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fast-import: tighten parsing of boolean command line options
[thirdparty/git.git] / ref-filter.c
index 3820b21cc75f5e7fd4b1b1851be0aaa9e3268d7d..f3e53d4448f10ca1002e546890ca682c02ecc9ad 100644 (file)
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "trailer.h"
+#include "wt-status.h"
+#include "commit-slab.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().
@@ -38,62 +75,119 @@ 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;
+               char *head;
        } u;
 } *used_atom;
 static int used_atom_cnt, need_tagged, need_symref;
-static int need_color_reset_at_eol;
 
-static void color_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *color_value)
+static void color_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *color_value)
 {
        if (!color_value)
                die(_("expected format: %%(color:<color>)"));
        if (color_parse(color_value, atom->u.color) < 0)
                die(_("unrecognized color: %%(color:%s)"), color_value);
+       /*
+        * We check this after we've parsed the color, which lets us complain
+        * about syntactically bogus color names even if they won't be used.
+        */
+       if (!want_color(format->use_color))
+               color_parse("", atom->u.color);
 }
 
-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 body_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void remote_ref_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, 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(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 {
        if (arg)
                die(_("%%(body) does not take arguments"));
        atom->u.contents.option = C_BODY_DEP;
 }
 
-static void subject_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void subject_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 {
        if (arg)
                die(_("%%(subject) does not take arguments"));
        atom->u.contents.option = C_SUB;
 }
 
-static void trailers_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void trailers_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 {
        if (arg)
                die(_("%%(trailers) does not take arguments"));
        atom->u.contents.option = C_TRAILERS;
 }
 
-static void contents_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void contents_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 {
        if (!arg)
                atom->u.contents.option = C_BARE;
@@ -113,16 +207,28 @@ static void contents_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
                die(_("unrecognized %%(contents) argument: %s"), arg);
 }
 
-static void objectname_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void objectname_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, 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(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+{
+       refname_atom_parser_internal(&atom->u.refname, arg, atom->name);
+}
+
 static align_type parse_align_position(const char *s)
 {
        if (!strcmp(s, "right"))
@@ -134,7 +240,7 @@ static align_type parse_align_position(const char *s)
        return -1;
 }
 
-static void align_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+static void align_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
 {
        struct align *align = &atom->u.align;
        struct string_list params = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
@@ -173,12 +279,33 @@ static void align_atom_parser(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
        string_list_clear(&params, 0);
 }
 
+static void if_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, 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 void head_atom_parser(const struct ref_format *format, struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg)
+{
+       struct object_id unused;
+
+       atom->u.head = resolve_refdup("HEAD", RESOLVE_REF_READING, unused.hash, NULL);
+}
+
 static struct {
        const char *name;
        cmp_type cmp_type;
-       void (*parser)(struct used_atom *atom, const char *arg);
+       void (*parser)(const struct ref_format *format, 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 +335,15 @@ 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" },
+       { "HEAD", FIELD_STR, head_atom_parser },
        { "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 +351,7 @@ 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;
 };
 
@@ -232,17 +362,16 @@ 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 */
+       uintmax_t value; /* used for sorting when not FIELD_STR */
+       struct used_atom *atom;
 };
 
 /*
  * Used to parse format string and sort specifiers
  */
-int parse_ref_filter_atom(const char *atom, const char *ep)
+static int parse_ref_filter_atom(const struct ref_format *format,
+                                const char *atom, const char *ep)
 {
        const char *sp;
        const char *arg;
@@ -286,14 +415,22 @@ int parse_ref_filter_atom(const char *atom, const char *ep)
        REALLOC_ARRAY(used_atom, used_atom_cnt);
        used_atom[at].name = xmemdupz(atom, ep - atom);
        used_atom[at].type = valid_atom[i].cmp_type;
-       if (arg)
+       if (arg) {
                arg = used_atom[at].name + (arg - atom) + 1;
+               if (!*arg) {
+                       /*
+                        * Treat empty sub-arguments list as NULL (i.e.,
+                        * "%(atom:)" is equivalent to "%(atom)").
+                        */
+                       arg = NULL;
+               }
+       }
        memset(&used_atom[at].u, 0, sizeof(used_atom[at].u));
        if (valid_atom[i].parser)
-               valid_atom[i].parser(&used_atom[at], arg);
+               valid_atom[i].parser(format, &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 +491,14 @@ 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 +509,115 @@ 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 +627,17 @@ 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);
        }
@@ -422,24 +671,26 @@ static const char *find_next(const char *cp)
  * Make sure the format string is well formed, and parse out
  * the used atoms.
  */
-int verify_ref_format(const char *format)
+int verify_ref_format(struct ref_format *format)
 {
        const char *cp, *sp;
 
