const char *tag_type = "tag";
-struct object *deref_tag(struct object *o)
+struct object *deref_tag(struct object *o, const char *warn, int warnlen)
{
while (o && o->type == tag_type)
o = parse_object(((struct tag *)o)->tagged->sha1);
+ if (!o && warn) {
+ if (!warnlen)
+ warnlen = strlen(warn);
+ error("missing object referenced by '%.*s'", warnlen, warn);
+ }
return o;
}