+/*
+ * Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0.
+ * A pattern can be a literal prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
+ * matches a pattern "refs/heads/mas") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref
+ * matches "refs/heads/mas*", too).
+ */
+static int match_pattern(const char **patterns, const char *refname)
+{
+ /*
+ * When no '--format' option is given we need to skip the prefix
+ * for matching refs of tags and branches.
+ */
+ (void)(skip_prefix(refname, "refs/tags/", &refname) ||
+ skip_prefix(refname, "refs/heads/", &refname) ||
+ skip_prefix(refname, "refs/remotes/", &refname) ||
+ skip_prefix(refname, "refs/", &refname));
+
+ for (; *patterns; patterns++) {
+ if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, 0, NULL))
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+