static int show_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cbdata)
 {
-       struct object *obj;
        const char *hex;
        unsigned char peeled[20];
 
        if (!deref_tags)
                return 0;
 
-       if ((flag & REF_ISPACKED) && !peel_ref(refname, peeled)) {
-               if (!is_null_sha1(peeled)) {
-                       hex = find_unique_abbrev(peeled, abbrev);
-                       printf("%s %s^{}\n", hex, refname);
-               }
-       }
-       else {
-               obj = parse_object(sha1);
-               if (!obj)
-                       die("git show-ref: bad ref %s (%s)", refname,
-                           sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-               if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
-                       obj = deref_tag(obj, refname, 0);
-                       if (!obj)
-                               die("git show-ref: bad tag at ref %s (%s)", refname,
-                                   sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-                       hex = find_unique_abbrev(obj->sha1, abbrev);
-                       printf("%s %s^{}\n", hex, refname);
-               }
+       if (!peel_ref(refname, peeled)) {
+               hex = find_unique_abbrev(peeled, abbrev);
+               printf("%s %s^{}\n", hex, refname);
        }
        return 0;
 }