I was going to make a tar of the latest stable linux kernel. Done it before but now I got a strange problem. >git archive --format=tar v2.6.27.2 fatal: Not a valid object name this is the output from some other command on the same bare repository. >git tag | grep 2.6.27.2 v2.6.27.2 >git cat-file -p v2.6.27.2 object 6bcd6d778419101dd96cbbdf03eeab8d779b1d66 type commit tag v2.6.27.2 tagger Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> Sat Oct 18 10:58:00 2008 -0700 This is the v2.6.27.2 stable release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkj6I6sACgkQMUfUDdst+ylcigCg0/e3kQZwAqLp6wPuPqdWl7nL X0wAnjuNPJG1OqZfhMiAGccLx0QGvMQz =INvo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >git cat-file -p 6bcd6d778419101dd96cbbdf03eeab8d779b1d66 tree a717af81e5a2e8a7ee36f3b80aa077965f570197 parent 6505670551fa3deeb6e5d7cab6983514384c7220 author Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> 1224352642 -0700 committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> 1224352642 -0700 Linux 2.6.27.2 >git archive --format=tar a717af81e5a2e8a7ee36f3b80aa077965f570197 fatal: not a tree object >git cat-file -t a717af81e5a2e8a7ee36f3b80aa077965f570197 tree -- 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
