On Sat, Sep 22 2018, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> A small background why I wanted this: I need to build a new version of > some software hosted in git, add a lot of shared/static stuff and > automatically test it. I want to get the most recent *tag* and create a > folder with the tagname in it, go into that folder and clone the repo, > check out the tag, add the rest of the stuff, build and test > > As the default outpout of «git ls-remote --tags» or «git ls-remote» is > topologically sorted by tagname, the most recent tag is likely to be in > the middle. > > Linux 4.12.14-lp150.12.16-default [openSUSE Leap 15.0] > > $ git --version > git version 2.19.0 > > $ git ls-remote --tags github.com:Tux/App-ccdiff > 5e2513ab6dd4a24c8f3a3ace0a3faba6a291d818 refs/tags/0.04 > 2f7ea0f1e751dc20c1ddb15f6d61c6fa62d5d6f1 refs/tags/0.05 > a3802907be5b10383c7438f1d1c660fe13a05d3f refs/tags/0.06 > 3e4bfa7cde75fba221650b9d3aa5555b706803df refs/tags/0.07 > 05829d1ac5b49bbdd2167bc363b94f8a12e752b3 refs/tags/0.08 > 9c6e5861ea9c6e50c501663d43c5a9f6d31b54bc refs/tags/0.09 > e815b059f6326da936c3a92272ba67e273b1dc3e refs/tags/0.10 > e6b40e331c945449bb8e71023de4920ca5574adc refs/tags/0.20 > be55e6336b1db5ffad23a6a0a663763e2f5da779 refs/tags/0.21 > e283d563f02bb8d2131e8b95852072ac204b28b4 refs/tags/0.22 > 0d3d1830f542121bfef1d984f21343c6d9c774f8 refs/tags/0.23 > d7bf195a92095a4f0b810584810450e4001b1a2c refs/tags/0.24 > 5c517cf3f79cb18173714e63bc5b80a3e3f888f1 refs/tags/0.25 > > Whether or not supported, it should not dump core > > $ git ls-remote --tags --sort=authordate github.com:Tux/App-ccdiff > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > (gdb) where > #0 0x00007ffff74784a6 in __strlen_sse2 () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #1 0x000000000057a956 in for_each_replace_ref () > #2 0x0000000000596cec in do_lookup_replace_object () > #3 0x00000000005c14eb in oid_object_info_extended () > #4 0x000000000058b984 in get_object () > #5 0x000000000058ddde in populate_value () > #6 0x000000000058e36b in compare_refs () > #7 0x000000000061447a in msort_with_tmp.part () > #8 0x0000000000614505 in msort_with_tmp.part () > #9 0x0000000000614518 in msort_with_tmp.part () > #10 0x0000000000614518 in msort_with_tmp.part () > #11 0x000000000061459e in git_qsort_s () > #12 0x000000000058ed40 in ref_array_sort () > #13 0x000000000044ef66 in cmd_ls_remote () > #14 0x000000000040784f in handle_builtin () > #15 0x0000000000407bb0 in cmd_main () > #16 0x0000000000406b04 in main () > > Linux 3.10.0-862.6.3.el7.x86_64 [CentOS Linux 7.5.1804 (Core)] > > $ git --version > git version 2.18.0 > > $ git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/Tux/App-ccdiff > 5e2513ab6dd4a24c8f3a3ace0a3faba6a291d818 refs/tags/0.04 > 2f7ea0f1e751dc20c1ddb15f6d61c6fa62d5d6f1 refs/tags/0.05 > a3802907be5b10383c7438f1d1c660fe13a05d3f refs/tags/0.06 > 3e4bfa7cde75fba221650b9d3aa5555b706803df refs/tags/0.07 > 05829d1ac5b49bbdd2167bc363b94f8a12e752b3 refs/tags/0.08 > 9c6e5861ea9c6e50c501663d43c5a9f6d31b54bc refs/tags/0.09 > e815b059f6326da936c3a92272ba67e273b1dc3e refs/tags/0.10 > e6b40e331c945449bb8e71023de4920ca5574adc refs/tags/0.20 > be55e6336b1db5ffad23a6a0a663763e2f5da779 refs/tags/0.21 > e283d563f02bb8d2131e8b95852072ac204b28b4 refs/tags/0.22 > 0d3d1830f542121bfef1d984f21343c6d9c774f8 refs/tags/0.23 > d7bf195a92095a4f0b810584810450e4001b1a2c refs/tags/0.24 > 5c517cf3f79cb18173714e63bc5b80a3e3f888f1 refs/tags/0.25 > > $ git ls-remote --tags --sort=authordate https://github.com/Tux/App-ccdiff > Segmentation fault > > (gdb) where > #0 0x00007ffff751a67f in __strlen_sse42 () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > #1 0x0000000000561c06 in for_each_replace_ref () > #2 0x000000000057c3fa in do_lookup_replace_object () > #3 0x00000000005a6aa8 in read_object_file_extended () > #4 0x00000000005731e5 in get_object () > #5 0x00000000005749df in populate_value () > #6 0x0000000000574e9d in compare_refs () > #7 0x00000000005efe57 in msort_with_tmp.part.0 () > #8 0x00000000005efe31 in msort_with_tmp.part.0 () > #9 0x00000000005efe0e in msort_with_tmp.part.0 () > #10 0x00000000005efe0e in msort_with_tmp.part.0 () > #11 0x00000000005eff5c in git_qsort_s () > #12 0x00000000005757e0 in ref_array_sort () > #13 0x000000000044c6b6 in cmd_ls_remote () > #14 0x000000000040730e in handle_builtin () > #15 0x000000000040760e in cmd_main () > #16 0x0000000000406554 in main () I can't reproduce this, I just get for both ssh and https: $ ~/g/git/git --exec-path=$PWD ls-remote --tags --sort=authordate https://github.com/Tux/App-ccdiff fatal: missing object 2f7ea0f1e751dc20c1ddb15f6d61c6fa62d5d6f1 for refs/tags/0.05 $ ~/g/git/git --exec-path=$PWD version git version 2.18.0 Same thing on latest 'master' (v2.19.0-221-g150f307afc). But maybe that's just a symptom of the same bug, when I clone the repo I get a working 0.05 tag, and it passes fsck, and I do get the 2f7ea0f1e751dc20c1ddb15f6d61c6fa62d5d6f1 object (which is the 0.05 tag object).
