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Documentation: improve description of --glob=pattern and friends

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Consolidate the descriptions of --branches, --tags and --remotes a
bit, to make it less repetitive.  Improve the grammar a bit, and spell
out the meaning of the 'append /*' rule.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Thomas Rast
2010-01-22 01:21:38 +01:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -104,25 +104,23 @@ OPTIONS
Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`. Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`.
--branches[=pattern]:: --branches[=pattern]::
Show branch refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`. If `pattern`
is given, only branches matching given shell glob are shown.
If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is impiled.
--tags[=pattern]:: --tags[=pattern]::
Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags`. If `pattern`
is given, only tags matching given shell glob are shown.
If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is impiled.
--remotes[=pattern]:: --remotes[=pattern]::
Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes`. If `pattern` Show all branches, tags, or remote-tracking branches,
is given, only remote tracking branches matching given shell glob respectively (i.e., refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`,
are shown. If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags`, or `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes`,
impiled. respectively).
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If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`.
--glob=glob-pattern:: --glob=pattern::
Show refs matching shell glob pattern `glob-pattern`. If pattern Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
specified lacks leading 'refs/', it is automatically prepended. the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is impiled. prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing
character (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
match by appending `/\*`.
--show-prefix:: --show-prefix::
When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the