-       need_color_reset_at_eol = 0;
-       for (cp = format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); ) {
+       format->need_color_reset_at_eol = 0;
+       for (cp = format->format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); ) {
                const char *color, *ep = strchr(sp, ')');
                int at;
 
                if (!ep)
                        return error(_("malformed format string %s"), sp);
                /* sp points at "%(" and ep points at the closing ")" */
-               at = parse_ref_filter_atom(sp + 2, ep);
+               at = parse_ref_filter_atom(format, sp + 2, ep);
                cp = ep + 1;
 
                if (skip_prefix(used_atom[at].name, "color:", &color))
-                       need_color_reset_at_eol = !!strcmp(color, "reset");
+                       format->need_color_reset_at_eol = !!strcmp(color, "reset");
        }
+       if (format->need_color_reset_at_eol && !want_color(format->use_color))
+               format->need_color_reset_at_eol = 0;
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -449,13 +700,13 @@ int verify_ref_format(const char *format)
  * by the "struct object" representation, set *eaten as well---it is a
  * signal from parse_object_buffer to us not to free the buffer.
  */
-static void *get_obj(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object **obj, unsigned long *sz, int *eaten)
+static void *get_obj(const struct object_id *oid, struct object **obj, unsigned long *sz, int *eaten)
 {
        enum object_type type;
-       void *buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, sz);
+       void *buf = read_sha1_file(oid->hash, &type, sz);
 
        if (buf)
-               *obj = parse_object_buffer(sha1, type, *sz, buf, eaten);
+               *obj = parse_object_buffer(oid, type, *sz, buf, eaten);
        else
                *obj = NULL;
        return buf;
@@ -465,12 +716,15 @@ 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");
        }
@@ -492,7 +746,7 @@ static void grab_common_values(struct atom_value *val, int deref, struct object
                if (!strcmp(name, "objecttype"))
                        v->s = typename(obj->type);
                else if (!strcmp(name, "objectsize")) {
-                       v->ul = sz;
+                       v->value = sz;
                        v->s = xstrfmt("%lu", sz);
                }
                else if (deref)
@@ -539,8 +793,8 @@ static void grab_commit_values(struct atom_value *val, int deref, struct object
                        v->s = xstrdup(oid_to_hex(&commit->tree->object.oid));
                }
                else if (!strcmp(name, "numparent")) {
-                       v->ul = commit_list_count(commit->parents);
-                       v->s = xstrfmt("%lu", v->ul);
+                       v->value = commit_list_count(commit->parents);
+                       v->s = xstrfmt("%lu", (unsigned long)v->value);
                }
                else if (!strcmp(name, "parent")) {
                        struct commit_list *parents;
@@ -618,7 +872,7 @@ static void grab_date(const char *buf, struct atom_value *v, const char *atomnam
 {
        const char *eoemail = strstr(buf, "> ");
        char *zone;
-       unsigned long timestamp;
+       timestamp_t timestamp;
        long tz;
        struct date_mode date_mode = { DATE_NORMAL };
        const char *formatp;
@@ -637,18 +891,18 @@ static void grab_date(const char *buf, struct atom_value *v, const char *atomnam
 
        if (!eoemail)
                goto bad;
-       timestamp = strtoul(eoemail + 2, &zone, 10);
-       if (timestamp == ULONG_MAX)
+       timestamp = parse_timestamp(eoemail + 2, &zone, 10);
+       if (timestamp == TIME_MAX)
                goto bad;
        tz = strtol(zone, NULL, 10);
        if ((tz == LONG_MIN || tz == LONG_MAX) && errno == ERANGE)
                goto bad;
        v->s = xstrdup(show_date(timestamp, tz, &date_mode));
-       v->ul = timestamp;
+       v->value = timestamp;
        return;
  bad:
        v->s = "";
-       v->ul = 0;
+       v->value = 0;
 }
 
 /* See grab_values */
@@ -887,50 +1141,108 @@ 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;
 
-       while (remaining) {
+               /* 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) {
                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 +1255,60 @@ 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);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -956,14 +1320,14 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
        struct object *obj;
        int eaten, i;
        unsigned long size;
-       const unsigned char *tagged;
+       const struct object_id *tagged;
 
        ref->value = xcalloc(used_atom_cnt, sizeof(struct atom_value));
 
        if (need_symref && (ref->flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && !ref->symref) {
-               unsigned char unused1[20];
+               struct object_id unused1;
                ref->symref = resolve_refdup(ref->refname, RESOLVE_REF_READING,
-                                            unused1, NULL);
+                                            unused1.hash, NULL);
                if (!ref->symref)
                        ref->symref = "";
        }
@@ -975,10 +1339,10 @@ 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 +1350,9 @@ 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 */
@@ -1029,44 +1393,36 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
                                v->s = xstrdup(buf + 1);
                        }
                        continue;
-               } else if (!deref && grab_objectname(name, ref->objectname, v, atom)) {
+               } else if (!deref && grab_objectname(name, ref->objectname.hash, v, atom)) {
                        continue;
                } else if (!strcmp(name, "HEAD")) {
-                       const char *head;
-                       unsigned char sha1[20];
-
-                       head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", RESOLVE_REF_READING,
-                                                 sha1, NULL);
-                       if (head && !strcmp(ref->refname, head))
+                       if (atom->u.head && !strcmp(ref->refname, atom->u.head))
                                v->s = "*";
                        else
                                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
@@ -1081,13 +1437,13 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
        return;
 
  need_obj:
-       buf = get_obj(ref->objectname, &obj, &size, &eaten);
+       buf = get_obj(&ref->objectname, &obj, &size, &eaten);
        if (!buf)
                die(_("missing object %s for %s"),
-                   sha1_to_hex(ref->objectname), ref->refname);
+                   oid_to_hex(&ref->objectname), ref->refname);
        if (!obj)
                die(_("parse_object_buffer failed on %s for %s"),
-                   sha1_to_hex(ref->objectname), ref->refname);
+                   oid_to_hex(&ref->objectname), ref->refname);
 
        grab_values(ref->value, 0, obj, buf, size);
        if (!eaten)
@@ -1104,7 +1460,7 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
         * If it is a tag object, see if we use a value that derefs
         * the object, and if we do grab the object it refers to.
         */
-       tagged = ((struct tag *)obj)->tagged->oid.hash;
+       tagged = &((struct tag *)obj)->tagged->oid;
 
        /*
         * NEEDSWORK: This derefs tag only once, which
@@ -1115,10 +1471,10 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
        buf = get_obj(tagged, &obj, &size, &eaten);
        if (!buf)
                die(_("missing object %s for %s"),
-                   sha1_to_hex(tagged), ref->refname);
+                   oid_to_hex(tagged), ref->refname);
        if (!obj)
                die(_("parse_object_buffer failed on %s for %s"),
-                   sha1_to_hex(tagged), ref->refname);
+                   oid_to_hex(tagged), ref->refname);
        grab_values(ref->value, 1, obj, buf, size);
        if (!eaten)
                free(buf);
@@ -1137,10 +1493,23 @@ static void get_ref_atom_value(struct ref_array_item *ref, int atom, struct atom
        *v = &ref->value[atom];
 }
 
