fast-export: avoid dying when filtering by paths and old tags exist

diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index e2be35f41e67bcafd1bcf7842146790387d46ebc..7d50f5414e2f3b1506ecbdfcfceff80696fbf055 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -775,9 +775,12 @@ static void handle_tag(const char *name, struct tag *tag)
                                        break;
                                if (!(p->object.flags & TREESAME))
                                        break;
-                               if (!p->parents)
-                                       die("can't find replacement commit for tag %s",
-                                            oid_to_hex(&tag->object.oid));
+                               if (!p->parents) {
+                                       printf("reset %s\nfrom %s\n\n",
+                                              name, oid_to_hex(&null_oid));
+                                       free(buf);
+                                       return;
+                               }
                                p = p->parents->item;
                        }
                        tagged_mark = get_object_mark(&p->object);