From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:46:22 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge branch 'lt/bool-on-off'
X-Git-Tag: v1.6.3-rc1~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/4f760b74cfaa23222901739cdc62951cc7b8c5b6?hp=0cbcf7ad71559245b59b90a324011fcf0657af8c

Merge branch 'lt/bool-on-off'

* lt/bool-on-off:
Documentation: boolean value may be given by on/off
Allow users to un-configure rename detection
---

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c57d4c958..41c0b20a76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ git-apply
 git-archimport
 git-archive
 git-bisect
+git-bisect--helper
 git-blame
 git-branch
 git-bundle
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ git-diff
 git-diff-files
 git-diff-index
 git-diff-tree
+git-difftool
+git-difftool--helper
 git-describe
 git-fast-export
 git-fast-import
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ git-merge-recursive
 git-merge-resolve
 git-merge-subtree
 git-mergetool
+git-mergetool--lib
 git-mktag
 git-mktree
 git-name-rev
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index dba97dc21d..e18242a6d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP
 XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
 endif
 
+SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
+# Shell quote;
+SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
+
 #
 # Please note that there is a minor bug in asciidoc.
 # The version after 6.0.3 _will_ include the patch found here:
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ install-pdf: pdf
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
 
 install-html: html
-	sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+	'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
 
 ../GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf
 
 technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
 	technical/api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.txt,$(API_DOCS))
-	$(QUIET_GEN)cd technical && sh ./api-index.sh
+	$(QUIET_GEN)cd technical && '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./api-index.sh
 
 $(patsubst %,%.html,$(API_DOCS) technical/api-index): %.html : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -f asciidoc.conf \
@@ -285,7 +289,7 @@ $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml
 
 howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-	sh ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ && \
+	'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
@@ -299,14 +303,14 @@ $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 install-webdoc : html
-	sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST)
+	'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST)
 
 quick-install: quick-install-man
 
 quick-install-man:
-	sh ./install-doc-quick.sh $(DOC_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)
+	'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(DOC_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)
 
 quick-install-html:
-	sh ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+	'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
 
 .PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt
index 6560593fd5..4d3c1ac91c 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,3 @@ Fixes since v1.6.2.2
   to prevent them from being repacked.
 
 Many small documentation updates are included as well.
-
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe maint)
-O=v1.6.2.2-41-gbff82d0
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21bf4f3a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+GIT v1.6.2.4 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.2.3
+--------------------
+
+* The configuration parser had a buffer overflow while parsing an overlong
+  value.
+
+* "git-checkout <tree-ish> <submodule>" did not update the index entry at
+  the named path; it now does.
+
+* "git init" segfaulted when given an overlong template location via
+  the --template= option.
+
+* "git-ls-tree" and "git-diff-tree" used a pathspec correctly when
+  deciding to descend into a subdirectory but they did not match the
+  individual paths correctly.  This caused pathspecs "abc/d ab" to match
+  "abc/0" ("abc/d" made them decide to descend into the directory "abc/",
+  and then "ab" incorrectly matched "abc/0" when it shouldn't).
+
+* "git-merge-recursive" was broken when a submodule entry was involved in
+  a criss-cross merge situation.
+
+Many small documentation updates are included as well.
+
+---
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+echo O=$(git describe maint)
+O=v1.6.2.3-21-ga51609a
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
index 9aa143b199..839498c38a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 (subsystems)
 
+* various git-svn updates.
+
 (performance)
 
 * many uses of lstat(2) in the codepath for "git checkout" have been
@@ -80,9 +82,12 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 * You can give --date=<format> option to git-blame.
 
-* git-branch -r shows HEAD symref that points at a remote branch in
+* "git-branch -r" shows HEAD symref that points at a remote branch in
   interest of each tracked remote repository.
 
+* "git-branch -v -v" is a new way to get list of names for branches and the
+  "upstream" branch for them.
+
 * git-config learned -e option to open an editor to edit the config file
   directly.
 
@@ -90,6 +95,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 * git-fast-export choked when seeing a tag that does not point at commit.
 
+* git-for-each-ref learned a new "upstream" token.
+
 * git-format-patch can be told to use attachment with a new configuration,
   format.attach.
 
@@ -118,6 +125,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 * Output from git-remote command has been vastly improved.
 
+* "git remote update --prune $remote" updates from the named remote and
+  then prunes stale tracking branches.
+
 * git-send-email learned --confirm option to review the Cc: list before
   sending the messages out.
 
@@ -166,6 +176,6 @@ v1.6.2.X series.
 
 ---
 exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.6.2.2-484-g796b137
+O=v1.6.2.3-497-g54a4749
 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 103ea9bc29..5ffd14141a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -667,6 +667,27 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
 	A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
 	before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
 
+diff.tool::
+	Controls which diff tool is used.  `diff.tool` overrides
+	`merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
+	the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
+	and plus "kompare".
+
+difftool.<tool>.path::
+	Override the path for the given tool.  This is useful in case
+	your tool is not in the PATH.
+
+difftool.<tool>.cmd::
+	Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
+	The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
+	variables available:  'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
+	file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
+	is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
+	of the diff post-image.
+
+difftool.prompt::
+	Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+
 diff.wordRegex::
 	A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
 	when performing word-by-word difference calculations.  Character
@@ -1215,7 +1236,7 @@ push.default::
 * `matching` push all matching branches.
   All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
   matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to the branch it is tracking.
+* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
 * `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
 
 rebase.stat::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index ce71838b9e..d938b42289 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -245,8 +245,11 @@ patch::
 
        y - stage this hunk
        n - do not stage this hunk
+       q - quit, do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
        a - stage this and all the remaining hunks in the file
        d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks in the file
+       g - select a hunk to go to
+       / - search for a hunk matching the given regex
        j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
        J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk
        k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index c1adf59497..bc132c87e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-	      [--output=<file>]
+	      [--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
 	      [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
 	      [path...]
 
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --output=<file>::
 	Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
 
+--worktree-attributes::
+	Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too.
+
 <extra>::
 	This can be any options that the archiver backend understands.
 	See next section.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 31ba7f2ade..cbd4275871 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
-	Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head.
+	Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with
+	relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print
+	the name of the upstream branch, as well.
 
 --abbrev=<length>::
 	Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing.
@@ -110,19 +112,22 @@ OPTIONS
 	Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them.
 
 --track::
-	When creating a new branch, set up the configuration so that 'git-pull'
-	will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
-	a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
-	into the new branch, and if you do not want to use "git pull
-	<repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
-	when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
-	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
-	'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
-	given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-	start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+	When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the
+	start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This
+	configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the
+	two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore,
+	it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
+	upstream when the new branch is checked out.
++
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
+want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
+were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
+start-point is either a local or remote branch.
 
 --no-track::
-	Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
+	Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
+	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true.
 
 --contains <commit>::
 	Only list branches which contain the specified commit.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 223ea9caef..ad4b31e892 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-t | --track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by
-updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified
-branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if
-specified, <new_branch>.  Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
-be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
-options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
+updating the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified
+branch.
 
-As a convenience, --track will default to creating a branch whose
-name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping
-the first namespace level.
+If `-b` is given, a new branch is created and checked out, as if
+linkgit:git-branch[1] were called; in this case you can
+use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git
+branch`.  As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch
+creation; see the description of --track below.
 
 When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
 branches.  It updates the named paths in the working tree from
@@ -62,22 +62,12 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
 
 -b::
 	Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
-	<branch>.  The new branch name must pass all checks defined
-	by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
-	may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
+	<start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
 
 -t::
 --track::
-	When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull'
-	will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
-	a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
-	into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
-	<repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
-	when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
-	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
-	'git checkout' and 'git branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
-	given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-	start point is either a local or remote branch.
+	When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See
+	"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
 +
 If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be
 derived from the remote branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
@@ -90,12 +80,12 @@ guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted.  You can
 explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case.
 
 --no-track::
-	Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
+	Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
+	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true.
 
 -l::
-	Create the new branch's reflog.  This activates recording of
-	all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
-	based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
+	Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for
+	details.
 
 -m::
 --merge::
@@ -123,23 +113,28 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
 	"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
 	"merge" style, shows the original contents).
 
+<branch>::
+	Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
+	when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
+	branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid
+	commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on
+	any branch (see below for details).
++
+As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
+checks out the branch (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
+`-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`.
+
 <new_branch>::
 	Name for the new branch.
 
+<start_point>::
+	The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see
+	linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to HEAD.
+
 <tree-ish>::
 	Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified,
 	the index will be used.
 
-<branch>::
-	Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object
-	ID that resolves to a commit.  Defaults to HEAD.
-+
-When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object),
-your HEAD becomes 'detached'.
-+
-As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
-checks out the branch (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
-`-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`.
 
 
 Detached HEAD
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 36f00aed67..a85121c689 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	'git-daemon' will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
 	whitelist is specified.
 
---base-path::
+--base-path=path::
 	Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
 	This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run 'git-daemon' with
 	'--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	Incompatible with --port, --listen, --user and --group options.
 
 --listen=host_or_ipaddr::
-	Listen on an a specific IP address or hostname.  IP addresses can
-	be either an IPv4 address or an IPV6 address if supported.  If IPv6
+	Listen on a specific IP address or hostname.  IP addresses can
+	be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported.  If IPv6
 	is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and
 	--listen must be given an IPv4 address.
 	Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ OPTIONS
 --port=n::
 	Listen on an alternative port.  Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
 
---init-timeout::
+--init-timeout=n::
 	Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
 	client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
 	that should be basically immediate).
 
---timeout::
+--timeout=n::
 	Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
-	it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent
-	waiting for next client's request.
+	it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the time spent
+	waiting for the next client's request.
 
---max-connections::
+--max-connections=n::
 	Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32.  Set it to
 	zero for no limit.
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
 	Enable/disable the service site-wide per default.  Note
 	that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled
 	per repository if it is marked overridable and the
-	repository enables the service with an configuration
+	repository enables the service with a configuration
 	item.
 
 --allow-override=service::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15b247bab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+git-difftool(1)
+===============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git difftool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<'git diff' options>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+'git-difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
+between revisions using common diff tools.  'git difftool' is a frontend
+to 'git-diff' and accepts the same options and arguments.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-y::
+--no-prompt::
+	Do not prompt before launching a diff tool.
+
+--prompt::
+	Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+	This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to
+	override any configuration settings.
+
+-t <tool>::
+--tool=<tool>::
+	Use the diff tool specified by <tool>.
+	Valid merge tools are:
+	kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff,
+	ecmerge, diffuse and opendiff
++
+If a diff tool is not specified, 'git-difftool'
+will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`.  If the
+configuration variable `diff.tool` is not set, 'git-difftool'
+will pick a suitable default.
++
+You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
+configuration variable `difftool.<tool>.path`. For example, you
+can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting
+`difftool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git-difftool' assumes the
+tool is available in PATH.
++
+Instead of running one of the known diff tools,
+'git-difftool' can be customized to run an alternative program
+by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration
+variable `difftool.<tool>.cmd`.
++
+When 'git-difftool' is invoked with this tool (either through the
+`-t` or `--tool` option or the `diff.tool` configuration variable)
+the configured command line will be invoked with the following
+variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary
+file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE`
+is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
+of the diff post-image.  `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
+with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`.
+
+See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options.
+
+CONFIG VARIABLES
+----------------
+'git-difftool' falls back to 'git-mergetool' config variables when the
+difftool equivalents have not been defined.
+
+diff.tool::
+	The default diff tool to use.
+
+difftool.<tool>.path::
+	Override the path for the given tool.  This is useful in case
+	your tool is not in the PATH.
+
+difftool.<tool>.cmd::
+	Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
++
+See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details.
+
+difftool.prompt::
+	Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-diff[1]::
+	 Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
+
+linkgit:git-mergetool[1]::
+	Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
+
+linkgit:git-config[1]::
+	 Get and set repository or global options
+
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>.
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index 237f85e767..ab527b5b31 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ changes, which would normally have no effect.  Nevertheless, this may be
 useful in the future for compensating for some git bugs or such,
 therefore such a usage is permitted.
 
+*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts`. If you have any grafts
+defined, running this command will make them permanent.
+
 *WARNING*! The rewritten history will have different object names for all
 the objects and will not converge with the original branch.  You will not
 be able to easily push and distribute the rewritten branch on top of the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 5061d3e4e7..8dc873fd44 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ For all objects, the following names can be used:
 refname::
 	The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
 	For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`.
+	The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
+	abbreviation mode.
 
 objecttype::
 	The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
@@ -85,6 +87,11 @@ objectsize::
 objectname::
 	The object name (aka SHA-1).
 
+upstream::
+	The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream''
+	from the displayed ref. Respects `:short` in the same way as
+	`refname` above.
+
 In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
 field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
 be used to specify the value in the header field.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 024084b8b7..d016dafd49 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ imap.host::
 imap.user::
 	The username to use when logging in to the server.
 
-imap.password::
+imap.pass::
 	The password to use when logging in to the server.
 
 imap.port::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78eb03f0ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+git-mergetool--lib(1)
+=====================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"'
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+This is not a command the end user would want to run.  Ever.
+This documentation is meant for people who are studying the
+Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones.
+
+The 'git-mergetool--lib' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using
+`.`) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working
+with git merge tools.
+
+Before sourcing 'git-mergetool--lib', your script must set `TOOL_MODE`
+to define the operation mode for the functions listed below.
+'diff' and 'merge' are valid values.
+
+FUNCTIONS
+---------
+get_merge_tool::
+	returns a merge tool.
+
+get_merge_tool_cmd::
+	returns the custom command for a merge tool.
+
+get_merge_tool_path::
+	returns the custom path for a merge tool.
+
+run_merge_tool::
+	launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false
+	flag to indicate whether a merge base is present.
+	'$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined
+	for use by the merge tool.
+
+Author
+------
+Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index 5d3c632872..ff9700d17a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ OPTIONS
 --tool=<tool>::
 	Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
 	Valid merge tools are:
-	kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff
+	kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge,
+	diffuse, tortoisemerge and opendiff
 +
 If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git-mergetool'
 will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`.  If the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index c9c0e6f932..9e2b4eaa38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote set-head' <name> [-a | -d | <branch>]
 'git remote show' [-n] <name>
 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
-'git remote update' [group]
+'git remote update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
 remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
 configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
 be updated.  (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
++
+With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated.
 
 
 DISCUSSION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 5ed2bc840f..fba30b12ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
 	refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
 
+--abbrev-ref[={strict|loose}]::
+	A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name.
+	The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
+	abbreviation mode.
+
 --all::
 	Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
index 3f8d973af1..0f3ad811cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality.
 The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not
 interactive.
 
-Currently, only three commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack'
-'git-upload-pack' with a single required argument or 'cvs server' (to invoke
-'git-cvsserver').
+Currently, only four commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack'
+'git-upload-pack' and 'git-upload-archive' with a single required argument, or
+'cvs server' (to invoke 'git-cvsserver').
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index b7b1af813d..9229d45ad9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ COMMANDS
 	specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash.
 	Setting a prefix is useful if you wish to track multiple
 	projects that share a common repository.
+--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
+	When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
+	be preserved as a config key.  See 'fetch' for a description
+	of '--ignore-paths'.
 
 'fetch'::
 	Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion remote we are
@@ -97,6 +101,9 @@ COMMANDS
 	makes 'git-log' (even without --date=local) show the same times
 	that `svn log` would in the local timezone.
 
+--parent;;
+	Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+
 This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion
 repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git
 repository to be able to interoperate with someone else's local Git
@@ -104,17 +111,25 @@ repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in
 the same local timezone.
 
 --ignore-paths=<regex>;;
-	This allows one to specify Perl regular expression that will
+	This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will
 	cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN.
-	Examples:
+	The '--ignore-paths' option should match for every 'fetch'
+	(including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit',
+	'rebase', etc) on a given repository.
+
+config key: svn-remote.<name>.ignore-paths
+
+	If the ignore-paths config key is set and the command
+	line option is also given, both regular expressions
+	will be used.
 
-	--ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every fetch.
+Examples:
 
-	--ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip "branches"
-	    and "tags" of first level directories.
+	--ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every
+	    fetch.
 
-	Regular expression is not persistent, you should specify
-	it every time when fetching.
+	--ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip
+	    "branches" and "tags" of first level directories.
 
 'clone'::
 	Runs 'init' and 'fetch'.  It will automatically create a
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 2ce5e6b451..470fdc5ecd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.6.2.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.2.1]
+* link:v1.6.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.2.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt[1.6.2.3],
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.2.2.txt[1.6.2.2],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.2.1.txt[1.6.2.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.2.txt[1.6.2].
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index b762bba759..aaa073efc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ for paths.
 
 Then, you would define a "diff.tex.xfuncname" configuration to
 specify a regular expression that matches a line that you would
-want to appear as the hunk header "TEXT", like this:
+want to appear as the hunk header "TEXT". Add a section to your
+`$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file) like this:
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "tex"]
@@ -345,7 +346,8 @@ split words in a line, by specifying an appropriate regular expression
 in the "diff.*.wordRegex" configuration variable.  For example, in TeX
 a backslash followed by a sequence of letters forms a command, but
 several such commands can be run together without intervening
-whitespace.  To separate them, use a regular expression such as
+whitespace.  To separate them, use a regular expression in your
+`$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file) like this:
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "tex"]
@@ -373,7 +375,8 @@ resulting text on stdout.
 
 For example, to show the diff of the exif information of a
 file instead of the binary information (assuming you have the
-exif tool installed):
+exif tool installed), add the following section to your
+`$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file):
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "jpg"]
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 4fc1cf1184..572374f7a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a
 	<<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference.
 
