obj = &tag->object;
                }
        } else {
-               warning("object %s has unknown type id %d\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1), type);
+               warning("object %s has unknown type id %d", sha1_to_hex(sha1), type);
                obj = NULL;
        }
        if (obj && obj->type == OBJ_NONE)
            (!obj && has_sha1_file(sha1) &&
             sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
                if (check_sha1_signature(repl, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {
-                       error("sha1 mismatch %s\n", sha1_to_hex(repl));
+                       error("sha1 mismatch %s", sha1_to_hex(repl));
                        return NULL;
                }
                parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(sha1), NULL, 0);
        if (buffer) {
                if (check_sha1_signature(repl, buffer, size, typename(type)) < 0) {
                        free(buffer);
-                       error("sha1 mismatch %s\n", sha1_to_hex(repl));
+                       error("sha1 mismatch %s", sha1_to_hex(repl));
                        return NULL;
                }
 
                array->nr = dst;
        }
 }
+
+void clear_object_flags(unsigned flags)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       for (i=0; i < obj_hash_size; i++) {
+               struct object *obj = obj_hash[i];
+               if (obj)
+                       obj->flags &= ~flags;
+       }
+}