Hi, lately I used git-subtree to integrate a submodule directly into a repository. Now I wanted to push the changes back to the original repository of the submodule and I was a bit surprised by what happened... ---- snip ---- sjaeckel@T7400-003 /h/projects/my_project (develop) $ GIT_TRACE=2 git subtree push --prefix=lib/com_lib/ git@git.local:com_lib develop -b develop trace: exec: 'git-subtree' 'push' '--prefix=lib/com_lib/' 'git@git.local:com_lib' 'develop' '-b' 'develop' trace: run_command: 'git-subtree' 'push' '--prefix=lib/com_lib/' 'git@git.local:com_lib' 'develop' '-b' 'develop' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--parseopt' '--' 'push' '--prefix=lib/com_lib/' 'git@git.local:com_lib' 'develop' '-b' 'develop' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--git-dir' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--show-cdup' git push using: git@git.local:com_lib develop trace: exec: 'git-subtree' 'split' '--prefix=lib/com_lib/' trace: run_command: 'git-subtree' 'split' '--prefix=lib/com_lib/' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--parseopt' '--' 'split' '--prefix=lib/com_lib/' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--git-dir' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--show-cdup' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--default' 'HEAD' '--revs-only' trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--no-revs' '--no-flags' trace: built-in: git 'log' '--grep=^git-subtree-dir: lib/com_lib/*$' '--pretty=format:START %H%n%s%n%n%b%nEND%n' '8068a810709f6284b04a18ff38dbb72c36b8d9c6' trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--topo-order' '--reverse' '--parents' '8068a810709f6284b04a18ff38dbb72c36b8d9c6' trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--topo-order' '--reverse' '--parents' '8068a810709f6284b04a18ff38dbb72c36b8d9c6' 1/ 102 (0)trace: built-in: git 'ls-tree' 'f6e1457d345029cf4d376ff3cf780cbb8c3080b4' '--' 'lib/com_lib' ..... loads of more git 'ls-tree'... 71/ 102 (70)72/ 102 (70)trace: built-in: git 'ls-tree' '48dc0efb9a148b1146b013554f8bf4635adf7a0d' '--' 'lib/com_lib' trace: built-in: git 'log' '-1' '--pretty=format:%T' '6299b48765e11302aca48cc9fca88735aeab7c54' '--' fatal: bad object 6299b48765e11302aca48cc9fca88735aeab7c54 trace: built-in: git 'push' 'git@git.local:com_lib' ':refs/heads/develop' trace: run_command: 'ssh' 'git@git.local' 'git-receive-pack '\''com_lib'\''' Repository name is: com_lib.git Repository_Clean name is: com_lib Branch name is: com_lib/develop To git@git.local:com_lib - [deleted] develop sjaeckel@T7400-003 /h/projects/my_project (develop) $ git version git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1 ---- /snip ---- I don't know if that's a bug or I used git-subtree's options incorrect, but what I read from its "manpage" 'git-subtree.txt', I would expect that this command should split out the commits of the prefix and push that to the remote of the former submodule. Even if it's my fault, because I used it incorrect, I think it should not delete the remote branch. Besides "git subtree push --prefix=lib/com_lib/ git@git.local:com_lib develop -b develop" I also tried "git subtree push --prefix=lib/com_lib/ git@git.local:com_lib develop" with the same effect. Can someone tell me if that's a bug, and/or what I did wrong? Thanks Steffen -- 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