tig-1.1-alt1 git-1.8.4.4-alt1 Whenever there is .git/.git/ (quite an extra-ordinary case of a second repo inside .git/), tig marks the displayed commits with .git/.git/refs/* rather than with .git/refs/* . Normal operation: $ mkdir main $ cd main [imz@localhost main]$ git init ... [imz@localhost main]$ echo a > a [imz@localhost main]$ git add a [imz@localhost main]$ git commit -m A. [master (root-commit) 711df42] A. 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 a [imz@localhost main]$ git tag good [imz@localhost main]$ tig # displays tag good (q to quit) [imz@localhost main]$ Continue with the error: [imz@localhost main]$ pushd .git [imz@localhost .git]$ git init ... [imz@localhost .git]$ git remote add origin .. [imz@localhost .git]$ git fetch origin master --no-tags remote: Counting objects: 3, done. remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. From .. * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD * [new branch] master -> origin/master [imz@localhost .git]$ git tag BAD origin/master [imz@localhost .git]$ popd ... [imz@localhost main]$ tig # displays tag BAD, branch origin/master (and no GOOD and master) [imz@localhost main]$ The explanation: It is fooled together with "git ls-remote": [imz@localhost main]$ TIG_TRACE=log-bad tig [imz@localhost main]$ cat log-bad git rev-parse --git-dir --is-inside-work-tree --show-cdup --show-prefix git config --list git symbolic-ref HEAD git ls-remote .git git log --encoding=UTF-8 --no-color --pretty=raw --parents -- [imz@localhost main]$ bash -x < log-bad + '[' -r /etc/bashrc ']' + . /etc/bashrc ++ '[' -z hxB ']' + git rev-parse --git-dir --is-inside-work-tree --show-cdup --show-prefix .git true + git config --list user.email=imz@altlinux.org user.name=Ivan Zakharyaschev shortcut-scripts.as-remote=@vaio gui.recentrepo=/home/imz/tmp/git-demo/my-project core.excludesfile=/home/imz/ETC/gitignore push.default=matching core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=true core.bare=false core.logallrefupdates=true + git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master + git ls-remote .git 711df42bf6f098bab312a212c59a572771093b9f refs/remotes/origin/master 711df42bf6f098bab312a212c59a572771093b9f refs/tags/BAD + git log --encoding=UTF-8 --no-color --pretty=raw --parents -- [imz@localhost main]$ When there is no .git/.git, "git ls-remote .git" gives another output: [imz@localhost main]$ TIG_TRACE=log-good tig [imz@localhost main]$ cat log-good git rev-parse --git-dir --is-inside-work-tree --show-cdup --show-prefix git config --list git symbolic-ref HEAD git ls-remote .git git log --encoding=UTF-8 --no-color --pretty=raw --parents -- git update-index -q --unmerged --refresh git diff-files --quiet git diff-index --quiet --diff-filter=ACDMRTXB -M --cached HEAD [imz@localhost main]$ bash -x < log-bad + '[' -r /etc/bashrc ']' + . /etc/bashrc ++ '[' -z hxB ']' + git rev-parse --git-dir --is-inside-work-tree --show-cdup --show-prefix .git true + git config --list user.email=imz@altlinux.org user.name=Ivan Zakharyaschev shortcut-scripts.as-remote=@vaio gui.recentrepo=/home/imz/tmp/git-demo/my-project core.excludesfile=/home/imz/ETC/gitignore push.default=matching core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=true core.bare=false core.logallrefupdates=true + git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master + git ls-remote .git 711df42bf6f098bab312a212c59a572771093b9f HEAD 711df42bf6f098bab312a212c59a572771093b9f refs/heads/master 711df42bf6f098bab312a212c59a572771093b9f refs/tags/good + git log --encoding=UTF-8 --no-color --pretty=raw --parents -- [imz@localhost main]$
