Hi Stephen, Stephen Bash writes: > 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 for the testcase! Offhand, it definitely looks like a bug. I'm investigating to figure out which part of the chain is at fault. -- Ram -- 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