'
 IFS="$LF"
 
+rloga=fetch
 no_tags=
 tags=
 append=
 update_head_ok=
 exec=
 upload_pack=
+keep=--thin
 while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
 do
        case "$1" in
        -k|--k|--ke|--kee|--keep)
                keep=--keep
                ;;
+       --reflog-action=*)
+               rloga=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+               ;;
        -*)
                usage
                ;;
 rref=
 rsync_slurped_objects=
 
+rloga="$rloga $remote_nick"
+test "$remote_nick" = "$remote" || rloga="$rloga $remote"
+
 if test "" = "$append"
 then
        : >"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD"
        then
                if now_=$(cat "$GIT_DIR/$1") && test "$now_" = "$2"
                then
-                       [ "$verbose" ] && echo >&2 "* $1: same as $3"
+                       [ "$verbose" ] && echo >&2 "* $1: same as $3" ||:
                else
                        echo >&2 "* $1: updating with $3"
+                       git-update-ref -m "$rloga: updating tag" "$1" "$2"
                fi
        else
                echo >&2 "* $1: storing $3"
+               git-update-ref -m "$rloga: storing tag" "$1" "$2"
        fi
-       git-update-ref "$1" "$2"
        ;;
 
     refs/heads/* | refs/remotes/*)
            mb=$(git-merge-base "$local" "$2") &&
            case "$2,$mb" in
            $local,*)
-               echo >&2 "* $1: same as $3"
+               if test -n "$verbose"
+               then
+                       echo >&2 "* $1: same as $3"
+               fi
                ;;
            *,$local)
                echo >&2 "* $1: fast forward to $3"
                echo >&2 "  from $local to $2"
-               git-update-ref "$1" "$2" "$local"
+               git-update-ref -m "$rloga: fast-forward" "$1" "$2" "$local"
                ;;
            *)
                false
                case ",$force,$single_force," in
                *,t,*)
                        echo >&2 "  forcing update."
-                       git-update-ref "$1" "$2" "$local"
+                       git-update-ref -m "$rloga: forced-update" "$1" "$2" "$local"
                        ;;
                *)
                        echo >&2 "  not updating."
            }
        else
            echo >&2 "* $1: storing $3"
-           git-update-ref "$1" "$2"
+           git-update-ref -m "$rloga: storing head" "$1" "$2"
        fi
        ;;
     esac
 reflist=$(get_remote_refs_for_fetch "$@")
 if test "$tags"
 then
-       taglist=$(IFS=" " &&
+       taglist=`IFS="  " &&
                  git-ls-remote $upload_pack --tags "$remote" |
                  while read sha1 name
                  do
                        case "$name" in
-                       (*^*) continue ;;
+                       *^*) continue ;;
                        esac
                        if git-check-ref-format "$name"
                        then
                        else
                            echo >&2 "warning: tag ${name} ignored"
                        fi
-                 done)
+                 done`
        if test "$#" -gt 1
        then
                # remote URL plus explicit refspecs; we need to merge them.
          head="ref: $remote_name"
          while (expr "z$head" : "zref:" && expr $depth \< $max_depth) >/dev/null
          do
-           remote_name_quoted=$(perl -e '
+           remote_name_quoted=$(@@PERL@@ -e '
              my $u = $ARGV[0];
               $u =~ s/^ref:\s*//;
              $u =~ s{([^-a-zA-Z0-9/.])}{sprintf"%%%02x",ord($1)}eg;
     ( : subshell because we muck with IFS
       IFS="    $LF"
       (
-         git-fetch-pack $exec $keep --thin "$remote" $rref || echo failed "$remote"
+         git-fetch-pack $exec $keep "$remote" $rref || echo failed "$remote"
       ) |
       while read sha1 remote_name
       do
        curr_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null)
        if test "$curr_head" != "$orig_head"
        then
-               git-update-ref HEAD "$orig_head"
+           git-update-ref \
+                       -m "$rloga: Undoing incorrectly fetched HEAD." \
+                       HEAD "$orig_head"
                die "Cannot fetch into the current branch."
        fi
        ;;