refs from stdin that don't exist in the local repository.
Use of this utility is encouraged in favor of directly accessing files under
-in the `.git` directory.
+the `.git` directory.
OPTIONS
-------
-s::
--hash::
- Only show the SHA1 hash, not the reference name. When also using
+ Only show the SHA1 hash, not the reference name. When combined with
--dereference the dereferenced tag will still be shown after the SHA1.
--verify::
--exclude-existing::
--exclude-existing=pattern::
- Make git-show-ref act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the
+ Make 'git-show-ref' act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the
form "^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^\{\})?$" and performs the
following actions on each:
(1) strip "^{}" at the end of line if any;
(5) otherwise output the line.
-<pattern>::
+<pattern>...::
Show references matching one or more patterns.
will only match the exact branch called "master".
-If nothing matches, linkgit:git-show-ref[1] will return an error code of 1,
+If nothing matches, 'git-show-ref' will return an error code of 1,
and in the case of verification, it will show an error message.
For scripting, you can ask it to be quiet with the "--quiet" flag, which