Merge branch 'jk/grep-no-index-fix'
[gitweb.git] / ref-filter.c
index 3820b21cc75f5e7fd4b1b1851be0aaa9e3268d7d..1ec0fb8391ba6be716e76c688a0f9e2f0208adc2 100644 (file)
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "trailer.h"
+#include "wt-status.h"
+
+static struct ref_msg {
+       const char *gone;
+       const char *ahead;
+       const char *behind;
+       const char *ahead_behind;
+} msgs = {
+        /* Untranslated plumbing messages: */
+       "gone",
+       "ahead %d",
+       "behind %d",
+       "ahead %d, behind %d"
+};
+
+void setup_ref_filter_porcelain_msg(void)
+{
+       msgs.gone = _("gone");
+       msgs.ahead = _("ahead %d");
+       msgs.behind = _("behind %d");
+       msgs.ahead_behind = _("ahead %d, behind %d");
+}
 
 typedef enum { FIELD_STR, FIELD_ULONG, FIELD_TIME } cmp_type;
+typedef enum { COMPARE_EQUAL, COMPARE_UNEQUAL, COMPARE_NONE } cmp_status;
 
 struct align {
        align_type position;
        unsigned int width;
 };
 
+struct if_then_else {
+       cmp_status cmp_status;
+       const char *str;
+       unsigned int then_atom_seen : 1,
+               else_atom_seen : 1,
+               condition_satisfied : 1;
+};
+
+struct refname_atom {
+       enum { R_NORMAL, R_SHORT, R_LSTRIP, R_RSTRIP } option;
+       int lstrip, rstrip;
+};
+
 /*
  * An atom is a valid field atom listed below, possibly prefixed with
  * a "*" to denote deref_tag().
@@ -38,13 +74,24 @@ static struct used_atom {
        union {
                char color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
                struct align align;
-               enum { RR_NORMAL, RR_SHORTEN, RR_TRACK, RR_TRACKSHORT }
-                       remote_ref;
+               struct {
+                       enum { RR_REF, RR_TRACK, RR_TRACKSHORT } option;
+                       struct refname_atom refname;
+                       unsigned int nobracket : 1;
+               } remote_ref;
                struct {
                        enum { C_BARE, C_BODY, C_BODY_DEP, C_LINES, C_SIG, C_SUB, C_TRAILERS } option;
                        unsigned int nlines;
                } contents;
-               enum { O_FULL, O_SHORT } objectname;
+               struct {
+                       cmp_status cmp_status;
+                       const char *str;
+               } if_then_else;
+               struct {
+                       enum { O_FULL, O_LENGTH, O_SHORT } option;
+                       unsigned int length;
+               } objectname;
+               struct refname_atom refname;
        } u;
 } *used_atom;
 static int used_atom_cnt, need_tagged, need_symref;
@@ -58,18 +105,58 @@ static void color_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *color_value)
                die(_("unrecognized color: %%(color:%s)"), color_value);
 }
 
-static void remote_ref_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void refname_atom_parser_internal(struct refname_atom *atom,
+                                        const char *arg, const char *name)
 {
        if (!arg)
-               atom->u.remote_ref = RR_NORMAL;
+               atom->option = R_NORMAL;
        else if (!strcmp(arg, "short"))
-               atom->u.remote_ref = RR_SHORTEN;
-       else if (!strcmp(arg, "track"))
-               atom->u.remote_ref = RR_TRACK;
-       else if (!strcmp(arg, "trackshort"))
-               atom->u.remote_ref = RR_TRACKSHORT;
-       else
-               die(_("unrecognized format: %%(%s)"), atom->name);
+               atom->option = R_SHORT;
+       else if (skip_prefix(arg, "lstrip=", &arg) ||
+                skip_prefix(arg, "strip=", &arg)) {
+               atom->option = R_LSTRIP;
+               if (strtol_i(arg, 10, &atom->lstrip))
+                       die(_("Integer value expected refname:lstrip=%s"), arg);
+       } else if (skip_prefix(arg, "rstrip=", &arg)) {
+               atom->option = R_RSTRIP;
+               if (strtol_i(arg, 10, &atom->rstrip))
+                       die(_("Integer value expected refname:rstrip=%s"), arg);
+       } else
+               die(_("unrecognized %%(%s) argument: %s"), name, arg);
+}
+
+static void remote_ref_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+{
+       struct string_list params = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+       int i;
+
+       if (!arg) {
+               atom->u.remote_ref.option = RR_REF;
+               refname_atom_parser_internal(&atom->u.remote_ref.refname,
+                                            arg, atom->name);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       atom->u.remote_ref.nobracket = 0;
+       string_list_split(&params, arg, ',', -1);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < params.nr; i++) {
+               const char *s = params.items[i].string;
+
+               if (!strcmp(s, "track"))
+                       atom->u.remote_ref.option = RR_TRACK;
+               else if (!strcmp(s, "trackshort"))
+                       atom->u.remote_ref.option = RR_TRACKSHORT;
+               else if (!strcmp(s, "nobracket"))
+                       atom->u.remote_ref.nobracket = 1;
+               else {
+                       atom->u.remote_ref.option = RR_REF;
+                       refname_atom_parser_internal(&atom->u.remote_ref.refname,
+                                                    arg, atom->name);
+               }
+       }
+
+       string_list_clear(&params, 0);
 }
 
