#include "blob.h"
 #include "pretty.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
        return 0;
 }
 
-static void copy_obj_to_fd(int fd, const unsigned char *sha1)
+static void copy_obj_to_fd(int fd, const struct object_id *oid)
 {
        unsigned long size;
        enum object_type type;
-       char *buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+       char *buf = read_object_file(oid, &type, &size);
        if (buf) {
                if (size)
                        write_or_die(fd, buf, size);
 }
 
 static void prepare_note_data(const struct object_id *object, struct note_data *d,
-               const unsigned char *old_note)
+               const struct object_id *old_note)
 {
        if (d->use_editor || !d->given) {
                int fd;
 
        if (get_oid(arg, &object))
                die(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), arg);
-       if (!(buf = read_sha1_file(object.hash, &type, &len))) {
+       if (!(buf = read_object_file(&object, &type, &len))) {
                free(buf);
                die(_("failed to read object '%s'."), arg);
        }
                        parse_reuse_arg},
                OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty,
                        N_("allow storing empty note")),
-               OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace existing notes")),
+               OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace existing notes"), PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
                OPT_END()
        };
 
                        oid_to_hex(&object));
        }
 
-       prepare_note_data(&object, &d, note ? note->hash : NULL);
+       prepare_note_data(&object, &d, note);
        if (d.buf.len || allow_empty) {
                write_note_data(&d, &new_note);
                if (add_note(t, &object, &new_note, combine_notes_overwrite))
        struct notes_tree *t;
        const char *rewrite_cmd = NULL;
        struct option options[] = {
-               OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace existing notes")),
+               OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace existing notes"), PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
                OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin", &from_stdin, N_("read objects from stdin")),
                OPT_STRING(0, "for-rewrite", &rewrite_cmd, N_("command"),
                           N_("load rewriting config for <command> (implies "
        t = init_notes_check(argv[0], NOTES_INIT_WRITABLE);
        note = get_note(t, &object);
 
-       prepare_note_data(&object, &d, edit && note ? note->hash : NULL);
+       prepare_note_data(&object, &d, edit && note ? note : NULL);
 
        if (note && !edit) {
                /* Append buf to previous note contents */
                unsigned long size;
                enum object_type type;
-               char *prev_buf = read_sha1_file(note->hash, &type, &size);
+               char *prev_buf = read_object_file(note, &type, &size);
 
                strbuf_grow(&d.buf, size + 1);
                if (d.buf.len && prev_buf && size)