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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I should have written "git reset --soft 1b9a976133", which resets HEAD
> ref back to (assuming) good commit. See [1] for more information. I
> think for some reason, eGit put a tag object to HEAD, while it should
> be a commit object. By resetting it back to the commit that the tag
> points to, you may be able to commit again.
> 
> No history would be lost. Also if you use --soft, index should be
> untouched. As always, back up your repository (copy the whole
> directory, including .git) before doing anything.
> 
> [1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-reset.html

Thank you very much, I was able to commit after the reset.

I shall remember never to use eGit for tagging in the future!