- struct ref *prev, *current, *next;
-
- for (prev = NULL, current = *refs; current; current = next) {
- next = current->next;
- if ((!memcmp(current->name, "refs/", 5) &&
- check_ref_format(current->name + 5)) ||
- !path_match(current->name, nr_match, match)) {
- if (prev == NULL)
- *refs = next;
- else
- prev->next = next;
- free(current);
- } else
- prev = current;
+ struct ref **return_refs;
+ struct ref *newlist = NULL;
+ struct ref **newtail = &newlist;
+ struct ref *ref, *next;
+ struct ref *fastarray[32];
+
+ if (nr_match && !fetch_all) {
+ if (ARRAY_SIZE(fastarray) < nr_match)
+ return_refs = xcalloc(nr_match, sizeof(struct ref *));
+ else {
+ return_refs = fastarray;
+ memset(return_refs, 0, sizeof(struct ref *) * nr_match);
+ }