1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Debian/Dgit.pm b/Debian/Dgit.pm
index 8b29ba2..4d9b81a 100644
--- a/Debian/Dgit.pm
+++ b/Debian/Dgit.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BEGIN {
     $VERSION     = 1.00;
     @ISA         = qw(Exporter);
     @EXPORT      = qw(debiantag server_branch server_ref
-                      stat_exists
+                      stat_exists git_for_each_ref
                       $package_re $branchprefix);
     %EXPORT_TAGS = ( policyflags => qw() );
     @EXPORT_OK   = qw();
@@ -51,4 +51,17 @@ sub stat_exists ($) {
     die "stat $f: $!";
 }
 
+sub git_for_each_ref ($$) {
+    my ($pattern,$func) = @_;
+    # calls $func->($objid,$objtype,$fullrefname,$reftail);
+    # $reftail is RHS of ref after refs/\w+/
+    # breaks if $pattern matches any ref `refs/blah' where blah has no `/'
+    my $fh = new IO::File, "-|", qw(git for-each-ref), $pattern or die $!;
+    while (<$fh>) {
+	m#^(\w+)\s+(\w+)\s+(refs/\w+/(\S+))\s# or die "$_ ?";
+	$func->($1,$2,$3,$4);
+    }
+    $!=0; $?=0; close $fh or die "$pattern $? $!";
+}
+
 1;