2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs b/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs
index 11a812b..385eeca 100644
--- a/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/init.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use console::{Style, Term};
+use git2::Oid;
 use ngit::{
     UrlWithoutSlash,
     cli_interactor::{
@@ -794,7 +795,13 @@ pub async fn launch(cli_args: &Cli, args: &SubCommandArgs) -> Result<()> {
                 let mut required_oids = vec![];
                 for tip in origin_state.values() {
                     if let Ok(exist) = git_repo.does_commit_exist(tip) {
-                        if !exist {
+                        let oid_exists_as_tag = Oid::from_str(tip).is_ok_and(|tip| {
+                            git_repo
+                                .git_repo
+                                .find_object(tip, Some(git2::ObjectType::Tag))
+                                .is_ok()
+                        });
+                        if !exist && !oid_exists_as_tag {
                             required_oids.push(tip.clone());
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/sync.rs b/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/sync.rs
index 1a2d4ee..0860cc4 100644
--- a/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/sync.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ngit/sub_commands/sync.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use console::Term;
+use git2::Oid;
 use ngit::{
     client::{
         Client, Connect, Params, fetching_with_report, get_repo_ref_from_cache,
@@ -239,7 +240,14 @@ fn identify_missing_refs(git_repo: &Repo, state: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Ve
     let mut missing_oids = vec![];
     for tip in state.values() {
         if let Ok(exist) = git_repo.does_commit_exist(tip) {
-            if !exist {
+            let oid_exists_as_tag = Oid::from_str(tip).is_ok_and(|tip| {
+                git_repo
+                    .git_repo
+                    .find_object(tip, Some(git2::ObjectType::Tag))
+                    .is_ok()
+            });
+
+            if !exist && !oid_exists_as_tag {
                 missing_oids.push(tip.to_string());
             }
         }