/* Follow "normalized" - ie "refs/.." symlinks by hand */
if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
strbuf_reset(&sb_contents);
- if (strbuf_readlink(&sb_contents, path, 0) < 0) {
+ if (strbuf_readlink(&sb_contents, path, st.st_size) < 0) {
if (errno == ENOENT || errno == EINVAL)
/* inconsistent with lstat; retry */
goto stat_ref;
struct object *o;
int fd;
- o = parse_object(oid);
+ o = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
if (!o) {
strbuf_addf(err,
"trying to write ref '%s' with nonexistent object %s",