. They cannot contain a sequence `@{`.
+. They cannot be the single character `@`.
+
. They cannot contain a `\`.
These rules make it easy for shell script based tools to parse
reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used
-unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain
+unquoted (by mistake), and also avoid ambiguities in certain
reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]):
. A double-dot `..` is often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some
Interpret <refname> as a reference name pattern for a refspec
(as used with remote repositories). If this option is
enabled, <refname> is allowed to contain a single `*`
- in place of a one full pathname component (e.g.,
- `foo/*/bar` but not `foo/bar*`).
+ in the refspec (e.g., `foo/bar*/baz` or `foo/bar*baz/`
+ but not `foo/bar*/baz*`).
--normalize::
Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`)