+static void show_tag_lines(const unsigned char *sha1, int lines)
+{
+ int i;
+ unsigned long size;
+ enum object_type type;
+ char *buf, *sp, *eol;
+ size_t len;
+
+ buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+ if (!buf || !size)
+ return;
+
+ /* skip header */
+ sp = strstr(buf, "\n\n");
+ if (!sp) {
+ free(buf);
+ return;
+ }
+ /* only take up to "lines" lines, and strip the signature */
+ size = parse_signature(buf, size);
+ for (i = 0, sp += 2; i < lines && sp < buf + size; i++) {
+ if (i)
+ printf("\n ");
+ eol = memchr(sp, '\n', size - (sp - buf));
+ len = eol ? eol - sp : size - (sp - buf);
+ fwrite(sp, len, 1, stdout);
+ if (!eol)
+ break;
+ sp = eol + 1;
+ }
+ free(buf);
+}
+