diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
index ca28fb8e2a..7433627db1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --refs=<pattern>::
 	Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern.  The pattern
-	can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name.
+	can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. If
+	given multiple times, use refs whose names match any of the given shell
+	patterns. Use `--no-refs` to clear any previous ref patterns given.
 
 --all::
 	List all commits reachable from all refs
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index cd89d48b65..9da027674c 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static const char *name_ref_abbrev(const char *refname, int shorten_unambiguous)
 struct name_ref_data {
 	int tags_only;
 	int name_only;
-	const char *ref_filter;
+	struct string_list ref_filters;
 };
 
 static struct tip_table {
@@ -150,16 +150,38 @@ static int name_ref(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flags, vo
 	if (data->tags_only && !starts_with(path, "refs/tags/"))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (data->ref_filter) {
-		switch (subpath_matches(path, data->ref_filter)) {
-		case -1: /* did not match */
-			return 0;
-		case 0:  /* matched fully */
-			break;
-		default: /* matched subpath */
-			can_abbreviate_output = 1;
-			break;
+	if (data->ref_filters.nr) {
+		struct string_list_item *item;
+		int matched = 0;
+
+		/* See if any of the patterns match. */
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, &data->ref_filters) {
+			/*
+			 * Check all patterns even after finding a match, so
+			 * that we can see if a match with a subpath exists.
+			 * When a user asked for 'refs/tags/v*' and 'v1.*',
+			 * both of which match, the user is showing her
+			 * willingness to accept a shortened output by having
+			 * the 'v1.*' in the acceptable refnames, so we
+			 * shouldn't stop when seeing 'refs/tags/v1.4' matches
+			 * 'refs/tags/v*'.  We should show it as 'v1.4'.
+			 */
+			switch (subpath_matches(path, item->string)) {
+			case -1: /* did not match */
+				break;
+			case 0: /* matched fully */
+				matched = 1;
+				break;
+			default: /* matched subpath */
+				matched = 1;
+				can_abbreviate_output = 1;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
+
+		/* If none of the patterns matched, stop now */
+		if (!matched)
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	add_to_tip_table(oid->hash, path, can_abbreviate_output);
@@ -306,11 +328,11 @@ int cmd_name_rev(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct object_array revs = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
 	int all = 0, transform_stdin = 0, allow_undefined = 1, always = 0, peel_tag = 0;
-	struct name_ref_data data = { 0, 0, NULL };
+	struct name_ref_data data = { 0, 0, STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP };
 	struct option opts[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "name-only", &data.name_only, N_("print only names (no SHA-1)")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "tags", &data.tags_only, N_("only use tags to name the commits")),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "refs", &data.ref_filter, N_("pattern"),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "refs", &data.ref_filters, N_("pattern"),
 				   N_("only use refs matching <pattern>")),
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "all", &all, N_("list all commits reachable from all refs")),
diff --git a/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh b/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
index 1408b608eb..d9827a6389 100755
--- a/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,32 @@ test_expect_success '--cherry-pick bar does not come up empty (II)' '
 	test_cmp actual.named expect
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'name-rev multiple --refs combine inclusive' '
+	git rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >actual &&
+	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs="*tags/F" --refs="*tags/E" \
+		<actual >actual.named &&
+	test_cmp actual.named expect
+'
+
+cat >expect <<EOF
+<tags/F
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --refs excludes non-matched patterns' '
+	git rev-list --left-right --right-only --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >>expect &&
+	git rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >actual &&
+	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs="*tags/F" \
+		<actual >actual.named &&
+	test_cmp actual.named expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --no-refs clears the refs list' '
+	git rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick F...E -- bar >expect &&
+	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs="*tags/F" --refs="*tags/E" --no-refs --refs="*tags/G" \
+		<expect >actual &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
 cat >expect <<EOF
 +tags/F
 =tags/D