ref-filter: export ref_kind_from_refname()
When filtering refs, `ref_kind_from_refname()` is used to determine the ref type. In a subsequent commit, this same logic is reused when counting refs by type. Export the function to prepare for this change. Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Justin Tobler committed
Oct 21, 2025 at 13:25 UTC
6d1997f6cbc10ac03bc450630de4410762f77b6f
2 files changed
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-1
ref-filter.c
+1
-1
index 2cb5a166d6..30cc488d8a 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ struct ref_array_item *ref_array_push(struct ref_array *array,
return ref;
}
-static int ref_kind_from_refname(const char *refname)
+int ref_kind_from_refname(const char *refname)
{
unsigned int i;
ref-filter.h
+2
index f22ca94b49..4ed1edf09a 100644
--- a/ref-filter.h
+++ b/ref-filter.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ struct ref_format {
OPT_STRVEC(0, "exclude", &(var)->exclude, \
N_("pattern"), N_("exclude refs which match pattern"))
+/* Get the reference kind from the provided reference name. */
+int ref_kind_from_refname(const char *refname);
/*
* API for filtering a set of refs. Based on the type of refs the user
* has requested, we iterate through those refs and apply filters