oid_to_hex(base), oid_to_hex(remote));
 
        diff_setup(&opt);
-       DIFF_OPT_SET(&opt, RECURSIVE);
+       opt.flags.recursive = 1;
        opt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
        diff_setup_done(&opt);
        diff_tree_oid(base, remote, "", &opt);
               len, oid_to_hex(base), oid_to_hex(local));
 
        diff_setup(&opt);
-       DIFF_OPT_SET(&opt, RECURSIVE);
+       opt.flags.recursive = 1;
        opt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
        diff_setup_done(&opt);
        diff_tree_oid(base, local, "", &opt);
        fd = xopen(path, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT, 0666);
 
        while (size > 0) {
-               long ret = write_in_full(fd, buf, size);
+               ssize_t ret = write_in_full(fd, buf, size);
                if (ret < 0) {
                        /* Ignore epipe */
                        if (errno == EPIPE)
                                break;
                        die_errno("notes-merge");
-               } else if (!ret) {
-                       die("notes-merge: disk full?");
                }
                size -= ret;
                buf += ret;
               o->local_ref, o->remote_ref);
 
        /* Dereference o->local_ref into local_sha1 */
-       if (read_ref_full(o->local_ref, 0, local_oid.hash, NULL))
+       if (read_ref_full(o->local_ref, 0, &local_oid, NULL))
                die("Failed to resolve local notes ref '%s'", o->local_ref);
        else if (!check_refname_format(o->local_ref, 0) &&
                is_null_oid(&local_oid))
        bases = get_merge_bases(local, remote);
        if (!bases) {
                base_oid = &null_oid;
-               base_tree_oid = &empty_tree_oid;
+               base_tree_oid = the_hash_algo->empty_tree;
                if (o->verbosity >= 4)
                        printf("No merge base found; doing history-less merge\n");
        } else if (!bases->next) {