On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 01:21:52PM +0530, Meet Soni wrote: > diff --git a/refspec.h b/refspec.h > index 69d693c87d..9556d08bd5 100644 > --- a/refspec.h > +++ b/refspec.h > @@ -71,4 +71,12 @@ struct strvec; > void refspec_ref_prefixes(const struct refspec *rs, > struct strvec *ref_prefixes); > > +/* > + * Check whether a name matches any negative refspec in rs. Returns 1 if the > + * name matches at least one negative refspec, and 0 otherwise. > + */ > +int omit_name_by_refspec(const char *name, struct refspec *rs); > +int match_name_with_pattern(const char *key, const char *name, > + const char *value, char **result); Reading the signature of `match_name_with_pattern()` I wouldn't have any clue how to use it. Could we maybe add some documentation to it now that we expose it? > #endif /* REFSPEC_H */ > diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c > index 0f6fba8562..40c2418065 100644 > --- a/remote.c > +++ b/remote.c > @@ -907,54 +907,6 @@ void ref_push_report_free(struct ref_push_report *report) > } > } > > -static int match_name_with_pattern(const char *key, const char *name, > - const char *value, char **result) > -{ It's a bit unfortunate that we have to convert this static function to a non-static one, but I guess it makes sense in the bigger picture of what this series wants to achieve. Patrick