 static void body_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
@@ -116,13 +203,25 @@ static void contents_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 static void objectname_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 {
        if (!arg)
-               atom->u.objectname = O_FULL;
+               atom->u.objectname.option = O_FULL;
        else if (!strcmp(arg, "short"))
-               atom->u.objectname = O_SHORT;
-       else
+               atom->u.objectname.option = O_SHORT;
+       else if (skip_prefix(arg, "short=", &arg)) {
+               atom->u.objectname.option = O_LENGTH;
+               if (strtoul_ui(arg, 10, &atom->u.objectname.length) ||
+                   atom->u.objectname.length == 0)
+                       die(_("positive value expected objectname:short=%s"), arg);
+               if (atom->u.objectname.length < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
+                       atom->u.objectname.length = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
+       } else
                die(_("unrecognized %%(objectname) argument: %s"), arg);
 }
 
+static void refname_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+{
+       return refname_atom_parser_internal(&atom->u.refname, arg, atom->name);
+}
+
 static align_type parse_align_position(const char *s)
 {
        if (!strcmp(s, "right"))
@@ -173,12 +272,27 @@ static void align_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
        string_list_clear(&params, 0);
 }
 
+static void if_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+{
+       if (!arg) {
+               atom->u.if_then_else.cmp_status = COMPARE_NONE;
+               return;
+       } else if (skip_prefix(arg, "equals=", &atom->u.if_then_else.str)) {
+               atom->u.if_then_else.cmp_status = COMPARE_EQUAL;
+       } else if (skip_prefix(arg, "notequals=", &atom->u.if_then_else.str)) {
+               atom->u.if_then_else.cmp_status = COMPARE_UNEQUAL;
+       } else {
+               die(_("unrecognized %%(if) argument: %s"), arg);
+       }
+}
+
+
 static struct {
        const char *name;
        cmp_type cmp_type;
        void (*parser)(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg);
 } valid_atom[] = {
-       { "refname" },
+       { "refname" , FIELD_STR, refname_atom_parser },
        { "objecttype" },
        { "objectsize", FIELD_ULONG },
        { "objectname", FIELD_STR, objectname_atom_parser },
@@ -208,12 +322,15 @@ static struct {
        { "contents", FIELD_STR, contents_atom_parser },
        { "upstream", FIELD_STR, remote_ref_atom_parser },
        { "push", FIELD_STR, remote_ref_atom_parser },
-       { "symref" },
+       { "symref", FIELD_STR, refname_atom_parser },
        { "flag" },
        { "HEAD" },
        { "color", FIELD_STR, color_atom_parser },
        { "align", FIELD_STR, align_atom_parser },
        { "end" },
+       { "if", FIELD_STR, if_atom_parser },
+       { "then" },
+       { "else" },
 };
 
 #define REF_FORMATTING_STATE_INIT  { 0, NULL }
@@ -221,7 +338,7 @@ static struct {
 struct ref_formatting_stack {
        struct ref_formatting_stack *prev;
        struct strbuf output;
-       void (*at_end)(struct ref_formatting_stack *stack);
+       void (*at_end)(struct ref_formatting_stack **stack);
        void *at_end_data;
 };
 
