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error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!

Subject: error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!

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3 messages between Oct 18, 2010 and Oct 19, 2010.

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Mathieu Malaterre· Oct 18, 2010, 19:23 UTC · lore
Hi there,
  I am trying to convert a SVN repository to GIT. After the conversion
I tried to do some cleanups (git plumbing):

$ git filter-branch --prune-empty -f --tree-filter 'find . -type f -a \( -name \*.txx -o -name \*.cxx -o -name \*.h -o -name \*.dtd -o -name \*.dtd -o -name \*.xsd -o -name \*.txt -o -name \*.rc -o -name \*.linux \) -exec sudo dos2unix -p {} \;' --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

  The filter ran for a couple of hours. But after the conversion I get
the following:

Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/bla/.git/ remote: Counting objects: 59368, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25408/25408), done. remote: Total 59368 (delta 43461), reused 44204 (delta 33809) Receiving objects: 100% (59368/59368), 14.40 MiB | 14.27 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (43461/43461), done. error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.8 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.7 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.6 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.5 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.4 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.16 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.15 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.14 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.13 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.12 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.11 does not point to a valid object! error: refs/tags/2.0.10 does not point to a valid object!

  Could someone please let me know what I am doing wrong in my script
in filter-branch.
Thanks a bunch !
-- 
Mathieu
Stephen Bash· Oct 18, 2010, 20:31 UTC · re: Mathieu Malaterre · lore

Re: error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!

----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Mathieu Malaterre" <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>
> To: git@vger.kernel.org
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:23:57 PM
> Subject: error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!
> 
> I am trying to convert a SVN repository to GIT.
> 
> The filter ran for a couple of hours. But after the conversion I get
> the following:
> 
> Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/bla/.git/
> remote: Counting objects: 59368, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25408/25408), done.
> remote: Total 59368 (delta 43461), reused 44204 (delta 33809)
> Receiving objects: 100% (59368/59368), 14.40 MiB | 14.27 MiB/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (43461/43461), done.
> error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.8 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.7 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.6 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.5 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.4 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.16 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.15 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.14 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.13 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.12 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.11 does not point to a valid object!
> error: refs/tags/2.0.10 does not point to a valid object!
> 
> Could someone please let me know what I am doing wrong in my script
> in filter-branch.
Yep, I ran into the exact same problem.  Short answer, move/remove the refs/original directory before cloning, and the issue should go away.
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/8/20/37441
There was also a proposed test case:
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/9/7/39119

HTH, Stephen

Mathieu Malaterre· Oct 19, 2010, 11:15 UTC · re: Stephen Bash · lore

Re: error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Stephen Bash <bash@genarts.com> wrote:
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mathieu Malaterre" <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>
>> To: git@vger.kernel.org
>> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:23:57 PM
>> Subject: error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!
>>
>> I am trying to convert a SVN repository to GIT.
>>
>> The filter ran for a couple of hours. But after the conversion I get
>> the following:
>>
>> Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/bla/.git/
>> remote: Counting objects: 59368, done.
>> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25408/25408), done.
>> remote: Total 59368 (delta 43461), reused 44204 (delta 33809)
>> Receiving objects: 100% (59368/59368), 14.40 MiB | 14.27 MiB/s, done.
>> Resolving deltas: 100% (43461/43461), done.
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.9 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.8 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.7 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.6 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.5 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.4 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.16 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.15 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.14 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.13 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.12 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.11 does not point to a valid object!
>> error: refs/tags/2.0.10 does not point to a valid object!
>>
>> Could someone please let me know what I am doing wrong in my script
>> in filter-branch.
>
> Yep, I ran into the exact same problem.  Short answer, move/remove the refs/original directory before cloning, and the issue should go away.
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/8/20/37441
>
> There was also a proposed test case:
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/9/7/39119

This was indeed the problem. Just a simple rm -rf .git/refs/original/* and original issue is gone.

Thank you so much !
-- 
Mathieu

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