Feature request: Hidden Branches

[medecau]

Hi,

I have a public dotfiles repository that I use to store and distribute configuration files across a few machines.

This works fine and is very useful for personal use, but sometimes I make work related changes to those files that cannot be pushed to my personal repository. Eg: changes to ~/.ssh/config with references to internal networks and machines.
Maintaining these non-public changes overtime and across machines feels like a chore.

I would like to have the option to hide branches based on patterns. Eg: branches matching pattern work/* or wip/* are never shown, and non-contributors cannot be pull or push them, but a 'maintainer' would still be able to use those branches normally.
This would save me from the grief of accidentally pushing a work related branch to a public repository or having to maintain other workarounds to avoid that situation.