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To count or compare commits is required multiple excluded refs

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Description

### Are you experiencing an issue with...

shields.io

### 🐞 Description

I've first found the issue from here:
`Can not use branch name with slashes in "GitHub commits since tagged version (branch)"` : https://github.com/badges/shields/issues/9140

The counter has counted too many commits, which has brought suspicions about algorithm of counting.

I've explained the issue here:
`To count or compare commits is required multiple excluded refs` : https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/56342

In short, the url must has a list of exclusion (and inclusion by the way) refs to filter all them out:

`https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/compare/{exclude-ref-1,exclude-ref-2,exclude-ref-N}...include-ref`
Or
`https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/compare/{exclude-refs-list}...{include-refs-list}[...{exclude-refs-list}[...{include-refs-list}]]` (interleaved range filter)

### 🔗 Link to the badge

https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/andry81/tacklebar/latest?sort=semver&label=Github%20commits%20since%20latest

https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/andry81/tacklebar/r204-update4/dev/r204_update?label=Github%20commits%20since%20r204-update4

https://api.github.com/repos/andry81/tacklebar/compare/r204-update4...dev/r204_update

### 💡 Possible Solution

upvote the link above:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/56342
:smiley:

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Research direction

The payload names no source files or tests. Start with the linked Shields issue and GitHub discussion, determine whether the proposed exclusion and inclusion refs are supported by GitHub's compare API, and establish an actionable implementation path with verified counts for the linked badge URLs.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github, javascript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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