Hi, Tim Chase wrote: > cd .git/refs > mkdir -p closed > mv heads/BUG-123 closed That breaks with packed refs (see git-pack-refs(1)), which are a normal thing to encounter after garbage collection. Hope that helps, Jonathan -- 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