exclude branches from octopus with -e pattern

doc/git-octopus.1

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ git-octopus \- extends git\-merge with branch naming patterns\&.
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .sp
 .nf
-\fIgit octopus\fR [\-n|\-c] [\-s <n>] [<pattern>\&...]
+\fIgit octopus\fR [\-n|\-c] [\-s <n>] [\-e <pattern>] [<pattern>\&...]
 \fIgit octopus\fR \-v
 .fi
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ set to false\&. Use this option to override the latter\&.
 Chunk mode: the merge is performed by subsets of <n> branches\&. This is meant to help reading the log graph when lots of branches are merged\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\-e <pattern>
+.RS 4
+Exclude pattern: the merge excludes branches matching the <pattern>\&.
+.RE
+.PP
 \-v
 .RS 4
 Prints the version of
@@ -106,6 +111,13 @@ Defines a branch naming pattern that
 would use by default\&. Use multiple lines to define several patterns\&. See
 git\-config(1)\&.
 .RE
+.PP
+octopus\&.excludePattern
+.RS 4
+Defines a branch naming pattern that
+\fIgit octopus\fR
+will exclude by default\&.
+.RE
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .sp
 git\-merge(1), git\-ls\-remote(1), git\-conflict(1)\&.

src/git-octopus

@@ -5,12 +5,22 @@ usage: git octopus [options] [<pattern>...]
     -n     leaves the repository back to HEAD
     -c     Commit the resulting merge in the current branch.
     -s <n> do the octopus by chunk of n branches.
+    -e <p> exclude branches matching the pattern.
     -v     prints the version of git-octopus
 EOF
 exit
 }
 
-line_break(){
+removeAllFrom() {
+    from=$1
+    remove=$2
+    for i in $remove; do
+        from=${from/$i/}
+    done
+    echo "$from"
+}
+
+line_break() {
     echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +31,7 @@ triggeredBranch=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2> /dev/null) ||
 triggeredSha1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
 
 
-signalHandler(){
+signalHandler() {
     echo
     line_break
     echo "Stoping..."
@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@ signalHandler(){
 
 doCommit=$(git config octopus.commit)
 splitByChunk=false
-while getopts "nhvcs:" opt; do
+while getopts "nhvcs:e:" opt; do
   case "$opt" in
     h)
       usage
@@ -54,6 +64,9 @@ while getopts "nhvcs:" opt; do
       splitByChunk=true
       chunkSize=$OPTARG
       ;;
+    e)
+      exclude+=" $OPTARG"
+      ;;
     \?)
       exit 1
       ;;
@@ -69,18 +82,30 @@ shift $(expr $OPTIND - 1)
 
 #Retrive patterns written in the conf
 patterns=$(git config --get-all octopus.pattern)
+excludePatterns=$(git config --get-all octopus.excludePattern)
 
 #Overriding the conf with the patterns given as parameters
 if [[ -n "$@" ]] ; then
     patterns=$@
 fi
+if [[ -n "$exclude" ]]; then
+    excludePatterns=${exclude:1}
+fi
 
 #Exit code 0 if nothing to merge
 if [[ -z "$patterns" ]] ; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
 branches=$(git ls-remote . $patterns | cut -d $'\t' -f 2)
+#Get nothing if excludePatterns is empty
+[[ -n "$excludePatterns" ]] && excludedBranches=$(git ls-remote . $excludePatterns | cut -d $'\t' -f 2)
+branches=$(removeAllFrom "$branches" "$excludedBranches")
+
+[[ -z "$excludedBranches" ]] || echo "Excluding branches :"
+for branch in $excludedBranches ; do
+    echo $'\t'$branch
+done
 
 if [ -z "$branches" ]; then
   echo "No branch matching $patterns were found"

test/exclude_pattern_config_test/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM lesfurets/octopus-tests:simple_merge_latest
+ADD test.sh /home/
+ADD bin /usr/local/bin
+RUN chmod +x /home/test.sh
+WORKDIR /home/octopus-tests/
+CMD /home/test.sh

test/exclude_pattern_config_test/test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#FIXME
+git status &> /dev/null
+
+git checkout features/feat1
+git config octopus.pattern features/*
+git config --add octopus.pattern master
+
+git config octopus.excludePattern "features/feat3"
+
+git octopus
+merged=`git branch --merged`
+if [[ $merged != *feat1* ]] ; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $merged != *feat2* ]] ; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $merged == *feat3* ]] ; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $merged != *master* ]] ; then
+	exit 1
+fi