When git-fetch encounters the refspec "tag" it assumes that the next argument will be a tag name. If there is no next argument, it should die gracefully instead of erroring. Signed-off-by: Kevin Ballard <kevin@xxxxxx> --- builtin-fetch.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c index a11548c..5841b3e 100644 --- a/builtin-fetch.c +++ b/builtin-fetch.c @@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (!strcmp(argv[i], "tag")) { char *ref; i++; + if (i >= argc) + die("You need to specify a tag name."); ref = xmalloc(strlen(argv[i]) * 2 + 22); strcpy(ref, "refs/tags/"); strcat(ref, argv[i]); -- 1.5.5.rc3.dirty -- 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