On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > /* > * This is the same as for_each_fullref_in(), but it tries to iterate > * only over the patterns we'll care about. Note that it _doesn't_ do a full > @@ -2692,10 +2710,13 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter, > each_ref_fn cb, > void *cb_data) > { > + struct ref_iterator *iter; > + int flags = 0, ret = 0; > + > if (filter->kind & FILTER_REFS_ROOT_REFS) { > /* In this case, we want to print all refs including root refs. */ > - return refs_for_each_include_root_refs(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), > - cb, cb_data); > + flags |= DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS; > + goto non_prefix_iter; > } > > if (!filter->match_as_path) { > @@ -2704,8 +2725,7 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter, > * prefixes like "refs/heads/" etc. are stripped off, > * so we have to look at everything: > */ > - return refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), > - "", NULL, cb, cb_data); > + goto non_prefix_iter; > } > > if (filter->ignore_case) { > @@ -2714,20 +2734,29 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter, > * so just return everything and let the caller > * sort it out. > */ > - return refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), > - "", NULL, cb, cb_data); > + goto non_prefix_iter; > } > > if (!filter->name_patterns[0]) { > /* no patterns; we have to look at everything */ > - return refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), > - "", filter->exclude.v, cb, cb_data); > + goto non_prefix_iter; > } > > return refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), > NULL, filter->name_patterns, > filter->exclude.v, > cb, cb_data); > + > +non_prefix_iter: > + iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "", > + NULL, 0, flags); > + if (filter->start_after) > + ret = start_ref_iterator_after(iter, filter->start_after); > + > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + > + return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, cb, cb_data); > } Nit: I wonder if what is under the 'non_prefix_iter' label could be in a new function and instead of `goto non_prefix_iter` we could return the result of the new function. > /* > @@ -3197,9 +3226,11 @@ static int do_filter_refs(struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int type, each_ref > init_contains_cache(&filter->internal.no_contains_cache); > > /* Simple per-ref filtering */ > - if (!filter->kind) > + if (!filter->kind) { > die("filter_refs: invalid type"); > - else { > + } else { Nit: the `else` could be removed altogether here, but maybe that should be done in a preparatory patch. > + const char *prefix = NULL; > + [...] > +test_expect_success 'start after with specific directory and trailing slash' ' > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + refs/odd/spot > + refs/tags/annotated-tag > + refs/tags/doubly-annotated-tag > + refs/tags/doubly-signed-tag > + refs/tags/foo1.10 > + refs/tags/foo1.3 > + refs/tags/foo1.6 > + refs/tags/four > + refs/tags/one > + refs/tags/signed-tag > + refs/tags/three > + refs/tags/two > + EOF > + git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" --start-after=refs/lost >actual && I don't see a trailing slash. > + test_cmp expect actual > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'start after, just behind a specific directory' ' > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + refs/odd/spot > + refs/tags/annotated-tag > + refs/tags/doubly-annotated-tag > + refs/tags/doubly-signed-tag > + refs/tags/foo1.10 > + refs/tags/foo1.3 > + refs/tags/foo1.6 > + refs/tags/four > + refs/tags/one > + refs/tags/signed-tag > + refs/tags/three > + refs/tags/two > + EOF > + git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" --start-after=refs/odd/ >actual && Here there is a trailing slash though. > + test_cmp expect actual > +'