+/*
+ * Unknown has to be "0" here, because that's the default value for
+ * contains_cache slab entries that have not yet been assigned.
+ */
 enum contains_result {
-       CONTAINS_UNKNOWN = -1,
-       CONTAINS_NO = 0,
-       CONTAINS_YES = 1
+       CONTAINS_UNKNOWN = 0,
+       CONTAINS_NO,
+       CONTAINS_YES
+};
+
+define_commit_slab(contains_cache, enum contains_result);
+
+struct ref_filter_cbdata {
+       struct ref_array *array;
+       struct ref_filter *filter;
+       struct contains_cache contains_cache;
+       struct contains_cache no_contains_cache;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1171,24 +1540,24 @@ static int in_commit_list(const struct commit_list *want, struct commit *c)
  * Do not recurse to find out, though, but return -1 if inconclusive.
  */
 static enum contains_result contains_test(struct commit *candidate,
-                           const struct commit_list *want)
+                                         const struct commit_list *want,
+                                         struct contains_cache *cache)
 {
-       /* was it previously marked as containing a want commit? */
-       if (candidate->object.flags & TMP_MARK)
-               return 1;
-       /* or marked as not possibly containing a want commit? */
-       if (candidate->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
-               return 0;
+       enum contains_result *cached = contains_cache_at(cache, candidate);
+
+       /* If we already have the answer cached, return that. */
+       if (*cached)
+               return *cached;
+
        /* or are we it? */
        if (in_commit_list(want, candidate)) {
-               candidate->object.flags |= TMP_MARK;
-               return 1;
+               *cached = CONTAINS_YES;
+               return CONTAINS_YES;
        }
 
-       if (parse_commit(candidate) < 0)
-               return 0;
-
-       return -1;
+       /* Otherwise, we don't know; prepare to recurse */
+       parse_commit_or_die(candidate);
+       return CONTAINS_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
 static void push_to_contains_stack(struct commit *candidate, struct contains_stack *contains_stack)
@@ -1199,10 +1568,11 @@ static void push_to_contains_stack(struct commit *candidate, struct contains_sta
 }
 
 static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate,
-               const struct commit_list *want)
+                                             const struct commit_list *want,
+                                             struct contains_cache *cache)
 {
        struct contains_stack contains_stack = { 0, 0, NULL };
-       int result = contains_test(candidate, want);
+       enum contains_result result = contains_test(candidate, want, cache);
 
        if (result != CONTAINS_UNKNOWN)
                return result;
@@ -1214,16 +1584,16 @@ static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate,
                struct commit_list *parents = entry->parents;
 
                if (!parents) {
-                       commit->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
+                       *contains_cache_at(cache, commit) = CONTAINS_NO;
                        contains_stack.nr--;
                }
                /*
                 * If we just popped the stack, parents->item has been marked,
-                * therefore contains_test will return a meaningful 0 or 1.
+                * therefore contains_test will return a meaningful yes/no.
                 */
-               else switch (contains_test(parents->item, want)) {
+               else switch (contains_test(parents->item, want, cache)) {
                case CONTAINS_YES:
-                       commit->object.flags |= TMP_MARK;
+                       *contains_cache_at(cache, commit) = CONTAINS_YES;
                        contains_stack.nr--;
                        break;
                case CONTAINS_NO:
@@ -1235,14 +1605,15 @@ static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate,
                }
        }
        free(contains_stack.contains_stack);
-       return contains_test(candidate, want);
+       return contains_test(candidate, want, cache);
 }
 
-static int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit)
+static int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit,
+                          struct commit_list *list, struct contains_cache *cache)
 {
        if (filter->with_commit_tag_algo)
-               return contains_tag_algo(commit, filter->with_commit);
-       return is_descendant_of(commit, filter->with_commit);
+               return contains_tag_algo(commit, list, cache) == CONTAINS_YES;
+       return is_descendant_of(commit, list);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1269,7 +1640,7 @@ static int match_pattern(const struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
               skip_prefix(refname, "refs/", &refname));
 
