# Issue fetching tags error: unable to find eb03b... ; git fsck shows no problem... 2 messages from 2011-09-07 to 2011-09-07. Participants: James Blackburn. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/28324 ## James Blackburn, 2011-09-07 16:14 Subject: Issue fetching tags error: unable to find eb03b... ; git fsck shows no problem... Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACyv8dcTi0pG_GPvxD1zoTf6iRG81KbaY43FA-pbxYJz2UVJcQ%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi All, I've got an error I can't seem to resolve. Fsck reports both my repositories are OK, but git fetch --tags tells me it can't find an object. bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32867> git --version git version 1.7.6 bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32864> git remote add old_tags ../old_tags/ bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32865> git fetch old_tags From ../old_tags * [new branch]      master     -> old_tags/master ... bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32866> git fetch --tags old_tags remote: Counting objects: 33613, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11778/11778), done. remote: Total 33529 (delta 18473), reused 30013 (delta 15779) Receiving objects: 100% (33529/33529), 28.59 MiB | 8.06 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (18473/18473), completed with 17 local objects. error: unable to find eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f fatal: object eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f not found git fsck --full shows no errors in old_tags. git show eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f in old_tags seems to work: commit eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f Author: (no author) <(no author)@e3bda1c8-b8c7-484d-b8f9-8c0514bc73ff> Date:   Tue Oct 10 09:44:47 2006 +0000    This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'releases/3_2_0-5'.    git-svn-id: svn://eng-cbga-2/tools/eclipse/tags/releases/3_2_0-5@39 e3bda1c8-b8c7-484d-b8f9-8c0514bc73ff diff --git a/org.eclipse.cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.doc.isv/reference/api/allclasses-frame.html b/org.eclipse.cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.doc.isv/reference/api/ allclasses-frame.html ... Any ideas how to resolve this? Cheers, James ``` ## James Blackburn, 2011-09-07 16:30 Subject: Re: Issue fetching tags error: unable to find eb03b... ; git fsck shows no problem... Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACyv8dfopPtqWxMYwx3wGipc8%2Bv7iPJO4%2BEsjk51kGuN8BSwuA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` I can get the fetch to work, by removing refs/original in the source repo: bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32942> git fetch --tags old remote: Counting objects: 35469, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11562/11562), done. remote: Total 33792 (delta 18883), reused 30509 (delta 16197) Receiving objects: 100% (33792/33792), 28.10 MiB | 8.28 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (18883/18883), completed with 443 local objects. error: unable to find eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f fatal: object eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f not found bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32943> rm -rf ../old_tagsX/.git/refs/original/ bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32944> git fetch --tags old remote: Counting objects: 1404, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (570/570), done. remote: Total 1014 (delta 480), reused 659 (delta 233) Receiving objects: 100% (1014/1014), 1.66 MiB, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (480/480), completed with 195 local objects. From ../old_tagsX * [new tag] 3.2.0-5 -> 3.2.0-5 ... bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32945> git show eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f commit eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f Author: (no author) <(no author)@e3bda1c8-b8c7-484d-b8f9-8c0514bc73ff> Date: Tue Oct 10 09:44:47 2006 +0000 This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'releases/3_2_0-5'. ... Note that the object was present all along! (In old_repo I had done: git filter-branch --prune-empty -- --all) I have a backup of the repo, and this is repeatable for me, is there an odd interaction between fetch and refs/original? Cheers, James On 7 September 2011 17:14, James Blackburn wrote: > Hi All, > > I've got an error I can't seem to resolve. Fsck reports both my > repositories are OK, but git fetch --tags tells me it can't find an > object. > > bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32867> git --version > git version 1.7.6 > bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32864> git remote add old_tags ../old_tags/ > bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32865> git fetch old_tags > From ../old_tags > * [new branch]      master     -> old_tags/master > ... > bash:jamesb:xl-cbga-20:32866> git fetch --tags old_tags > remote: Counting objects: 33613, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11778/11778), done. > remote: Total 33529 (delta 18473), reused 30013 (delta 15779) > Receiving objects: 100% (33529/33529), 28.59 MiB | 8.06 MiB/s, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (18473/18473), completed with 17 local objects. > error: unable to find eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f > fatal: object eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f not found > > git fsck --full shows no errors in old_tags. > git show eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f in old_tags seems to work: > > commit eb03ba0f40fb2b6a3287036d851d2506e4ea4f8f > Author: (no author) <(no author)@e3bda1c8-b8c7-484d-b8f9-8c0514bc73ff> > Date:   Tue Oct 10 09:44:47 2006 +0000 > >    This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'releases/3_2_0-5'. > >    git-svn-id: svn://eng-cbga-2/tools/eclipse/tags/releases/3_2_0-5@39 > e3bda1c8-b8c7-484d-b8f9-8c0514bc73ff > > diff --git a/org.eclipse.cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.doc.isv/reference/api/allclasses-frame.html > b/org.eclipse.cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.doc.isv/reference/api/ > allclasses-frame.html > ... > > > Any ideas how to resolve this? > > Cheers, > James > ```