close(fd);
                        return -1;
                }
-               if (index_fd(oid, fd, &st, type, NULL, flags) < 0)
+               if (index_fd(&the_index, oid, fd, &st, type, NULL, flags) < 0)
                        return error(_("unable to write object to database"));
                /* index_fd close()s fd for us */
        }
        }
        free(tmpfile);
 
-       if (!oidcmp(&old_oid, &new_oid))
+       if (oideq(&old_oid, &new_oid))
                return error(_("new object is the same as the old one: '%s'"), oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
 
        return replace_object_oid(object_ref, &old_oid, "replacement", &new_oid, force);
                if (get_oid(mergetag_data->argv[i], &oid) < 0)
                        return error(_("not a valid object name: '%s'"),
                                     mergetag_data->argv[i]);
-               if (!oidcmp(&tag->tagged->oid, &oid))
+               if (oideq(&tag->tagged->oid, &oid))
                        return 0; /* found */
        }
 
 
        strbuf_release(&buf);
 
-       if (!oidcmp(&old_oid, &new_oid)) {
+       if (oideq(&old_oid, &new_oid)) {
                if (gentle) {
                        warning(_("graft for '%s' unnecessary"), oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
                        return 0;
        if (!fp)
                return -1;
 
+       advice_graft_file_deprecated = 0;
        while (strbuf_getline(&buf, fp) != EOF) {
                if (*buf.buf == '#')
                        continue;