        for (; *patterns; patterns++) {
-               if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, flags, NULL))
+               if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, flags))
                        return 1;
        }
        return 0;
@@ -1300,7 +1671,7 @@ static int match_name_as_path(const struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refna
                     refname[plen] == '/' ||
                     p[plen-1] == '/'))
                        return 1;
-               if (!wildmatch(p, refname, WM_PATHNAME, NULL))
+               if (!wildmatch(p, refname, WM_PATHNAME))
                        return 1;
        }
        return 0;
@@ -1316,6 +1687,68 @@ static int filter_pattern_match(struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
        return match_pattern(filter, refname);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Find the longest prefix of pattern we can pass to
+ * `for_each_fullref_in()`, namely the part of pattern preceding the
+ * first glob character. (Note that `for_each_fullref_in()` is
+ * perfectly happy working with a prefix that doesn't end at a
+ * pathname component boundary.)
+ */
+static void find_longest_prefix(struct strbuf *out, const char *pattern)
+{
+       const char *p;
+
+       for (p = pattern; *p && !is_glob_special(*p); p++)
+               ;
+
+       strbuf_add(out, pattern, p - pattern);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the same as for_each_fullref_in(), but it tries to iterate
+ * only over the patterns we'll care about. Note that it _doesn't_ do a full
+ * pattern match, so the callback still has to match each ref individually.
+ */
+static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter,
+                                      each_ref_fn cb,
+                                      void *cb_data,
+                                      int broken)
+{
+       struct strbuf prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!filter->match_as_path) {
+               /*
+                * in this case, the patterns are applied after
+                * prefixes like "refs/heads/" etc. are stripped off,
+                * so we have to look at everything:
+                */
+               return for_each_fullref_in("", cb, cb_data, broken);
+       }
+
+       if (!filter->name_patterns[0]) {
+               /* no patterns; we have to look at everything */
+               return for_each_fullref_in("", cb, cb_data, broken);
+       }
+
+       if (filter->name_patterns[1]) {
+               /*
+                * multiple patterns; in theory this could still work as long
+                * as the patterns are disjoint. We'd just make multiple calls
+                * to for_each_ref(). But if they're not disjoint, we'd end up
+                * reporting the same ref multiple times. So let's punt on that
+                * for now.
+                */
+               return for_each_fullref_in("", cb, cb_data, broken);
+       }
+
+       find_longest_prefix(&prefix, filter->name_patterns[0]);
+
+       ret = for_each_fullref_in(prefix.buf, cb, cb_data, broken);
+       strbuf_release(&prefix);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a ref (sha1, refname), check if the ref belongs to the array
  * of sha1s. If the given ref is a tag, check if the given tag points
@@ -1329,22 +1762,22 @@ static int filter_pattern_match(struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
  * the need to parse the object via parse_object(). peel_ref() might be a
  * more efficient alternative to obtain the pointee.
  */
-static const unsigned char *match_points_at(struct sha1_array *points_at,
-                                           const unsigned char *sha1,
-                                           const char *refname)
+static const struct object_id *match_points_at(struct oid_array *points_at,
+                                              const struct object_id *oid,
+                                              const char *refname)
 {
-       const unsigned char *tagged_sha1 = NULL;
+       const struct object_id *tagged_oid = NULL;
        struct object *obj;
 
-       if (sha1_array_lookup(points_at, sha1) >= 0)
-               return sha1;
-       obj = parse_object(sha1);
+       if (oid_array_lookup(points_at, oid) >= 0)
+               return oid;
+       obj = parse_object(oid);
        if (!obj)
                die(_("malformed object at '%s'"), refname);
        if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG)
-               tagged_sha1 = ((struct tag *)obj)->tagged->oid.hash;
-       if (tagged_sha1 && sha1_array_lookup(points_at, tagged_sha1) >= 0)
-               return tagged_sha1;
+               tagged_oid = &((struct tag *)obj)->tagged->oid;
+       if (tagged_oid && oid_array_lookup(points_at, tagged_oid) >= 0)
+               return tagged_oid;
        return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1355,7 +1788,7 @@ static struct ref_array_item *new_ref_array_item(const char *refname,
 {
        struct ref_array_item *ref;
        FLEX_ALLOC_STR(ref, refname, refname);
-       hashcpy(ref->objectname, objectname);
+       hashcpy(ref->objectname.hash, objectname);
        ref->flag = flag;
 
        return ref;
@@ -1424,7 +1857,7 @@ static int ref_filter_handler(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
        if (!filter_pattern_match(filter, refname))
                return 0;
 
