Merge branch 'jc/test-clone' into jc/clone

* jc/test-clone: (35 commits)
  Introduce GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR
  Revert "fix testsuite: make sure they use templates freshly built from the source"
  fix testsuite: make sure they use templates freshly built from the source
  rerere: fix breakage of resolving.
  Add config example with respect to branch
  Add documentation for show-branch --topics
  make git a bit less cryptic on fetch errors
  make patch_delta() error cases a bit more verbose
  racy-git: documentation updates.
  show-ref: fix --exclude-existing
  parse-remote::expand_refs_wildcard()
  vim syntax: follow recent changes to commit template
  show-ref: fix --verify --hash=length
  show-ref: fix --quiet --verify
  avoid accessing _all_ loose refs in git-show-ref --verify
  git-fetch: Avoid reading packed refs over and over again
  Teach show-branch how to show ref-log data.
  markup fix in svnimport documentation.
  Documentation: new option -P for git-svnimport
  Fix mis-mark-up in git-merge-file.txt documentation
  ...

git-parse-remote.sh

@@ -111,16 +111,14 @@ expand_refs_wildcard () {
 		local_force=
 		test "z$lref" = "z$ref" || local_force='+'
 		echo "$ls_remote_result" |
+		sed -e '/\^{}$/d' |
 		(
 			IFS='	'
 			while read sha1 name
 			do
+				# ignore the ones that do not start with $from
 				mapped=${name#"$from"}
-				if test "z$name" != "z${name%'^{}'}" ||
-					test "z$name" = "z$mapped"
-				then
-					continue
-				fi
+				test "z$name" = "z$mapped" && continue
 				echo "${local_force}${name}:${to}${mapped}"
 			done
 		)