+static const char commitS[] = "commit";
+static const char treeS[] = "tree";
+static const char blobS[] = "blob";
+
+static void report_missing(const char *what, const unsigned char *missing)
+{
+ char missing_hex[41];
+
+ strcpy(missing_hex, sha1_to_hex(missing));;
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Cannot obtain needed %s %s\nwhile processing commit %s.\n",
+ what, missing_hex, sha1_to_hex(current_commit_sha1));
+}
+
+static int make_sure_we_have_it(const char *what, unsigned char *sha1)