From 9fbd8986bb475befb27e0597c2ce0a7ce015334c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael J Gruber Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:33:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] git-show-ref.txt: clarify the pattern matching git-show-ref really does not do what one would expect under the name pattern matching, so describe it. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 ...:: - 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 ------ -- 2.26.2