--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