line[len-1] = 0;
if (get_sha1_hex(line, sha1))
return -1;
- obj = lookup_object(sha1);
- obj = obj ? obj : parse_object(sha1);
+ obj = lookup_unknown_object(sha1);
+ if (!obj || !obj->parsed)
+ obj = parse_object(sha1);
if (!obj)
return -1;
if (obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
extern unsigned int get_max_object_index(void);
extern struct object *get_indexed_object(unsigned int);
-/** Internal only **/
+/*
+ * This can be used to see if we have heard of the object before, but
+ * it can return "yes we have, and here is a half-initialised object"
+ * for an object that we haven't loaded/parsed yet.
+ *
+ * When parsing a commit to create an in-core commit object, its
+ * parents list holds commit objects that represent its parents, but
+ * they are expected to be lazily initialized and do not know what
+ * their trees or parents are yet. When this function returns such a
+ * half-initialised objects, the caller is expected to initialize them
+ * by calling parse_object() on them.
+ */
struct object *lookup_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
extern void *create_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int type, void *obj);