$ git ls-remote --tags ./.
d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250 refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
$ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/pu
b1d096f2926c4e37c9c0b6a7bf2119bedaa277cb refs/heads/rc
$ echo http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git >.git/branches/public
$ git ls-remote --tags public v\*
d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3