From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:12:42 GMT Subject: Re: git-cat-file "Not a valid object name" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <46FD7AA5.2080007@earthdetails.com> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Reza Roboubi wrote: > > git-cat-file -t 9b22b50f814b22224d6f838433f1e9cd36bfc2 > > says: "Not a valid object name". > > So what is this thing in my .git: > ../.git/objects/92/9b22b50f814b22224d6f838433f1e9cd36bfc2 The object name for that thing is 929b22b5... You need the two first hex digits too (which are used as the fan-out in the object directory). Linus