pretty: add merge and exclude options to %(describe)

Allow restricting the tags used by the placeholder %(describe) with the
options match and exclude.  E.g. the following command describes the
current commit using official version tags, without those for release
candidates:

   $ git log -1 --format='%(describe:match=v[0-9]*,exclude=*rc*)'

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/pretty-formats.txt

@@ -208,8 +208,17 @@ The placeholders are:
 '%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
 '%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
 '%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
-'%(describe)':: human-readable name, like linkgit:git-describe[1];
-		empty string for undescribable commits
+'%(describe[:options])':: human-readable name, like
+			  linkgit:git-describe[1]; empty string for
+			  undescribable commits.  The `describe` string
+			  may be followed by a colon and zero or more
+			  comma-separated options.
++
+** 'match=<pattern>': Only consider tags matching the given
+   `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix.
+** 'exclude=<pattern>': Do not consider tags matching the given
+   `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix.
+
 '%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached
        (like `git log --source`), only works with `git log`
 '%e':: encoding

pretty.c

@@ -1150,6 +1150,34 @@ static int format_trailer_match_cb(const struct strbuf *key, void *ud)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static size_t parse_describe_args(const char *start, struct strvec *args)
+{
+	const char *options[] = { "match", "exclude" };
+	const char *arg = start;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		const char *matched = NULL;
+		const char *argval;
+		size_t arglen = 0;
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(options); i++) {
+			if (match_placeholder_arg_value(arg, options[i], &arg,
+							&argval, &arglen)) {
+				matched = options[i];
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!matched)
+			break;
+
+		if (!arglen)
+			return 0;
+		strvec_pushf(args, "--%s=%.*s", matched, (int)arglen, argval);
+	}
+	return arg - start;
+}
+
 static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 				const char *placeholder,
 				void *context)
@@ -1215,20 +1243,31 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 		return parse_padding_placeholder(placeholder, c);
 	}
 
-	if (skip_prefix(placeholder, "(describe)", &arg)) {
+	if (skip_prefix(placeholder, "(describe", &arg)) {
 		struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 		struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT;
 		struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 		cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "describe");
+
+		if (*arg == ':') {
+			arg++;
+			arg += parse_describe_args(arg, &cmd.args);
+		}
+
+		if (*arg != ')') {
+			child_process_clear(&cmd);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
 		pipe_command(&cmd, NULL, 0, &out, 0, &err, 0);
 		strbuf_rtrim(&out);
 		strbuf_addbuf(sb, &out);
 		strbuf_release(&out);
 		strbuf_release(&err);
-		return arg - placeholder;
+		return arg - placeholder + 1;
 	}
 
 	/* these depend on the commit */

t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh

@@ -972,4 +972,20 @@ test_expect_success '%(describe) vs git describe' '
 	test_must_be_empty err
 '
 
+test_expect_success '%(describe:match=...) vs git describe --match ...' '
+	test_when_finished "git tag -d tag-match" &&
+	git tag -a -m tagged tag-match&&
+	git describe --match "*-match" >expect &&
+	git log -1 --format="%(describe:match=*-match)" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '%(describe:exclude=...) vs git describe --exclude ...' '
+	test_when_finished "git tag -d tag-exclude" &&
+	git tag -a -m tagged tag-exclude &&
+	git describe --exclude "*-exclude" >expect &&
+	git log -1 --format="%(describe:exclude=*-exclude)" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done