+[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch::
+	The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in
+	question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured
+	via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch
+	of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'".
+
 [[def_working_tree]]working tree::
 	The tree of actual checked out files.  The working tree is
 	normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index 1ff08ff2cc..4832bc75e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ merge.stat::
 merge.tool::
 	Controls which merge resolution program is used by
 	linkgit:git-mergetool[1].  Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
-	"tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and
+	"tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff",
+	"diffuse", "ecmerge", "tortoisemerge", and
 	"opendiff".  Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
 	and there must be a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd option.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bcf7cbb3fb..57f9f26254 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ all::
 # Define NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER if you cannot use Makefiles generated by perl's
 # MakeMaker (e.g. using ActiveState under Cygwin).
 #
+# Define NO_PERL if you do not want Perl scripts or libraries at all.
+#
 # Define NO_TCLTK if you do not want Tcl/Tk GUI.
 #
 # The TCL_PATH variable governs the location of the Tcl interpreter
@@ -277,12 +279,14 @@ TEST_PROGRAMS =
 
 SCRIPT_SH += git-am.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-bisect.sh
+SCRIPT_SH += git-difftool--helper.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-filter-branch.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-lost-found.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-octopus.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-one-file.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-resolve.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-mergetool.sh
+SCRIPT_SH += git-mergetool--lib.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-parse-remote.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-pull.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-quiltimport.sh
@@ -296,6 +300,7 @@ SCRIPT_SH += git-submodule.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-web--browse.sh
 
 SCRIPT_PERL += git-add--interactive.perl
+SCRIPT_PERL += git-difftool.perl
 SCRIPT_PERL += git-archimport.perl
 SCRIPT_PERL += git-cvsexportcommit.perl
 SCRIPT_PERL += git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -353,7 +358,10 @@ BUILT_INS += git-whatchanged$X
 ALL_PROGRAMS = $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
 
 # what 'all' will build but not install in gitexecdir
-OTHER_PROGRAMS = git$X gitweb/gitweb.cgi
+OTHER_PROGRAMS = git$X
+ifndef NO_PERL
+OTHER_PROGRAMS += gitweb/gitweb.cgi
+endif
 
 # Set paths to tools early so that they can be used for version tests.
 ifndef SHELL_PATH
@@ -432,6 +440,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += archive-tar.o
 LIB_OBJS += archive-zip.o
 LIB_OBJS += attr.o
 LIB_OBJS += base85.o
+LIB_OBJS += bisect.o
 LIB_OBJS += blob.o
 LIB_OBJS += branch.o
 LIB_OBJS += bundle.o
@@ -532,6 +541,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-add.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-annotate.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-apply.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-archive.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-bisect--helper.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-blame.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-branch.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-bundle.o
@@ -1104,6 +1114,10 @@ ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
 NO_TCLTK=NoThanks
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(PERL_PATH),)
+NO_PERL=NoThanks
+endif
+
 QUIET_SUBDIR0  = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir
 QUIET_SUBDIR1  =
 
@@ -1178,7 +1192,9 @@ ifndef NO_TCLTK
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)git-gui $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) gitexecdir='$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' all
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitk-git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) all
 endif
+ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)perl $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' all
+endif
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1)
 
 please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
@@ -1226,6 +1242,7 @@ $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) : % : %.sh
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
+ifndef NO_PERL
 $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): perl/perl.mak
 
 perl/perl.mak: GIT-CFLAGS perl/Makefile perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -1285,6 +1302,15 @@ git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh gitweb/gitweb.cgi gitweb/gitweb.css
 	    $@.sh > $@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
+else # NO_PERL
+$(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)) git-instaweb: % : unimplemented.sh
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PERL=$(NO_PERL)|g' \
+	    unimplemented.sh >$@+ && \
+	chmod +x $@+ && \
+	mv $@+ $@
+endif # NO_PERL
 
 configure: configure.ac
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $<+ && \
@@ -1401,6 +1427,7 @@ GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: .FORCE-GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 	@echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@
 	@echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@
 	@echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@
+	@echo NO_PERL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PERL)))'\' >>$@
 
 ### Detect Tck/Tk interpreter path changes
 ifndef NO_TCLTK
@@ -1603,9 +1630,11 @@ clean:
 	$(RM) -r $(GIT_TARNAME) .doc-tmp-dir
 	$(RM) $(GIT_TARNAME).tar.gz git-core_$(GIT_VERSION)-*.tar.gz
 	$(RM) $(htmldocs).tar.gz $(manpages).tar.gz
-	$(RM) gitweb/gitweb.cgi
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
+ifndef NO_PERL
+	$(RM) gitweb/gitweb.cgi
 	$(MAKE) -C perl clean
+endif
 	$(MAKE) -C templates/ clean
 	$(MAKE) -C t/ clean
 ifndef NO_TCLTK
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 96b62d4309..b2b90d3170 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "attr.h"
 #include "archive.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "unpack-trees.h"
 
 static char const * const archive_usage[] = {
 	"git archive [options] <tree-ish> [path...]",
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
 		write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry)
 {
 	struct archiver_context context;
+	struct unpack_trees_options opts;
+	struct tree_desc t;
 	int err;
 
 	if (args->baselen > 0 && args->base[args->baselen - 1] == '/') {
@@ -168,6 +171,22 @@ int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
 	context.args = args;
 	context.write_entry = write_entry;
 
+	/*
+	 * Setup index and instruct attr to read index only
+	 */
+	if (!args->worktree_attributes) {
+		memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
+		opts.index_only = 1;
+		opts.head_idx = -1;
+		opts.src_index = &the_index;
+		opts.dst_index = &the_index;
+		opts.fn = oneway_merge;
+		init_tree_desc(&t, args->tree->buffer, args->tree->size);
+		if (unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts))
+			return -1;
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_INDEX, &the_index);
+	}
+
 	err =  read_tree_recursive(args->tree, args->base, args->baselen, 0,
 			args->pathspec, write_archive_entry, &context);
 	if (err == READ_TREE_RECURSIVE)
@@ -258,6 +277,7 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
 	int verbose = 0;
 	int i;
 	int list = 0;
+	int worktree_attributes = 0;
 	struct option opts[] = {
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "format", &format, "fmt", "archive format"),
@@ -265,6 +285,8 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
 			"prepend prefix to each pathname in the archive"),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "output", &output, "file",
 			"write the archive to this file"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "worktree-attributes", &worktree_attributes,
+			"read .gitattributes in working directory"),
 		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
 		OPT__COMPR('0', &compression_level, "store only", 0),
 		OPT__COMPR('1', &compression_level, "compress faster", 1),
@@ -324,6 +346,7 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
 	args->verbose = verbose;
 	args->base = base;
 	args->baselen = strlen(base);
+	args->worktree_attributes = worktree_attributes;
 
 	return argc;
 }
diff --git a/archive.h b/archive.h
index 0b15b35143..038ac353d4 100644
--- a/archive.h
+++ b/archive.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct archiver_args {
 	time_t time;
 	const char **pathspec;
 	unsigned int verbose : 1;
+	unsigned int worktree_attributes : 1;
 	int compression_level;
 };
 
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 43259e5b01..f1ca4f5859 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr(const char *path, int macro_ok)
 		if (!res)
 			res = read_attr_from_file(path, macro_ok);
 	}
-	else {
+	else if (direction == GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN) {
 		res = read_attr_from_file(path, macro_ok);
 		if (!res)
 			/*
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr(const char *path, int macro_ok)
 			 */
 			res = read_attr_from_index(path, macro_ok);
 	}
+	else
+		res = read_attr_from_index(path, macro_ok);
 	if (!res)
 		res = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*res));
 	return res;
@@ -466,7 +468,7 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 		elem->prev = attr_stack;
 		attr_stack = elem;
 
-		if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+		if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
 			elem = read_attr(GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, 1);
 			elem->origin = strdup("");
 			elem->prev = attr_stack;
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ static void prepare_attr_stack(const char *path, int dirlen)
 	/*
 	 * Read from parent directories and push them down
 	 */
-	if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+	if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
 		while (1) {
 			char *cp;
 
@@ -674,6 +676,10 @@ int git_checkattr(const char *path, int num, struct git_attr_check *check)
 void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new, struct index_state *istate)
 {
 	enum git_attr_direction old = direction;
+
+	if (is_bare_repository() && new != GIT_ATTR_INDEX)
+		die("BUG: non-INDEX attr direction in a bare repo");
+
 	direction = new;
 	if (new != old)
 		drop_attr_stack();
diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h
index 3a2f4ec1a0..69b5767ebc 100644
--- a/attr.h
+++ b/attr.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ int git_checkattr(const char *path, int, struct git_attr_check *);
 
 enum git_attr_direction {
 	GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN,
-	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT
+	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT,
+	GIT_ATTR_INDEX,
 };
 void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction, struct index_state *);
 
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58f7e6f773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -0,0 +1,556 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "commit.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "list-objects.h"
+#include "quote.h"
+#include "sha1-lookup.h"
+#include "bisect.h"
+
+static unsigned char (*skipped_sha1)[20];
+static int skipped_sha1_nr;
+static int skipped_sha1_alloc;
+
+static const char **rev_argv;
+static int rev_argv_nr;
+static int rev_argv_alloc;
+
+/* bits #0-15 in revision.h */
+
+#define COUNTED		(1u<<16)
+
+/*
+ * This is a truly stupid algorithm, but it's only
+ * used for bisection, and we just don't care enough.
+ *
+ * We care just barely enough to avoid recursing for
+ * non-merge entries.
+ */
+static int count_distance(struct commit_list *entry)
+{
+	int nr = 0;
+
+	while (entry) {
+		struct commit *commit = entry->item;
+		struct commit_list *p;
+
+		if (commit->object.flags & (UNINTERESTING | COUNTED))
+			break;
+		if (!(commit->object.flags & TREESAME))
+			nr++;
+		commit->object.flags |= COUNTED;
+		p = commit->parents;
+		entry = p;
+		if (p) {
+			p = p->next;
+			while (p) {
+				nr += count_distance(p);
+				p = p->next;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nr;
+}
+
+static void clear_distance(struct commit_list *list)
+{
+	while (list) {
+		struct commit *commit = list->item;
+		commit->object.flags &= ~COUNTED;
+		list = list->next;
+	}
+}
+
+#define DEBUG_BISECT 0
+
+static inline int weight(struct commit_list *elem)
+{
+	return *((int*)(elem->item->util));
+}
+
+static inline void weight_set(struct commit_list *elem, int weight)
+{
+	*((int*)(elem->item->util)) = weight;
+}
+
+static int count_interesting_parents(struct commit *commit)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p;
+	int count;
+
+	for (count = 0, p = commit->parents; p; p = p->next) {
+		if (p->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+			continue;
+		count++;
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
+static inline int halfway(struct commit_list *p, int nr)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Don't short-cut something we are not going to return!
+	 */
+	if (p->item->object.flags & TREESAME)
+		return 0;
+	if (DEBUG_BISECT)
+		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * 2 and 3 are halfway of 5.
+	 * 3 is halfway of 6 but 2 and 4 are not.
+	 */
+	switch (2 * weight(p) - nr) {
+	case -1: case 0: case 1:
+		return 1;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+#if !DEBUG_BISECT
+#define show_list(a,b,c,d) do { ; } while (0)
+#else
+static void show_list(const char *debug, int counted, int nr,
+		      struct commit_list *list)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s (%d/%d)\n", debug, counted, nr);
+
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		struct commit_list *pp;
+		struct commit *commit = p->item;
+		unsigned flags = commit->object.flags;
+		enum object_type type;
+		unsigned long size;
+		char *buf = read_sha1_file(commit->object.sha1, &type, &size);
+		char *ep, *sp;
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "%c%c%c ",
+			(flags & TREESAME) ? ' ' : 'T',
+			(flags & UNINTERESTING) ? 'U' : ' ',
+			(flags & COUNTED) ? 'C' : ' ');
+		if (commit->util)
+			fprintf(stderr, "%3d", weight(p));
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "---");
+		fprintf(stderr, " %.*s", 8, sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+		for (pp = commit->parents; pp; pp = pp->next)
+			fprintf(stderr, " %.*s", 8,
+				sha1_to_hex(pp->item->object.sha1));
+
+		sp = strstr(buf, "\n\n");
+		if (sp) {
+			sp += 2;
+			for (ep = sp; *ep && *ep != '\n'; ep++)
+				;
+			fprintf(stderr, " %.*s", (int)(ep - sp), sp);
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	}
+}
+#endif /* DEBUG_BISECT */
+
+static struct commit_list *best_bisection(struct commit_list *list, int nr)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p, *best;
+	int best_distance = -1;
+
+	best = list;
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		int distance;
+		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
+
+		if (flags & TREESAME)
+			continue;
+		distance = weight(p);
+		if (nr - distance < distance)
+			distance = nr - distance;
+		if (distance > best_distance) {
+			best = p;
+			best_distance = distance;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return best;
+}
+
+struct commit_dist {
+	struct commit *commit;
+	int distance;
+};
+
+static int compare_commit_dist(const void *a_, const void *b_)
+{
+	struct commit_dist *a, *b;
+
+	a = (struct commit_dist *)a_;
+	b = (struct commit_dist *)b_;
+	if (a->distance != b->distance)
+		return b->distance - a->distance; /* desc sort */
+	return hashcmp(a->commit->object.sha1, b->commit->object.sha1);
+}
+
+static struct commit_list *best_bisection_sorted(struct commit_list *list, int nr)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p;
+	struct commit_dist *array = xcalloc(nr, sizeof(*array));
+	int cnt, i;
+
+	for (p = list, cnt = 0; p; p = p->next) {
+		int distance;
+		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
+
+		if (flags & TREESAME)
+			continue;
+		distance = weight(p);
+		if (nr - distance < distance)
+			distance = nr - distance;
+		array[cnt].commit = p->item;
+		array[cnt].distance = distance;
+		cnt++;
+	}
+	qsort(array, cnt, sizeof(*array), compare_commit_dist);
+	for (p = list, i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+		struct name_decoration *r = xmalloc(sizeof(*r) + 100);
+		struct object *obj = &(array[i].commit->object);
+
+		sprintf(r->name, "dist=%d", array[i].distance);
+		r->next = add_decoration(&name_decoration, obj, r);
+		p->item = array[i].commit;
+		p = p->next;
+	}
+	if (p)
+		p->next = NULL;
+	free(array);
+	return list;
+}
+
+/*
+ * zero or positive weight is the number of interesting commits it can
+ * reach, including itself.  Especially, weight = 0 means it does not
+ * reach any tree-changing commits (e.g. just above uninteresting one
+ * but traversal is with pathspec).
+ *
+ * weight = -1 means it has one parent and its distance is yet to
+ * be computed.
+ *
+ * weight = -2 means it has more than one parent and its distance is
+ * unknown.  After running count_distance() first, they will get zero
+ * or positive distance.
+ */
+static struct commit_list *do_find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
+					     int nr, int *weights,
+					     int find_all)
+{
+	int n, counted;
+	struct commit_list *p;
+
+	counted = 0;
+
+	for (n = 0, p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		struct commit *commit = p->item;
+		unsigned flags = commit->object.flags;
+
+		p->item->util = &weights[n++];
+		switch (count_interesting_parents(commit)) {
+		case 0:
+			if (!(flags & TREESAME)) {
+				weight_set(p, 1);
+				counted++;
+				show_list("bisection 2 count one",
+					  counted, nr, list);
+			}
+			/*
+			 * otherwise, it is known not to reach any
+			 * tree-changing commit and gets weight 0.
+			 */
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			weight_set(p, -1);
+			break;
+		default:
+			weight_set(p, -2);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	show_list("bisection 2 initialize", counted, nr, list);
+
+	/*
+	 * If you have only one parent in the resulting set
+	 * then you can reach one commit more than that parent
+	 * can reach.  So we do not have to run the expensive
+	 * count_distance() for single strand of pearls.
+	 *
+	 * However, if you have more than one parents, you cannot
+	 * just add their distance and one for yourself, since
+	 * they usually reach the same ancestor and you would
+	 * end up counting them twice that way.
+	 *
+	 * So we will first count distance of merges the usual
+	 * way, and then fill the blanks using cheaper algorithm.
+	 */
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		if (p->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+			continue;
+		if (weight(p) != -2)
+			continue;
+		weight_set(p, count_distance(p));
+		clear_distance(list);
+
+		/* Does it happen to be at exactly half-way? */
+		if (!find_all && halfway(p, nr))
+			return p;
+		counted++;
+	}
+
+	show_list("bisection 2 count_distance", counted, nr, list);
+
+	while (counted < nr) {
+		for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+			struct commit_list *q;
+			unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
+
+			if (0 <= weight(p))
+				continue;
+			for (q = p->item->parents; q; q = q->next) {
+				if (q->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+					continue;
+				if (0 <= weight(q))
+					break;
+			}
+			if (!q)
+				continue;
+
+			/*
+			 * weight for p is unknown but q is known.
+			 * add one for p itself if p is to be counted,
+			 * otherwise inherit it from q directly.
+			 */
+			if (!(flags & TREESAME)) {
+				weight_set(p, weight(q)+1);
+				counted++;
+				show_list("bisection 2 count one",
+					  counted, nr, list);
+			}
+			else
+				weight_set(p, weight(q));
+
+			/* Does it happen to be at exactly half-way? */
+			if (!find_all && halfway(p, nr))
+				return p;
+		}
+	}
+
+	show_list("bisection 2 counted all", counted, nr, list);
+
+	if (!find_all)
+		return best_bisection(list, nr);
+	else
+		return best_bisection_sorted(list, nr);
+}
+
+struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
+					  int *reaches, int *all,
+					  int find_all)
+{
+	int nr, on_list;
+	struct commit_list *p, *best, *next, *last;
+	int *weights;
+
+	show_list("bisection 2 entry", 0, 0, list);
+
+	/*
+	 * Count the number of total and tree-changing items on the
+	 * list, while reversing the list.
+	 */
+	for (nr = on_list = 0, last = NULL, p = list;
+	     p;
+	     p = next) {
+		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
+
+		next = p->next;
+		if (flags & UNINTERESTING)
+			continue;
+		p->next = last;
+		last = p;
+		if (!(flags & TREESAME))
+			nr++;
+		on_list++;
+	}
+	list = last;
+	show_list("bisection 2 sorted", 0, nr, list);
+
+	*all = nr;
+	weights = xcalloc(on_list, sizeof(*weights));
+
+	/* Do the real work of finding bisection commit. */
+	best = do_find_bisection(list, nr, weights, find_all);
+	if (best) {
+		if (!find_all)
+			best->next = NULL;
+		*reaches = weight(best);
+	}
+	free(weights);
+	return best;
+}
+
+static int register_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
+			int flags, void *cb_data)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(refname, "bad")) {
+		ALLOC_GROW(rev_argv, rev_argv_nr + 1, rev_argv_alloc);
+		rev_argv[rev_argv_nr++] = xstrdup(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+	} else if (!prefixcmp(refname, "good-")) {
+		const char *hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
+		char *good = xmalloc(strlen(hex) + 2);
+		*good = '^';
+		memcpy(good + 1, hex, strlen(hex) + 1);
+		ALLOC_GROW(rev_argv, rev_argv_nr + 1, rev_argv_alloc);
+		rev_argv[rev_argv_nr++] = good;
+	} else if (!prefixcmp(refname, "skip-")) {
+		ALLOC_GROW(skipped_sha1, skipped_sha1_nr + 1,
+			   skipped_sha1_alloc);
+		hashcpy(skipped_sha1[skipped_sha1_nr++], sha1);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int read_bisect_refs(void)
+{
+	return for_each_ref_in("refs/bisect/", register_ref, NULL);
+}
+
+void read_bisect_paths(void)
+{
+	struct strbuf str = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *filename = git_path("BISECT_NAMES");
+	FILE *fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+
+	if (!fp)
+		die("Could not open file '%s': %s", filename, strerror(errno));
+
+	while (strbuf_getline(&str, fp, '\n') != EOF) {
+		char *quoted;
+		int res;
+
+		strbuf_trim(&str);
+		quoted = strbuf_detach(&str, NULL);
+		res = sq_dequote_to_argv(quoted, &rev_argv,
+					 &rev_argv_nr, &rev_argv_alloc);
+		if (res)
+			die("Badly quoted content in file '%s': %s",
+			    filename, quoted);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&str);
+	fclose(fp);
+}
+
+static int skipcmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	return hashcmp(a, b);
+}
+
+static void prepare_skipped(void)
+{
+	qsort(skipped_sha1, skipped_sha1_nr, sizeof(*skipped_sha1), skipcmp);
+}
+
+static const unsigned char *skipped_sha1_access(size_t index, void *table)
+{
+	unsigned char (*skipped)[20] = table;
+	return skipped[index];
+}
+
+static int lookup_skipped(unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	return sha1_pos(sha1, skipped_sha1, skipped_sha1_nr,
+			skipped_sha1_access);
+}
+
+struct commit_list *filter_skipped(struct commit_list *list,
+				   struct commit_list **tried,
+				   int show_all)
+{
+	struct commit_list *filtered = NULL, **f = &filtered;
+
+	*tried = NULL;
+
+	if (!skipped_sha1_nr)
+		return list;
+
+	prepare_skipped();
+
+	while (list) {
+		struct commit_list *next = list->next;
+		list->next = NULL;
+		if (0 <= lookup_skipped(list->item->object.sha1)) {
+			/* Move current to tried list */
+			*tried = list;
+			tried = &list->next;
+		} else {
+			if (!show_all)
+				return list;
+			/* Move current to filtered list */
+			*f = list;
+			f = &list->next;
+		}
+		list = next;
+	}
+
+	return filtered;
+}
+
+static void bisect_rev_setup(struct rev_info *revs, const char *prefix)
+{
+	init_revisions(revs, prefix);
+	revs->abbrev = 0;
+	revs->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED;
+
+	/* argv[0] will be ignored by setup_revisions */
+	ALLOC_GROW(rev_argv, rev_argv_nr + 1, rev_argv_alloc);
+	rev_argv[rev_argv_nr++] = xstrdup("bisect_rev_setup");
+
+	if (read_bisect_refs())
+		die("reading bisect refs failed");
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(rev_argv, rev_argv_nr + 1, rev_argv_alloc);
+	rev_argv[rev_argv_nr++] = xstrdup("--");
+
+	read_bisect_paths();
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(rev_argv, rev_argv_nr + 1, rev_argv_alloc);
+	rev_argv[rev_argv_nr++] = NULL;
+
+	setup_revisions(rev_argv_nr, rev_argv, revs, NULL);
+
+	revs->limited = 1;
+}
+
+int bisect_next_vars(const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct rev_info revs;
+	struct rev_list_info info;
+	int reaches = 0, all = 0;
+
+	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+	info.revs = &revs;
+	info.bisect_show_flags = BISECT_SHOW_TRIED | BISECT_SHOW_STRINGED;
+
+	bisect_rev_setup(&revs, prefix);
+
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
+		die("revision walk setup failed");
+	if (revs.tree_objects)
+		mark_edges_uninteresting(revs.commits, &revs, NULL);
+
+	revs.commits = find_bisection(revs.commits, &reaches, &all,
+				      !!skipped_sha1_nr);
+
+	return show_bisect_vars(&info, reaches, all);
+}
diff --git a/bisect.h b/bisect.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdba913877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bisect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef BISECT_H
+#define BISECT_H
+
+extern struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
+					  int *reaches, int *all,
+					  int find_all);
+
+extern struct commit_list *filter_skipped(struct commit_list *list,
+					  struct commit_list **tried,
+					  int show_all);
+
+/* bisect_show_flags flags in struct rev_list_info */
+#define BISECT_SHOW_ALL		(1<<0)
+#define BISECT_SHOW_TRIED	(1<<1)
+#define BISECT_SHOW_STRINGED	(1<<2)
+
+struct rev_list_info {
+	struct rev_info *revs;
+	int bisect_show_flags;
+	int show_timestamp;
+	int hdr_termination;
+	const char *header_prefix;
+};
+
+extern int show_bisect_vars(struct rev_list_info *info, int reaches, int all);
+
+extern int bisect_next_vars(const char *prefix);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 1926cd8055..7b404ef660 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2271,6 +2271,25 @@ static struct patch *in_fn_table(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * item->util in the filename table records the status of the path.
+ * Usually it points at a patch (whose result records the contents
+ * of it after applying it), but it could be PATH_WAS_DELETED for a
+ * path that a previously applied patch has already removed.
+ */
+ #define PATH_TO_BE_DELETED ((struct patch *) -2)
+#define PATH_WAS_DELETED ((struct patch *) -1)
+
+static int to_be_deleted(struct patch *patch)
+{
+	return patch == PATH_TO_BE_DELETED;
+}
+
+static int was_deleted(struct patch *patch)
+{
+	return patch == PATH_WAS_DELETED;
+}
+
 static void add_to_fn_table(struct patch *patch)
 {
 	struct string_list_item *item;
@@ -2291,7 +2310,22 @@ static void add_to_fn_table(struct patch *patch)
 	 */
 	if ((patch->new_name == NULL) || (patch->is_rename)) {
 		item = string_list_insert(patch->old_name, &fn_table);
-		item->util = (struct patch *) -1;
+		item->util = PATH_WAS_DELETED;
+	}
+}
+
+static void prepare_fn_table(struct patch *patch)
+{
+	/*
+	 * store information about incoming file deletion
+	 */
+	while (patch) {
+		if ((patch->new_name == NULL) || (patch->is_rename)) {
+			struct string_list_item *item;
+			item = string_list_insert(patch->old_name, &fn_table);
+			item->util = PATH_TO_BE_DELETED;
+		}
+		patch = patch->next;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2304,8 +2338,8 @@ static int apply_data(struct patch *patch, struct stat *st, struct cache_entry *
 	struct patch *tpatch;
 
