diff -r fe5d9b9e78fc -r dc6e7d0e607f hgkw/pretxnkw.py
--- a/hgkw/pretxnkw.py	Wed Dec 20 17:41:46 2006 +0100
+++ b/hgkw/pretxnkw.py	Thu Dec 21 00:48:56 2006 +0100
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@
         return True
 
     # reparse args, opts again as pretxncommit hook is silent about them
-    sysargs, globalopts, cmdopts = commands.parse(ui, sys.argv[1:])[2:]
+    cmd, sysargs, globalopts, cmdopts = commands.parse(ui, sys.argv[1:])[1:]
+    # exclude tagging
+    if repr(cmd).split()[1] == 'tag':
+        return False
     files, match, anypats = cmdutil.matchpats(repo, sysargs, cmdopts)
 
     # validity checks should have been done already
     modified, added = repo.status(files=files, match=match)[:2]
-    candidates = modified + added
+    candidates = [f for f in modified + added if not f.startswith('.hg')]
 
     if not candidates:
         return False