[Godeps] Specifying source tag fails to stage

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1658765
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~nskaggs
Labels: —
Created: 2017-01-23 06:23 PM UTC
Updated: 2017-01-23 06:23 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

A Godeps part using the annotated tag juju-2.0.2 fails during source pull. An exact config and command are provided, but the legacy Godeps implementation is absent from the current codebase.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The exact failing command pulls refs/tags/juju-2.0.2 and Git reports that a non-commit tag object is being written to refs/heads/master, identifying an annotated-tag handling bug. Although historically valid, the current repository contains no Godeps implementation and its migration documentation directs users from legacy core18 Go plugins to the craft-parts Go plugin, so this report targets a removed legacy subsystem; no resolving commit was identified.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 22 Quick Win: 11 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 84 Actionability: 84

Issue body

$ snapcraft Preparing to pull juju Pulling juju From https://github.com/juju/juju * tag juju-2.0.2 -> FETCH_HEAD fatal: update_ref failed for ref 'HEAD': cannot update the ref 'HEAD': Trying to write non-commit object 6f9a7321d050cc4318d009330854c781e027a7cb to branch refs/heads/master Command '['git', '-C', '/home/nskaggs/projects/juju/classic-juju-snap/parts/juju/src', 'pull', '--recurse-submodules=yes', 'https://github.com/juju/juju.git', 'refs/tags/juju-2.0.2']' returned non-zero exit status 128 My part for this snapcraft.yaml looks like this: parts: juju: plugin: godeps go-importpath: github.com/juju/juju source: https://github.com/juju/juju.git source-type: git build-packages: [gcc] source-tag: juju-2.0.2 I will note the source is pulled and is correct in the parts directory. However, snapcraft fails per above.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-10-02 06:57 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 22 Quick Win: 11 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 84 Actionability: 84	close stale	A Godeps part using the annotated tag juju-2.0.2 fails during source pull. An exact config and command are provided, but the legacy Godeps implementation is absent from the current codebase.
2026-09-23 11:12 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Impact: 0 Quick Win: 0 Complexity: 0 Confidence: 80 Actionability: 0	close stale	godeps plugin fails when specifying source-tag with git ref error
2026-09-01 07:39 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 20 Quick Win: 9 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 55 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 10	close stale	Godeps plugin fails to stage when source-tag is specified: git pull of the tag ref errors with 'cannot update the ref HEAD: non-commit object'. Reported ~2016, no maintainer activity, no labels.
2026-07-23 11:50 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 100 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	snapcraft fails when using the godeps plugin with source-tag to pull a git tag, throwing a fatal git update_ref error. Issue is 9+ years old with no maintainer response.
2026-07-22 12:18 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 99 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 95 Support Request: 10	close stale	Snapcraft godeps plugin fails to stage when checking out a git tag, throwing a git ref update error. The issue is over 9 years old with no maintainer interaction and the plugin is deprecated.
2026-07-09 08:13 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Godeps plugin fails to stage when specifying a git source tag, throwing a git ref update error. The issue is over 9 years old with no maintainer response or labels.

Update history

Date	Change
2017-01-23 06:23 PM UTC	created

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