2007/9/1, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
> I think it is conceptually simpler on the show_reference side to
> allow (filter.pattern == NULL) and say:
>
>         if (!filter->pattern || !fnmatch(filter->pattern, refname, 0)) {
>                 ... show that ref ...
>         }
>
> It is not such a big deal now you do not do newpattern
> allocation anymore, so I'll apply the patch as is.
>

You are right. I changed the patch also to reflect this.
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