----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mathieu Malaterre" <mathieu.malaterre@xxxxxxxxx> > To: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:23:57 PM > Subject: error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object! > > I am trying to convert a SVN repository to GIT. > > The filter ran for a couple of hours. But after the conversion I get > the following: > > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/bla/.git/ > remote: Counting objects: 59368, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25408/25408), done. > remote: Total 59368 (delta 43461), reused 44204 (delta 33809) > Receiving objects: 100% (59368/59368), 14.40 MiB | 14.27 MiB/s, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (43461/43461), done. > error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.8 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.7 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.6 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.5 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.4 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.16 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.15 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.14 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.13 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.12 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.11 does not point to a valid object! > error: refs/tags/2.0.10 does not point to a valid object! > > Could someone please let me know what I am doing wrong in my script > in filter-branch. Yep, I ran into the exact same problem. Short answer, move/remove the refs/original directory before cloning, and the issue should go away. http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/8/20/37441 There was also a proposed test case: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/9/7/39119 HTH, 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