describe: confirm that blobs actually exist

[thirdparty/git.git] / builtin / describe.c

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 5b4bfaba3f76924f48593e043a8ca747d179009b..1e7ba0969328350abada01dd1f929e55f531ff04 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 
        if (cmit)
                describe_commit(&oid, &sb);
-       else if (lookup_blob(&oid))
+       else if (sha1_object_info(oid.hash, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)
                describe_blob(oid, &sb);
        else
                die(_("%s is neither a commit nor blob"), arg);