if (http_get_strbuf(url, &buffer, &options) == HTTP_OK) {
strbuf_rtrim(&buffer);
if (buffer.len == 40)
- ret = get_sha1_hex(buffer.buf, ref->old_sha1);
+ ret = get_oid_hex(buffer.buf, &ref->old_oid);
else if (starts_with(buffer.buf, "ref: ")) {
ref->symref = xstrdup(buffer.buf + 5);
ret = 0;