From: Linus Torvalds Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:24:47 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Avoid scary errors about tagged trees/blobs during git-fetch X-Git-Tag: v1.5.3.5~32 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=42a32174b600f139b489341b1281fb1bfa14c252;p=git.git Avoid scary errors about tagged trees/blobs during git-fetch Ok, what is going on is: - append_fetch_head() looks up the SHA1 for all heads (including tags): if (get_sha1(head, sha1)) return error("Not a valid object name: %s", head); - it then wants to check if it's a candidate for merging (because fetching also does the whole "list which heads to merge" in case it is going to be part of a "pull"): commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1); if (!commit) not_for_merge = 1; - and that "lookup_commit_reference()" is just very vocal about the case where it fails. It really shouldn't be, and it shouldn't affect the actual end result, but that basically explains why you get that scary warning. In short, the warning is just bogus, and should be harmless, but I agree that it's ugly. I think the appended patch should fix it. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce --- diff --git a/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/builtin-fetch--tool.c index e2f8ede9a..db133348a 100644 --- a/builtin-fetch--tool.c +++ b/builtin-fetch--tool.c @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp, if (get_sha1(head, sha1)) return error("Not a valid object name: %s", head); - commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1); + commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 1); if (!commit) not_for_merge = 1;