mode = ntohl(ce->ce_mode);
                        entlen = pathlen - baselen;
                }
-               if (mode != S_IFDIRLNK && !missing_ok && !has_sha1_file(sha1))
+               if (mode != S_IFGITLINK && !missing_ok && !has_sha1_file(sha1))
                        return error("invalid object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 
                if (!ce->ce_mode)
        if (0 <= it->entry_count) {
                if (size < 20)
                        goto free_return;
-               hashcpy(it->sha1, (unsigned char*)buf);
+               hashcpy(it->sha1, (const unsigned char*)buf);
                buf += 20;
                size -= 20;
        }