int fd;
        fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0)
-               die("Cannot open %s", path);
+               die_errno("Cannot open '%s'", path);
        hash_fd(fd, type, write_object, vpath);
 }
 
 
        git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 
-       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, hash_object_options, hash_object_usage, 0);
+       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, hash_object_options,
+                            hash_object_usage, 0);
 
        if (write_object) {
                prefix = setup_git_directory();