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| author | Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> | 2010-10-18 15:33:32 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-10-20 01:15:30 +0400 |
| commit | 9fbd8986bb475befb27e0597c2ce0a7ce015334c (patch) | |
| tree | 02901eb2c9330e464d270ab132708ea91c1b2872 /Documentation | |
| parent | 9373bdc402585963e58f57e75b6396dd08becc77 (diff) | |
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 <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index 4696af7433..be0ec189af 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 ------ |