4 files changed, 27 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index d8d09f92a..6b06297a5 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -191,10 +191,15 @@ struct object *parse_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	enum object_type type;
 	int eaten;
 	const unsigned char *repl = lookup_replace_object(sha1);
-	void *buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+	void *buffer;
+	struct object *obj;
+
+	obj = lookup_object(sha1);
+	if (obj && obj->parsed)
+		return obj;
 
+	buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
 	if (buffer) {
-		struct object *obj;
 		if (check_sha1_signature(repl, buffer, size, typename(type)) < 0) {
 			free(buffer);
 			error("sha1 mismatch %s\n", sha1_to_hex(repl));
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index 3aa186df6..78d272b86 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ struct object *deref_tag(struct object *o, const char *warn, int warnlen)
 	return o;
 }
 
+struct object *deref_tag_noverify(struct object *o)
+{
+	while (o && o->type == OBJ_TAG) {
+		o = parse_object(o->sha1);
+		if (o && o->type == OBJ_TAG && ((struct tag *)o)->tagged)
+			o = ((struct tag *)o)->tagged;
+		else
+			o = NULL;
+	}
+	return o;
+}
+
 struct tag *lookup_tag(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct object *obj = lookup_object(sha1);
diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index 5ee88e655..bc8a1e40f 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern struct tag *lookup_tag(const unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int parse_tag_buffer(struct tag *item, const void *data, unsigned long size);
 extern int parse_tag(struct tag *item);
 extern struct object *deref_tag(struct object *, const char *, int);
+extern struct object *deref_tag_noverify(struct object *);
 extern size_t parse_signature(const char *buf, unsigned long size);
 
 #endif /* TAG_H */
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 0d11e21a6..bb08e2eb0 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -724,11 +724,14 @@ static int send_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, vo
 	static const char *capabilities = "multi_ack thin-pack side-band"
 		" side-band-64k ofs-delta shallow no-progress"
 		" include-tag multi_ack_detailed";
-	struct object *o = parse_object(sha1);
+	struct object *o = lookup_unknown_object(sha1);
 	const char *refname_nons = strip_namespace(refname);
 
-	if (!o)
-		die("git upload-pack: cannot find object %s:", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+	if (o->type == OBJ_NONE) {
+		o->type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
+		if (o->type < 0)
+		    die("git upload-pack: cannot find object %s:", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+	}
 
 	if (capabilities)
 		packet_write(1, "%s %s%c%s%s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1), refname_nons,
@@ -742,7 +745,7 @@ static int send_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, vo
 		nr_our_refs++;
 	}
 	if (o->type == OBJ_TAG) {
-		o = deref_tag(o, refname, 0);
+		o = deref_tag_noverify(o);
 		if (o)
 			packet_write(1, "%s %s^{}\n", sha1_to_hex(o->sha1), refname_nons);
 	}