David Mandelberg [off-list ref] writes:

+	__git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' 'refs/remotes/**' |

Just a bit of curiosity, but how would this be different from using

	__git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/remotes/

i.e. the prefix match, here?  Does the wildmatcher clever enough to
optimize "**" away and make it just to iterate over refs/remotes/
hierarchy without filtering anything?