A git object can also be of zero size.

wchristian · wchristian · commit ad1cc19a4f29 · 2011-06-26T19:33:53.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/Git/PurePerl/Loose.pm b/lib/Git/PurePerl/Loose.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub get_object {
 
     my $compressed = $filename->slurp( iomode => '<:raw' );
     my $data       = uncompress($compressed);
-    my ( $kind, $size, $content ) = $data =~ /^(\w+) (\d+)\0(.+)$/s;
+    my ( $kind, $size, $content ) = $data =~ /^(\w+) (\d+)\0(.*)$/s;
     return ( $kind, $size, $content );
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub get_object {`
`22`	`22`
`23`	`23`	`my $compressed = $filename->slurp( iomode => '<:raw' );`
`24`	`24`	`my $data = uncompress($compressed);`
`25`		`- my ( $kind, $size, $content ) = $data =~ /^(\w+) (\d+)\0(.+)$/s;`
	`25`	`+ my ( $kind, $size, $content ) = $data =~ /^(\w+) (\d+)\0(.*)$/s;`
`26`	`26`	`return ( $kind, $size, $content );`
`27`	`27`	`}`
`28`	`28`