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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] git-for-each-ref.txt: minor improvements
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:58:33 -0700
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Lea Wiemann <lewiemann@gmail.com> writes:

>  <pattern>::
> -	If given, the name of the ref is matched against this
> -	using fnmatch(3).  Refs that do not match the pattern
> -	are not shown.
> +	If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
> +	match againt at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
> +	literally, in the latter case up to a slash or entirely.

Thanks.  I suspect we might want to make it even more explicit that this
is "match from the beginning" unlike what git-show-ref does, but your
patch is an improvement even as-is.