diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index d394c494a55d45a7af6506371f3432374dffe424..ef3befe57b3b8298798e51627f076e2a40319cb1 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
}
entry->type = sha1_object_info(entry->idx.sha1, &entry->size);
- if (entry->type < 0)
- die("unable to get type of object %s",
- sha1_to_hex(entry->idx.sha1));
+ /*
+ * The error condition is checked in prepare_pack(). This is
+ * to permit a missing preferred base object to be ignored
+ * as a preferred base. Doing so can result in a larger
+ * pack file, but the transfer will still take place.
+ */
}
static int pack_offset_sort(const void *_a, const void *_b)
if (entry->no_try_delta)
continue;
- if (!entry->preferred_base)
+ if (!entry->preferred_base) {
nr_deltas++;
+ if (entry->type < 0)
+ die("unable to get type of object %s",
+ sha1_to_hex(entry->idx.sha1));
+ }
delta_list[n++] = entry;
}