diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
index c696388..9a09793 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ our $data_version = '';
 our %repos;
 our %one_repo;
 our %groups;
+our %patterns;
 our %configs;
 our %one_config;
 our %split_conf;
@@ -326,8 +327,10 @@ sub memberships {
         }
     }
 
-    for my $i ( keys %groups ) {
-        if ( $base eq $i or $base =~ /^$i$/ or $base2 and ( $base2 eq $i or $base2 =~ /^$i$/ ) ) {
+    push @ret, @{ $groups{$base} } if exists $groups{$base};
+    push @ret, @{ $groups{$base2} } if $base2 and exists $groups{$base2};
+    for my $i ( keys %{ $patterns{groups} } ) {
+        if ( $base =~ /^$i$/ or $base2 and ( $base2 =~ /^$i$/ ) ) {
             push @ret, @{ $groups{$i} };
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm
index 252bf14..2a38a72 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ sub store_common {
     my $cc = "conf/gitolite.conf-compiled.pm";
     my $compiled_fh = _open( ">", "$cc.new" );
 
+    my %patterns = ();
+
     my $data_version = glrc('current-data-version');
     trace( 3, "data_version = $data_version" );
     print $compiled_fh Data::Dumper->Dump( [$data_version], [qw(*data_version)] );
@@ -301,7 +303,17 @@ sub store_common {
         my %groups = %{ inside_out( \%groups ) };
         $dumped_data = Data::Dumper->Dump( [ \%groups ], [qw(*groups)] );
         print $compiled_fh $dumped_data;
+
+        # save patterns in %groups for faster handling of multiple repos, such
+        # as happens in the various POST_COMPILE scripts
+        for my $k (keys %groups) {
+            $patterns{groups}{$k} = 1 unless $k =~ $REPONAME_PATT;
+        }
     }
+
+    $dumped_data = Data::Dumper->Dump( [ \%patterns ], [qw(*patterns)] ) if %patterns;
+    print $compiled_fh $dumped_data;
+
     print $compiled_fh Data::Dumper->Dump( [ \%split_conf ], [qw(*split_conf)] ) if %split_conf;
 
     close $compiled_fh or _die "close compiled-conf failed: $!\n";
diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Rc.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Rc.pm
index 58fc4db..9c2ae5b 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Rc.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Rc.pm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $UNSAFE_PATT          = qr([`~#\$\&()|;<>]);
 
 # find the rc file and 'do' it
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-my $current_data_version = "3.0";
+my $current_data_version = "3.2";
 
 my $rc = glrc('filename');
 if (-r $rc and -s $rc) {
diff --git a/t/sequence.t b/t/sequence.t
index acccb0b..e98690b 100755
--- a/t/sequence.t
+++ b/t/sequence.t
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ try "
 
 confreset;confadd '
     @staff = u1 u2 u3
-    @gfoo = foo/CREATOR/.+
+    @gfoo = foo/CREATOR/..*
     repo  @gfoo
           C       = u1
           RW+     = CREATOR