@@ -232,11 +349,9 @@ struct ref_formatting_state {
 
 struct atom_value {
        const char *s;
-       union {
-               struct align align;
-       } u;
        void (*handler)(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_state *state);
        unsigned long ul; /* used for sorting when not FIELD_STR */
+       struct used_atom *atom;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -293,7 +408,7 @@ int parse_ref_filter_atom(const char *atom, const char *ep)
                valid_atom[i].parser(&used_atom[at], arg);
        if (*atom == '*')
                need_tagged = 1;
-       if (!strcmp(used_atom[at].name, "symref"))
+       if (!strcmp(valid_atom[i].name, "symref"))
                need_symref = 1;
        return at;
 }
@@ -354,13 +469,14 @@ static void pop_stack_element(struct ref_formatting_stack **stack)
        *stack = prev;
 }
 
-static void end_align_handler(struct ref_formatting_stack *stack)
+static void end_align_handler(struct ref_formatting_stack **stack)
 {
-       struct align *align = (struct align *)stack->at_end_data;
+       struct ref_formatting_stack *cur = *stack;
+       struct align *align = (struct align *)cur->at_end_data;
        struct strbuf s = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-       strbuf_utf8_align(&s, align->position, align->width, stack->output.buf);
-       strbuf_swap(&stack->output, &s);
+       strbuf_utf8_align(&s, align->position, align->width, cur->output.buf);
+       strbuf_swap(&cur->output, &s);
        strbuf_release(&s);
 }
 
@@ -371,7 +487,115 @@ static void align_atom_handler(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_s
        push_stack_element(&state->stack);
        new = state->stack;
        new->at_end = end_align_handler;
-       new->at_end_data = &atomv->u.align;
+       new->at_end_data = &atomv->atom->u.align;
+}
+
+static void if_then_else_handler(struct ref_formatting_stack **stack)
+{
+       struct ref_formatting_stack *cur = *stack;
+       struct ref_formatting_stack *prev = cur->prev;
+       struct if_then_else *if_then_else = (struct if_then_else *)cur->at_end_data;
+
+       if (!if_then_else->then_atom_seen)
+               die(_("format: %%(if) atom used without a %%(then) atom"));
+
+       if (if_then_else->else_atom_seen) {
+               /*
+                * There is an %(else) atom: we need to drop one state from the
+                * stack, either the %(else) branch if the condition is satisfied, or
+                * the %(then) branch if it isn't.
+                */
+               if (if_then_else->condition_satisfied) {
+                       strbuf_reset(&cur->output);
+                       pop_stack_element(&cur);
+               } else {
+                       strbuf_swap(&cur->output, &prev->output);
+                       strbuf_reset(&cur->output);
+                       pop_stack_element(&cur);
+               }
+       } else if (!if_then_else->condition_satisfied) {
+               /*
+                * No %(else) atom: just drop the %(then) branch if the
+                * condition is not satisfied.
+                */
+               strbuf_reset(&cur->output);
+       }
+
+       *stack = cur;
+       free(if_then_else);
+}
+
+static void if_atom_handler(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_state *state)
+{
+       struct ref_formatting_stack *new;
+       struct if_then_else *if_then_else = xcalloc(sizeof(struct if_then_else), 1);
+
+       if_then_else->str = atomv->atom->u.if_then_else.str;
+       if_then_else->cmp_status = atomv->atom->u.if_then_else.cmp_status;
+
+       push_stack_element(&state->stack);
+       new = state->stack;
+       new->at_end = if_then_else_handler;
+       new->at_end_data = if_then_else;
+}
+
+static int is_empty(const char *s)
+{
+       while (*s != '\0') {
+               if (!isspace(*s))
+                       return 0;
+               s++;
+       }
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static void then_atom_handler(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_state *state)
+{
+       struct ref_formatting_stack *cur = state->stack;
+       struct if_then_else *if_then_else = NULL;
+
+       if (cur->at_end == if_then_else_handler)
+               if_then_else = (struct if_then_else *)cur->at_end_data;
+       if (!if_then_else)
+               die(_("format: %%(then) atom used without an %%(if) atom"));
+       if (if_then_else->then_atom_seen)
+               die(_("format: %%(then) atom used more than once"));
+       if (if_then_else->else_atom_seen)
+               die(_("format: %%(then) atom used after %%(else)"));
+       if_then_else->then_atom_seen = 1;
+       /*
+        * If the 'equals' or 'notequals' attribute is used then
+        * perform the required comparison. If not, only non-empty
+        * strings satisfy the 'if' condition.
+        */
+       if (if_then_else->cmp_status == COMPARE_EQUAL) {
+               if (!strcmp(if_then_else->str, cur->output.buf))
+                       if_then_else->condition_satisfied = 1;
+       } else if (if_then_else->cmp_status == COMPARE_UNEQUAL) {
+               if (strcmp(if_then_else->str, cur->output.buf))
+                       if_then_else->condition_satisfied = 1;
+       } else if (cur->output.len && !is_empty(cur->output.buf))
+               if_then_else->condition_satisfied = 1;
+       strbuf_reset(&cur->output);
+}
+
+static void else_atom_handler(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_state *state)
+{
+       struct ref_formatting_stack *prev = state->stack;
+       struct if_then_else *if_then_else = NULL;
+
+       if (prev->at_end == if_then_else_handler)
+               if_then_else = (struct if_then_else *)prev->at_end_data;
+       if (!if_then_else)
+               die(_("format: %%(else) atom used without an %%(if) atom"));
+       if (!if_then_else->then_atom_seen)
+               die(_("format: %%(else) atom used without a %%(then) atom"));
+       if (if_then_else->else_atom_seen)
+               die(_("format: %%(else) atom used more than once"));
+       if_then_else->else_atom_seen = 1;
+       push_stack_element(&state->stack);
+       state->stack->at_end_data = prev->at_end_data;
+       state->stack->at_end = prev->at_end;
 }
 
