On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 07:34:27PM +0200, Steffen Jaeckel wrote: > 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/*$' '--pretty=format:START %H%n%s%n%n%b%nEND%n' '8068a810709f6284b04a18ff38dbb72c36b8d9c6' > trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--topo-order' '--reverse' '--parents' '8068a810709f6284b04a18ff38dbb72c36b8d9c6' > trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--topo-order' '--reverse' '--parents' '8068a810709f6284b04a18ff38dbb72c36b8d9c6' > 1/ 102 (0)trace: built-in: git 'ls-tree' 'f6e1457d345029cf4d376ff3cf780cbb8c3080b4' '--' 'lib/com_lib' > ..... loads of more git 'ls-tree'... > 71/ 102 (70)72/ 102 (70)trace: built-in: git 'ls-tree' '48dc0efb9a148b1146b013554f8bf4635adf7a0d' '--' 'lib/com_lib' > trace: built-in: git 'log' '-1' '--pretty=format:%T' '6299b48765e11302aca48cc9fca88735aeab7c54' '--' > fatal: bad object 6299b48765e11302aca48cc9fca88735aeab7c54 Without knowing much about git-subtree, this looks like the culprit. A quick look at cmd_push in git-subtree.sh indicates that it doesn't check for an error return from 'git subtree split --prefix=$prefix', so if that goes wrong you end up doing: git push $repository :refs/heads/$refspec which deletes the branch. Can you try running this: git subtree split --prefix=lib/com_lib/ and see if that gives the same "fatal: bad object" message as above? -- 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