[U-Boot] corrupted tags in git://git.denx.de/u-boot ?

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 03:22:21PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Igor,
> 
> In message <558979E4.9030501 at compulab.co.il> you wrote:
> > 
> > > In other words, I cannot reproduce your issue here.
> > 
> > May be it has something to do with my git version?
> > $ git --version
> > git version 2.3.6
> 
> I did my tests with:
> 
> -> git --version
> git version 2.1.0
> 
> [This is what Fedora 21 uses.]
> 
> 
> In Fedora 22 I get
> 
> -> git --version
> git version 2.4.2
> 
> which then shows:
> 
> -> git fsck --full
> Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
> error in tag eb394f56db3e05d00891d6dc36a00df0025cf255: unterminated header
> error in tag 9bf86baaa3b35b25baa2d664e2f7f6cafad689ee: unterminated header
> error in tag c7071e6d645a8e13adb0d4cea2caad27213fa62f: unterminated header
> Checking objects: 100% (328644/328644), done.
> Checking connectivity: 325719, done.
> 
> 
> > $ git fsck --full
> > Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
> > error in tag eb394f56db3e05d00891d6dc36a00df0025cf255: unterminated header
> > error in tag 9bf86baaa3b35b25baa2d664e2f7f6cafad689ee: unterminated header
> > error in tag c7071e6d645a8e13adb0d4cea2caad27213fa62f: unterminated header
> > Checking objects: 100% (325719/325719), done.
> > Checking connectivity: 325719, done.
> 
> Confirmed.
> 
> > It seems that the check for termination with '\n' in tag headers
> > started to be a requirement from git version 2.2.0?
> 
> I think you are right.  The fact that v2.1.0 does not show anything
> but v2.3.6 and v2.4.2 do also supports your analysis.
> 
> > This [1] seems to be the patch that triggers the message I see.
> > 
> > [1] https://github.com/git/git/commit/4d0d89755e82c40df88cf94d84031978f8eac827
> 
> Yes, I agree.
> 
> So apparently the tags  LABEL_2006_03_12_0025, LABEL_2006_04_18_1106,
> and LABEL_2006_05_19_1133 are affected.
> 
> IIUC it should be a harmless thing to just recreate the same tags
> (referring to the same commits)?  Or can anybody see any problems tha
> might be caused by such a tag re-creation?  I mean, it is not like a
> rebase of the repository or something like that?  Right?

Lets take it up on the git list and ask for help/advice?

-- 
Tom
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