 static void end_atom_handler(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_state *state)
@@ -381,14 +605,17 @@ static void end_atom_handler(struct atom_value *atomv, struct ref_formatting_sta
 
        if (!current->at_end)
                die(_("format: %%(end) atom used without corresponding atom"));
-       current->at_end(current);
+       current->at_end(&state->stack);
+
+       /*  Stack may have been popped within at_end(), hence reset the current pointer */
+       current = state->stack;
 
        /*
         * Perform quote formatting when the stack element is that of
         * a supporting atom. If nested then perform quote formatting
         * only on the topmost supporting atom.
         */
-       if (!state->stack->prev->prev) {
+       if (!current->prev->prev) {
                quote_formatting(&s, current->output.buf, state->quote_style);
                strbuf_swap(&current->output, &s);
        }
@@ -465,12 +692,15 @@ static int grab_objectname(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1,
                           struct atom_value *v, struct used_atom *atom)
 {
        if (starts_with(name, "objectname")) {
-               if (atom->u.objectname == O_SHORT) {
+               if (atom->u.objectname.option == O_SHORT) {
                        v->s = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
                        return 1;
-               } else if (atom->u.objectname == O_FULL) {
+               } else if (atom->u.objectname.option == O_FULL) {
                        v->s = xstrdup(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
                        return 1;
+               } else if (atom->u.objectname.option == O_LENGTH) {
+                       v->s = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(sha1, atom->u.objectname.length));
+                       return 1;
                } else
                        die("BUG: unknown %%(objectname) option");
        }
@@ -887,50 +1117,108 @@ static inline char *copy_advance(char *dst, const char *src)
        return dst;
 }
 
-static const char *strip_ref_components(const char *refname, const char *nr_arg)
+static const char *lstrip_ref_components(const char *refname, int len)
 {
-       char *end;
-       long nr = strtol(nr_arg, &end, 10);
-       long remaining = nr;
+       long remaining = len;
        const char *start = refname;
 
-       if (nr < 1 || *end != '\0')
-               die(_(":strip= requires a positive integer argument"));
+       if (len < 0) {
+               int i;
+               const char *p = refname;
+
+               /* Find total no of '/' separated path-components */
+               for (i = 0; p[i]; p[i] == '/' ? i++ : *p++)
+                       ;
+               /*
+                * The number of components we need to strip is now
+                * the total minus the components to be left (Plus one
+                * because we count the number of '/', but the number
+                * of components is one more than the no of '/').
+                */
+               remaining = i + len + 1;
+       }
 