 	if (!(patch->is_copy || patch->is_rename) &&
-	    ((tpatch = in_fn_table(patch->old_name)) != NULL)) {
-		if (tpatch == (struct patch *) -1) {
+	    (tpatch = in_fn_table(patch->old_name)) != NULL && !to_be_deleted(tpatch)) {
+		if (was_deleted(tpatch)) {
 			return error("patch %s has been renamed/deleted",
 				patch->old_name);
 		}
@@ -2399,10 +2433,9 @@ static int check_preimage(struct patch *patch, struct cache_entry **ce, struct s
 	assert(patch->is_new <= 0);
 
 	if (!(patch->is_copy || patch->is_rename) &&
-	    (tpatch = in_fn_table(old_name)) != NULL) {
-		if (tpatch == (struct patch *) -1) {
+	    (tpatch = in_fn_table(old_name)) != NULL && !to_be_deleted(tpatch)) {
+		if (was_deleted(tpatch))
 			return error("%s: has been deleted/renamed", old_name);
-		}
 		st_mode = tpatch->new_mode;
 	} else if (!cached) {
 		stat_ret = lstat(old_name, st);
@@ -2410,6 +2443,9 @@ static int check_preimage(struct patch *patch, struct cache_entry **ce, struct s
 			return error("%s: %s", old_name, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
+	if (to_be_deleted(tpatch))
+		tpatch = NULL;
+
 	if (check_index && !tpatch) {
 		int pos = cache_name_pos(old_name, strlen(old_name));
 		if (pos < 0) {
@@ -2471,6 +2507,7 @@ static int check_patch(struct patch *patch)
 	const char *new_name = patch->new_name;
 	const char *name = old_name ? old_name : new_name;
 	struct cache_entry *ce = NULL;
+	struct patch *tpatch;
 	int ok_if_exists;
 	int status;
 
@@ -2481,7 +2518,8 @@ static int check_patch(struct patch *patch)
 		return status;
 	old_name = patch->old_name;
 
-	if (in_fn_table(new_name) == (struct patch *) -1)
+	if ((tpatch = in_fn_table(new_name)) &&
+			(was_deleted(tpatch) || to_be_deleted(tpatch)))
 		/*
 		 * A type-change diff is always split into a patch to
 		 * delete old, immediately followed by a patch to
@@ -2533,6 +2571,7 @@ static int check_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
+	prepare_fn_table(patch);
 	while (patch) {
 		if (apply_verbosely)
 			say_patch_name(stderr,
diff --git a/builtin-bisect--helper.c b/builtin-bisect--helper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fe778766a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin-bisect--helper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "bisect.h"
+
+static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
+	"git bisect--helper --next-vars",
+	NULL
+};
+
+int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int next_vars = 0;
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "next-vars", &next_vars,
+			    "output next bisect step variables"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, git_bisect_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (!next_vars)
+		usage_with_options(git_bisect_helper_usage, options);
+
+	/* next-vars */
+	return bisect_next_vars(prefix);
+}
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index ca81d725cb..91098ca9b1 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -301,19 +301,30 @@ static int ref_cmp(const void *r1, const void *r2)
 	return strcmp(c1->name, c2->name);
 }
 
-static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name)
+static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
+		int show_upstream_ref)
 {
 	int ours, theirs;
 	struct branch *branch = branch_get(branch_name);
 
-	if (!stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs) || (!ours && !theirs))
+	if (!stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs)) {
+		if (branch && branch->merge && branch->merge[0]->dst &&
+		    show_upstream_ref)
+			strbuf_addf(stat, "[%s] ",
+			    shorten_unambiguous_ref(branch->merge[0]->dst, 0));
 		return;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_addch(stat, '[');
+	if (show_upstream_ref)
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "%s: ",
+			shorten_unambiguous_ref(branch->merge[0]->dst, 0));
 	if (!ours)
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "[behind %d] ", theirs);
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "behind %d] ", theirs);
 	else if (!theirs)
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "[ahead %d] ", ours);
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "ahead %d] ", ours);
 	else
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "[ahead %d, behind %d] ", ours, theirs);
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "ahead %d, behind %d] ", ours, theirs);
 }
 
 static int matches_merge_filter(struct commit *commit)
@@ -379,7 +390,7 @@ static void print_ref_item(struct ref_item *item, int maxwidth, int verbose,
 		}
 
 		if (item->kind == REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
-			fill_tracking_info(&stat, item->name);
+			fill_tracking_info(&stat, item->name, verbose > 1);
 
 		strbuf_addf(&out, " %s %s%s",
 			find_unique_abbrev(item->commit->object.sha1, abbrev),
diff --git a/builtin-for-each-ref.c b/builtin-for-each-ref.c
index 5cbb4b081d..91e8f95fd2 100644
--- a/builtin-for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-for-each-ref.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "remote.h"
 
 /* Quoting styles */
 #define QUOTE_NONE 0
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "subject" },
 	{ "body" },
 	{ "contents" },
+	{ "upstream" },
 };
 
 /*
@@ -543,109 +545,6 @@ static void grab_values(struct atom_value *val, int deref, struct object *obj, v
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * generate a format suitable for scanf from a ref_rev_parse_rules
- * rule, that is replace the "%.*s" spec with a "%s" spec
- */
-static void gen_scanf_fmt(char *scanf_fmt, const char *rule)
-{
-	char *spec;
-
-	spec = strstr(rule, "%.*s");
-	if (!spec || strstr(spec + 4, "%.*s"))
-		die("invalid rule in ref_rev_parse_rules: %s", rule);
-
-	/* copy all until spec */
-	strncpy(scanf_fmt, rule, spec - rule);
-	scanf_fmt[spec - rule] = '\0';
-	/* copy new spec */
-	strcat(scanf_fmt, "%s");
-	/* copy remaining rule */
-	strcat(scanf_fmt, spec + 4);
-
-	return;
-}
-
-/*
- * Shorten the refname to an non-ambiguous form
- */
-static char *get_short_ref(struct refinfo *ref)
-{
-	int i;
-	static char **scanf_fmts;
-	static int nr_rules;
-	char *short_name;
-
-	/* pre generate scanf formats from ref_rev_parse_rules[] */
-	if (!nr_rules) {
-		size_t total_len = 0;
-
-		/* the rule list is NULL terminated, count them first */
-		for (; ref_rev_parse_rules[nr_rules]; nr_rules++)
-			/* no +1 because strlen("%s") < strlen("%.*s") */
-			total_len += strlen(ref_rev_parse_rules[nr_rules]);
-
-		scanf_fmts = xmalloc(nr_rules * sizeof(char *) + total_len);
-
-		total_len = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_rules; i++) {
-			scanf_fmts[i] = (char *)&scanf_fmts[nr_rules]
-					+ total_len;
-			gen_scanf_fmt(scanf_fmts[i], ref_rev_parse_rules[i]);
-			total_len += strlen(ref_rev_parse_rules[i]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* bail out if there are no rules */
-	if (!nr_rules)
-		return ref->refname;
-
-	/* buffer for scanf result, at most ref->refname must fit */
-	short_name = xstrdup(ref->refname);
-
-	/* skip first rule, it will always match */
-	for (i = nr_rules - 1; i > 0 ; --i) {
-		int j;
-		int short_name_len;
-
-		if (1 != sscanf(ref->refname, scanf_fmts[i], short_name))
-			continue;
-
-		short_name_len = strlen(short_name);
-
-		/*
-		 * check if the short name resolves to a valid ref,
-		 * but use only rules prior to the matched one
-		 */
-		for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-			const char *rule = ref_rev_parse_rules[j];
-			unsigned char short_objectname[20];
-			char refname[PATH_MAX];
-
-			/*
-			 * the short name is ambiguous, if it resolves
-			 * (with this previous rule) to a valid ref
-			 * read_ref() returns 0 on success
-			 */
-			mksnpath(refname, sizeof(refname),
-				 rule, short_name_len, short_name);
-			if (!read_ref(refname, short_objectname))
-				break;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * short name is non-ambiguous if all previous rules
-		 * haven't resolved to a valid ref
-		 */
-		if (j == i)
-			return short_name;
-	}
-
-	free(short_name);
-	return ref->refname;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Parse the object referred by ref, and grab needed value.
  */
@@ -672,32 +571,50 @@ static void populate_value(struct refinfo *ref)
 		const char *name = used_atom[i];
 		struct atom_value *v = &ref->value[i];
 		int deref = 0;
+		const char *refname;
+		const char *formatp;
+
 		if (*name == '*') {
 			deref = 1;
 			name++;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(name, "refname")) {
-			const char *formatp = strchr(name, ':');
-			const char *refname = ref->refname;
-
-			/* look for "short" refname format */
-			if (formatp) {
-				formatp++;
-				if (!strcmp(formatp, "short"))
-					refname = get_short_ref(ref);
-				else
-					die("unknown refname format %s",
-					    formatp);
-			}
 
-			if (!deref)
-				v->s = refname;
-			else {
-				int len = strlen(refname);
-				char *s = xmalloc(len + 4);
-				sprintf(s, "%s^{}", refname);
-				v->s = s;
-			}
+		if (!prefixcmp(name, "refname"))
+			refname = ref->refname;
+		else if(!prefixcmp(name, "upstream")) {
+			struct branch *branch;
+			/* only local branches may have an upstream */
+			if (prefixcmp(ref->refname, "refs/heads/"))
+				continue;
+			branch = branch_get(ref->refname + 11);
+
+			if (!branch || !branch->merge || !branch->merge[0] ||
+			    !branch->merge[0]->dst)
+				continue;
+			refname = branch->merge[0]->dst;
+		}
+		else
+			continue;
+
+		formatp = strchr(name, ':');
+		/* look for "short" refname format */
+		if (formatp) {
+			formatp++;
+			if (!strcmp(formatp, "short"))
+				refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname,
+						      warn_ambiguous_refs);
+			else
+				die("unknown %.*s format %s",
+				    (int)(formatp - name), name, formatp);
+		}
+
+		if (!deref)
+			v->s = refname;
+		else {
+			int len = strlen(refname);
+			char *s = xmalloc(len + 4);
+			sprintf(s, "%s^{}", refname);
+			v->s = s;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1001,6 +918,9 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		sort = default_sort();
 	sort_atom_limit = used_atom_cnt;
 
+	/* for warn_ambiguous_refs */
+	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+
 	memset(&cbdata, 0, sizeof(cbdata));
 	cbdata.grab_pattern = argv;
 	for_each_ref(grab_single_ref, &cbdata);
diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index 4e02b33bb7..d1fa12a59e 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ static void copy_templates(const char *template_dir)
 		template_dir = system_path(DEFAULT_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR);
 	if (!template_dir[0])
 		return;
+	template_len = strlen(template_dir);
+	if (PATH_MAX <= (template_len+strlen("/config")))
+		die("insanely long template path %s", template_dir);
 	strcpy(template_path, template_dir);
-	template_len = strlen(template_path);
 	if (template_path[template_len-1] != '/') {
 		template_path[template_len++] = '/';
 		template_path[template_len] = 0;
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 9fc3b35547..419f29aa1a 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ static void ll_find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, unsigned list_size,
 		return;
 	}
 	if (progress > pack_to_stdout)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Delta compression using %d threads.\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "Delta compression using up to %d threads.\n",
 				delta_search_threads);
 
 	/* Partition the work amongst work threads. */
@@ -1901,17 +1901,25 @@ static void read_object_list_from_stdin(void)
 
 #define OBJECT_ADDED (1u<<20)
 
-static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
+static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 {
 	add_object_entry(commit->object.sha1, OBJ_COMMIT, NULL, 0);
 	commit->object.flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
 }
 
-static void show_object(struct object_array_entry *p)
+static void show_object(struct object *obj, const struct name_path *path, const char *last)
 {
-	add_preferred_base_object(p->name);
-	add_object_entry(p->item->sha1, p->item->type, p->name, 0);
-	p->item->flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
+	char *name = path_name(path, last);
+
+	add_preferred_base_object(name);
+	add_object_entry(obj->sha1, obj->type, name, 0);
+	obj->flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
+
+	/*
+	 * We will have generated the hash from the name,
+	 * but not saved a pointer to it - we can free it
+	 */
+	free((char *)name);
 }
 
 static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
@@ -2071,7 +2079,7 @@ static void get_object_list(int ac, const char **av)
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
 		die("revision walk setup failed");
 	mark_edges_uninteresting(revs.commits, &revs, show_edge);
-	traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object);
+	traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object, NULL);
 
 	if (keep_unreachable)
 		add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(&revs);
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index 9ef846f6a4..ca7c639ad3 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
 	"git remote set-head <name> [-a | -d | <branch>]",
 	"git remote show [-n] <name>",
 	"git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>",
-	"git remote [-v | --verbose] update [group]",
+	"git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [group]",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
 static int verbose;
 
 static int show_all(void);
+static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run);
 
 static inline int postfixcmp(const char *string, const char *postfix)
 {
@@ -1128,46 +1129,49 @@ static int prune(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT__DRY_RUN(&dry_run),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
-	struct ref_states states;
-	const char *dangling_msg;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, builtin_remote_usage, 0);
 
 	if (argc < 1)
 		usage_with_options(builtin_remote_usage, options);
 
-	dangling_msg = (dry_run
-			? " %s will become dangling!\n"
-			: " %s has become dangling!\n");
-
-	memset(&states, 0, sizeof(states));
-	for (; argc; argc--, argv++) {
-		int i;
+	for (; argc; argc--, argv++)
+		result |= prune_remote(*argv, dry_run);
 
-		get_remote_ref_states(*argv, &states, GET_REF_STATES);
+	return result;
+}
 
-		if (states.stale.nr) {
-			printf("Pruning %s\n", *argv);
-			printf("URL: %s\n",
-			       states.remote->url_nr
-			       ? states.remote->url[0]
-			       : "(no URL)");
-		}
+static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run)
+{
+	int result = 0, i;
+	struct ref_states states;
+	const char *dangling_msg = dry_run
+		? " %s will become dangling!\n"
+		: " %s has become dangling!\n";
 
-		for (i = 0; i < states.stale.nr; i++) {
-			const char *refname = states.stale.items[i].util;
+	memset(&states, 0, sizeof(states));
+	get_remote_ref_states(remote, &states, GET_REF_STATES);
+
+	if (states.stale.nr) {
+		printf("Pruning %s\n", remote);
+		printf("URL: %s\n",
+		       states.remote->url_nr
+		       ? states.remote->url[0]
+		       : "(no URL)");
+	}
 
-			if (!dry_run)
-				result |= delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < states.stale.nr; i++) {
+		const char *refname = states.stale.items[i].util;
 
-			printf(" * [%s] %s\n", dry_run ? "would prune" : "pruned",
-			       abbrev_ref(refname, "refs/remotes/"));
-			warn_dangling_symref(dangling_msg, refname);
-		}
+		if (!dry_run)
+			result |= delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0);
 
-		free_remote_ref_states(&states);
+		printf(" * [%s] %s\n", dry_run ? "would prune" : "pruned",
+		       abbrev_ref(refname, "refs/remotes/"));
+		warn_dangling_symref(dangling_msg, refname);
 	}
 
+	free_remote_ref_states(&states);
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -1184,16 +1188,18 @@ struct remote_group {
 	struct string_list *list;
 } remote_group;
 
-static int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
+static int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value, void *num_hits)
 {
 	if (!prefixcmp(key, "remotes.") &&
 			!strcmp(key + 8, remote_group.name)) {
 		/* split list by white space */
 		int space = strcspn(value, " \t\n");
 		while (*value) {
-			if (space > 1)
+			if (space > 1) {
 				string_list_append(xstrndup(value, space),
 						remote_group.list);
+				++*((int *)num_hits);
+			}
 			value += space + (value[space] != '\0');
 			space = strcspn(value, " \t\n");
 		}
@@ -1204,10 +1210,18 @@ static int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 
 static int update(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	int i, result = 0;
+	int i, result = 0, prune = 0;
 	struct string_list list = { NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
 	static const char *default_argv[] = { NULL, "default", NULL };
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_GROUP("update specific options"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
+			    "prune remotes after fecthing"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
 
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, builtin_remote_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		argc = 2;
 		argv = default_argv;
@@ -1215,15 +1229,28 @@ static int update(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	remote_group.list = &list;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		int groups_found = 0;
 		remote_group.name = argv[i];
-		result = git_config(get_remote_group, NULL);
+		result = git_config(get_remote_group, &groups_found);
+		if (!groups_found && (i != 1 || strcmp(argv[1], "default"))) {
+			struct remote *remote;
+			if (!remote_is_configured(argv[i]))
+				die("No such remote or remote group: %s",
+				    argv[i]);
+			remote = remote_get(argv[i]);
+			string_list_append(remote->name, remote_group.list);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!result && !list.nr  && argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "default"))
 		result = for_each_remote(get_one_remote_for_update, &list);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
-		result |= fetch_remote(list.items[i].string);
+	for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
+		int err = fetch_remote(list.items[i].string);
+		result |= err;
+		if (!err && prune)
+			result |= prune_remote(list.items[i].string, 0);
+	}
 
 	/* all names were strdup()ed or strndup()ed */
 	list.strdup_strings = 1;
diff --git a/builtin-rev-list.c b/builtin-rev-list.c
index 40d5fcb6b0..38a8f234de 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-list.c
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "refs.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "blob.h"
-#include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "graph.h"
-
-/* bits #0-15 in revision.h */
-
-#define COUNTED		(1u<<16)
+#include "bisect.h"
 
 static const char rev_list_usage[] =
 "git rev-list [OPTION] <commit-id>... [ -- paths... ]\n"
@@ -50,73 +42,69 @@ static const char rev_list_usage[] =
 "    --bisect-all"
 ;
 
-static struct rev_info revs;
-
-static int bisect_list;
-static int show_timestamp;
-static int hdr_termination;
-static const char *header_prefix;
-
-static void finish_commit(struct commit *commit);
-static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
+static void finish_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data);
+static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 {
-	graph_show_commit(revs.graph);
+	struct rev_list_info *info = data;
+	struct rev_info *revs = info->revs;
+
+	graph_show_commit(revs->graph);
 
-	if (show_timestamp)
+	if (info->show_timestamp)
 		printf("%lu ", commit->date);
-	if (header_prefix)
-		fputs(header_prefix, stdout);
+	if (info->header_prefix)
+		fputs(info->header_prefix, stdout);
 
