+/*
+ * 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
+ * as per the given ref_filter structure and finally store the
+ * filtered refs in the ref_array structure.
+ */
+int filter_refs(struct ref_array *array, struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int type)
+{
+ struct ref_filter_cbdata ref_cbdata;
+
+ ref_cbdata.array = array;
+ ref_cbdata.filter = filter;
+
+ if (type & (FILTER_REFS_ALL | FILTER_REFS_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
+ return for_each_rawref(ref_filter_handler, &ref_cbdata);
+ else if (type & FILTER_REFS_ALL)
+ return for_each_ref(ref_filter_handler, &ref_cbdata);
+ else
+ die("filter_refs: invalid type");
+ return 0;
+}
+