-       while (remaining) {
+       while (remaining > 0) {
                switch (*start++) {
                case '\0':
-                       die(_("ref '%s' does not have %ld components to :strip"),
-                           refname, nr);
+                       return "";
                case '/':
                        remaining--;
                        break;
                }
        }
+
        return start;
 }
 
+static const char *rstrip_ref_components(const char *refname, int len)
+{
+       long remaining = len;
+       char *start = xstrdup(refname);
+
+       if (len < 0) {
+               int i;
+               const char *p = refname;
+
+               /* Find total no of '/' separated path-components */
+               for (i = 0; p[i]; p[i] == '/' ? i++ : *p++)
+                       ;
+               /*
+                * The number of components we need to strip is now
+                * the total minus the components to be left (Plus one
+                * because we count the number of '/', but the number
+                * of components is one more than the no of '/').
+                */
+               remaining = i + len + 1;
+       }
+
+       while (remaining-- > 0) {
+               char *p = strrchr(start, '/');
+               if (p == NULL)
+                       return "";
+               else
+                       p[0] = '\0';
+       }
+       return start;
+}
+
+static const char *show_ref(struct refname_atom *atom, const char *refname)
+{
+       if (atom->option == R_SHORT)
+               return shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, warn_ambiguous_refs);
+       else if (atom->option == R_LSTRIP)
+               return lstrip_ref_components(refname, atom->lstrip);
+       else if (atom->option == R_RSTRIP)
+               return rstrip_ref_components(refname, atom->rstrip);
+       else
+               return refname;
+}
+
 static void fill_remote_ref_details(struct used_atom *atom, const char *refname,
                                    struct branch *branch, const char **s)
 {
        int num_ours, num_theirs;
-       if (atom->u.remote_ref == RR_SHORTEN)
-               *s = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, warn_ambiguous_refs);
-       else if (atom->u.remote_ref == RR_TRACK) {
+       if (atom->u.remote_ref.option == RR_REF)
+               *s = show_ref(&atom->u.remote_ref.refname, refname);
+       else if (atom->u.remote_ref.option == RR_TRACK) {
                if (stat_tracking_info(branch, &num_ours,
-                                      &num_theirs, NULL))
-                       return;
-
-               if (!num_ours && !num_theirs)
+                                      &num_theirs, NULL)) {
+                       *s = xstrdup(msgs.gone);
+               } else if (!num_ours && !num_theirs)
                        *s = "";
                else if (!num_ours)
-                       *s = xstrfmt("[behind %d]", num_theirs);
+                       *s = xstrfmt(msgs.behind, num_theirs);
                else if (!num_theirs)
-                       *s = xstrfmt("[ahead %d]", num_ours);
+                       *s = xstrfmt(msgs.ahead, num_ours);
                else
-                       *s = xstrfmt("[ahead %d, behind %d]",
+                       *s = xstrfmt(msgs.ahead_behind,
                                     num_ours, num_theirs);
-       } else if (atom->u.remote_ref == RR_TRACKSHORT) {
+               if (!atom->u.remote_ref.nobracket && *s[0]) {
+                       const char *to_free = *s;
+                       *s = xstrfmt("[%s]", *s);
+                       free((void *)to_free);
+               }
+       } else if (atom->u.remote_ref.option == RR_TRACKSHORT) {
                if (stat_tracking_info(branch, &num_ours,
                                       &num_theirs, NULL))
                        return;
@@ -943,8 +1231,56 @@ static void fill_remote_ref_details(struct used_atom *atom, const char *refname,
                        *s = ">";
                else
                        *s = "<>";
-       } else /* RR_NORMAL */
-               *s = refname;
+       } else
+               die("BUG: unhandled RR_* enum");
+}
+
+char *get_head_description(void)
+{
+       struct strbuf desc = STRBUF_INIT;
+       struct wt_status_state state;
+       memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
+       wt_status_get_state(&state, 1);
+       if (state.rebase_in_progress ||
+           state.rebase_interactive_in_progress)
+               strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, rebasing %s)"),
+                           state.branch);
+       else if (state.bisect_in_progress)
+               strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, bisect started on %s)"),
+                           state.branch);
+       else if (state.detached_from) {
+               if (state.detached_at)
+                       /* TRANSLATORS: make sure this matches
+                          "HEAD detached at " in wt-status.c */
+                       strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached at %s)"),
+                               state.detached_from);
+               else
+                       /* TRANSLATORS: make sure this matches
+                          "HEAD detached from " in wt-status.c */
+                       strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached from %s)"),
+                               state.detached_from);
+       }
+       else
+               strbuf_addstr(&desc, _("(no branch)"));
+       free(state.branch);
+       free(state.onto);
+       free(state.detached_from);
+       return strbuf_detach(&desc, NULL);
+}
+
+static const char *get_symref(struct used_atom *atom, struct ref_array_item *ref)
+{
+       if (!ref->symref)
+               return "";
+       else
+               return show_ref(&atom->u.refname, ref->symref);
+}
+
+static const char *get_refname(struct used_atom *atom, struct ref_array_item *ref)
+{
+       if (ref->kind & FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD)
+               return get_head_description();
+       return show_ref(&atom->u.refname, ref->refname);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -975,10 +1311,10 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
                struct atom_value *v = &ref->value[i];
                int deref = 0;
                const char *refname;
-               const char *formatp;
                struct branch *branch = NULL;
 
