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Re: unable to resolve reference refs/tags/v3.1-rc8: Success

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LFLarry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
Date
Oct 3, 2011, 05:11 UTC
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<4E89440E.8060702@lwfinger.net>
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<20111003044045.GA17289@elie>
On 10/02/2011 11:40 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Larry Finger wrote:
>
>> After applying that patch, I get
>>
>> finger@larrylap:~/linux-2.6>  ~/git/git pull
>> fatal: ref refs/tags/v3.1-rc8 is corrupt: length=41, content=
>
> Great, thanks.
>
> In the short term I'd suggest just removing the corrupt
> .git/refs/tags/v3.1-rc8 file with "rm" so it can be fetched again.
> Hopefully later tonight I can prepare a real patch to fix this, though
> I wouldn't mind if someone else takes care of it first.
Thanks. That did the trick.
Larry
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  2. Larry FingerOct 3, 2011
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