-       if (filter->points_at.nr && !match_points_at(&filter->points_at, oid->hash, refname))
+       if (filter->points_at.nr && !match_points_at(&filter->points_at, oid, refname))
                return 0;
 
        /*
@@ -1432,13 +1865,17 @@ static int ref_filter_handler(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
         * obtain the commit using the 'oid' available and discard all
         * non-commits early. The actual filtering is done later.
         */
-       if (filter->merge_commit || filter->with_commit || filter->verbose) {
-               commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(oid->hash, 1);
+       if (filter->merge_commit || filter->with_commit || filter->no_commit || filter->verbose) {
+               commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(oid, 1);
                if (!commit)
                        return 0;
-               /* We perform the filtering for the '--contains' option */
+               /* We perform the filtering for the '--contains' option... */
                if (filter->with_commit &&
-                   !commit_contains(filter, commit))
+                   !commit_contains(filter, commit, filter->with_commit, &ref_cbdata->contains_cache))
+                       return 0;
+               /* ...or for the `--no-contains' option */
+               if (filter->no_commit &&
+                   commit_contains(filter, commit, filter->no_commit, &ref_cbdata->no_contains_cache))
                        return 0;
        }
 
@@ -1470,8 +1907,7 @@ void ref_array_clear(struct ref_array *array)
 
        for (i = 0; i < array->nr; i++)
                free_array_item(array->items[i]);
-       free(array->items);
-       array->items = NULL;
+       FREE_AND_NULL(array->items);
        array->nr = array->alloc = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1538,6 +1974,9 @@ int filter_refs(struct ref_array *array, struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int
                broken = 1;
        filter->kind = type & FILTER_REFS_KIND_MASK;
 
+       init_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.contains_cache);
+       init_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.no_contains_cache);
+
        /*  Simple per-ref filtering */
        if (!filter->kind)
                die("filter_refs: invalid type");
@@ -1555,11 +1994,13 @@ int filter_refs(struct ref_array *array, struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int
                else if (filter->kind == FILTER_REFS_TAGS)
                        ret = for_each_fullref_in("refs/tags/", ref_filter_handler, &ref_cbdata, broken);
                else if (filter->kind & FILTER_REFS_ALL)
-                       ret = for_each_fullref_in("", ref_filter_handler, &ref_cbdata, broken);
+                       ret = for_each_fullref_in_pattern(filter, ref_filter_handler, &ref_cbdata, broken);
                if (!ret && (filter->kind & FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD))
                        head_ref(ref_filter_handler, &ref_cbdata);
        }
 
+       clear_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.contains_cache);
+       clear_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.no_contains_cache);
 
        /*  Filters that need revision walking */
        if (filter->merge_commit)
@@ -1583,9 +2024,9 @@ static int cmp_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting *s, struct ref_array_item *a, stru
        else if (cmp_type == FIELD_STR)
                cmp = cmp_fn(va->s, vb->s);
        else {
-               if (va->ul < vb->ul)
+               if (va->value < vb->value)
                        cmp = -1;
-               else if (va->ul == vb->ul)
+               else if (va->value == vb->value)
                        cmp = cmp_fn(a->refname, b->refname);
                else
                        cmp = 1;
@@ -1635,55 +2076,74 @@ 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 struct ref_format *format,
+                          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;
+       state.quote_style = format->quote_style;
        push_stack_element(&state.stack);
 
