1 files changed, 44 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 01490a157e..6769446e1f 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ static int abbrev = -1; /* unspecified */
 static int max_candidates = 10;
 static struct hashmap names;
 static int have_util;
-static const char *pattern;
+static struct string_list patterns = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+static struct string_list exclude_patterns = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 static int always;
 static const char *dirty;
 
@@ -129,9 +130,40 @@ static int get_name(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flag, voi
 	if (!all && !is_tag)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Accept only tags that match the pattern, if given */
-	if (pattern && (!is_tag || wildmatch(pattern, path + 10, 0, NULL)))
-		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * If we're given exclude patterns, first exclude any tag which match
+	 * any of the exclude pattern.
+	 */
+	if (exclude_patterns.nr) {
+		struct string_list_item *item;
+
+		if (!is_tag)
+			return 0;
+
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, &exclude_patterns) {
+			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0, NULL))
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we're given patterns, accept only tags which match at least one
+	 * pattern.
+	 */
+	if (patterns.nr) {
+		struct string_list_item *item;
+
+		if (!is_tag)
+			return 0;
+
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, &patterns) {
+			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0, NULL))
+				break;
+
+			/* If we get here, no pattern matched. */
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* Is it annotated? */
 	if (!peel_ref(path, peeled.hash)) {
@@ -404,8 +436,10 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			    N_("only output exact matches"), 0),
 		OPT_INTEGER(0, "candidates", &max_candidates,
 			    N_("consider <n> most recent tags (default: 10)")),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "match",       &pattern, N_("pattern"),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "match", &patterns, N_("pattern"),
 			   N_("only consider tags matching <pattern>")),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "exclude", &exclude_patterns, N_("pattern"),
+			   N_("do not consider tags matching <pattern>")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "always",        &always,
 			N_("show abbreviated commit object as fallback")),
 		{OPTION_STRING, 0, "dirty",  &dirty, N_("mark"),
@@ -430,6 +464,7 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("--long is incompatible with --abbrev=0"));
 
 	if (contains) {
+		struct string_list_item *item;
 		struct argv_array args;
 
 		argv_array_init(&args);
@@ -440,8 +475,10 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			argv_array_push(&args, "--always");
 		if (!all) {
 			argv_array_push(&args, "--tags");
-			if (pattern)
-				argv_array_pushf(&args, "--refs=refs/tags/%s", pattern);
+			for_each_string_list_item(item, &patterns)
+				argv_array_pushf(&args, "--refs=refs/tags/%s", item->string);
+			for_each_string_list_item(item, &exclude_patterns)
+				argv_array_pushf(&args, "--exclude=refs/tags/%s", item->string);
 		}
 		if (argc)
 			argv_array_pushv(&args, argv);