die("bad tree object");
        if (obj->flags & (UNINTERESTING | SEEN))
                return;
-       if (parse_tree(tree) < 0)
+       if (parse_tree(tree) < 0) {
+               if (revs->ignore_missing_links)
+                       return;
                die("bad tree object %s", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
+       }
        obj->flags |= SEEN;
        show(obj, path, name, cb_data);
        me.up = path;
                }
                mark_edge_parents_uninteresting(commit, revs, show_edge);
        }
-       for (i = 0; i < revs->cmdline.nr; i++) {
-               struct object *obj = revs->cmdline.rev[i].item;
-               struct commit *commit = (struct commit *)obj;
-               if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT || !(obj->flags & UNINTERESTING))
-                       continue;
-               mark_tree_uninteresting(commit->tree);
-               if (revs->edge_hint && !(obj->flags & SHOWN)) {
-                       obj->flags |= SHOWN;
-                       show_edge(commit);
+       if (revs->edge_hint) {
+               for (i = 0; i < revs->cmdline.nr; i++) {
+                       struct object *obj = revs->cmdline.rev[i].item;
+                       struct commit *commit = (struct commit *)obj;
+                       if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT || !(obj->flags & UNINTERESTING))
+                               continue;
+                       mark_tree_uninteresting(commit->tree);
+                       if (!(obj->flags & SHOWN)) {
+                               obj->flags |= SHOWN;
+                               show_edge(commit);
+                       }
                }
        }
 }