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(Steps to reproduce your issue) cd '/'; cd '/'; rm --force --recursive -- './test_git2'; mkdir "$_"; cd "$_"; mkdir --parents -- './server' './client'; git -C './server' init --bare './repo.git' git -C './client' init './repo' git -C './client/repo' remote add server 'file://'"$(realpath './server/repo.git')" git -C './client/repo' config set --local 'remote.server.fetch' '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*2' git -C './client/repo' remote --verbose git -C './client/repo' config list --local --show-scope --show-origin git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))"; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch server 'branch1' git -C './client/repo' log --all git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))"; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch server '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*3' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*4' git -C './client/repo' log --all git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))"; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch server '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*3' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*4' 'branch1' git -C './client/repo' log --all git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))"; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch server --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*5' --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*6' 'branch1' git -C './client/repo' log --all git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))"; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch server --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*5' --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*6' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*7' git -C './client/repo' log --all git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))"; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch1; git -C './server/repo.git' branch --force branch2 git -C './client/repo' fetch server --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*5' --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*6' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*7' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*8' 'branch1' git -C './client/repo' log --all What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) `git fetch server '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*3' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*4' 'branch1'` results in: server/branch13 server/branch23 server/branch14 server/branch24 server/branch12 `git fetch server --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*5' --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*6' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*7' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*8' 'branch1'` results in: server/branch17 server/branch27 server/branch18 server/branch28 server/branch15 server/branch16 or: server/branch17 server/branch27 server/branch18 server/branch28 server/branch12 server/branch15 server/branch16 What happened instead? (Actual behavior) `git fetch server '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*3' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*4' 'branch1'` results in: server/branch13 server/branch23 server/branch14 server/branch24 server/branch12 server/branch22 `git fetch server --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*5' --refmap='+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/server/*6' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*7' '+refs/heads/branch*:refs/remotes/server/branch*8' 'branch1'` results in: server/branch17 server/branch27 server/branch18 server/branch28 server/branch15 server/branch25 server/branch16 server/branch26 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