strip <= 0)
die(_("positive value expected refname:strip=%s"), arg);
- } else
+ } else if (!strcmp(arg, "dir"))
+ atom->u.contents.option = R_DIR;
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "base"))
+ atom->u.contents.option = R_BASE;
+ else
die(_("unrecognized %%(refname) argument: %s"), arg);
}
@@ -1175,7 +1179,25 @@ static const char *get_refname(struct used_atom *atom, struct ref_array_item *re
return shorten_unambiguous_ref(ref->refname, warn_ambiguous_refs);
else if (atom->u.refname.option == R_STRIP)
return strip_ref_components(ref->refname, atom->u.refname.strip);
- else
+ else if (atom->u.refname.option == R_BASE) {
+ const char *sp, *ep;
+
+ if (skip_prefix(ref->refname, "refs/", &sp)) {
+ ep = strchr(sp, '/');
+ if (!ep)
+ return "";
+ return xstrndup(sp, ep - sp);
+ }
+ return "";
+ } else if (atom->u.refname.option == R_DIR) {
+ const char *sp, *ep;
+
+ sp = ref->refname;
+ ep = strrchr(sp, '/');
+ if (!ep)
+ return "";
+ return xstrndup(sp, ep - sp);
+ } else
return ref->refname;
}
diff --git a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
index b06ea1c..36d32d7 100755
--- a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ test_atom head refname refs/heads/master
test_atom head refname:short master
test_atom head refname:strip=1 heads/master
test_atom head refname:strip=2 master
+test_atom head refname:dir refs/heads
+test_atom head refname:base heads
test_atom head upstream refs/remotes/origin/master
test_atom head upstream:short origin/master
test_atom head push refs/remotes/myfork/master
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