unset CDPATH
 
 usage() {
-       echo >&2 "* git clone [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [-n] <repo> <dir>"
+       echo >&2 "* git clone [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [-n] <repo> [<dir>]"
        exit 1
 }
 
 
 http_fetch () {
        # $1 = Remote, $2 = Local
-       curl -nsf $curl_extra_args "$1" >"$2"
+       curl -nsfL $curl_extra_args "$1" >"$2"
 }
 
 clone_dumb_http () {
 fi
 
 dir="$2"
-mkdir "$dir" &&
+# Try using "humanish" part of source repo if user didn't specify one
+[ -z "$dir" ] && dir=$(echo "$repo" | sed -e 's|/$||' -e 's|:*/*\.git$||' -e 's|.*/||g')
+[ -e "$dir" ] && echo "$dir already exists." && usage
+mkdir -p "$dir" &&
 D=$(
        (cd "$dir" && git-init-db && pwd)
 ) &&
                        rm -f "$D/.git/TMP_ALT"
                if test -f "$D/.git/TMP_ALT"
                then
-                   ( cd $D &&
+                   ( cd "$D" &&
                      . git-parse-remote &&
                      resolve_alternates "$repo" <"./.git/TMP_ALT" ) |
                    while read alt
        ;;
 esac
 
-cd $D || exit
+cd "$D" || exit
 
 if test -f ".git/HEAD"
 then
                mkdir -p .git/remotes &&
                echo >.git/remotes/origin \
                "URL: $repo
-Pull: $head_points_at:origin"
-               cp ".git/refs/heads/$head_points_at" .git/refs/heads/origin
+Pull: $head_points_at:origin" &&
+               cp ".git/refs/heads/$head_points_at" .git/refs/heads/origin &&
+               find .git/refs/heads -type f -print |
+               while read ref
+               do
+                       head=`expr "$ref" : '.git/refs/heads/\(.*\)'` &&
+                       test "$head_points_at" = "$head" ||
+                       test "origin" = "$head" ||
+                       echo "Pull: ${head}:${head}"
+               done >>.git/remotes/origin
        esac
 
        case "$no_checkout" in