+/*
+ * Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0.
+ * A pattern can be path prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
+ * matches a pattern "refs/heads/") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref
+ * matches "refs/heads/m*",too).
+ */
+static int match_name_as_path(const char **pattern, const char *refname)
+{
+ int namelen = strlen(refname);
+ for (; *pattern; pattern++) {
+ const char *p = *pattern;
+ int plen = strlen(p);
+
+ if ((plen <= namelen) &&
+ !strncmp(refname, p, plen) &&
+ (refname[plen] == '\0' ||
+ refname[plen] == '/' ||
+ p[plen-1] == '/'))
+ return 1;
+ if (!wildmatch(p, refname, WM_PATHNAME, NULL))
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Allocate space for a new refinfo and copy the objectname and flag to it */
+static struct refinfo *new_refinfo(const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *objectname,
+ int flag)
+{
+ struct refinfo *ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct refinfo));
+ ref->refname = xstrdup(refname);
+ hashcpy(ref->objectname, objectname);
+ ref->flag = flag;
+
+ return ref;
+}
+