+ sp++; /* beginning of type name, or closing brace for empty */
+ if (!strncmp(commit_type, sp, 6) && sp[6] == '}')
+ type_string = commit_type;
+ else if (!strncmp(tree_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}')
+ type_string = tree_type;
+ else if (!strncmp(blob_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}')
+ type_string = blob_type;
+ else if (sp[0] == '}')
+ type_string = NULL;
+ else
+ return -1;
+
+ if (get_sha1_1(name, sp - name - 2, outer))
+ return -1;
+
+ o = parse_object(outer);
+ if (!o)
+ return -1;
+ if (!type_string) {
+ o = deref_tag(o, name, sp - name - 2);
+ if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
+ return -1;
+ memcpy(sha1, o->sha1, 20);
+ }
+ else {
+ /* At this point, the syntax look correct, so
+ * if we do not get the needed object, we should
+ * barf.
+ */
+
+ while (1) {
+ if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
+ return -1;
+ if (o->type == type_string) {
+ memcpy(sha1, o->sha1, 20);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (o->type == tag_type)
+ o = ((struct tag*) o)->tagged;
+ else if (o->type == commit_type)
+ o = &(((struct commit *) o)->tree->object);
+ else
+ return error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object dereferences to %s type",
+ len, name, type_string,
+ o->type);
+ if (!o->parsed)
+ parse_object(o->sha1);
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+ int ret, has_suffix;
+ const char *cp;