+static void get_object(struct ref_array_item *ref, const struct object_id *oid,
+ int deref, struct object **obj)
+{
+ int eaten;
+ unsigned long size;
+ void *buf = get_obj(oid, obj, &size, &eaten);
+ if (!buf)
+ die(_("missing object %s for %s"),
+ oid_to_hex(oid), ref->refname);
+ if (!*obj)
+ die(_("parse_object_buffer failed on %s for %s"),
+ oid_to_hex(oid), ref->refname);
+
+ grab_values(ref->value, deref, *obj, buf, size);
+ if (!eaten)
+ free(buf);
+}
+