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-rw-r--r--builtin/tag.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7004-tag.sh12
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 9c3e0673d..d4824800b 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
die(_("%s: cannot lock the ref"), ref.buf);
if (write_ref_sha1(lock, object, NULL) < 0)
die(_("%s: cannot update the ref"), ref.buf);
- if (force && hashcmp(prev, object))
+ if (force && !is_null_sha1(prev) && hashcmp(prev, object))
printf(_("Updated tag '%s' (was %s)\n"), tag, find_unique_abbrev(prev, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
strbuf_release(&buf);
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index f5a79b13a..c8d6e9f88 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ test_expect_success 'creating a tag using HEAD directly should succeed' '
tag_exists myhead
'
+test_expect_success '--force can create a tag with the name of one existing' '
+ tag_exists mytag &&
+ git tag --force mytag &&
+ tag_exists mytag'
+
+test_expect_success '--force is moot with a non-existing tag name' '
+ git tag newtag >expect &&
+ git tag --force forcetag >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+git tag -d newtag forcetag
+
# deleting tags:
test_expect_success 'trying to delete an unknown tag should fail' '