if (get_oid(arg, &object))
die(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), arg);
- if (!(buf = read_object_file(&object, &type, &len))) {
- free(buf);
+ if (!(buf = read_object_file(&object, &type, &len)))
die(_("failed to read object '%s'."), arg);
- }
if (type != OBJ_BLOB) {
free(buf);
die(_("cannot read note data from non-blob object '%s'."), arg);