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;