diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1fe73448f3..5516a47b54 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	default to color output.
 	Same as `--color=never`.
 
+-i::
+--ignore-case::
+	Sorting and filtering branches are case insensitive.
+
 --column[=<options>]::
 --no-column::
 	Display branch listing in columns. See configuration variable
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index f57e69bc83..6d22974da6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
 	specified).
 
+--ignore-case::
+	Sorting and filtering refs are case insensitive.
+
 FIELD NAMES
 -----------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 80019c584b..76cfe40d96 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	variable if it exists, or lexicographic order otherwise. See
 	linkgit:git-config[1].
 
+-i::
+--ignore-case::
+	Sorting and filtering tags are case insensitive.
+
 --column[=<options>]::
 --no-column::
 	Display tag listing in columns. See configuration variable
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 475707528a..9d30f55b0b 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -512,15 +512,6 @@ static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sortin
 	if (filter->verbose)
 		maxwidth = calc_maxwidth(&array, strlen(remote_prefix));
 
-	/*
-	 * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting
-	 * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted
-	 * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by
-	 * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking
-	 * branches 'refs/remotes/...'.
-	 */
-	if (!sorting)
-		sorting = ref_default_sorting();
 	ref_array_sort(sorting, &array);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < array.nr; i++)
@@ -645,6 +636,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *new_upstream = NULL;
 	enum branch_track track;
 	struct ref_filter filter;
+	int icase = 0;
 	static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -686,6 +678,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
 			N_("print only branches of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
 		},
+		OPT_BOOL('i', "ignore-case", &icase, N_("sorting and filtering are case insensitive")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -723,6 +716,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (filter.abbrev == -1)
 		filter.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+	filter.ignore_case = icase;
+
 	finalize_colopts(&colopts, -1);
 	if (filter.verbose) {
 		if (explicitly_enable_column(colopts))
@@ -744,6 +739,16 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if ((filter.kind & FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) && filter.detached)
 			filter.kind |= FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD;
 		filter.name_patterns = argv;
+		/*
+		 * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting
+		 * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted
+		 * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by
+		 * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking
+		 * branches 'refs/remotes/...'.
+		 */
+		if (!sorting)
+			sorting = ref_default_sorting();
+		sorting->ignore_case = icase;
 		print_ref_list(&filter, sorting);
 		print_columns(&output, colopts, NULL);
 		string_list_clear(&output, 0);
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 4e9f6c29bf..df41fa0350 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int i;
 	const char *format = "%(objectname) %(objecttype)\t%(refname)";
 	struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
-	int maxcount = 0, quote_style = 0;
+	int maxcount = 0, quote_style = 0, icase = 0;
 	struct ref_array array;
 	struct ref_filter filter;
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only refs that are merged")),
 		OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only refs that are not merged")),
 		OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only refs which contain the commit")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-case", &icase, N_("sorting and filtering are case insensitive")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (!sorting)
 		sorting = ref_default_sorting();
+	sorting->ignore_case = icase;
+	filter.ignore_case = icase;
 
 	/* for warn_ambiguous_refs */
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 50e4ae5678..73df728114 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct ref_filter filter;
 	static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
 	const char *format = NULL;
+	int icase = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_CMDMODE('l', "list", &cmdmode, N_("list tag names"), 'l'),
 		{ OPTION_INTEGER, 'n', NULL, &filter.lines, N_("n"),
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			N_("print only tags of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
 		},
 		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format, N_("format"), N_("format to use for the output")),
+		OPT_BOOL('i', "ignore-case", &icase, N_("sorting and filtering are case insensitive")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -401,6 +403,8 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	if (!sorting)
 		sorting = ref_default_sorting();
+	sorting->ignore_case = icase;
+	filter.ignore_case = icase;
 	if (cmdmode == 'l') {
 		int ret;
 		if (column_active(colopts)) {
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index f5f7a70c6d..bd9801024c 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1231,8 +1231,14 @@ static int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit)
  * matches a pattern "refs/heads/mas") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref
  * matches "refs/heads/mas*", too).
  */
-static int match_pattern(const char **patterns, const char *refname)
+static int match_pattern(const struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
 {
+	const char **patterns = filter->name_patterns;
+	unsigned flags = 0;
+
+	if (filter->ignore_case)
+		flags |= WM_CASEFOLD;
+
 	/*
 	 * When no '--format' option is given we need to skip the prefix
 	 * for matching refs of tags and branches.
@@ -1243,7 +1249,7 @@ static int match_pattern(const char **patterns, const char *refname)
 	       skip_prefix(refname, "refs/", &refname));
 
