2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs
index ea29531..c27e4d2 100644
--- a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs
+++ b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ fn list_from_remote_url(
                 head.name().to_string(),
                 format!("ref: {symbolic_reference}"),
             );
-        } else {
+        // ignore dereferenced tags
+        } else if !head.name().to_string().ends_with("^{}") {
             state.insert(head.name().to_string(), head.oid().to_string());
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/repo_state.rs b/src/lib/repo_state.rs
index ebd8e7f..f061158 100644
--- a/src/lib/repo_state.rs
+++ b/src/lib/repo_state.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ impl RepoState {
                 if ["refs/heads/", "refs/tags", "HEAD"]
                     .iter()
                     .any(|s| name.starts_with(*s))
+                    // dont include dereferenced tags
+                    && !name.ends_with("^{}")
                 {
                     if let Some(value) = tag.as_slice().get(1) {
                         if Oid::from_str(value).is_ok() || value.contains("ref: refs/") {