On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:45:15PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > I suspect this may improve things, but I haven't dug deeper to see if > there are unwanted side effects, or if there are other spots that need > similar treatment. > > diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c > index 43990dec7..38411f90b 100644 > --- a/sha1_file.c > +++ b/sha1_file.c > @@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ static int sha1_loose_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, > if (status && oi->typep) > *oi->typep = status; > strbuf_release(&hdrbuf); > - return 0; > + return status; > } > > int sha1_object_info_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object_info *oi, unsigned flags) Er, no, that's totally wrong. "status' may be holding the type. It should really be: return status < 0 ? status : 0; -Peff