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
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<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
`%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.
-
---shell, --perl, --python, --tcl::
+ 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)`
placeholders are quoted as string literals suitable for
the specified host language. This is meant to produce