It is perfectly normal if a tree entry points at a missing commit as long
as the mode of the entry says it is a submodule.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
---
builtin-mktree.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-mktree.c b/builtin-mktree.c
index 133ab4b..17cdb3d 100644
--- a/builtin-mktree.c
+++ b/builtin-mktree.c
@@ -89,9 +89,16 @@ static void mktree_line(char *buf, size_t len, int line_termination)
ntr[41] != '\t' ||
get_sha1_hex(ntr + 1, sha1))
die("input format error: %s", buf);
- type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
+
+ /* It is perfectly normal if we do not have a commit from a submodule */
+ if (!S_ISGITLINK(mode))
+ type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
+ else
+ type = OBJ_COMMIT;
+
if (type < 0)
die("object %s unavailable", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+
*ntr++ = 0; /* now at the beginning of SHA1 */
if (type != type_from_string(ptr))
die("object type %s mismatch (%s)", ptr, typename(type));--
1.6.3.9.g6345d