-	if (!revs.graph) {
+	if (!revs->graph) {
 		if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY)
 			putchar('-');
 		else if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
 			putchar('^');
-		else if (revs.left_right) {
+		else if (revs->left_right) {
 			if (commit->object.flags & SYMMETRIC_LEFT)
 				putchar('<');
 			else
 				putchar('>');
 		}
 	}
-	if (revs.abbrev_commit && revs.abbrev)
-		fputs(find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, revs.abbrev),
+	if (revs->abbrev_commit && revs->abbrev)
+		fputs(find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, revs->abbrev),
 		      stdout);
 	else
 		fputs(sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), stdout);
-	if (revs.print_parents) {
+	if (revs->print_parents) {
 		struct commit_list *parents = commit->parents;
 		while (parents) {
 			printf(" %s", sha1_to_hex(parents->item->object.sha1));
 			parents = parents->next;
 		}
 	}
-	if (revs.children.name) {
+	if (revs->children.name) {
 		struct commit_list *children;
 
-		children = lookup_decoration(&revs.children, &commit->object);
+		children = lookup_decoration(&revs->children, &commit->object);
 		while (children) {
 			printf(" %s", sha1_to_hex(children->item->object.sha1));
 			children = children->next;
 		}
 	}
-	show_decorations(&revs, commit);
-	if (revs.commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+	show_decorations(revs, commit);
+	if (revs->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
 		putchar(' ');
 	else
 		putchar('\n');
 
-	if (revs.verbose_header && commit->buffer) {
+	if (revs->verbose_header && commit->buffer) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-		pretty_print_commit(revs.commit_format, commit,
-				    &buf, revs.abbrev, NULL, NULL,
-				    revs.date_mode, 0);
-		if (revs.graph) {
+		pretty_print_commit(revs->commit_format, commit,
+				    &buf, revs->abbrev, NULL, NULL,
+				    revs->date_mode, 0);
+		if (revs->graph) {
 			if (buf.len) {
-				if (revs.commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-					graph_show_oneline(revs.graph);
+				if (revs->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+					graph_show_oneline(revs->graph);
 
-				graph_show_commit_msg(revs.graph, &buf);
+				graph_show_commit_msg(revs->graph, &buf);
 
 				/*
 				 * Add a newline after the commit message.
@@ -134,7 +122,7 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 				 * format doesn't explicitly end in a newline.)
 				 */
 				if (buf.len && buf.buf[buf.len - 1] == '\n')
-					graph_show_padding(revs.graph);
+					graph_show_padding(revs->graph);
 				putchar('\n');
 			} else {
 				/*
@@ -142,23 +130,23 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 				 * the rest of the graph output for this
 				 * commit.
 				 */
-				if (graph_show_remainder(revs.graph))
+				if (graph_show_remainder(revs->graph))
 					putchar('\n');
 			}
 		} else {
 			if (buf.len)
-				printf("%s%c", buf.buf, hdr_termination);
+				printf("%s%c", buf.buf, info->hdr_termination);
 		}
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	} else {
-		if (graph_show_remainder(revs.graph))
+		if (graph_show_remainder(revs->graph))
 			putchar('\n');
 	}
 	maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "stdout");
-	finish_commit(commit);
+	finish_commit(commit, data);
 }
 
-static void finish_commit(struct commit *commit)
+static void finish_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 {
 	if (commit->parents) {
 		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
@@ -168,27 +156,29 @@ static void finish_commit(struct commit *commit)
 	commit->buffer = NULL;
 }
 
-static void finish_object(struct object_array_entry *p)
+static void finish_object(struct object *obj, const struct name_path *path, const char *name)
 {
-	if (p->item->type == OBJ_BLOB && !has_sha1_file(p->item->sha1))
-		die("missing blob object '%s'", sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1));
+	if (obj->type == OBJ_BLOB && !has_sha1_file(obj->sha1))
+		die("missing blob object '%s'", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
 }
 
-static void show_object(struct object_array_entry *p)
+static void show_object(struct object *obj, const struct name_path *path, const char *component)
 {
+	char *name = path_name(path, component);
 	/* An object with name "foo\n0000000..." can be used to
 	 * confuse downstream "git pack-objects" very badly.
 	 */
-	const char *ep = strchr(p->name, '\n');
+	const char *ep = strchr(name, '\n');
 
-	finish_object(p);
+	finish_object(obj, path, name);
 	if (ep) {
-		printf("%s %.*s\n", sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1),
-		       (int) (ep - p->name),
-		       p->name);
+		printf("%s %.*s\n", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1),
+		       (int) (ep - name),
+		       name);
 	}
 	else
-		printf("%s %s\n", sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1), p->name);
+		printf("%s %s\n", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1), name);
+	free(name);
 }
 
 static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
@@ -196,384 +186,6 @@ static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
 	printf("-%s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 }
 
-/*
- * This is a truly stupid algorithm, but it's only
- * used for bisection, and we just don't care enough.
- *
- * We care just barely enough to avoid recursing for
- * non-merge entries.
- */
-static int count_distance(struct commit_list *entry)
-{
-	int nr = 0;
-
-	while (entry) {
-		struct commit *commit = entry->item;
-		struct commit_list *p;
-
-		if (commit->object.flags & (UNINTERESTING | COUNTED))
-			break;
-		if (!(commit->object.flags & TREESAME))
-			nr++;
-		commit->object.flags |= COUNTED;
-		p = commit->parents;
-		entry = p;
-		if (p) {
-			p = p->next;
-			while (p) {
-				nr += count_distance(p);
-				p = p->next;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nr;
-}
-
-static void clear_distance(struct commit_list *list)
-{
-	while (list) {
-		struct commit *commit = list->item;
-		commit->object.flags &= ~COUNTED;
-		list = list->next;
-	}
-}
-
-#define DEBUG_BISECT 0
-
-static inline int weight(struct commit_list *elem)
-{
-	return *((int*)(elem->item->util));
-}
-
-static inline void weight_set(struct commit_list *elem, int weight)
-{
-	*((int*)(elem->item->util)) = weight;
-}
-
-static int count_interesting_parents(struct commit *commit)
-{
-	struct commit_list *p;
-	int count;
-
-	for (count = 0, p = commit->parents; p; p = p->next) {
-		if (p->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
-			continue;
-		count++;
-	}
-	return count;
-}
-
-static inline int halfway(struct commit_list *p, int nr)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Don't short-cut something we are not going to return!
-	 */
-	if (p->item->object.flags & TREESAME)
-		return 0;
-	if (DEBUG_BISECT)
-		return 0;
-	/*
-	 * 2 and 3 are halfway of 5.
-	 * 3 is halfway of 6 but 2 and 4 are not.
-	 */
-	switch (2 * weight(p) - nr) {
-	case -1: case 0: case 1:
-		return 1;
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-#if !DEBUG_BISECT
-#define show_list(a,b,c,d) do { ; } while (0)
-#else
-static void show_list(const char *debug, int counted, int nr,
-		      struct commit_list *list)
-{
-	struct commit_list *p;
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s (%d/%d)\n", debug, counted, nr);
-
-	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
-		struct commit_list *pp;
-		struct commit *commit = p->item;
-		unsigned flags = commit->object.flags;
-		enum object_type type;
-		unsigned long size;
-		char *buf = read_sha1_file(commit->object.sha1, &type, &size);
-		char *ep, *sp;
-
-		fprintf(stderr, "%c%c%c ",
-			(flags & TREESAME) ? ' ' : 'T',
-			(flags & UNINTERESTING) ? 'U' : ' ',
-			(flags & COUNTED) ? 'C' : ' ');
-		if (commit->util)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%3d", weight(p));
-		else
-			fprintf(stderr, "---");
-		fprintf(stderr, " %.*s", 8, sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
-		for (pp = commit->parents; pp; pp = pp->next)
-			fprintf(stderr, " %.*s", 8,
-				sha1_to_hex(pp->item->object.sha1));
-
-		sp = strstr(buf, "\n\n");
-		if (sp) {
-			sp += 2;
-			for (ep = sp; *ep && *ep != '\n'; ep++)
-				;
-			fprintf(stderr, " %.*s", (int)(ep - sp), sp);
-		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	}
-}
-#endif /* DEBUG_BISECT */
-
-static struct commit_list *best_bisection(struct commit_list *list, int nr)
-{
-	struct commit_list *p, *best;
-	int best_distance = -1;
-
-	best = list;
-	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
-		int distance;
-		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
-
-		if (flags & TREESAME)
-			continue;
-		distance = weight(p);
-		if (nr - distance < distance)
-			distance = nr - distance;
-		if (distance > best_distance) {
-			best = p;
-			best_distance = distance;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return best;
-}
-
-struct commit_dist {
-	struct commit *commit;
-	int distance;
-};
-
-static int compare_commit_dist(const void *a_, const void *b_)
-{
-	struct commit_dist *a, *b;
-
-	a = (struct commit_dist *)a_;
-	b = (struct commit_dist *)b_;
-	if (a->distance != b->distance)
-		return b->distance - a->distance; /* desc sort */
-	return hashcmp(a->commit->object.sha1, b->commit->object.sha1);
-}
-
-static struct commit_list *best_bisection_sorted(struct commit_list *list, int nr)
-{
-	struct commit_list *p;
-	struct commit_dist *array = xcalloc(nr, sizeof(*array));
-	int cnt, i;
-
-	for (p = list, cnt = 0; p; p = p->next) {
-		int distance;
-		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
-
-		if (flags & TREESAME)
-			continue;
-		distance = weight(p);
-		if (nr - distance < distance)
-			distance = nr - distance;
-		array[cnt].commit = p->item;
-		array[cnt].distance = distance;
-		cnt++;
-	}
-	qsort(array, cnt, sizeof(*array), compare_commit_dist);
-	for (p = list, i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-		struct name_decoration *r = xmalloc(sizeof(*r) + 100);
-		struct object *obj = &(array[i].commit->object);
-
-		sprintf(r->name, "dist=%d", array[i].distance);
-		r->next = add_decoration(&name_decoration, obj, r);
-		p->item = array[i].commit;
-		p = p->next;
-	}
-	if (p)
-		p->next = NULL;
-	free(array);
-	return list;
-}
-
-/*
- * zero or positive weight is the number of interesting commits it can
- * reach, including itself.  Especially, weight = 0 means it does not
- * reach any tree-changing commits (e.g. just above uninteresting one
- * but traversal is with pathspec).
- *
- * weight = -1 means it has one parent and its distance is yet to
- * be computed.
- *
- * weight = -2 means it has more than one parent and its distance is
- * unknown.  After running count_distance() first, they will get zero
- * or positive distance.
- */
-static struct commit_list *do_find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
-					     int nr, int *weights,
-					     int find_all)
-{
-	int n, counted;
-	struct commit_list *p;
-
-	counted = 0;
-
-	for (n = 0, p = list; p; p = p->next) {
-		struct commit *commit = p->item;
-		unsigned flags = commit->object.flags;
-
-		p->item->util = &weights[n++];
-		switch (count_interesting_parents(commit)) {
-		case 0:
-			if (!(flags & TREESAME)) {
-				weight_set(p, 1);
-				counted++;
-				show_list("bisection 2 count one",
-					  counted, nr, list);
-			}
-			/*
-			 * otherwise, it is known not to reach any
-			 * tree-changing commit and gets weight 0.
-			 */
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			weight_set(p, -1);
-			break;
-		default:
-			weight_set(p, -2);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	show_list("bisection 2 initialize", counted, nr, list);
-
-	/*
-	 * If you have only one parent in the resulting set
-	 * then you can reach one commit more than that parent
-	 * can reach.  So we do not have to run the expensive
-	 * count_distance() for single strand of pearls.
-	 *
-	 * However, if you have more than one parents, you cannot
-	 * just add their distance and one for yourself, since
-	 * they usually reach the same ancestor and you would
-	 * end up counting them twice that way.
-	 *
-	 * So we will first count distance of merges the usual
-	 * way, and then fill the blanks using cheaper algorithm.
-	 */
-	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
-		if (p->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
-			continue;
-		if (weight(p) != -2)
-			continue;
-		weight_set(p, count_distance(p));
-		clear_distance(list);
-
-		/* Does it happen to be at exactly half-way? */
-		if (!find_all && halfway(p, nr))
-			return p;
-		counted++;
-	}
-
-	show_list("bisection 2 count_distance", counted, nr, list);
-
-	while (counted < nr) {
-		for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
-			struct commit_list *q;
-			unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
-
-			if (0 <= weight(p))
-				continue;
-			for (q = p->item->parents; q; q = q->next) {
-				if (q->item->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
-					continue;
-				if (0 <= weight(q))
-					break;
-			}
-			if (!q)
-				continue;
-
-			/*
-			 * weight for p is unknown but q is known.
-			 * add one for p itself if p is to be counted,
-			 * otherwise inherit it from q directly.
-			 */
-			if (!(flags & TREESAME)) {
-				weight_set(p, weight(q)+1);
-				counted++;
-				show_list("bisection 2 count one",
-					  counted, nr, list);
-			}
-			else
-				weight_set(p, weight(q));
-
-			/* Does it happen to be at exactly half-way? */
-			if (!find_all && halfway(p, nr))
-				return p;
-		}
-	}
-
-	show_list("bisection 2 counted all", counted, nr, list);
-
-	if (!find_all)
-		return best_bisection(list, nr);
-	else
-		return best_bisection_sorted(list, nr);
-}
-
-static struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
-					  int *reaches, int *all,
-					  int find_all)
-{
-	int nr, on_list;
-	struct commit_list *p, *best, *next, *last;
-	int *weights;
-
-	show_list("bisection 2 entry", 0, 0, list);
-
-	/*
-	 * Count the number of total and tree-changing items on the
-	 * list, while reversing the list.
-	 */
-	for (nr = on_list = 0, last = NULL, p = list;
-	     p;
-	     p = next) {
-		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
-
-		next = p->next;
-		if (flags & UNINTERESTING)
-			continue;
-		p->next = last;
-		last = p;
-		if (!(flags & TREESAME))
-			nr++;
-		on_list++;
-	}
-	list = last;
-	show_list("bisection 2 sorted", 0, nr, list);
-
-	*all = nr;
-	weights = xcalloc(on_list, sizeof(*weights));
-
-	/* Do the real work of finding bisection commit. */
-	best = do_find_bisection(list, nr, weights, find_all);
-	if (best) {
-		if (!find_all)
-			best->next = NULL;
-		*reaches = weight(best);
-	}
-	free(weights);
-	return best;
-}
-
 static inline int log2i(int n)
 {
 	int log2 = 0;
@@ -613,11 +225,83 @@ static int estimate_bisect_steps(int all)
 	return (e < 3 * x) ? n : n - 1;
 }
 
+static void show_tried_revs(struct commit_list *tried, int stringed)
+{
+	printf("bisect_tried='");
+	for (;tried; tried = tried->next) {
+		char *format = tried->next ? "%s|" : "%s";
+		printf(format, sha1_to_hex(tried->item->object.sha1));
+	}
+	printf(stringed ? "' &&\n" : "'\n");
+}
+
+int show_bisect_vars(struct rev_list_info *info, int reaches, int all)
+{
+	int cnt, flags = info->bisect_show_flags;
+	char hex[41] = "", *format;
+	struct commit_list *tried;
+	struct rev_info *revs = info->revs;
+
+	if (!revs->commits && !(flags & BISECT_SHOW_TRIED))
+		return 1;
+
+	revs->commits = filter_skipped(revs->commits, &tried, flags & BISECT_SHOW_ALL);
+
+	/*
+	 * revs->commits can reach "reaches" commits among
+	 * "all" commits.  If it is good, then there are
+	 * (all-reaches) commits left to be bisected.
+	 * On the other hand, if it is bad, then the set
+	 * to bisect is "reaches".
+	 * A bisect set of size N has (N-1) commits further
+	 * to test, as we already know one bad one.
+	 */
+	cnt = all - reaches;
+	if (cnt < reaches)
+		cnt = reaches;
+
+	if (revs->commits)
+		strcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(revs->commits->item->object.sha1));
+
+	if (flags & BISECT_SHOW_ALL) {
+		traverse_commit_list(revs, show_commit, show_object, info);
+		printf("------\n");
+	}
+
+	if (flags & BISECT_SHOW_TRIED)
+		show_tried_revs(tried, flags & BISECT_SHOW_STRINGED);
+	format = (flags & BISECT_SHOW_STRINGED) ?
+		"bisect_rev=%s &&\n"
+		"bisect_nr=%d &&\n"
+		"bisect_good=%d &&\n"
+		"bisect_bad=%d &&\n"
+		"bisect_all=%d &&\n"
+		"bisect_steps=%d\n"
+		:
+		"bisect_rev=%s\n"
+		"bisect_nr=%d\n"
+		"bisect_good=%d\n"
+		"bisect_bad=%d\n"
+		"bisect_all=%d\n"
+		"bisect_steps=%d\n";
+	printf(format,
+	       hex,
+	       cnt - 1,
+	       all - reaches - 1,
+	       reaches - 1,
+	       all,
+	       estimate_bisect_steps(all));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	struct commit_list *list;
+	struct rev_info revs;
+	struct rev_list_info info;
 	int i;
 	int read_from_stdin = 0;
+	int bisect_list = 0;
 	int bisect_show_vars = 0;
 	int bisect_find_all = 0;
 	int quiet = 0;
@@ -628,6 +312,9 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	revs.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED;
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL);
 
+	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+	info.revs = &revs;
+
 	quiet = DIFF_OPT_TST(&revs.diffopt, QUIET);
 	for (i = 1 ; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
@@ -637,7 +324,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--timestamp")) {
-			show_timestamp = 1;
+			info.show_timestamp = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--bisect")) {
@@ -647,6 +334,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--bisect-all")) {
 			bisect_list = 1;
 			bisect_find_all = 1;
+			info.bisect_show_flags = BISECT_SHOW_ALL;
 			revs.show_decorations = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -666,19 +354,17 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	if (revs.commit_format != CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED) {
 		/* The command line has a --pretty  */
-		hdr_termination = '\n';
+		info.hdr_termination = '\n';
 		if (revs.commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-			header_prefix = "";
+			info.header_prefix = "";
 		else
-			header_prefix = "commit ";
+			info.header_prefix = "commit ";
 	}
 	else if (revs.verbose_header)
 		/* Only --header was specified */
 		revs.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_RAW;
 
-	list = revs.commits;
-
-	if ((!list &&
+	if ((!revs.commits &&
 	     (!(revs.tag_objects||revs.tree_objects||revs.blob_objects) &&
 	      !revs.pending.nr)) ||
 	    revs.diff)
@@ -699,49 +385,15 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		revs.commits = find_bisection(revs.commits, &reaches, &all,
 					      bisect_find_all);
-		if (bisect_show_vars) {
-			int cnt;
-			char hex[41];
-			if (!revs.commits)
-				return 1;
-			/*
-			 * revs.commits can reach "reaches" commits among
-			 * "all" commits.  If it is good, then there are
-			 * (all-reaches) commits left to be bisected.
-			 * On the other hand, if it is bad, then the set
-			 * to bisect is "reaches".
-			 * A bisect set of size N has (N-1) commits further
-			 * to test, as we already know one bad one.
-			 */
-			cnt = all - reaches;
-			if (cnt < reaches)
-				cnt = reaches;
-			strcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(revs.commits->item->object.sha1));
-
-			if (bisect_find_all) {
-				traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object);
-				printf("------\n");
-			}
 
-			printf("bisect_rev=%s\n"
-			       "bisect_nr=%d\n"
-			       "bisect_good=%d\n"
-			       "bisect_bad=%d\n"
-			       "bisect_all=%d\n"
-			       "bisect_steps=%d\n",
-			       hex,
-			       cnt - 1,
-			       all - reaches - 1,
-			       reaches - 1,
-			       all,
-			       estimate_bisect_steps(all));
-			return 0;
-		}
+		if (bisect_show_vars)
+			return show_bisect_vars(&info, reaches, all);
 	}
 
 	traverse_commit_list(&revs,
-		quiet ? finish_commit : show_commit,
-		quiet ? finish_object : show_object);
+			     quiet ? finish_commit : show_commit,
+			     quiet ? finish_object : show_object,
+			     &info);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-rev-parse.c b/builtin-rev-parse.c
index 81d5a6ffc9..22c6d6ad16 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static int show_type = NORMAL;
 #define SHOW_SYMBOLIC_FULL 2
 static int symbolic;
 static int abbrev;
+static int abbrev_ref;
+static int abbrev_ref_strict;
 static int output_sq;
 
 /*
@@ -109,8 +111,8 @@ static void show_rev(int type, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *name)
 		return;
 	def = NULL;
 
