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[PATCH] git-for-each-ref.txt: minor fixes

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LWLea Wiemann <lewiemann@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 5, 2008, 20:54 UTC
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From: Lea Wiemann <lewiemann@gmail.com>

Rewrapped synopsis and removed wrong asterisk behind --count option; clarified --sort=<key> description for multiple keys; documented that for-each-ref supports not only glob patterns but also prefixes like "refs/heads" as patterns, and that multiple patterns can be given.

Signed-off-by: Lea Wiemann <LeWiemann@gmail.com>
---
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I suspect we might want to make it even more explicit that this
> is "match from the beginning"

Sure; see if you like this one (the only change since v3 is under <pattern>) or v3 better.

 Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt |   17 +++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index f1f90cc..87c8389 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ git-for-each-ref - Output information on each ref
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-for-each-ref' [--count=<count>]\*
-                   [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
-                   [--sort=<key>]\* [--format=<format>] [<pattern>]
+'git-for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
+                   [--sort=<key>]\* [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -32,8 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
 <key>::
 	A field name to sort on.  Prefix `-` to sort in
 	descending order of the value.  When unspecified,
-	`refname` is used.  More than one sort keys can be
-	given.
+	`refname` is used.  You may use the --sort=<key> option
+	multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
+	key.
 
 <format>::
 	A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
 
 <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 matching completely or from the
+	beginning up to a slash.
 
 --shell, --perl, --python, --tcl::
 	If given, strings that substitute `%(fieldname)`
-- 
1.5.6.rc1.9.g69bbf.dirty
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  1. git-for-each-ref.txt: fix description of <pattern>Lea Wiemann, Jun 5, 2008
  2. git-for-each-ref.txt: minor improvementsLea Wiemann, Jun 5, 2008
  3. git-for-each-ref.txt: minor improvementsLea Wiemann, Jun 5, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  5. git-for-each-ref.txt: minor fixesLea Wiemann, Jun 5, 2008
  6. git-for-each-ref.txt: minor improvementsLea Wiemann, Jun 5, 2008

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