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+[remote "ghpr"]
+  url = https://github.com/dbsrgits/DBIx-Class
+  pushurl = DISALLOWED
+  fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/ghpr/*
+
+[remote "historic"]
+  url = git://git.shadowcat.co.uk/dbsrgits/DBIx-Class-Historic.git
+  pushurl = ssh://dbsrgits@git.shadowcat.co.uk/DBIx-Class-Historic.git
+  fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/historic/*
+
+[remote "debian"]
+  url = git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-perl/packages/libdbix-class-perl.git
+  pushurl = DISALLOWED
+  fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/debian/master
+  tagopt = --no-tags
+
+[alias]
+  # Lines after gitk in order:
+  #
+  # --exclude all refs matching the for loop
+  # all known refs (branches/tags) excepth what we excluded
+  # add all individual stashes
+  # add all github PR heads without a matching historic/ghpr/* entry
+  #
+  # the /bin/true at the end is there to eat away any args to 'vis'
+  # ( otherwise they will be treated as commands to execute after the & )
+  vis = "!gitk \
+    $( for r in historic/ghpr ghpr debian ; do echo "--exclude=refs/remotes/$r/*" ; done ) \
+    --all \
+    $(git stash list | cut -f 1 -d ':') \
+    $(/bin/bash -c \"/usr/bin/comm -23 \
+      <(git for-each-ref --sort=objectname --format='%(objectname:short)' refs/remotes/ghpr/ ) \
+      <(git for-each-ref --sort=objectname --format='%(objectname:short)' refs/remotes/historic/ghpr/ refs/remotes/origin/ ) \
+    \") \
+  \"$@\" & /bin/true"
+
+
+  # same but only for GitHub PRs
+  prvis = "!gitk \
+    $(/bin/bash -c \"/usr/bin/comm -23 \
+      <(git for-each-ref --sort=objectname --format='%(objectname:short)' refs/remotes/ghpr/ ) \
+      <(git for-each-ref --sort=objectname --format='%(objectname:short)' refs/remotes/historic/ghpr/ refs/remotes/origin/ ) \
+    \") \
+  \"$@\" & /bin/true"