-	if (symbolic && name) {
-		if (symbolic == SHOW_SYMBOLIC_FULL) {
+	if ((symbolic || abbrev_ref) && name) {
+		if (symbolic == SHOW_SYMBOLIC_FULL || abbrev_ref) {
 			unsigned char discard[20];
 			char *full;
 
@@ -125,6 +127,9 @@ static void show_rev(int type, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *name)
 				 */
 				break;
 			case 1: /* happy */
+				if (abbrev_ref)
+					full = shorten_unambiguous_ref(full,
+						abbrev_ref_strict);
 				show_with_type(type, full);
 				break;
 			default: /* ambiguous */
@@ -506,6 +511,20 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				symbolic = SHOW_SYMBOLIC_FULL;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--abbrev-ref") &&
+			    (!arg[12] || arg[12] == '=')) {
+				abbrev_ref = 1;
+				abbrev_ref_strict = warn_ambiguous_refs;
+				if (arg[12] == '=') {
+					if (!strcmp(arg + 13, "strict"))
+						abbrev_ref_strict = 1;
+					else if (!strcmp(arg + 13, "loose"))
+						abbrev_ref_strict = 0;
+					else
+						die("unknown mode for %s", arg);
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--all")) {
 				for_each_ref(show_reference, NULL);
 				continue;
diff --git a/builtin-tar-tree.c b/builtin-tar-tree.c
index 0713bca778..f88e721936 100644
--- a/builtin-tar-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-tar-tree.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int cmd_tar_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * 	git archive --format-tar --prefix=basedir tree-ish
 	 */
 	int i;
-	const char **nargv = xcalloc(sizeof(*nargv), argc + 2);
+	const char **nargv = xcalloc(sizeof(*nargv), argc + 3);
 	char *basedir_arg;
 	int nargc = 0;
 
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ int cmd_tar_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		argv++;
 		argc--;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Because it's just a compatibility wrapper, tar-tree supports only
+	 * the old behaviour of reading attributes from the work tree.
+	 */
+	nargv[nargc++] = "--worktree-attributes";
+
 	switch (argc) {
 	default:
 		usage(tar_tree_usage);
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 1495cf6a20..425ff8e89b 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_bundle(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/color.h b/color.h
index 6846be1706..18abeb7c7d 100644
--- a/color.h
+++ b/color.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define GIT_COLOR_GREEN		"\033[32m"
 #define GIT_COLOR_YELLOW	"\033[33m"
 #define GIT_COLOR_BLUE		"\033[34m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_MAGENTA	"\033[35m"
 #define GIT_COLOR_CYAN		"\033[36m"
 #define GIT_COLOR_BG_RED	"\033[41m"
 
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index 3583a33ee9..fb03a2ebb5 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ git-diff                                mainporcelain common
 git-diff-files                          plumbinginterrogators
 git-diff-index                          plumbinginterrogators
 git-diff-tree                           plumbinginterrogators
+git-difftool                            ancillaryinterrogators
 git-fast-export				ancillarymanipulators
 git-fast-import				ancillarymanipulators
 git-fetch                               mainporcelain common
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e7d91f5847..8c1ae598a9 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static char *parse_value(void)
 
 	for (;;) {
 		int c = get_next_char();
-		if (len >= sizeof(value))
+		if (len >= sizeof(value) - 1)
 			return NULL;
 		if (c == '\n') {
 			if (quote)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index c1c879821d..1a90cb87f5 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -910,6 +910,26 @@ _git_diff ()
 	__git_complete_file
 }
 
+__git_mergetools_common="diffuse ecmerge emerge kdiff3 meld opendiff
+			tkdiff vimdiff gvimdiff xxdiff
+"
+
+_git_difftool ()
+{
+	local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
+	case "$cur" in
+	--tool=*)
+		__gitcomp "$__git_mergetools_common kompare" "" "${cur##--tool=}"
+		return
+		;;
+	--*)
+		__gitcomp "--tool="
+		return
+		;;
+	esac
+	COMPREPLY=()
+}
+
 __git_fetch_options="
 	--quiet --verbose --append --upload-pack --force --keep --depth=
 	--tags --no-tags
@@ -1172,10 +1192,7 @@ _git_mergetool ()
 	local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
 	case "$cur" in
 	--tool=*)
-		__gitcomp "
-			kdiff3 tkdiff meld xxdiff emerge
-			vimdiff gvimdiff ecmerge opendiff
-			" "" "${cur##--tool=}"
+		__gitcomp "$__git_mergetools_common tortoisemerge" "" "${cur##--tool=}"
 		return
 		;;
 	--*)
@@ -1901,6 +1918,7 @@ _git ()
 	config)      _git_config ;;
 	describe)    _git_describe ;;
 	diff)        _git_diff ;;
+	difftool)    _git_difftool ;;
 	fetch)       _git_fetch ;;
 	format-patch) _git_format_patch ;;
 	fsck)        _git_fsck ;;
diff --git a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool b/contrib/difftool/git-difftool
deleted file mode 100755
index 0deda3a0e4..0000000000
--- a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-# Copyright (c) 2009 David Aguilar
-#
-# This is a wrapper around the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible
-# git-difftool-helper script.  This script exports
-# GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and GIT_PAGER for use by git, and
-# GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT and GIT_DIFF_TOOL for use by git-difftool-helper.
-# Any arguments that are unknown to this script are forwarded to 'git diff'.
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Cwd qw(abs_path);
-use File::Basename qw(dirname);
-
-my $DIR = abs_path(dirname($0));
-
-
-sub usage
-{
-	print << 'USAGE';
-usage: git difftool [--tool=<tool>] [--no-prompt] ["git diff" options]
-USAGE
-	exit 1;
-}
-
-sub setup_environment
-{
-	$ENV{PATH} = "$DIR:$ENV{PATH}";
-	$ENV{GIT_PAGER} = '';
-	$ENV{GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF} = 'git-difftool-helper';
-}
-
-sub exe
-{
-	my $exe = shift;
-	return defined $ENV{COMSPEC} ? "$exe.exe" : $exe;
-}
-
-sub generate_command
-{
-	my @command = (exe('git'), 'diff');
-	my $skip_next = 0;
-	my $idx = -1;
-	for my $arg (@ARGV) {
-		$idx++;
-		if ($skip_next) {
-			$skip_next = 0;
-			next;
-		}
-		if ($arg eq '-t' or $arg eq '--tool') {
-			usage() if $#ARGV <= $idx;
-			$ENV{GIT_DIFF_TOOL} = $ARGV[$idx + 1];
-			$skip_next = 1;
-			next;
-		}
-		if ($arg =~ /^--tool=/) {
-			$ENV{GIT_DIFF_TOOL} = substr($arg, 7);
-			next;
-		}
-		if ($arg eq '--no-prompt') {
-			$ENV{GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT} = 'true';
-			next;
-		}
-		if ($arg eq '-h' or $arg eq '--help') {
-			usage();
-		}
-		push @command, $arg;
-	}
-	return @command
-}
-
-setup_environment();
-exec(generate_command());
diff --git a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool-helper b/contrib/difftool/git-difftool-helper
deleted file mode 100755
index 9c0a13452a..0000000000
--- a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool-helper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# git-difftool-helper is a GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible diff tool launcher.
-# It supports kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, xxdiff, meld, opendiff,
-# emerge, ecmerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, and custom user-configurable tools.
-# This script is typically launched by using the 'git difftool'
-# convenience command.
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2009 David Aguilar
-
-# Set GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT to bypass the per-file prompt.
-should_prompt () {
-	! test -n "$GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT"
-}
-
-# Should we keep the backup .orig file?
-keep_backup_mode="$(git config --bool merge.keepBackup || echo true)"
-keep_backup () {
-	test "$keep_backup_mode" = "true"
-}
-
-# This function manages the backup .orig file.
-# A backup $MERGED.orig file is created if changes are detected.
-cleanup_temp_files () {
-	if test -n "$MERGED"; then
-		if keep_backup && test "$MERGED" -nt "$BACKUP"; then
-			test -f "$BACKUP" && mv -- "$BACKUP" "$MERGED.orig"
-		else
-			rm -f -- "$BACKUP"
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-# This is called when users Ctrl-C out of git-difftool-helper
-sigint_handler () {
-	cleanup_temp_files
-	exit 1
-}
-
-# This function prepares temporary files and launches the appropriate
-# merge tool.
-launch_merge_tool () {
-	# Merged is the filename as it appears in the work tree
-	# Local is the contents of a/filename
-	# Remote is the contents of b/filename
-	# Custom merge tool commands might use $BASE so we provide it
-	MERGED="$1"
-	LOCAL="$2"
-	REMOTE="$3"
-	BASE="$1"
-	ext="$$$(expr "$MERGED" : '.*\(\.[^/]*\)$')"
-	BACKUP="$MERGED.BACKUP.$ext"
-
-	# Create and ensure that we clean up $BACKUP
-	test -f "$MERGED" && cp -- "$MERGED" "$BACKUP"
-	trap sigint_handler INT
-
-	# $LOCAL and $REMOTE are temporary files so prompt
-	# the user with the real $MERGED name before launching $merge_tool.
-	if should_prompt; then
-		printf "\nViewing: '$MERGED'\n"
-		printf "Hit return to launch '%s': " "$merge_tool"
-		read ans
-	fi
-
-	# Run the appropriate merge tool command
-	case "$merge_tool" in
-	kdiff3)
-		basename=$(basename "$MERGED")
-		"$merge_tool_path" --auto \
-			--L1 "$basename (A)" \
-			--L2 "$basename (B)" \
-			-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-			> /dev/null 2>&1
-		;;
-
-	kompare)
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-
-	tkdiff)
-		"$merge_tool_path" -o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-
-	meld)
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-
-	vimdiff)
-		"$merge_tool_path" -c "wincmd l" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-
-	gvimdiff)
-		"$merge_tool_path" -c "wincmd l" -f "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-
-	xxdiff)
-		"$merge_tool_path" \
-			-X \
-			-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
-			-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
-			-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
-			--merged-file "$MERGED" \
-			"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-		;;
-
-	opendiff)
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-			-merge "$MERGED" | cat
-		;;
-
-	ecmerge)
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-			--default --mode=merge2 --to="$MERGED"
-		;;
-
-	emerge)
-		"$merge_tool_path" -f emerge-files-command \
-			"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$(basename "$MERGED")"
-		;;
-
-	*)
-		if test -n "$merge_tool_cmd"; then
-			( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-
-	cleanup_temp_files
-}
-
-# Verifies that (difftool|mergetool).<tool>.cmd exists
-valid_custom_tool() {
-	merge_tool_cmd="$(git config difftool.$1.cmd)"
-	test -z "$merge_tool_cmd" &&
-	merge_tool_cmd="$(git config mergetool.$1.cmd)"
-	test -n "$merge_tool_cmd"
-}
-
-# Verifies that the chosen merge tool is properly setup.
-# Built-in merge tools are always valid.
-valid_tool() {
-	case "$1" in
-	kdiff3 | kompare | tkdiff | xxdiff | meld | opendiff | emerge | vimdiff | gvimdiff | ecmerge)
-		;; # happy
-	*)
-		if ! valid_custom_tool "$1"
-		then
-			return 1
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-}
-
-# Sets up the merge_tool_path variable.
-# This handles the difftool.<tool>.path configuration.
-# This also falls back to mergetool defaults.
-init_merge_tool_path() {
-	merge_tool_path=$(git config difftool."$1".path)
-	test -z "$merge_tool_path" &&
-	merge_tool_path=$(git config mergetool."$1".path)
-	if test -z "$merge_tool_path"; then
-		case "$1" in
-		emerge)
-			merge_tool_path=emacs
-			;;
-		*)
-			merge_tool_path="$1"
-			;;
-		esac
-	fi
-}
-
-# Allow GIT_DIFF_TOOL and GIT_MERGE_TOOL to provide default values
-test -n "$GIT_MERGE_TOOL" && merge_tool="$GIT_MERGE_TOOL"
-test -n "$GIT_DIFF_TOOL" && merge_tool="$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"
-
-# If merge tool was not specified then use the diff.tool
-# configuration variable.  If that's invalid then reset merge_tool.
-# Fallback to merge.tool.
-if test -z "$merge_tool"; then
-	merge_tool=$(git config diff.tool)
-	test -z "$merge_tool" &&
-	merge_tool=$(git config merge.tool)
-	if test -n "$merge_tool" && ! valid_tool "$merge_tool"; then
-		echo >&2 "git config option diff.tool set to unknown tool: $merge_tool"
-		echo >&2 "Resetting to default..."
-		unset merge_tool
-	fi
-fi
-
-# Try to guess an appropriate merge tool if no tool has been set.
-if test -z "$merge_tool"; then
-	# We have a $DISPLAY so try some common UNIX merge tools
-	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
-		# If gnome then prefer meld, otherwise, prefer kdiff3 or kompare
-		if test -n "$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" ; then
-			merge_tool_candidates="meld kdiff3 kompare tkdiff xxdiff gvimdiff"
-		else
-			merge_tool_candidates="kdiff3 kompare tkdiff xxdiff meld gvimdiff"
-		fi
-	fi
-	if echo "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" | grep 'emacs' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-		# $EDITOR is emacs so add emerge as a candidate
-		merge_tool_candidates="$merge_tool_candidates emerge opendiff vimdiff"
-	elif echo "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" | grep 'vim' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-		# $EDITOR is vim so add vimdiff as a candidate
-		merge_tool_candidates="$merge_tool_candidates vimdiff opendiff emerge"
-	else
-		merge_tool_candidates="$merge_tool_candidates opendiff emerge vimdiff"
-	fi
-	echo "merge tool candidates: $merge_tool_candidates"
-
-	# Loop over each candidate and stop when a valid merge tool is found.
-	for i in $merge_tool_candidates
-	do
-		init_merge_tool_path $i
-		if type "$merge_tool_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-			merge_tool=$i
-			break
-		fi
-	done
-
-	if test -z "$merge_tool" ; then
-		echo "No known merge resolution program available."
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-else
-	# A merge tool has been set, so verify that it's valid.
-	if ! valid_tool "$merge_tool"; then
-		echo >&2 "Unknown merge tool $merge_tool"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	init_merge_tool_path "$merge_tool"
-
-	if test -z "$merge_tool_cmd" && ! type "$merge_tool_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-		echo "The merge tool $merge_tool is not available as '$merge_tool_path'"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
-
-# Launch the merge tool on each path provided by 'git diff'
-while test $# -gt 6
-do
-	launch_merge_tool "$1" "$2" "$5"
-	shift 7
-done
diff --git a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt b/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b7bc03ec3..0000000000
--- a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-git-difftool(1)
-===============
-
-NAME
-----
-git-difftool - compare changes using common merge tools
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-'git difftool' [--tool=<tool>] [--no-prompt] ['git diff' options]
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-'git-difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
-between revisions using common merge tools.  At its most basic level,
-'git-difftool' does what 'git-mergetool' does but its use is for non-merge
-situations such as when preparing commits or comparing changes against
-the index.
-
-'git difftool' is a frontend to 'git diff' and accepts the same
-arguments and options.
-
-See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options.
-
-OPTIONS
--------
--t <tool>::
---tool=<tool>::
-	Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
-	Valid merge tools are:
-	kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge,
-	vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff
-+
-If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git-difftool'
-will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`.  If the
-configuration variable `diff.tool` is not set, 'git-difftool'
-will pick a suitable default.
-+
-You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
-configuration variable `difftool.<tool>.path`. For example, you
-can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting
-`difftool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git-difftool' assumes the
-tool is available in PATH.
-+
-Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs,
-'git-difftool' can be customized to run an alternative program
-by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration
-variable `difftool.<tool>.cmd`.
-+
-When 'git-difftool' is invoked with this tool (either through the
-`-t` or `--tool` option or the `diff.tool` configuration variable)
-the configured command line will be invoked with the following
-variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary
-file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE`
-is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
-of the diff post-image.  `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
-with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`.
-
---no-prompt::
-	Do not prompt before launching a diff tool.
-
-CONFIG VARIABLES
-----------------
-'git-difftool' falls back to 'git-mergetool' config variables when the
-difftool equivalents have not been defined.
-
-diff.tool::
-	The default merge tool to use.
-
-difftool.<tool>.path::
-	Override the path for the given tool.  This is useful in case
-	your tool is not in the PATH.
-
-difftool.<tool>.cmd::
-	Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool.
-+
-See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details.
-
-merge.keepBackup::
-	The original, unedited file content can be saved to a file with
-	a `.orig` extension.  Defaults to `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
-
-SEE ALSO
---------
-linkgit:git-diff[1]::
-	 Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
-
-linkgit:git-mergetool[1]::
-	Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
-
-linkgit:git-config[1]::
-	 Get and set repository or global options
-
-
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index e0fa78c84d..3ac71686eb 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ static int parse_diff_color_slot(const char *var, int ofs)
 	die("bad config variable '%s'", var);
 }
 
+static int git_config_rename(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	if (!value)
+		return DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
+	if (!strcasecmp(value, "copies") || !strcasecmp(value, "copy"))
+		return  DIFF_DETECT_COPY;
+	return git_config_bool(var,value) ? DIFF_DETECT_RENAME : 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * These are to give UI layer defaults.
  * The core-level commands such as git-diff-files should
@@ -75,13 +84,7 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.renames")) {
-		if (!value)
-			diff_detect_rename_default = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
-		else if (!strcasecmp(value, "copies") ||
-			 !strcasecmp(value, "copy"))
-			diff_detect_rename_default = DIFF_DETECT_COPY;
-		else if (git_config_bool(var,value))
-			diff_detect_rename_default = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
+		diff_detect_rename_default = git_config_rename(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.autorefreshindex")) {
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index def062a9e2..60dd1b5be2 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -620,11 +620,12 @@ sub parse_diff {
 	if ($diff_use_color) {
 		@colored = run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-files -p --color --), $path);
 	}
-	my (@hunk) = { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [] };
+	my (@hunk) = { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [], TYPE => 'header' };
 
 	for (my $i = 0; $i < @diff; $i++) {
 		if ($diff[$i] =~ /^@@ /) {
-			push @hunk, { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [] };
+			push @hunk, { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [],
+				TYPE => 'hunk' };
 		}
 		push @{$hunk[-1]{TEXT}}, $diff[$i];
 		push @{$hunk[-1]{DISPLAY}},
@@ -636,8 +637,8 @@ sub parse_diff {
 sub parse_diff_header {
 	my $src = shift;
 
-	my $head = { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [] };
-	my $mode = { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [] };
+	my $head = { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [], TYPE => 'header' };
+	my $mode = { TEXT => [], DISPLAY => [], TYPE => 'mode' };
 
 	for (my $i = 0; $i < @{$src->{TEXT}}; $i++) {
 		my $dest = $src->{TEXT}->[$i] =~ /^(old|new) mode (\d+)$/ ?
@@ -684,6 +685,7 @@ sub split_hunk {
 		my $this = +{
 			TEXT => [],
 			DISPLAY => [],
+			TYPE => 'hunk',
 			OLD => $o_ofs,
 			NEW => $n_ofs,
 			OCNT => 0,
@@ -873,7 +875,11 @@ sub edit_hunk_loop {
 		if (!defined $text) {
 			return undef;
 		}
-		my $newhunk = { TEXT => $text, USE => 1 };
+		my $newhunk = {
+			TEXT => $text,
+			TYPE => $hunk->[$ix]->{TYPE},
+			USE => 1
+		};
 		if (diff_applies($head,
 				 @{$hunk}[0..$ix-1],
 				 $newhunk,
@@ -894,6 +900,7 @@ sub help_patch_cmd {
 	print colored $help_color, <<\EOF ;
 y - stage this hunk
 n - do not stage this hunk
+q - quit, do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
 a - stage this and all the remaining hunks in the file
 d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks in the file
 g - select a hunk to go to
@@ -930,7 +937,7 @@ sub patch_update_cmd {
 					@mods);
 	}
 	for (@them) {
-		patch_update_file($_->{VALUE});
+		return 0 if patch_update_file($_->{VALUE});
 	}
 }
 
@@ -976,6 +983,7 @@ sub display_hunks {
 }
 
 sub patch_update_file {
+	my $quit = 0;
 	my ($ix, $num);
 	my $path = shift;
 	my ($head, @hunk) = parse_diff($path);
@@ -985,32 +993,7 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 	}
 
 	if (@{$mode->{TEXT}}) {
-		while (1) {
-			print @{$mode->{DISPLAY}};
-			print colored $prompt_color,
-				"Stage mode change [y/n/a/d/?]? ";
-			my $line = prompt_single_character;
-			if ($line =~ /^y/i) {
-				$mode->{USE} = 1;
-				last;
-			}
-			elsif ($line =~ /^n/i) {
-				$mode->{USE} = 0;
-				last;
-			}
-			elsif ($line =~ /^a/i) {
-				$_->{USE} = 1 foreach ($mode, @hunk);
-				last;
-			}
-			elsif ($line =~ /^d/i) {
-				$_->{USE} = 0 foreach ($mode, @hunk);
-				last;
-			}
-			else {
-				help_patch_cmd('');
-				next;
-			}
-		}
+		unshift @hunk, $mode;
 	}
 
