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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index df17d49b87..be0ec189af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git show-ref' [-q|--quiet] [--verify] [--head] [-d|--dereference] [-s|--hash[=<n>]] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--tags] - [--heads] [--] <pattern>... + [--heads] [--] [<pattern>...] 'git show-ref' --exclude-existing[=<pattern>] < ref-list DESCRIPTION @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ OPTIONS --exclude-existing[=<pattern>]:: Make 'git show-ref' act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the - form "^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^\{\})?$" and performs the - following actions on each: + form "^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:{backslash}{caret}\{\})?$" + and performs the following actions on each: (1) strip "^{}" at the end of line if any; (2) ignore if pattern is provided and does not head-match refname; (3) warn if refname is not a well-formed refname and skip; @@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ OPTIONS <pattern>...:: - Show references matching one or more patterns. + Show references matching one or more patterns. Patterns are matched from + the end of the full name, and only complete parts are matched, e.g. + 'master' matches 'refs/heads/master', 'refs/remotes/origin/master', + 'refs/tags/jedi/master' but not 'refs/heads/mymaster' nor + 'refs/remotes/master/jedi'. OUTPUT ------ @@ -163,9 +167,15 @@ flag, so you can do to get a listing of all tags together with what they dereference. +FILES +----- +`.git/refs/*`, `.git/packed-refs` + SEE ALSO -------- -linkgit:git-ls-remote[1] +linkgit:git-ls-remote[1], +linkgit:git-update-ref[1], +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] AUTHORS ------- |