{"thread":{"id":"33001","subject":"[PATCH] describe: Document --match pattern format","startedAt":"2013-02-25T05:29:01Z","lastAt":"2013-02-25T05:29:01Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Greg Price"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"210219","messageId":"20130225052900.GH5688@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu","threadId":"33001","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] describe: Document --match pattern format","fromName":"Greg Price","fromEmail":"price@mit.edu","sentAt":"2013-02-25T05:29:01Z","receivedAt":"2013-02-25T05:29:01Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"price@mit.edu","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28173?v=4"},"body":"It's not clear in git-describe(1) what kind of \"pattern\" should be\npassed to --match.  Fix that.\n\nSigned-off-by: Greg Price <price@mit.edu>\n---\n Documentation/git-describe.txt | 5 +++--\n 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt\nindex 72d6bb6..711040d 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt\n@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ OPTIONS\n \tthat points at object deadbee....).\n \n --match <pattern>::\n-\tOnly consider tags matching the given pattern (can be used to avoid\n-\tleaking private tags made from the repository).\n+\tOnly consider tags matching the given `glob(7)` pattern,\n+\texcluding the \"refs/tags/\" prefix.  This can be used to avoid\n+\tleaking private tags from the repository.\n \n --always::\n \tShow uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback.\n-- \n1.7.11.3\n"}]}