                v->handler = append_atom;
+               v->atom = atom;
 
                if (*name == '*') {
                        deref = 1;
@@ -986,9 +1322,9 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
                }
 
                if (starts_with(name, "refname"))
-                       refname = ref->refname;
+                       refname = get_refname(atom, ref);
                else if (starts_with(name, "symref"))
-                       refname = ref->symref ? ref->symref : "";
+                       refname = get_symref(atom, ref);
                else if (starts_with(name, "upstream")) {
                        const char *branch_name;
                        /* only local branches may have an upstream */
@@ -1043,30 +1379,27 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
                                v->s = " ";
                        continue;
                } else if (starts_with(name, "align")) {
-                       v->u.align = atom->u.align;
                        v->handler = align_atom_handler;
                        continue;
                } else if (!strcmp(name, "end")) {
                        v->handler = end_atom_handler;
                        continue;
+               } else if (starts_with(name, "if")) {
+                       const char *s;
+
+                       if (skip_prefix(name, "if:", &s))
+                               v->s = xstrdup(s);
+                       v->handler = if_atom_handler;
+                       continue;
+               } else if (!strcmp(name, "then")) {
+                       v->handler = then_atom_handler;
+                       continue;
+               } else if (!strcmp(name, "else")) {
+                       v->handler = else_atom_handler;
+                       continue;
                } else
                        continue;
 
-               formatp = strchr(name, ':');
-               if (formatp) {
-                       const char *arg;
-
-                       formatp++;
-                       if (!strcmp(formatp, "short"))
-                               refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname,
-                                                     warn_ambiguous_refs);
-                       else if (skip_prefix(formatp, "strip=", &arg))
-                               refname = strip_ref_components(refname, arg);
-                       else
-                               die(_("unknown %.*s format %s"),
-                                   (int)(formatp - name), name, formatp);
-               }
-
                if (!deref)
                        v->s = refname;
                else
@@ -1635,10 +1968,10 @@ static void append_literal(const char *cp, const char *ep, struct ref_formatting
        }
 }
 
-void show_ref_array_item(struct ref_array_item *info, const char *format, int quote_style)
+void format_ref_array_item(struct ref_array_item *info, const char *format,
+                          int quote_style, struct strbuf *final_buf)
 {
        const char *cp, *sp, *ep;
-       struct strbuf *final_buf;
        struct ref_formatting_state state = REF_FORMATTING_STATE_INIT;
 
        state.quote_style = quote_style;
@@ -1668,9 +2001,17 @@ void show_ref_array_item(struct ref_array_item *info, const char *format, int qu
        }
        if (state.stack->prev)
                die(_("format: %%(end) atom missing"));
-       final_buf = &state.stack->output;
-       fwrite(final_buf->buf, 1, final_buf->len, stdout);
+       strbuf_addbuf(final_buf, &state.stack->output);
        pop_stack_element(&state.stack);
+}
+
+void show_ref_array_item(struct ref_array_item *info, const char *format, int quote_style)
+{
+       struct strbuf final_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+       format_ref_array_item(info, format, quote_style, &final_buf);
+       fwrite(final_buf.buf, 1, final_buf.len, stdout);
+       strbuf_release(&final_buf);
        putchar('\n');
 }