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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index 4696af743..be0ec189a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -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 ------ |