git tag: fatal: Failed to resolve 'HEAD' as a valid ref

Question

I am cloning a single branch from a repository and creating a tag in a python script. The commands are as follows.

git clone -b master --single-branch 

        

Answer 1

I had the same issue. You have to commit first before tagging

git commit

because you put tags on commits. So when there is no commit (like in your situation), you can't create a tag.