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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 59b86fcf97..21e8258ccf 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ ls-refs takes in the following arguments: Show peeled tags. ref-prefix <prefix> When specified, only references having a prefix matching one of - the provided prefixes are displayed. + the provided prefixes are displayed. Multiple instances may be + given, in which case references matching any prefix will be + shown. Note that this is purely for optimization; a server MAY + show refs not matching the prefix if it chooses, and clients + should filter the result themselves. If the 'unborn' feature is advertised the following argument can be included in the client's request. |