index-pack: distinguish missing objects from type errors

diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index fa74972886cc8e6c0f6308e28de26a13cae6a2b7..7878836eb45ceffa76f348384b502d882e163a76 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -200,8 +200,13 @@ static unsigned check_object(struct object *obj)
        if (!(obj->flags & FLAG_CHECKED)) {
                unsigned long size;
                int type = sha1_object_info(obj->sha1, &size);
-               if (type != obj->type || type <= 0)
-                       die(_("object of unexpected type"));
+               if (type <= 0)
+                       die(_("did not receive expected object %s"),
+                             sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
+               if (type != obj->type)
+                       die(_("object %s: expected type %s, found %s"),
+                           sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1),
+                           typename(obj->type), typename(type));
                obj->flags |= FLAG_CHECKED;
                return 1;
        }