1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index f84e80a955..49a864ce54 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@ struct object *parse_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	if (obj && obj->parsed)
 		return obj;
 
+	if ((obj && obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) ||
+	    (!obj && has_sha1_file(sha1) &&
+	     sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
+		if (check_sha1_signature(repl, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {
+			error("sha1 mismatch %s\n", sha1_to_hex(repl));
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(sha1), NULL, 0);
+		return lookup_object(sha1);
+	}
+
 	buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
 	if (buffer) {
 		if (check_sha1_signature(repl, buffer, size, typename(type)) < 0) {