'
+test_expect_success 'set-up a few more tags for tag export tests' '
+ git checkout -f master &&
+ HEAD_TREE=`git show -s --pretty=raw HEAD | grep tree | sed "s/tree //"` &&
+ git tag tree_tag -m "tagging a tree" $HEAD_TREE &&
+ git tag -a tree_tag-obj -m "tagging a tree" $HEAD_TREE &&
+ git tag tag-obj_tag -m "tagging a tag" tree_tag-obj &&
+ git tag -a tag-obj_tag-obj -m "tagging a tag" tree_tag-obj
+'
+
+# NEEDSWORK: not just check return status, but validate the output
+# two tests commented out due to crash and thus unreliable return code
+test_expect_failure 'tree_tag' 'git fast-export tree_tag'
+test_expect_failure 'tree_tag-obj' 'git fast-export tree_tag-obj'
+test_expect_failure 'tag-obj_tag' 'git fast-export tag-obj_tag'
+test_expect_failure 'tag-obj_tag-obj' 'git fast-export tag-obj_tag-obj'
+
test_done