 	$num = scalar @hunk;
@@ -1054,14 +1037,19 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 		}
 		last if (!$undecided);
 
-		if (hunk_splittable($hunk[$ix]{TEXT})) {
+		if ($hunk[$ix]{TYPE} eq 'hunk' &&
+		    hunk_splittable($hunk[$ix]{TEXT})) {
 			$other .= ',s';
 		}
-		$other .= ',e';
+		if ($hunk[$ix]{TYPE} eq 'hunk') {
+			$other .= ',e';
+		}
 		for (@{$hunk[$ix]{DISPLAY}}) {
 			print;
 		}
-		print colored $prompt_color, "Stage this hunk [y,n,a,d,/$other,?]? ";
+		print colored $prompt_color, 'Stage ',
+		  ($hunk[$ix]{TYPE} eq 'mode' ? 'mode change' : 'this hunk'),
+		  " [y,n,a,d,/$other,?]? ";
 		my $line = prompt_single_character;
 		if ($line) {
 			if ($line =~ /^y/i) {
@@ -1113,6 +1101,16 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 				}
 				next;
 			}
+			elsif ($line =~ /^q/i) {
+				while ($ix < $num) {
+					if (!defined $hunk[$ix]{USE}) {
+						$hunk[$ix]{USE} = 0;
+					}
+					$ix++;
+				}
+				$quit = 1;
+				next;
+			}
 			elsif ($line =~ m|^/(.*)|) {
 				my $regex = $1;
 				if ($1 eq "") {
@@ -1193,7 +1191,7 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 				$num = scalar @hunk;
 				next;
 			}
-			elsif ($line =~ /^e/) {
+			elsif ($other =~ /e/ && $line =~ /^e/) {
 				my $newhunk = edit_hunk_loop($head, \@hunk, $ix);
 				if (defined $newhunk) {
 					splice @hunk, $ix, 1, $newhunk;
@@ -1214,9 +1212,6 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 
 	my $n_lofs = 0;
 	my @result = ();
-	if ($mode->{USE}) {
-		push @result, @{$mode->{TEXT}};
-	}
 	for (@hunk) {
 		if ($_->{USE}) {
 			push @result, @{$_->{TEXT}};
@@ -1239,6 +1234,7 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 	}
 
 	print "\n";
+	return $quit;
 }
 
 sub diff_cmd {
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index d3390755fc..774383fb68 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ cd_to_toplevel
 git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT >/dev/null ||
 	die "You need to set your committer info first"
 
+if git rev-parse --verify -q HEAD >/dev/null
+then
+	HAS_HEAD=yes
+else
+	HAS_HEAD=
+fi
+
 sq () {
 	for sqarg
 	do
@@ -290,16 +297,26 @@ else
 		: >"$dotest/rebasing"
 	else
 		: >"$dotest/applying"
-		git update-ref ORIG_HEAD HEAD
+		if test -n "$HAS_HEAD"
+		then
+			git update-ref ORIG_HEAD HEAD
+		else
+			git update-ref -d ORIG_HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1
+		fi
 	fi
 fi
 
 case "$resolved" in
 '')
-	files=$(git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD --) || exit
+	case "$HAS_HEAD" in
+	'')
+		files=$(git ls-files) ;;
+	?*)
+		files=$(git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD --) ;;
+	esac || exit
 	if test "$files"
 	then
-		: >"$dotest/dirtyindex"
+		test -n "$HAS_HEAD" && : >"$dotest/dirtyindex"
 		die "Dirty index: cannot apply patches (dirty: $files)"
 	fi
 esac
@@ -541,18 +558,20 @@ do
 	fi
 
 	tree=$(git write-tree) &&
-	parent=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
 	commit=$(
 		if test -n "$ignore_date"
 		then
 			GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=
 		fi
+		parent=$(git rev-parse --verify -q HEAD) ||
+		echo >&2 "applying to an empty history"
+
 		if test -n "$committer_date_is_author_date"
 		then
 			GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"
 			export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
 		fi &&
-		git commit-tree $tree -p $parent <"$dotest/final-commit"
+		git commit-tree $tree ${parent:+-p $parent} <"$dotest/final-commit"
 	) &&
 	git update-ref -m "$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $FIRSTLINE" HEAD $commit $parent ||
 	stop_here $this
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index df0ae63b4e..24712ff304 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -279,87 +279,14 @@ bisect_auto_next() {
 	bisect_next_check && bisect_next || :
 }
 
-filter_skipped() {
-	_eval="$1"
-	_skip="$2"
-
-	if [ -z "$_skip" ]; then
-		eval "$_eval" | {
-			while read line
-			do
-				echo "$line &&"
-			done
-			echo ':'
-		}
-		return
-	fi
-
-	# Let's parse the output of:
-	# "git rev-list --bisect-vars --bisect-all ..."
-	eval "$_eval" | {
-		VARS= FOUND= TRIED=
-		while read hash line
-		do
-			case "$VARS,$FOUND,$TRIED,$hash" in
-			1,*,*,*)
-				# "bisect_foo=bar" read from rev-list output.
-				echo "$hash &&"
-				;;
-			,*,*,---*)
-				# Separator
-				;;
-			,,,bisect_rev*)
-				# We had nothing to search.
-				echo "bisect_rev= &&"
-				VARS=1
-				;;
-			,,*,bisect_rev*)
-				# We did not find a good bisect rev.
-				# This should happen only if the "bad"
-				# commit is also a "skip" commit.
-				echo "bisect_rev='$TRIED' &&"
-				VARS=1
-				;;
-			,,*,*)
-				# We are searching.
-				TRIED="${TRIED:+$TRIED|}$hash"
-				case "$_skip" in
-				*$hash*) ;;
-				*)
-					echo "bisect_rev=$hash &&"
-					echo "bisect_tried='$TRIED' &&"
-					FOUND=1
-					;;
-				esac
-				;;
-			,1,*,bisect_rev*)
-				# We have already found a rev to be tested.
-				VARS=1
-				;;
-			,1,*,*)
-				;;
-			*)
-				# Unexpected input
-				echo "die 'filter_skipped error'"
-				die "filter_skipped error " \
-				    "VARS: '$VARS' " \
-				    "FOUND: '$FOUND' " \
-				    "TRIED: '$TRIED' " \
-				    "hash: '$hash' " \
-				    "line: '$line'"
-				;;
-			esac
-		done
-		echo ':'
-	}
-}
-
 exit_if_skipped_commits () {
 	_tried=$1
-	if expr "$_tried" : ".*[|].*" > /dev/null ; then
+	_bad=$2
+	if test -n "$_tried" ; then
 		echo "There are only 'skip'ped commit left to test."
 		echo "The first bad commit could be any of:"
 		echo "$_tried" | tr '[|]' '[\012]'
+		test -n "$_bad" && echo "$_bad"
 		echo "We cannot bisect more!"
 		exit 2
 	fi
@@ -490,28 +417,23 @@ bisect_next() {
 	test "$?" -eq "1" && return
 
 	# Get bisection information
-	BISECT_OPT=''
-	test -n "$skip" && BISECT_OPT='--bisect-all'
-	eval="git rev-list --bisect-vars $BISECT_OPT $good $bad --" &&
-	eval="$eval $(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES")" &&
-	eval=$(filter_skipped "$eval" "$skip") &&
+	eval=$(eval "git bisect--helper --next-vars") &&
 	eval "$eval" || exit
 
 	if [ -z "$bisect_rev" ]; then
+		# We should exit here only if the "bad"
+		# commit is also a "skip" commit (see above).
+		exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_tried"
 		echo "$bad was both good and bad"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	if [ "$bisect_rev" = "$bad" ]; then
-		exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_tried"
+		exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_tried" "$bad"
 		echo "$bisect_rev is first bad commit"
 		git diff-tree --pretty $bisect_rev
 		exit 0
 	fi
 
-	# We should exit here only if the "bad"
-	# commit is also a "skip" commit (see above).
-	exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_rev"
-
 	bisect_checkout "$bisect_rev" "$bisect_nr revisions left to test after this (roughly $bisect_steps steps)"
 }
 
diff --git a/git-difftool--helper.sh b/git-difftool--helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..57e8e3256d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-difftool--helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# git-difftool--helper is a GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible diff tool launcher.
+# This script is typically launched by using the 'git difftool'
+# convenience command.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 David Aguilar
+
+# Load common functions from git-mergetool--lib
+TOOL_MODE=diff
+. git-mergetool--lib
+
+# difftool.prompt controls the default prompt/no-prompt behavior
+# and is overridden with $GIT_DIFFTOOL*_PROMPT.
+should_prompt () {
+	prompt=$(git config --bool difftool.prompt || echo true)
+	if test "$prompt" = true; then
+		test -z "$GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT"
+	else
+		test -n "$GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT"
+	fi
+}
+
+# Sets up shell variables and runs a merge tool
+launch_merge_tool () {
+	# Merged is the filename as it appears in the work tree
+	# Local is the contents of a/filename
+	# Remote is the contents of b/filename
+	# Custom merge tool commands might use $BASE so we provide it
+	MERGED="$1"
+	LOCAL="$2"
+	REMOTE="$3"
+	BASE="$1"
+
+	# $LOCAL and $REMOTE are temporary files so prompt
+	# the user with the real $MERGED name before launching $merge_tool.
+	if should_prompt; then
+		printf "\nViewing: '$MERGED'\n"
+		printf "Hit return to launch '%s': " "$merge_tool"
+		read ans
+	fi
+
+	# Run the appropriate merge tool command
+	run_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
+}
+
+# Allow GIT_DIFF_TOOL and GIT_MERGE_TOOL to provide default values
+test -n "$GIT_MERGE_TOOL" && merge_tool="$GIT_MERGE_TOOL"
+test -n "$GIT_DIFF_TOOL" && merge_tool="$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"
+
+if test -z "$merge_tool"; then
+	merge_tool="$(get_merge_tool)" || exit
+fi
+
+# Launch the merge tool on each path provided by 'git diff'
+while test $# -gt 6
+do
+	launch_merge_tool "$1" "$2" "$5"
+	shift 7
+done
diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..948ff7f6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-difftool.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Copyright (c) 2009 David Aguilar
+#
+# This is a wrapper around the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible
+# git-difftool--helper script.
+#
+# This script exports GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and GIT_PAGER for use by git.
+# GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT, GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT, and GIT_DIFF_TOOL
+# are exported for use by git-difftool--helper.
+#
+# Any arguments that are unknown to this script are forwarded to 'git diff'.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Cwd qw(abs_path);
+use File::Basename qw(dirname);
+
+my $DIR = abs_path(dirname($0));
+
+
+sub usage
+{
+	print << 'USAGE';
+usage: git difftool [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt] ["git diff" options]
+USAGE
+	exit 1;
+}
+
+sub setup_environment
+{
+	$ENV{PATH} = "$DIR:$ENV{PATH}";
+	$ENV{GIT_PAGER} = '';
+	$ENV{GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF} = 'git-difftool--helper';
+}
+
+sub exe
+{
+	my $exe = shift;
+	if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'msys') {
+		return "$exe.exe";
+	}
+	return $exe;
+}
+
+sub generate_command
+{
+	my @command = (exe('git'), 'diff');
+	my $skip_next = 0;
+	my $idx = -1;
+	for my $arg (@ARGV) {
+		$idx++;
+		if ($skip_next) {
+			$skip_next = 0;
+			next;
+		}
+		if ($arg eq '-t' || $arg eq '--tool') {
+			usage() if $#ARGV <= $idx;
+			$ENV{GIT_DIFF_TOOL} = $ARGV[$idx + 1];
+			$skip_next = 1;
+			next;
+		}
+		if ($arg =~ /^--tool=/) {
+			$ENV{GIT_DIFF_TOOL} = substr($arg, 7);
+			next;
+		}
+		if ($arg eq '-y' || $arg eq '--no-prompt') {
+			$ENV{GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT} = 'true';
+			delete $ENV{GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT};
+			next;
+		}
+		if ($arg eq '--prompt') {
+			$ENV{GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT} = 'true';
+			delete $ENV{GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT};
+			next;
+		}
+		if ($arg eq '-h' || $arg eq '--help') {
+			usage();
+		}
+		push @command, $arg;
+	}
+	return @command
+}
+
+setup_environment();
+exec(generate_command());
diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a16a2795d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+# git-mergetool--lib is a library for common merge tool functions
+diff_mode() {
+	test "$TOOL_MODE" = diff
+}
+
+merge_mode() {
+	test "$TOOL_MODE" = merge
+}
+
+translate_merge_tool_path () {
+	case "$1" in
+	vimdiff)
+		echo vim
+		;;
+	gvimdiff)
+		echo gvim
+		;;
+	emerge)
+		echo emacs
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "$1"
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+check_unchanged () {
+	if test "$MERGED" -nt "$BACKUP"; then
+		status=0
+	else
+		while true; do
+			echo "$MERGED seems unchanged."
+			printf "Was the merge successful? [y/n] "
+			read answer < /dev/tty
+			case "$answer" in
+			y*|Y*) status=0; break ;;
+			n*|N*) status=1; break ;;
+			esac
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+valid_tool () {
+	case "$1" in
+	kdiff3 | tkdiff | xxdiff | meld | opendiff | \
+	emerge | vimdiff | gvimdiff | ecmerge | diffuse)
+		;; # happy
+	tortoisemerge)
+		if ! merge_mode; then
+			return 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	kompare)
+		if ! diff_mode; then
+			return 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	*)
+		if test -z "$(get_merge_tool_cmd "$1")"; then
+			return 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+get_merge_tool_cmd () {
+	# Prints the custom command for a merge tool
+	if test -n "$1"; then
+		merge_tool="$1"
+	else
+		merge_tool="$(get_merge_tool)"
+	fi
+	if diff_mode; then
+		echo "$(git config difftool.$merge_tool.cmd ||
+		        git config mergetool.$merge_tool.cmd)"
+	else
+		echo "$(git config mergetool.$merge_tool.cmd)"
+	fi
+}
+
+run_merge_tool () {
+	merge_tool_path="$(get_merge_tool_path "$1")" || exit
+	base_present="$2"
+	status=0
+
+	case "$1" in
+	kdiff3)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			if $base_present; then
+				("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
+					--L1 "$MERGED (Base)" \
+					--L2 "$MERGED (Local)" \
+					--L3 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
+					-o "$MERGED" \
+					"$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+				> /dev/null 2>&1)
+			else
+				("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
+					--L1 "$MERGED (Local)" \
+					--L2 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
+					-o "$MERGED" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+				> /dev/null 2>&1)
+			fi
+			status=$?
+		else
+			("$merge_tool_path" --auto \
+				--L1 "$MERGED (A)" \
+				--L2 "$MERGED (B)" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+			> /dev/null 2>&1)
+		fi
+		;;
+	kompare)
+		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		;;
+	tkdiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" -a "$BASE" \
+					-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" \
+					-o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+			fi
+			status=$?
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	meld)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	diffuse)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE" \
+					"$BASE" | cat
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE" | cat
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" | cat
+		fi
+		;;
+	vimdiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			"$merge_tool_path" -d -c "wincmd l" \
+				"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" -d -c "wincmd l" \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	gvimdiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			"$merge_tool_path" -d -c "wincmd l" -f \
+				"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" -d -c "wincmd l" -f \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	xxdiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" -X --show-merged-pane \
+					-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
+					-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
+					-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
+					--merged-file "$MERGED" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" -X $extra \
+					-R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
+					-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
+					-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
+					--merged-file "$MERGED" \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" \
+				-R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
+				-R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		fi
+		;;
+	opendiff)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					-ancestor "$BASE" \
+					-merge "$MERGED" | cat
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					-merge "$MERGED" | cat
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" | cat
+		fi
+		;;
+	ecmerge)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					--default --mode=merge3 --to="$MERGED"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					--default --mode=merge2 --to="$MERGED"
+			fi
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+				--default --mode=merge2 --to="$MERGED"
+		fi
+		;;
+	emerge)
+		if merge_mode; then
+			if $base_present; then
+				"$merge_tool_path" \
+					-f emerge-files-with-ancestor-command \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" \
+					"$(basename "$MERGED")"
+			else
+				"$merge_tool_path" \
+					-f emerge-files-command \
+					"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+					"$(basename "$MERGED")"
+			fi
+			status=$?
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" -f emerge-files-command \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$(basename "$MERGED")"
+		fi
+		;;
+	tortoisemerge)
+		if $base_present; then
+			touch "$BACKUP"
+			"$merge_tool_path" \
+				-base:"$BASE" -mine:"$LOCAL" \
+				-theirs:"$REMOTE" -merged:"$MERGED"
+			check_unchanged
+		else
+			echo "TortoiseMerge cannot be used without a base" 1>&2
+			status=1
+		fi
+		;;
+	*)
+		merge_tool_cmd="$(get_merge_tool_cmd "$1")"
+		if test -z "$merge_tool_cmd"; then
+			if merge_mode; then
+				status=1
+			fi
+			break
+		fi
+		if merge_mode; then
+			trust_exit_code="$(git config --bool \
+				mergetool."$1".trustExitCode || echo false)"
+			if test "$trust_exit_code" = "false"; then
+				touch "$BACKUP"
+				( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
+				check_unchanged
+			else
+				( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
+				status=$?
+			fi
+		else
+			( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+	return $status
+}
+
+guess_merge_tool () {
+	if merge_mode; then
+		tools="tortoisemerge"
+	else
+		tools="kompare"
+	fi
+	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
+		if test -n "$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" ; then
+			tools="meld opendiff kdiff3 tkdiff xxdiff $tools"
+		else
+			tools="opendiff kdiff3 tkdiff xxdiff meld $tools"
+		fi
+		tools="$tools gvimdiff diffuse ecmerge"
+	fi
+	if echo "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" | grep emacs > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		# $EDITOR is emacs so add emerge as a candidate
+		tools="$tools emerge vimdiff"
+	elif echo "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" | grep vim > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		# $EDITOR is vim so add vimdiff as a candidate
+		tools="$tools vimdiff emerge"
+	else
+		tools="$tools emerge vimdiff"
+	fi
+	echo >&2 "merge tool candidates: $tools"
+
+	# Loop over each candidate and stop when a valid merge tool is found.
+	for i in $tools
+	do
+		merge_tool_path="$(translate_merge_tool_path "$i")"
+		if type "$merge_tool_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+			echo "$i"
+			return 0
+		fi
+	done
+
+	echo >&2 "No known merge resolution program available."
+	return 1
+}
+
+get_configured_merge_tool () {
+	# Diff mode first tries diff.tool and falls back to merge.tool.
+	# Merge mode only checks merge.tool
+	if diff_mode; then
+		merge_tool=$(git config diff.tool || git config merge.tool)
+	else
+		merge_tool=$(git config merge.tool)
+	fi
+	if test -n "$merge_tool" && ! valid_tool "$merge_tool"; then
+		echo >&2 "git config option $TOOL_MODE.tool set to unknown tool: $merge_tool"
+		echo >&2 "Resetting to default..."
+		return 1
+	fi
+	echo "$merge_tool"
+}
+
+get_merge_tool_path () {
+	# A merge tool has been set, so verify that it's valid.
+	if test -n "$1"; then
+		merge_tool="$1"
+	else
+		merge_tool="$(get_merge_tool)"
+	fi
+	if ! valid_tool "$merge_tool"; then
+		echo >&2 "Unknown merge tool $merge_tool"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if diff_mode; then
+		merge_tool_path=$(git config difftool."$merge_tool".path ||
+		                  git config mergetool."$merge_tool".path)
+	else
+		merge_tool_path=$(git config mergetool."$merge_tool".path)
+	fi
+	if test -z "$merge_tool_path"; then
+		merge_tool_path="$(translate_merge_tool_path "$merge_tool")"
+	fi
+	if test -z "$(get_merge_tool_cmd "$merge_tool")" &&
+	! type "$merge_tool_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo >&2 "The $TOOL_MODE tool $merge_tool is not available as"\
+		         "'$merge_tool_path'"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	echo "$merge_tool_path"
+}
+
+get_merge_tool () {
+	# Check if a merge tool has been configured
+	merge_tool=$(get_configured_merge_tool)
+	# Try to guess an appropriate merge tool if no tool has been set.
+	if test -z "$merge_tool"; then
+		merge_tool="$(guess_merge_tool)" || exit
+	fi
+	echo "$merge_tool"
+}
diff --git a/git-mergetool.sh b/git-mergetool.sh
index 87fa88af55..b52a7410bc 100755
--- a/git-mergetool.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 USAGE='[--tool=tool] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [file to merge] ...'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
+TOOL_MODE=merge
 . git-sh-setup
+. git-mergetool--lib
 require_work_tree
 
