- 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);
+ ret = strbuf_addf_ret(err, -1, _("missing object %s for %s"),
+ oid_to_hex(oid), ref->refname);
+ else if (!*obj)
+ ret = strbuf_addf_ret(err, -1, _("parse_object_buffer failed on %s for %s"),
+ oid_to_hex(oid), ref->refname);
+ else
+ grab_values(ref->value, deref, *obj, buf, size);