pattern as a regular expression).
--perl-regexp::
- Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular expressions.
- Requires libpcre to be compiled in.
+ Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular
+ expressions.
++
+Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional
+compile-time dependency. If Git wasn't compiled with support for them
+providing this option will cause it to die.
--remove-empty::
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
for all following revision specifiers, up to the next `--not`.
--all::
- Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/` are listed on the
- command line as '<commit>'.
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/`, along with `HEAD`, are
+ listed on the command line as '<commit>'.
--branches[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed