1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-tag.sh b/git-tag.sh
index bd92753674..6130904a94 100755
--- a/git-tag.sh
+++ b/git-tag.sh
@@ -92,5 +92,6 @@ if [ "$annotate" ]; then
     object=$(git-mktag < "$GIT_DIR"/TAG_TMP)
 fi
 
-mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/refs/tags"
+leading=`expr "refs/tags/$name" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
+mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
 echo $object > "$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/$name"