 # Returns true if the mode reflects a symlink
@@ -110,22 +112,6 @@ resolve_deleted_merge () {
 	done
 }
 
-check_unchanged () {
-    if test "$MERGED" -nt "$BACKUP" ; then
-	status=0;
-    else
-	while true; do
-	    echo "$MERGED seems unchanged."
-	    printf "Was the merge successful? [y/n] "
-	    read answer < /dev/tty
-	    case "$answer" in
-		y*|Y*) status=0; break ;;
-		n*|N*) status=1; break ;;
-	    esac
-	done
-    fi
-}
-
 checkout_staged_file () {
     tmpfile=$(expr "$(git checkout-index --temp --stage="$1" "$2")" : '\([^	]*\)	')
 
@@ -137,7 +123,7 @@ checkout_staged_file () {
 merge_file () {
     MERGED="$1"
 
-    f=`git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED"`
+    f=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED")
     if test -z "$f" ; then
 	if test ! -f "$MERGED" ; then
 	    echo "$MERGED: file not found"
@@ -156,9 +142,9 @@ merge_file () {
     mv -- "$MERGED" "$BACKUP"
     cp -- "$BACKUP" "$MERGED"
 
-    base_mode=`git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==1) print $1;}'`
-    local_mode=`git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==2) print $1;}'`
-    remote_mode=`git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==3) print $1;}'`
+    base_mode=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==1) print $1;}')
+    local_mode=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==2) print $1;}')
+    remote_mode=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==3) print $1;}')
 
     base_present   && checkout_staged_file 1 "$MERGED" "$BASE"
     local_present  && checkout_staged_file 2 "$MERGED" "$LOCAL"
@@ -188,97 +174,13 @@ merge_file () {
 	read ans
     fi
 
-    case "$merge_tool" in
-	kdiff3)
-	    if base_present ; then
-		("$merge_tool_path" --auto --L1 "$MERGED (Base)" --L2 "$MERGED (Local)" --L3 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
-		    -o "$MERGED" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" > /dev/null 2>&1)
-	    else
-		("$merge_tool_path" --auto --L1 "$MERGED (Local)" --L2 "$MERGED (Remote)" \
-		    -o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" > /dev/null 2>&1)
-	    fi
-	    status=$?
-	    ;;
-	tkdiff)
-	    if base_present ; then
-		"$merge_tool_path" -a "$BASE" -o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-	    else
-		"$merge_tool_path" -o "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-	    fi
-	    status=$?
-	    ;;
-	meld)
-	    touch "$BACKUP"
-	    "$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
-	    check_unchanged
-	    ;;
-	vimdiff)
-	    touch "$BACKUP"
-	    "$merge_tool_path" -c "wincmd l" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
-	    check_unchanged
-	    ;;
-	gvimdiff)
-	    touch "$BACKUP"
-	    "$merge_tool_path" -c "wincmd l" -f "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
-	    check_unchanged
-	    ;;
-	xxdiff)
-	    touch "$BACKUP"
-	    if base_present ; then
-		"$merge_tool_path" -X --show-merged-pane \
-		    -R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
-		    -R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
-		    -R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
-		    --merged-file "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
-	    else
-		"$merge_tool_path" -X --show-merged-pane \
-		    -R 'Accel.SaveAsMerged: "Ctrl-S"' \
-		    -R 'Accel.Search: "Ctrl+F"' \
-		    -R 'Accel.SearchForward: "Ctrl-G"' \
-		    --merged-file "$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-	    fi
-	    check_unchanged
-	    ;;
-	opendiff)
-	    touch "$BACKUP"
-	    if base_present; then
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" -ancestor "$BASE" -merge "$MERGED" | cat
-	    else
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" -merge "$MERGED" | cat
-	    fi
-	    check_unchanged
-	    ;;
-	ecmerge)
-	    touch "$BACKUP"
-	    if base_present; then
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" --default --mode=merge3 --to="$MERGED"
-	    else
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" --default --mode=merge2 --to="$MERGED"
-	    fi
-	    check_unchanged
-	    ;;
-	emerge)
-	    if base_present ; then
-		"$merge_tool_path" -f emerge-files-with-ancestor-command "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" "$(basename "$MERGED")"
-	    else
-		"$merge_tool_path" -f emerge-files-command "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$(basename "$MERGED")"
-	    fi
-	    status=$?
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    if test -n "$merge_tool_cmd"; then
-		if test "$merge_tool_trust_exit_code" = "false"; then
-		    touch "$BACKUP"
-		    ( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
-		    check_unchanged
-		else
-		    ( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
-		    status=$?
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    ;;
-    esac
-    if test "$status" -ne 0; then
+    if base_present; then
+	    present=true
+    else
+	    present=false
+    fi
+
+    if ! run_merge_tool "$merge_tool" "$present"; then
 	echo "merge of $MERGED failed" 1>&2
 	mv -- "$BACKUP" "$MERGED"
 
@@ -308,7 +210,7 @@ do
 	-t|--tool*)
 	    case "$#,$1" in
 		*,*=*)
-		    merge_tool=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+		    merge_tool=$(expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)')
 		    ;;
 		1,*)
 		    usage ;;
@@ -337,38 +239,6 @@ do
     shift
 done
 
-valid_custom_tool()
-{
-    merge_tool_cmd="$(git config mergetool.$1.cmd)"
-    test -n "$merge_tool_cmd"
-}
-
-valid_tool() {
-	case "$1" in
-		kdiff3 | tkdiff | xxdiff | meld | opendiff | emerge | vimdiff | gvimdiff | ecmerge)
-			;; # happy
-		*)
-			if ! valid_custom_tool "$1"; then
-				return 1
-			fi
-			;;
-	esac
-}
-
-init_merge_tool_path() {
-	merge_tool_path=`git config mergetool.$1.path`
-	if test -z "$merge_tool_path" ; then
-		case "$1" in
-			emerge)
-				merge_tool_path=emacs
-				;;
-			*)
-				merge_tool_path=$1
-				;;
-		esac
-	fi
-}
-
 prompt_after_failed_merge() {
     while true; do
 	printf "Continue merging other unresolved paths (y/n) ? "
@@ -387,67 +257,16 @@ prompt_after_failed_merge() {
 }
 
 if test -z "$merge_tool"; then
-    merge_tool=`git config merge.tool`
-    if test -n "$merge_tool" && ! valid_tool "$merge_tool"; then
-	    echo >&2 "git config option merge.tool set to unknown tool: $merge_tool"
-	    echo >&2 "Resetting to default..."
-	    unset merge_tool
-    fi
-fi
-
-if test -z "$merge_tool" ; then
-    if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
-        if test -n "$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" ; then
-            merge_tool_candidates="meld kdiff3 tkdiff xxdiff gvimdiff"
-        else
-            merge_tool_candidates="kdiff3 tkdiff xxdiff meld gvimdiff"
-        fi
-    fi
-    if echo "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" | grep 'emacs' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        merge_tool_candidates="$merge_tool_candidates emerge opendiff vimdiff"
-    elif echo "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" | grep 'vim' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        merge_tool_candidates="$merge_tool_candidates vimdiff opendiff emerge"
-    else
-        merge_tool_candidates="$merge_tool_candidates opendiff emerge vimdiff"
-    fi
-    echo "merge tool candidates: $merge_tool_candidates"
-    for i in $merge_tool_candidates; do
-        init_merge_tool_path $i
-        if type "$merge_tool_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-            merge_tool=$i
-            break
-        fi
-    done
-    if test -z "$merge_tool" ; then
-	echo "No known merge resolution program available."
-	exit 1
-    fi
-else
-    if ! valid_tool "$merge_tool"; then
-        echo >&2 "Unknown merge_tool $merge_tool"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    init_merge_tool_path "$merge_tool"
-
-    merge_keep_backup="$(git config --bool merge.keepBackup || echo true)"
-    merge_keep_temporaries="$(git config --bool mergetool.keepTemporaries || echo false)"
-
-    if test -z "$merge_tool_cmd" && ! type "$merge_tool_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "The merge tool $merge_tool is not available as '$merge_tool_path'"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    if ! test -z "$merge_tool_cmd"; then
-        merge_tool_trust_exit_code="$(git config --bool mergetool.$merge_tool.trustExitCode || echo false)"
-    fi
+    merge_tool=$(get_merge_tool "$merge_tool") || exit
 fi
+merge_keep_backup="$(git config --bool mergetool.keepBackup || echo true)"
+merge_keep_temporaries="$(git config --bool mergetool.keepTemporaries || echo false)"
 
 last_status=0
 rollup_status=0
 
 if test $# -eq 0 ; then
-    files=`git ls-files -u | sed -e 's/^[^	]*	//' | sort -u`
+    files=$(git ls-files -u | sed -e 's/^[^	]*	//' | sort -u)
     if test -z "$files" ; then
 	echo "No files need merging"
 	exit 0
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index d9197989d2..c5965c9aaf 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ BEGIN
 	# import functions from Git into our packages, en masse
 	no strict 'refs';
 	foreach (qw/command command_oneline command_noisy command_output_pipe
-	            command_input_pipe command_close_pipe/) {
+	            command_input_pipe command_close_pipe
+	            command_bidi_pipe command_close_bidi_pipe/) {
 		for my $package ( qw(SVN::Git::Editor SVN::Git::Fetcher
 			Git::SVN::Migration Git::SVN::Log Git::SVN),
 			__PACKAGE__) {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ BEGIN
 my ($_stdin, $_help, $_edit,
 	$_message, $_file,
 	$_template, $_shared,
-	$_version, $_fetch_all, $_no_rebase,
+	$_version, $_fetch_all, $_no_rebase, $_fetch_parent,
 	$_merge, $_strategy, $_dry_run, $_local,
 	$_prefix, $_no_checkout, $_url, $_verbose,
 	$_git_format, $_commit_url, $_tag);
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ BEGIN
 	fetch => [ \&cmd_fetch, "Download new revisions from SVN",
 			{ 'revision|r=s' => \$_revision,
 			  'fetch-all|all' => \$_fetch_all,
+			  'parent|p' => \$_fetch_parent,
 			   %fc_opts } ],
 	clone => [ \&cmd_clone, "Initialize and fetch revisions",
 			{ 'revision|r=s' => \$_revision,
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ sub do_git_init_db {
 		command_noisy(@init_db);
 		$_repository = Git->repository(Repository => ".git");
 	}
+	command_noisy('config', 'core.autocrlf', 'false');
 	my $set;
 	my $pfx = "svn-remote.$Git::SVN::default_repo_id";
 	foreach my $i (keys %icv) {
@@ -334,6 +337,9 @@ sub do_git_init_db {
 		command_noisy('config', "$pfx.$i", $icv{$i});
 		$set = $i;
 	}
+	my $ignore_regex = \$SVN::Git::Fetcher::_ignore_regex;
+	command_noisy('config', "$pfx.ignore-paths", $$ignore_regex)
+		if defined $$ignore_regex;
 }
 
 sub init_subdir {
@@ -381,12 +387,21 @@ sub cmd_fetch {
 	}
 	my ($remote) = @_;
 	if (@_ > 1) {
-		die "Usage: $0 fetch [--all] [svn-remote]\n";
+		die "Usage: $0 fetch [--all] [--parent] [svn-remote]\n";
 	}
-	$remote ||= $Git::SVN::default_repo_id;
-	if ($_fetch_all) {
+	if ($_fetch_parent) {
+		my ($url, $rev, $uuid, $gs) = working_head_info('HEAD');
+		unless ($gs) {
+			die "Unable to determine upstream SVN information from ",
+			    "working tree history\n";
+		}
+	        # just fetch, don't checkout.
+		$_no_checkout = 'true';
+		$_fetch_all ? $gs->fetch_all : $gs->fetch;
+	} elsif ($_fetch_all) {
 		cmd_multi_fetch();
 	} else {
+		$remote ||= $Git::SVN::default_repo_id;
 		Git::SVN::fetch_all($remote, Git::SVN::read_all_remotes());
 	}
 }
@@ -1254,6 +1269,40 @@ sub cmt_metadata {
 		command(qw/cat-file commit/, shift)))[-1]);
 }
 
+sub cmt_sha2rev_batch {
+	my %s2r;
+	my ($pid, $in, $out, $ctx) = command_bidi_pipe(qw/cat-file --batch/);
+	my $list = shift;
+
+	foreach my $sha (@{$list}) {
+		my $first = 1;
+		my $size = 0;
+		print $out $sha, "\n";
+
+		while (my $line = <$in>) {
+			if ($first && $line =~ /^[[:xdigit:]]{40}\smissing$/) {
+				last;
+			} elsif ($first &&
+			       $line =~ /^[[:xdigit:]]{40}\scommit\s(\d+)$/) {
+				$first = 0;
+				$size = $1;
+				next;
+			} elsif ($line =~ /^(git-svn-id: )/) {
+				my (undef, $rev, undef) =
+				                      extract_metadata($line);
+				$s2r{$sha} = $rev;
+			}
+
+			$size -= length($line);
+			last if ($size == 0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	command_close_bidi_pipe($pid, $in, $out, $ctx);
+
+	return \%s2r;
+}
+
 sub working_head_info {
 	my ($head, $refs) = @_;
 	my @args = ('log', '--no-color', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
@@ -3286,6 +3335,8 @@ sub new {
 		$self->{empty_symlinks} =
 		                  _mark_empty_symlinks($git_svn, $switch_path);
 	}
+	$self->{ignore_regex} = eval { command_oneline('config', '--get',
+			     "svn-remote.$git_svn->{repo_id}.ignore-paths") };
 	$self->{empty} = {};
 	$self->{dir_prop} = {};
 	$self->{file_prop} = {};
@@ -3350,8 +3401,10 @@ sub in_dot_git {
 
 # return value: 0 -- don't ignore, 1 -- ignore
 sub is_path_ignored {
-	my ($path) = @_;
+	my ($self, $path) = @_;
 	return 1 if in_dot_git($path);
+	return 1 if defined($self->{ignore_regex}) &&
+	            $path =~ m!$self->{ignore_regex}!;
 	return 0 unless defined($_ignore_regex);
 	return 1 if $path =~ m!$_ignore_regex!o;
 	return 0;
@@ -3382,7 +3435,7 @@ sub git_path {
 
 sub delete_entry {
 	my ($self, $path, $rev, $pb) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($path);
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($path);
 
 	my $gpath = $self->git_path($path);
 	return undef if ($gpath eq '');
@@ -3415,7 +3468,7 @@ sub open_file {
 	my ($self, $path, $pb, $rev) = @_;
 	my ($mode, $blob);
 
-	goto out if is_path_ignored($path);
+	goto out if $self->is_path_ignored($path);
 
 	my $gpath = $self->git_path($path);
 	($mode, $blob) = (command('ls-tree', '-z', $self->{c}, "./$gpath")
@@ -3435,7 +3488,7 @@ sub add_file {
 	my ($self, $path, $pb, $cp_path, $cp_rev) = @_;
 	my $mode;
 
-	if (!is_path_ignored($path)) {
+	if (!$self->is_path_ignored($path)) {
 		my ($dir, $file) = ($path =~ m#^(.*?)/?([^/]+)$#);
 		delete $self->{empty}->{$dir};
 		$mode = '100644';
@@ -3446,7 +3499,7 @@ sub add_file {
 
 sub add_directory {
 	my ($self, $path, $cp_path, $cp_rev) = @_;
-	goto out if is_path_ignored($path);
+	goto out if $self->is_path_ignored($path);
 	my $gpath = $self->git_path($path);
 	if ($gpath eq '') {
 		my ($ls, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(qw/ls-tree
@@ -3470,7 +3523,7 @@ sub add_directory {
 
 sub change_dir_prop {
 	my ($self, $db, $prop, $value) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($db->{path});
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($db->{path});
 	$self->{dir_prop}->{$db->{path}} ||= {};
 	$self->{dir_prop}->{$db->{path}}->{$prop} = $value;
 	undef;
@@ -3478,7 +3531,7 @@ sub change_dir_prop {
 
 sub absent_directory {
 	my ($self, $path, $pb) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($path);
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($path);
 	$self->{absent_dir}->{$pb->{path}} ||= [];
 	push @{$self->{absent_dir}->{$pb->{path}}}, $path;
 	undef;
@@ -3486,7 +3539,7 @@ sub absent_directory {
 
 sub absent_file {
 	my ($self, $path, $pb) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($path);
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($path);
 	$self->{absent_file}->{$pb->{path}} ||= [];
 	push @{$self->{absent_file}->{$pb->{path}}}, $path;
 	undef;
@@ -3494,7 +3547,7 @@ sub absent_file {
 
 sub change_file_prop {
 	my ($self, $fb, $prop, $value) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($fb->{path});
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($fb->{path});
 	if ($prop eq 'svn:executable') {
 		if ($fb->{mode_b} != 120000) {
 			$fb->{mode_b} = defined $value ? 100755 : 100644;
@@ -3510,7 +3563,7 @@ sub change_file_prop {
 
 sub apply_textdelta {
 	my ($self, $fb, $exp) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($fb->{path});
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($fb->{path});
 	my $fh = $::_repository->temp_acquire('svn_delta');
 	# $fh gets auto-closed() by SVN::TxDelta::apply(),
 	# (but $base does not,) so dup() it for reading in close_file
@@ -3557,7 +3610,7 @@ sub apply_textdelta {
 
 sub close_file {
 	my ($self, $fb, $exp) = @_;
-	return undef if is_path_ignored($fb->{path});
+	return undef if $self->is_path_ignored($fb->{path});
 
 	my $hash;
 	my $path = $self->git_path($fb->{path});
@@ -4991,11 +5044,22 @@ sub cmd_blame {
 						  '--', $path);
 		my ($sha1);
 		my %authors;
+		my @buffer;
+		my %dsha; #distinct sha keys
+
 		while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+			push @buffer, $line;
+			if ($line =~ /^([[:xdigit:]]{40})\s\d+\s\d+/) {
+				$dsha{$1} = 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		my $s2r = ::cmt_sha2rev_batch([keys %dsha]);
+
+		foreach my $line (@buffer) {
 			if ($line =~ /^([[:xdigit:]]{40})\s\d+\s\d+/) {
-				$sha1 = $1;
-				(undef, $rev, undef) = ::cmt_metadata($1);
-				$rev = '0' if (!$rev);
+				$rev = $s2r->{$1};
+				$rev = '0' if (!$rev)
 			}
 			elsif ($line =~ /^author (.*)/) {
 				$authors{$rev} = $1;
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index ff72e22bec..bfb6508ad0 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "annotate", cmd_annotate, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "apply", cmd_apply },
 		{ "archive", cmd_archive },
+		{ "bisect--helper", cmd_bisect__helper, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "blame", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "bundle", cmd_bundle },
diff --git a/graph.c b/graph.c
index 162a516ee1..d4571cf31d 100644
--- a/graph.c
+++ b/graph.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "color.h"
 #include "graph.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
@@ -43,10 +44,6 @@ static void graph_show_strbuf(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf const *sb);
 
 /*
  * TODO:
- * - Add colors to the graph.
- *   Pick a color for each column, and print all characters
- *   in that column with the specified color.
- *
  * - Limit the number of columns, similar to the way gitk does.
  *   If we reach more than a specified number of columns, omit
  *   sections of some columns.
@@ -72,9 +69,10 @@ struct column {
 	 */
 	struct commit *commit;
 	/*
-	 * XXX: Once we add support for colors, struct column could also
-	 * contain the color of its branch line.
+	 * The color to (optionally) print this column in.  This is an
+	 * index into column_colors.
 	 */
+	unsigned short color;
 };
 
 enum graph_state {
@@ -86,6 +84,41 @@ enum graph_state {
 	GRAPH_COLLAPSING
 };
 
