Say when --track is useful in the git-checkout docs.

diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index cfc4969ed9ba0ccfdba8f97637bac20be31d1eba..16793d9958a57664233b9e4468e112dfa1a8a915 100644 (file)
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -160,8 +160,11 @@ struct object *parse_object_buffer(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type t
                parse_tag_buffer(tag, buffer, size);
                obj = &tag->object;
        } else {
+               warning("object %s has unknown type id %d\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1), type);
                obj = NULL;
        }
+       if (obj && obj->type == OBJ_NONE)
+               obj->type = type;
        *eaten_p = eaten;
        return obj;
 }