Looks like push can't resolve tags to commits. Why is that? linux$ git push -f $PWD v3.10-rc2:refs/heads/vhost-next error: Trying to write non-commit object a8c6d53c4d84b3a5eb182758a9cdceceba4691da to branch refs/heads/vhost-next To /scm/linux ! [remote rejected] v3.10-rc2 -> vhost-next (failed to write) error: failed to push some refs to '/scm/linux' linux$ git log v3.10-rc2|head -5 commit c7788792a5e7b0d5d7f96d0766b4cb6112d47d75 Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon May 20 14:37:38 2013 -0700 Linux 3.10-rc2 linux$ $ git push -f $PWD c7788792a5e7b0d5d7f96d0766b4cb6112d47d75:refs/heads/vhost-next Everything up-to-date -- 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