-       for (cp = format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); cp = ep + 1) {
+       for (cp = format->format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); cp = ep + 1) {
                struct atom_value *atomv;
 
                ep = strchr(sp, ')');
                if (cp < sp)
                        append_literal(cp, sp, &state);
-               get_ref_atom_value(info, parse_ref_filter_atom(sp + 2, ep), &atomv);
+               get_ref_atom_value(info,
+                                  parse_ref_filter_atom(format, sp + 2, ep),
+                                  &atomv);
                atomv->handler(atomv, &state);
        }
        if (*cp) {
                sp = cp + strlen(cp);
                append_literal(cp, sp, &state);
        }
-       if (need_color_reset_at_eol) {
+       if (format->need_color_reset_at_eol) {
                struct atom_value resetv;
-               char color[COLOR_MAXLEN] = "";
-
-               if (color_parse("reset", color) < 0)
-                       die("BUG: couldn't parse 'reset' as a color");
-               resetv.s = color;
+               resetv.s = GIT_COLOR_RESET;
                append_atom(&resetv, &state);
        }
        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 struct ref_format *format)
+{
+       struct strbuf final_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+       format_ref_array_item(info, format, &final_buf);
+       fwrite(final_buf.buf, 1, final_buf.len, stdout);
+       strbuf_release(&final_buf);
        putchar('\n');
 }
 
 void pretty_print_ref(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1,
-               const char *format)
+                     const struct ref_format *format)
 {
        struct ref_array_item *ref_item;
        ref_item = new_ref_array_item(name, sha1, 0);
        ref_item->kind = ref_kind_from_refname(name);
-       show_ref_array_item(ref_item, format, 0);
+       show_ref_array_item(ref_item, format);
        free_array_item(ref_item);
 }
 
+static int parse_sorting_atom(const char *atom)
+{
+       /*
+        * This parses an atom using a dummy ref_format, since we don't
+        * actually care about the formatting details.
+        */
+       struct ref_format dummy = REF_FORMAT_INIT;
+       const char *end = atom + strlen(atom);
+       return parse_ref_filter_atom(&dummy, atom, end);
+}
+
 /*  If no sorting option is given, use refname to sort as default */
 struct ref_sorting *ref_default_sorting(void)
 {
@@ -1692,18 +2152,13 @@ struct ref_sorting *ref_default_sorting(void)
        struct ref_sorting *sorting = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*sorting));
 
        sorting->next = NULL;
-       sorting->atom = parse_ref_filter_atom(cstr_name, cstr_name + strlen(cstr_name));
+       sorting->atom = parse_sorting_atom(cstr_name);
        return sorting;
 }
 
-int parse_opt_ref_sorting(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+void parse_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting **sorting_tail, const char *arg)
 {
-       struct ref_sorting **sorting_tail = opt->value;
        struct ref_sorting *s;
-       int len;
-
-       if (!arg) /* should --no-sort void the list ? */
-               return -1;
 
        s = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*s));
        s->next = *sorting_tail;
@@ -1716,24 +2171,39 @@ int parse_opt_ref_sorting(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
        if (skip_prefix(arg, "version:", &arg) ||
            skip_prefix(arg, "v:", &arg))
                s->version = 1;
-       len = strlen(arg);
-       s->atom = parse_ref_filter_atom(arg, arg+len);
+       s->atom = parse_sorting_atom(arg);
+}
+
+int parse_opt_ref_sorting(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+       if (!arg) /* should --no-sort void the list ? */
+               return -1;
+       parse_ref_sorting(opt->value, arg);
        return 0;
 }
 
 int parse_opt_merge_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
        struct ref_filter *rf = opt->value;
-       unsigned char sha1[20];
+       struct object_id oid;
+       int no_merged = starts_with(opt->long_name, "no");
+
+       if (rf->merge) {
+               if (no_merged) {
+                       return opterror(opt, "is incompatible with --merged", 0);
+               } else {
+                       return opterror(opt, "is incompatible with --no-merged", 0);
+               }
+       }
 
-       rf->merge = starts_with(opt->long_name, "no")
+       rf->merge = no_merged
                ? REF_FILTER_MERGED_OMIT
                : REF_FILTER_MERGED_INCLUDE;
 
-       if (get_sha1(arg, sha1))
+       if (get_oid(arg, &oid))
                die(_("malformed object name %s"), arg);
 
-       rf->merge_commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 0);
+       rf->merge_commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(&oid, 0);
        if (!rf->merge_commit)
                return opterror(opt, "must point to a commit", 0);