Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > When running on an x86_64 system (either debian unstable or rawhide) > I see only this: > > 0 blocks > error: Object 0d57588da39d10795486bd5451bc2660832228e6 is a commit, not a tree > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly >... > diff --git a/object.c b/object.c > index 16793d9..eb59550 100644 > --- a/object.c > +++ b/object.c > @@ -142,10 +142,14 @@ struct object *parse_object_buffer(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type t > obj = &blob->object; > } else if (type == OBJ_TREE) { > struct tree *tree = lookup_tree(sha1); > - obj = &tree->object; > - if (!tree->object.parsed) { > - parse_tree_buffer(tree, buffer, size); > - eaten = 1; > + if (!tree) > + obj = NULL; > + else { > + obj = &tree->object; > + if (!tree->object.parsed) { > + parse_tree_buffer(tree, buffer, size); > + eaten = 1; > + } > } > } else if (type == OBJ_COMMIT) { > struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1); While this change may be a prudent safeguard, there is something else going on. Can you provide the callchain that led to the parse_object_buffer() that gave SHA1 of a commit object with type set to OBJ_TREE? Which caller does that bogus combination? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html