5 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/index/base.py b/lib/git/index/base.py
index 4b3197a2..0f02352f 100644
--- a/lib/git/index/base.py
+++ b/lib/git/index/base.py
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, diff.Diffable, Serializable):
 		# item. Handle existing -R flags properly. Transform strings to the object
 		# so that we can call diff on it
 		if isinstance(other, basestring):
-			other = Object.new(self.repo, other)
+			other = self.repo.rev_parse(other)
 		# END object conversion
 
 		if isinstance(other, Object):
diff --git a/lib/git/objects/base.py b/lib/git/objects/base.py
index 21b9b1ea..41862ac2 100644
--- a/lib/git/objects/base.py
+++ b/lib/git/objects/base.py
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ class Object(LazyMixin):
 			
 		:note: This cannot be a __new__ method as it would always call __init__
 			with the input id which is not necessarily a binsha."""
-		hexsha, typename, size = repo.git.get_object_header(id)
-		inst = get_object_type_by_name(typename)(repo, hex_to_bin(hexsha))
-		inst.size = size
-		return inst
+		return repo.rev_parse(str(id))
 		
 	@classmethod
 	def new_from_sha(cls, repo, sha1):
diff --git a/lib/git/refs.py b/lib/git/refs.py
index be094d01..03b80690 100644
--- a/lib/git/refs.py
+++ b/lib/git/refs.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
 		# figure out target data
 		target = reference
 		if resolve:
-			target = Object.new(repo, reference)
+			target = repo.rev_parse(str(reference))
 			
 		if not force and isfile(abs_ref_path):
 			target_data = str(target)
diff --git a/lib/git/remote.py b/lib/git/remote.py
index 1598e55a..801dcd62 100644
--- a/lib/git/remote.py
+++ b/lib/git/remote.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class FetchInfo(object):
 				split_token = '...'
 				if control_character == ' ':
 					split_token = split_token[:-1]
-				old_commit = Commit.new(repo, operation.split(split_token)[0])
+				old_commit = repo.rev_parse(operation.split(split_token)[0])
 			# END handle refspec
 		# END reference flag handling
 		
diff --git a/lib/git/repo/base.py b/lib/git/repo/base.py
index e659225e..ed805991 100644
--- a/lib/git/repo/base.py
+++ b/lib/git/repo/base.py
@@ -323,11 +323,9 @@ class Repo(object):
 		:param rev: revision specifier, see git-rev-parse for viable options.
 		:return: ``git.Commit``"""
 		if rev is None:
-			rev = self.active_branch
-		
-		c = Object.new(self, rev)
-		assert c.type == "commit", "Revision %s did not point to a commit, but to %s" % (rev, c)
-		return c
+			return self.active_branch.commit
+		else:
+			return self.rev_parse(str(rev)+"^0")
 		
 	def iter_trees(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		""":return: Iterator yielding Tree objects
@@ -348,14 +346,9 @@ class Repo(object):
 			it cannot know about its path relative to the repository root and subsequent 
 			operations might have unexpected results."""
 		if rev is None:
-			rev = self.active_branch
-		
-		c = Object.new(self, rev)
-		if c.type == "commit":
-			return c.tree
-		elif c.type == "tree":
-			return c
-		raise ValueError( "Revision %s did not point to a treeish, but to %s" % (rev, c))
+			return self.active_branch.commit.tree
+		else:
+			return self.rev_parse(str(rev)+"^{tree}")
 
 	def iter_commits(self, rev=None, paths='', **kwargs):
 		"""A list of Commit objects representing the history of a given ref/commit