/*
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Rene Scharfe
  */
-#include <time.h>
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "blob.h"
        int pathlen;
        unsigned char *out;
        char *path;
-       char type[20];
+       enum object_type type;
        void *buffer = NULL;
        void *deflated = NULL;
 
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
+       if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
                method = 0;
                attr2 = 16;
-               result = READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
+               result = (S_ISDIR(mode) ? READ_TREE_RECURSIVE : 0);
                out = NULL;
                uncompressed_size = 0;
                compressed_size = 0;
                if (S_ISREG(mode) && zlib_compression_level != 0)
                        method = 8;
                result = 0;
-               buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
+               buffer = convert_sha1_file(path, sha1, mode, &type, &size);
                if (!buffer)
                        die("cannot read %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
                crc = crc32(crc, buffer, size);