Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) cd '/'; cd '/'; rm --force --recursive -- './test_git'; mkdir "$_"; cd "$_"; mkdir --parents -- './server' './client'; git -C './server' init --bare './repo.git' git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))" git -C './server/repo.git' branch branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch branch2 git -C './client' init './repo' git -C './client/repo' remote add server 'file://'"$(realpath './server/repo.git')" git -C './client/repo' remote --verbose git -C './client/repo' config list --local --show-scope --show-origin git -C './client/repo' fetch --dry-run git -C './client/repo' fetch --dry-run --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*' server branch1 branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch --dry-run --refmap='+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*' server branch1 branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch --dry-run --refmap='+refs/heads/branch1:refs/remotes/server/branch1' server branch1 branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch --refmap='+refs/heads/branch1:refs/remotes/server/branch1' server branch1 branch2 git -C './client/repo' branch --list --all --verbose --verbose What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) In `git fetch --refmap='+refs/heads/branch1:refs/remotes/server/branch1' server branch1 branch2`, `remote.server.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*` merges with `--refmap='+refs/heads/branch1:refs/remotes/server/branch1'`, so these should be what would be done: branch1 -> server/branch1 branch2 -> server/branch2 What happened instead? (Actual behavior) In `git fetch --refmap='+refs/heads/branch1:refs/remotes/server/branch1' server branch1 branch2`, `remote.server.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*` is replaced by `--refmap='+refs/heads/branch1:refs/remotes/server/branch1'`, so these are what would be done: branch1 -> server/branch1 What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? Anything else you want to add: Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. [System Info] git version: git version 2.46.0.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 2e6a859ffc0471f60f79c1256f766042b0d5d17d sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh feature: fsmonitor--daemon libcurl: 8.9.0 OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.2.2 4 Jun 2024 zlib: 1.3.1 uname: Windows 10.0 22631 compiler info: gnuc: 14.1 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe [Enabled Hooks] not run from a git repository - no hooks to show