# [PATCH TopGit] tg-export.sh: support tag objects as parent

1 messages from 2011-03-17 to 2011-03-17. Participants: Andrey Borzenkov.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26763

## Andrey Borzenkov, 2011-03-17 18:30

Subject: [PATCH TopGit] tg-export.sh: support tag objects as parent
Message-ID: <1300386623-31666-1-git-send-email-arvidjaar@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1300386623-31666-1-git-send-email-arvidjaar%40gmail.com

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Currently tg-export fails with

Collapsing u/quota-pull
fatal: 2770ca86dec8b9cc36bf50127e5aff7f29557e3c is not a valid 'commit' object

Check for and resolve tag objects for parent.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>

---
 tg-export.sh |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tg-export.sh b/tg-export.sh
index 486ec94..4574882 100644
--- a/tg-export.sh
+++ b/tg-export.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ collapsed_commit()
 	>"$playground/^body"
 
 	# Determine parent
-	parent="$(cut -f 1 "$playground/$name^parents")"
+	parent="$(cut -f 1 "$playground/$name^parents" | \
+		while read p; do [ $(git cat-file -t $p 2> /dev/null) = tag ] && git cat-file tag $p | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2 || echo $p; done)"
 	if [ "$(cat "$playground/$name^parents" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
 		# Produce a merge commit first
 		parent="$({
-- 
tg: (9aa66bc..) u/parent-tag (depends on: u/signed-off-by)

```