return data;
 }
 
-static void show_new(char *type, unsigned char *sha1_new)
+static void show_new(enum object_type type, unsigned char *sha1_new)
 {
-       fprintf(stderr, "  %s: %s\n", type,
+       fprintf(stderr, "  %s: %s\n", typename(type),
                find_unique_abbrev(sha1_new, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 }
 
                            const char *note,
                            int verbose, int force)
 {
-       char type[20];
        unsigned char sha1_old[20], sha1_new[20];
        char oldh[41], newh[41];
        struct commit *current, *updated;
+       enum object_type type;
 
        if (get_sha1_hex(new_head, sha1_new))
                die("malformed object name %s", new_head);
-       if (sha1_object_info(sha1_new, type, NULL))
+
+       type = sha1_object_info(sha1_new, NULL);
+       if (type < 0)
                die("object %s not found", new_head);
 
        if (!*name) {