unsigned int version;
        static unsigned int top_index[256];
 
+       git_setup_gettext();
+
        if (argc != 1)
                usage(show_index_usage);
        if (fread(top_index, 2 * 4, 1, stdin) != 1)
                        unsigned char sha1[20];
                        uint32_t crc;
                        uint32_t off;
-               } *entries = malloc(nr * sizeof(entries[0]));
+               } *entries = xmalloc(nr * sizeof(entries[0]));
                for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
                        if (fread(entries[i].sha1, 20, 1, stdin) != 1)
                                die("unable to read sha1 %u/%u", i, nr);