 	for (; *patterns; patterns++) {
-		if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, 0, NULL))
+		if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, flags, NULL))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1255,9 +1261,15 @@ static int match_pattern(const char **patterns, const char *refname)
  * matches a pattern "refs/heads/" but not "refs/heads/m") or a
  * wildcard (e.g. the same ref matches "refs/heads/m*", too).
  */
-static int match_name_as_path(const char **pattern, const char *refname)
+static int match_name_as_path(const struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
 {
+	const char **pattern = filter->name_patterns;
 	int namelen = strlen(refname);
+	unsigned flags = WM_PATHNAME;
+
+	if (filter->ignore_case)
+		flags |= WM_CASEFOLD;
+
 	for (; *pattern; pattern++) {
 		const char *p = *pattern;
 		int plen = strlen(p);
@@ -1280,8 +1292,8 @@ static int filter_pattern_match(struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
 	if (!*filter->name_patterns)
 		return 1; /* No pattern always matches */
 	if (filter->match_as_path)
-		return match_name_as_path(filter->name_patterns, refname);
-	return match_pattern(filter->name_patterns, refname);
+		return match_name_as_path(filter, refname);
+	return match_pattern(filter, refname);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1536,18 +1548,20 @@ static int cmp_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting *s, struct ref_array_item *a, stru
 	struct atom_value *va, *vb;
 	int cmp;
 	cmp_type cmp_type = used_atom[s->atom].type;
+	int (*cmp_fn)(const char *, const char *);
 
 	get_ref_atom_value(a, s->atom, &va);
 	get_ref_atom_value(b, s->atom, &vb);
+	cmp_fn = s->ignore_case ? strcasecmp : strcmp;
 	if (s->version)
 		cmp = versioncmp(va->s, vb->s);
 	else if (cmp_type == FIELD_STR)
-		cmp = strcmp(va->s, vb->s);
+		cmp = cmp_fn(va->s, vb->s);
 	else {
 		if (va->ul < vb->ul)
 			cmp = -1;
 		else if (va->ul == vb->ul)
-			cmp = strcmp(a->refname, b->refname);
+			cmp = cmp_fn(a->refname, b->refname);
 		else
 			cmp = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/ref-filter.h b/ref-filter.h
index 14d435e2cc..fc55fa3574 100644
--- a/ref-filter.h
+++ b/ref-filter.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct ref_sorting {
 	struct ref_sorting *next;
 	int atom; /* index into used_atom array (internal) */
 	unsigned reverse : 1,
+		ignore_case : 1,
 		version : 1;
 };
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ struct ref_filter {
 
 	unsigned int with_commit_tag_algo : 1,
 		match_as_path : 1,
+		ignore_case : 1,
 		detached : 1;
 	unsigned int kind,
 		lines;
diff --git a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
index c6a3ccba1b..52283dfc8c 100755
--- a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
+++ b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch --list -v pattern shows branch summaries' '
 	awk "{print \$NF}" <tmp >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
+test_expect_success 'git branch --ignore-case --list -v pattern shows branch summaries' '
+	git branch --list --ignore-case -v BRANCH* >tmp &&
+	awk "{print \$NF}" <tmp >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -v pattern does not show branch summaries' '
 	test_must_fail git branch -v branch*
@@ -196,4 +201,28 @@ test_expect_success 'local-branch symrefs shortened properly' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'sort branches, ignore case' '
+	(
+		git init sort-icase &&
+		cd sort-icase &&
+		test_commit initial &&
+		git branch branch-one &&
+		git branch BRANCH-two &&
+		git branch --list | awk "{print \$NF}" >actual &&
+		cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+		BRANCH-two
+		branch-one
+		master
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected actual &&
+		git branch --list -i | awk "{print \$NF}" >actual &&
+		cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+		branch-one
+		BRANCH-two
+		master
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 8b0f71a2ac..07869b0c09 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,30 @@ test_expect_success 'listing all tags in an empty tree should output nothing' '
 	test $(git tag | wc -l) -eq 0
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'sort tags, ignore case' '
+	(
+		git init sort &&
+		cd sort &&
+		test_commit initial &&
+		git tag tag-one &&
+		git tag TAG-two &&
+		git tag -l >actual &&
+		cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+		TAG-two
+		initial
+		tag-one
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected actual &&
+		git tag -l -i >actual &&
+		cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+		initial
+		tag-one
+		TAG-two
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'looking for a tag in an empty tree should fail' \
 	'! (tag_exists mytag)'
 
@@ -81,6 +105,9 @@ test_expect_success 'listing all tags if one exists should output that tag' '
 test_expect_success 'listing a tag using a matching pattern should succeed' \
 	'git tag -l mytag'
 
+test_expect_success 'listing a tag with --ignore-case' \
+	'test $(git tag -l --ignore-case MYTAG) = mytag'
+
 test_expect_success \
 	'listing a tag using a matching pattern should output that tag' \
 	'test $(git tag -l mytag) = mytag'