diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index 566cfa1836..ddcf52364c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --replace-all::
 	Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces
-	all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex)
+	all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
 
 --get::
 	Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
 	is not exactly one.
 
+--get-regexp::
+	Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
+
 --unset::
 	Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
 
diff --git a/repo-config.c b/repo-config.c
index e35063034f..63eda1bb78 100644
--- a/repo-config.c
+++ b/repo-config.c
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 
 static const char git_config_set_usage[] =
-"git-repo-config [ --bool | --int ] [--get | --get-all | --replace-all | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --list";
+"git-repo-config [ --bool | --int ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --list";
 
 static char* key = NULL;
-static char* value = NULL;
+static regex_t* key_regexp = NULL;
 static regex_t* regexp = NULL;
+static int show_keys = 0;
+static int use_key_regexp = 0;
 static int do_all = 0;
 static int do_not_match = 0;
 static int seen = 0;
@@ -23,34 +25,40 @@ static int show_all_config(const char *key_, const char *value_)
 
 static int show_config(const char* key_, const char* value_)
 {
+	char value[256];
+	const char *vptr = value;
+	int dup_error = 0;
+
 	if (value_ == NULL)
 		value_ = "";
 
-	if (!strcmp(key_, key) &&
-			(regexp == NULL ||
+	if (!use_key_regexp && strcmp(key_, key))
+		return 0;
+	if (use_key_regexp && regexec(key_regexp, key_, 0, NULL, 0))
+		return 0;
+	if (regexp != NULL &&
 			 (do_not_match ^
-			  !regexec(regexp, value_, 0, NULL, 0)))) {
-		if (do_all) {
-			printf("%s\n", value_);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		if (seen > 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "More than one value: %s\n", value);
-			free(value);
-		}
+			  regexec(regexp, value_, 0, NULL, 0)))
+		return 0;
 
-		if (type == T_INT) {
-			value = malloc(256);
-			sprintf(value, "%d", git_config_int(key_, value_));
-		} else if (type == T_BOOL) {
-			value = malloc(256);
-			sprintf(value, "%s", git_config_bool(key_, value_)
-					     ? "true" : "false");
-		} else {
-			value = strdup(value_);
-		}
-		seen++;
+	if (show_keys)
+		printf("%s ", key_);
+	if (seen && !do_all)
+		dup_error = 1;
+	if (type == T_INT)
+		sprintf(value, "%d", git_config_int(key_, value_));
+	else if (type == T_BOOL)
+		vptr = git_config_bool(key_, value_) ? "true" : "false";
+	else
+		vptr = value_;
+	seen++;
+	if (dup_error) {
+		error("More than one value for the key %s: %s",
+				key_, vptr);
 	}
+	else
+		printf("%s\n", vptr);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -63,6 +71,14 @@ static int get_value(const char* key_, const char* regex_)
 		key[i] = tolower(key_[i]);
 	key[i] = 0;
 
+	if (use_key_regexp) {
+		key_regexp = (regex_t*)malloc(sizeof(regex_t));
+		if (regcomp(key_regexp, key, REG_EXTENDED)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid key pattern: %s\n", key_);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (regex_) {
 		if (regex_[0] == '!') {
 			do_not_match = 1;
@@ -77,10 +93,6 @@ static int get_value(const char* key_, const char* regex_)
 	}
 
 	git_config(show_config);
-	if (value) {
-		printf("%s\n", value);
-		free(value);
-	}
 	free(key);
 	if (regexp) {
 		regfree(regexp);
@@ -88,9 +100,9 @@ static int get_value(const char* key_, const char* regex_)
 	}
 
 	if (do_all)
-		return 0;
+		return !seen;
 
-	return seen == 1 ? 0 : 1;
+	return (seen == 1) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
@@ -123,6 +135,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-all")) {
 			do_all = 1;
 			return get_value(argv[2], NULL);
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-regexp")) {
+			show_keys = 1;
+			use_key_regexp = 1;
+			do_all = 1;
+			return get_value(argv[2], NULL);
 		} else
 
 			return git_config_set(argv[1], argv[2]);
@@ -136,6 +153,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-all")) {
 			do_all = 1;
 			return get_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-regexp")) {
+			show_keys = 1;
+			use_key_regexp = 1;
+			do_all = 1;
+			return get_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--replace-all"))
 
 			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], argv[3], NULL, 1);
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index ab4dd5c4ce..1bf728fb06 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -247,6 +247,24 @@ EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'hierarchical section value' 'cmp .git/config expect'
 
+cat > expect << EOF
+beta.noindent=sillyValue
+nextsection.nonewline=wow2 for me
+123456.a123=987
+1.2.3.alpha=beta
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'working --list' \
+	'git-repo-config --list > output && cmp output expect'
+
+cat > expect << EOF
+beta.noindent sillyValue
+nextsection.nonewline wow2 for me
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success '--get-regexp' \
+	'git-repo-config --get-regexp in > output && cmp output expect'
+
 cat > .git/config << EOF
 [novalue]
 	variable
@@ -255,5 +273,10 @@ EOF
 test_expect_success 'get variable with no value' \
 	'git-repo-config --get novalue.variable ^$'
 
+git-repo-config > output 2>&1
+
+test_expect_success 'no arguments, but no crash' \
+	"test $? = 129 && grep usage output"
+
 test_done