Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] tag: don't misreport type of tagged objects in errors

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > +			if (flags & OBJECT_AS_TYPE_EXPECT_PARSED)
> > +				error(_("object %s is a %s, but was referred to as a %s"),
> > +				      oid_to_hex(&obj->oid), type_name(obj->type),
> > +				      type_name(type));
> > +			else
> > +				error(_("object %s referred to as both a %s and a %s"),
> > +				      oid_to_hex(&obj->oid),
> > +				      type_name(obj->type), type_name(type));
> > +		}
> 
> Am I correct to understand that the latter is after we read a tree
> that refers to an object with 100644 (blob) and then another tree
> that refers to the same object with 40000 (tree), before we have a
> need/chance to actually find out what that object is?  The error
> would trigger while reading the second tree and find the second
> mention of the object that conflicts with the earlier one?