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Subject: git fsck complains about error:
 refs/tags/.cyg000000000559e25517156b51cf219f51/libgcj-2.95.0:
 badRefName: invalid refname format?!
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Hello, on Cygwin 3.6.6-1.x86_64 on CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045/Win10 I get
these errors from git fsck when working on a clean clone of the
gcc.git repro:

git fsck
error: refs/tags/.cyg000000000559e25517156b51cf219f51/libgcj-2.95.1:
badRefName: invalid refname format
error: refs/tags/.cyg000000000559e25517156b51cf219f51/libgcj-2.95.0:
badRefName: invalid refname format
error: refs/tags/.cyg000000000559e25817156b51cf219f51/libf2c-0.5.22:
badRefName: invalid refname format
error: refs/tags/.cyg000000000559e25817156b51cf219f51/libf2c-0.5.21:
badRefName: invalid refname format

git fsck then exits with error code 8, breaking our scripts.

Is this a Cygwin bug or feature running wild?

Dan
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