int flags = (obj->flags & UNINTERESTING);
                if (!obj->parsed)
                        obj = parse_object(the_repository, &obj->oid);
-               obj = deref_tag(obj, NULL, 0);
+               obj = deref_tag(the_repository, obj, NULL, 0);
                if (!obj)
                        die(_("invalid object '%s' given."), name);
                if (obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT)