1 files changed, 34 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c
index 622eeb313d..00e5ceee6f 100644
--- a/commit-reach.c
+++ b/commit-reach.c
@@ -547,20 +547,42 @@ int can_all_from_reach_with_flag(struct object_array *from,
 {
 	struct commit **list = NULL;
 	int i;
+	int nr_commits;
 	int result = 1;
 
 	ALLOC_ARRAY(list, from->nr);
+	nr_commits = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < from->nr; i++) {
-		list[i] = (struct commit *)from->objects[i].item;
+		struct object *from_one = from->objects[i].item;
 
-		if (parse_commit(list[i]) ||
-		    list[i]->generation < min_generation)
-			return 0;
+		if (!from_one || from_one->flags & assign_flag)
+			continue;
+
+		from_one = deref_tag(the_repository, from_one,
+				     "a from object", 0);
+		if (!from_one || from_one->type != OBJ_COMMIT) {
+			/* no way to tell if this is reachable by
+			 * looking at the ancestry chain alone, so
+			 * leave a note to ourselves not to worry about
+			 * this object anymore.
+			 */
+			from->objects[i].item->flags |= assign_flag;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		list[nr_commits] = (struct commit *)from_one;
+		if (parse_commit(list[nr_commits]) ||
+		    list[nr_commits]->generation < min_generation) {
+			result = 0;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+
+		nr_commits++;
 	}
 
-	QSORT(list, from->nr, compare_commits_by_gen);
+	QSORT(list, nr_commits, compare_commits_by_gen);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < from->nr; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_commits; i++) {
 		/* DFS from list[i] */
 		struct commit_list *stack = NULL;
 
@@ -603,10 +625,15 @@ int can_all_from_reach_with_flag(struct object_array *from,
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	for (i = 0; i < from->nr; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_commits; i++) {
 		clear_commit_marks(list[i], RESULT);
 		clear_commit_marks(list[i], assign_flag);
 	}
+	free(list);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < from->nr; i++)
+		from->objects[i].item->flags &= ~assign_flag;
+
 	return result;
 }