> > > > error: refs/tags/tagFoo does not point to a valid object! > > > > It seems too vague to me. Can you submit your testcase? Perhaps we can > work from there? Sure: mkdir gitTagBug cd gitTagBug git init foo cd foo echo A >> foo.txt git add foo.txt git commit -m "Created foo" GRAFT_PARENT=`git rev-parse master` echo B >> foo.txt git commit -am "Added B" cd .. git init bar cd bar echo A >> foo.txt echo C >> foo.txt git add foo.txt git commit -m "Added C" GRAFT_CHILD=`git rev-parse master` git tag -am "Tagging foo C" tagFoo $GRAFT_CHILD cd .. cd foo git fetch ../bar refs/tags/tagFoo:refs/tags/tagFoo echo "$GRAFT_CHILD $GRAFT_PARENT" >> .git/info/grafts git filter-branch --tag-name-filter cat tagFoo cd .. # Purposely use a file URL to prune any unreferenced objects git clone file:///`pwd`/foo newFoo My output from the clone: Cloning into newFoo... remote: Counting objects: 9, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done. remote: Total 9 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Receiving objects: 100% (9/9), done. error: refs/tags/tagFoo does not point to a valid object! Thanks, Stephen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html