Merge branch 'jc/diff-index-unpack' into maint

[git.git] / fast-import.c

diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 96ccd2aece73d903d52aa15dc4ef1208251cff49..742e7da6b8b58dd0803d89c6ad6c59589274a31b 100644 (file)
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2726,13 +2726,13 @@ static void parse_new_tag(void)
                type = oe->type;
                hashcpy(sha1, oe->idx.sha1);
        } else if (!get_sha1(from, sha1)) {
-               unsigned long size;
-               char *buf;
-
-               buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
-               if (!buf || size < 46)
-                       die("Not a valid commit: %s", from);
-               free(buf);
+               struct object_entry *oe = find_object(sha1);
+               if (!oe) {
+                       type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
+                       if (type < 0)
+                               die("Not a valid object: %s", from);
+               } else
+                       type = oe->type;
        } else
                die("Invalid ref name or SHA1 expression: %s", from);
        read_next_command();