+/*
+ * The list of available column colors.
+ */
+static char column_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,
+	GIT_COLOR_GREEN,
+	GIT_COLOR_YELLOW,
+	GIT_COLOR_BLUE,
+	GIT_COLOR_MAGENTA,
+	GIT_COLOR_CYAN,
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD GIT_COLOR_RED,
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD GIT_COLOR_GREEN,
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD GIT_COLOR_YELLOW,
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD GIT_COLOR_BLUE,
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD GIT_COLOR_MAGENTA,
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD GIT_COLOR_CYAN,
+};
+
+#define COLUMN_COLORS_MAX (ARRAY_SIZE(column_colors))
+
+static const char *column_get_color_code(const struct column *c)
+{
+	return column_colors[c->color];
+}
+
+static void strbuf_write_column(struct strbuf *sb, const struct column *c,
+				char col_char)
+{
+	if (c->color < COLUMN_COLORS_MAX)
+		strbuf_addstr(sb, column_get_color_code(c));
+	strbuf_addch(sb, col_char);
+	if (c->color < COLUMN_COLORS_MAX)
+		strbuf_addstr(sb, GIT_COLOR_RESET);
+}
+
 struct git_graph {
 	/*
 	 * The commit currently being processed
@@ -185,6 +218,11 @@ struct git_graph {
 	 * temporary array each time we have to output a collapsing line.
 	 */
 	int *new_mapping;
+	/*
+	 * The current default column color being used.  This is
+	 * stored as an index into the array column_colors.
+	 */
+	unsigned short default_column_color;
 };
 
 struct git_graph *graph_init(struct rev_info *opt)
@@ -201,6 +239,7 @@ struct git_graph *graph_init(struct rev_info *opt)
 	graph->num_columns = 0;
 	graph->num_new_columns = 0;
 	graph->mapping_size = 0;
+	graph->default_column_color = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate a reasonably large default number of columns
@@ -312,6 +351,33 @@ static struct commit_list *first_interesting_parent(struct git_graph *graph)
 	return next_interesting_parent(graph, parents);
 }
 
+static unsigned short graph_get_current_column_color(const struct git_graph *graph)
+{
+	if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&graph->revs->diffopt, COLOR_DIFF))
+		return COLUMN_COLORS_MAX;
+	return graph->default_column_color;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update the graph's default column color.
+ */
+static void graph_increment_column_color(struct git_graph *graph)
+{
+	graph->default_column_color = (graph->default_column_color + 1) %
+		COLUMN_COLORS_MAX;
+}
+
+static unsigned short graph_find_commit_color(const struct git_graph *graph,
+					      const struct commit *commit)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < graph->num_columns; i++) {
+		if (graph->columns[i].commit == commit)
+			return graph->columns[i].color;
+	}
+	return graph_get_current_column_color(graph);
+}
+
 static void graph_insert_into_new_columns(struct git_graph *graph,
 					  struct commit *commit,
 					  int *mapping_index)
@@ -334,6 +400,7 @@ static void graph_insert_into_new_columns(struct git_graph *graph,
 	 * This commit isn't already in new_columns.  Add it.
 	 */
 	graph->new_columns[graph->num_new_columns].commit = commit;
+	graph->new_columns[graph->num_new_columns].color = graph_find_commit_color(graph, commit);
 	graph->mapping[*mapping_index] = graph->num_new_columns;
 	*mapping_index += 2;
 	graph->num_new_columns++;
@@ -445,6 +512,12 @@ static void graph_update_columns(struct git_graph *graph)
 			for (parent = first_interesting_parent(graph);
 			     parent;
 			     parent = next_interesting_parent(graph, parent)) {
+				/*
+				 * If this is a merge increment the current
+				 * color.
+				 */
+				if (graph->num_parents > 1)
+					graph_increment_column_color(graph);
 				graph_insert_into_new_columns(graph,
 							      parent->item,
 							      &mapping_idx);
@@ -560,7 +633,8 @@ static int graph_is_mapping_correct(struct git_graph *graph)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void graph_pad_horizontally(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
+static void graph_pad_horizontally(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb,
+				   int chars_written)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Add additional spaces to the end of the strbuf, so that all
@@ -570,10 +644,10 @@ static void graph_pad_horizontally(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 	 * aligned for the entire commit.
 	 */
 	int extra;
-	if (sb->len >= graph->width)
+	if (chars_written >= graph->width)
 		return;
 
-	extra = graph->width - sb->len;
+	extra = graph->width - chars_written;
 	strbuf_addf(sb, "%*s", (int) extra, "");
 }
 
@@ -596,10 +670,11 @@ static void graph_output_padding_line(struct git_graph *graph,
 	 * Output a padding row, that leaves all branch lines unchanged
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < graph->num_new_columns; i++) {
-		strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+		strbuf_write_column(sb, &graph->new_columns[i], '|');
+		strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
 	}
 
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, graph->num_new_columns * 2);
 }
 
 static void graph_output_skip_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
@@ -609,7 +684,7 @@ static void graph_output_skip_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 	 * of the graph is missing.
 	 */
 	strbuf_addstr(sb, "...");
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, 3);
 
 	if (graph->num_parents >= 3 &&
 	    graph->commit_index < (graph->num_columns - 1))
@@ -623,6 +698,7 @@ static void graph_output_pre_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph,
 {
 	int num_expansion_rows;
 	int i, seen_this;
+	int chars_written;
 
 	/*
 	 * This function formats a row that increases the space around a commit
@@ -645,11 +721,14 @@ static void graph_output_pre_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph,
 	 * Output the row
 	 */
 	seen_this = 0;
+	chars_written = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < graph->num_columns; i++) {
 		struct column *col = &graph->columns[i];
 		if (col->commit == graph->commit) {
 			seen_this = 1;
-			strbuf_addf(sb, "| %*s", graph->expansion_row, "");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			strbuf_addf(sb, " %*s", graph->expansion_row, "");
+			chars_written += 2 + graph->expansion_row;
 		} else if (seen_this && (graph->expansion_row == 0)) {
 			/*
 			 * This is the first line of the pre-commit output.
@@ -662,17 +741,22 @@ static void graph_output_pre_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph,
 			 */
 			if (graph->prev_state == GRAPH_POST_MERGE &&
 			    graph->prev_commit_index < i)
-				strbuf_addstr(sb, "\\ ");
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
 			else
-				strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			chars_written++;
 		} else if (seen_this && (graph->expansion_row > 0)) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\\ ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
+			chars_written++;
 		} else {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			chars_written++;
 		}
+		strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+		chars_written++;
 	}
 
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, chars_written);
 
 	/*
 	 * Increment graph->expansion_row,
@@ -714,10 +798,34 @@ static void graph_output_commit_char(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 	strbuf_addch(sb, '*');
 }
 
+/*
+ * Draw an octopus merge and return the number of characters written.
+ */
+static int graph_draw_octopus_merge(struct git_graph *graph,
+				    struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Here dashless_commits represents the number of parents
+	 * which don't need to have dashes (because their edges fit
+	 * neatly under the commit).
+	 */
+	const int dashless_commits = 2;
+	int col_num, i;
+	int num_dashes =
+		((graph->num_parents - dashless_commits) * 2) - 1;
+	for (i = 0; i < num_dashes; i++) {
+		col_num = (i / 2) + dashless_commits;
+		strbuf_write_column(sb, &graph->new_columns[col_num], '-');
+	}
+	col_num = (i / 2) + dashless_commits;
+	strbuf_write_column(sb, &graph->new_columns[col_num], '.');
+	return num_dashes + 1;
+}
+
 static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 {
 	int seen_this = 0;
-	int i, j;
+	int i, chars_written;
 
 	/*
 	 * Output the row containing this commit
@@ -727,7 +835,9 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 	 * children that we have already processed.)
 	 */
 	seen_this = 0;
+	chars_written = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i <= graph->num_columns; i++) {
+		struct column *col = &graph->columns[i];
 		struct commit *col_commit;
 		if (i == graph->num_columns) {
 			if (seen_this)
@@ -740,18 +850,14 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 		if (col_commit == graph->commit) {
 			seen_this = 1;
 			graph_output_commit_char(graph, sb);
+			chars_written++;
 
-			if (graph->num_parents < 3)
-				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
-			else {
-				int num_dashes =
-					((graph->num_parents - 2) * 2) - 1;
-				for (j = 0; j < num_dashes; j++)
-					strbuf_addch(sb, '-');
-				strbuf_addstr(sb, ". ");
-			}
+			if (graph->num_parents > 3)
+				chars_written += graph_draw_octopus_merge(graph,
+									  sb);
 		} else if (seen_this && (graph->num_parents > 2)) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\\ ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
+			chars_written++;
 		} else if (seen_this && (graph->num_parents == 2)) {
 			/*
 			 * This is a 2-way merge commit.
@@ -768,15 +874,19 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 			 */
 			if (graph->prev_state == GRAPH_POST_MERGE &&
 			    graph->prev_commit_index < i)
-				strbuf_addstr(sb, "\\ ");
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
 			else
-				strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			chars_written++;
 		} else {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			chars_written++;
 		}
+		strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+		chars_written++;
 	}
 
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, chars_written);
 
 	/*
 	 * Update graph->state
@@ -789,37 +899,75 @@ static void graph_output_commit_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 		graph_update_state(graph, GRAPH_COLLAPSING);
 }
 
+static struct column *find_new_column_by_commit(struct git_graph *graph,
+						struct commit *commit)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < graph->num_new_columns; i++) {
+		if (graph->new_columns[i].commit == commit)
+			return &graph->new_columns[i];
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void graph_output_post_merge_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 {
 	int seen_this = 0;
-	int i, j;
+	int i, j, chars_written;
 
 	/*
 	 * Output the post-merge row
 	 */
+	chars_written = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i <= graph->num_columns; i++) {
+		struct column *col = &graph->columns[i];
 		struct commit *col_commit;
 		if (i == graph->num_columns) {
 			if (seen_this)
 				break;
 			col_commit = graph->commit;
 		} else {
-			col_commit = graph->columns[i].commit;
+			col_commit = col->commit;
 		}
 
 		if (col_commit == graph->commit) {
+			/*
+			 * Since the current commit is a merge find
+			 * the columns for the parent commits in
+			 * new_columns and use those to format the
+			 * edges.
+			 */
+			struct commit_list *parents = NULL;
+			struct column *par_column;
 			seen_this = 1;
-			strbuf_addch(sb, '|');
-			for (j = 0; j < graph->num_parents - 1; j++)
-				strbuf_addstr(sb, "\\ ");
+			parents = first_interesting_parent(graph);
+			assert(parents);
+			par_column = find_new_column_by_commit(graph, parents->item);
+			assert(par_column);
+
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, par_column, '|');
+			chars_written++;
+			for (j = 0; j < graph->num_parents - 1; j++) {
+				parents = next_interesting_parent(graph, parents);
+				assert(parents);
+				par_column = find_new_column_by_commit(graph, parents->item);
+				assert(par_column);
+				strbuf_write_column(sb, par_column, '\\');
+				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+			}
+			chars_written += j * 2;
 		} else if (seen_this) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\\ ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '\\');
+			strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+			chars_written += 2;
 		} else {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+			chars_written += 2;
 		}
 	}
 
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, chars_written);
 
 	/*
 	 * Update graph->state
@@ -912,12 +1060,12 @@ static void graph_output_collapsing_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf
 		if (target < 0)
 			strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
 		else if (target * 2 == i)
-			strbuf_addch(sb, '|');
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, &graph->new_columns[target], '|');
 		else
-			strbuf_addch(sb, '/');
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, &graph->new_columns[target], '/');
 	}
 
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, graph->mapping_size);
 
 	/*
 	 * Swap mapping and new_mapping
@@ -979,9 +1127,10 @@ static void graph_padding_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 	 * children that we have already processed.)
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < graph->num_columns; i++) {
-		struct commit *col_commit = graph->columns[i].commit;
+		struct column *col = &graph->columns[i];
+		struct commit *col_commit = col->commit;
 		if (col_commit == graph->commit) {
-			strbuf_addch(sb, '|');
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
 
 			if (graph->num_parents < 3)
 				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
@@ -991,11 +1140,12 @@ static void graph_padding_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb)
 					strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
 			}
 		} else {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "| ");
+			strbuf_write_column(sb, col, '|');
+			strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
 		}
 	}
 
-	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb);
+	graph_pad_horizontally(graph, sb, graph->num_columns);
 
 	/*
 	 * Update graph->prev_state since we have output a padding line
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index feeb340daf..5138224cc3 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -186,6 +186,32 @@ enum dav_header_flag {
 	DAV_HEADER_TIMEOUT = (1u << 2)
 };
 
+static char *xml_entities(char *s)
+{
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	while (*s) {
+		size_t len = strcspn(s, "\"<>&");
+		strbuf_add(&buf, s, len);
+		s += len;
+		switch (*s) {
+		case '"':
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "&quot;");
+			break;
+		case '<':
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "&lt;");
+			break;
+		case '>':
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "&gt;");
+			break;
+		case '&':
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "&amp;");
+			break;
+		}
+		s++;
+	}
+	return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+}
+
 static struct curl_slist *get_dav_token_headers(struct remote_lock *lock, enum dav_header_flag options)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1225,6 +1251,7 @@ static struct remote_lock *lock_remote(const char *path, long timeout)
 	struct remote_lock *lock = NULL;
 	struct curl_slist *dav_headers = NULL;
 	struct xml_ctx ctx;
+	char *escaped;
 
 	url = xmalloc(strlen(repo->url) + strlen(path) + 1);
 	sprintf(url, "%s%s", repo->url, path);
@@ -1259,7 +1286,9 @@ static struct remote_lock *lock_remote(const char *path, long timeout)
 		ep = strchr(ep + 1, '/');
 	}
 
-	strbuf_addf(&out_buffer.buf, LOCK_REQUEST, git_default_email);
+	escaped = xml_entities(git_default_email);
+	strbuf_addf(&out_buffer.buf, LOCK_REQUEST, escaped);
+	free(escaped);
 
 	sprintf(timeout_header, "Timeout: Second-%ld", timeout);
 	dav_headers = curl_slist_append(dav_headers, timeout_header);
@@ -1584,8 +1613,11 @@ static int locking_available(void)
 	struct curl_slist *dav_headers = NULL;
 	struct xml_ctx ctx;
 	int lock_flags = 0;
+	char *escaped;
 
-	strbuf_addf(&out_buffer.buf, PROPFIND_SUPPORTEDLOCK_REQUEST, repo->url);
+	escaped = xml_entities(repo->url);
+	strbuf_addf(&out_buffer.buf, PROPFIND_SUPPORTEDLOCK_REQUEST, escaped);
+	free(escaped);
 
 	dav_headers = curl_slist_append(dav_headers, "Depth: 0");
 	dav_headers = curl_slist_append(dav_headers, "Content-Type: text/xml");
diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index dd243c7c66..8953548c07 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 static void process_blob(struct rev_info *revs,
 			 struct blob *blob,
-			 struct object_array *p,
+			 show_object_fn show,
 			 struct name_path *path,
 			 const char *name)
 {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void process_blob(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (obj->flags & (UNINTERESTING | SEEN))
 		return;
 	obj->flags |= SEEN;
-	add_object(obj, p, path, name);
+	show(obj, path, name);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void process_blob(struct rev_info *revs,
  */
 static void process_gitlink(struct rev_info *revs,
 			    const unsigned char *sha1,
-			    struct object_array *p,
+			    show_object_fn show,
 			    struct name_path *path,
 			    const char *name)
 {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void process_gitlink(struct rev_info *revs,
 
 static void process_tree(struct rev_info *revs,
 			 struct tree *tree,
-			 struct object_array *p,
+			 show_object_fn show,
 			 struct name_path *path,
 			 const char *name)
 {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void process_tree(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (parse_tree(tree) < 0)
 		die("bad tree object %s", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
 	obj->flags |= SEEN;
-	add_object(obj, p, path, name);
+	show(obj, path, name);
 	me.up = path;
 	me.elem = name;
 	me.elem_len = strlen(name);
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ static void process_tree(struct rev_info *revs,
 		if (S_ISDIR(entry.mode))
 			process_tree(revs,
 				     lookup_tree(entry.sha1),
-				     p, &me, entry.path);
+				     show, &me, entry.path);
 		else if (S_ISGITLINK(entry.mode))
 			process_gitlink(revs, entry.sha1,
-					p, &me, entry.path);
+					show, &me, entry.path);
 		else
 			process_blob(revs,
 				     lookup_blob(entry.sha1),
-				     p, &me, entry.path);
+				     show, &me, entry.path);
 	}
 	free(tree->buffer);
 	tree->buffer = NULL;
@@ -134,17 +134,22 @@ void mark_edges_uninteresting(struct commit_list *list,
 	}
 }
 
+static void add_pending_tree(struct rev_info *revs, struct tree *tree)
+{
+	add_pending_object(revs, &tree->object, "");
+}
+
 void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs,
-			  void (*show_commit)(struct commit *),
-			  void (*show_object)(struct object_array_entry *))
+			  show_commit_fn show_commit,
+			  show_object_fn show_object,
+			  void *data)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct commit *commit;
-	struct object_array objects = { 0, 0, NULL };
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(revs)) != NULL) {
-		process_tree(revs, commit->tree, &objects, NULL, "");
-		show_commit(commit);
+		add_pending_tree(revs, commit->tree);
+		show_commit(commit, data);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < revs->pending.nr; i++) {
 		struct object_array_entry *pending = revs->pending.objects + i;
@@ -154,25 +159,22 @@ void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs,
 			continue;
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
 			obj->flags |= SEEN;
-			add_object_array(obj, name, &objects);
+			show_object(obj, NULL, name);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TREE) {
-			process_tree(revs, (struct tree *)obj, &objects,
+			process_tree(revs, (struct tree *)obj, show_object,
 				     NULL, name);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) {
-			process_blob(revs, (struct blob *)obj, &objects,
+			process_blob(revs, (struct blob *)obj, show_object,
 				     NULL, name);
 			continue;
 		}
 		die("unknown pending object %s (%s)",
 		    sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1), name);
 	}
-	for (i = 0; i < objects.nr; i++)
-		show_object(&objects.objects[i]);
-	free(objects.objects);
 	if (revs->pending.nr) {
 		free(revs->pending.objects);
 		revs->pending.nr = 0;
diff --git a/list-objects.h b/list-objects.h
index 0f41391ecc..d65dbf03e6 100644
--- a/list-objects.h
+++ b/list-objects.h
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef LIST_OBJECTS_H
 #define LIST_OBJECTS_H
 
-typedef void (*show_commit_fn)(struct commit *);
-typedef void (*show_object_fn)(struct object_array_entry *);
+typedef void (*show_commit_fn)(struct commit *, void *);
+typedef void (*show_object_fn)(struct object *, const struct name_path *, const char *);
 typedef void (*show_edge_fn)(struct commit *);
 
-void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs, show_commit_fn, show_object_fn);
+void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *, show_commit_fn, show_object_fn, void *);
 
 void mark_edges_uninteresting(struct commit_list *, struct rev_info *, show_edge_fn);
 
diff --git a/patch-ids.c b/patch-ids.c
index 3be5d3165e..5717257051 100644
--- a/patch-ids.c
+++ b/patch-ids.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "sha1-lookup.h"
 #include "patch-ids.h"
 
 static int commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct diff_options *options,
@@ -15,99 +16,15 @@ static int commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct diff_options *options,
 	return diff_flush_patch_id(options, sha1);
 }
 
-static uint32_t take2(const unsigned char *id)
+static const unsigned char *patch_id_access(size_t index, void *table)
 {
-	return ((id[0] << 8) | id[1]);
+	struct patch_id **id_table = table;
+	return id_table[index]->patch_id;
 }
 
-/*
- * Conventional binary search loop looks like this:
- *
- *      do {
- *              int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
- *              int cmp = "entry pointed at by mi" minus "target";
- *              if (!cmp)
- *                      return (mi is the wanted one)
- *              if (cmp > 0)
- *                      hi = mi; "mi is larger than target"
- *              else
- *                      lo = mi+1; "mi is smaller than target"
- *      } while (lo < hi);
- *
- * The invariants are:
- *
- * - When entering the loop, lo points at a slot that is never
- *   above the target (it could be at the target), hi points at a
- *   slot that is guaranteed to be above the target (it can never
- *   be at the target).
- *
- * - We find a point 'mi' between lo and hi (mi could be the same
- *   as lo, but never can be the same as hi), and check if it hits
- *   the target.  There are three cases:
- *
- *    - if it is a hit, we are happy.
- *
- *    - if it is strictly higher than the target, we update hi with
- *      it.
- *
- *    - if it is strictly lower than the target, we update lo to be
- *      one slot after it, because we allow lo to be at the target.
- *
- * When choosing 'mi', we do not have to take the "middle" but
- * anywhere in between lo and hi, as long as lo <= mi < hi is
- * satisfied.  When we somehow know that the distance between the
- * target and lo is much shorter than the target and hi, we could
- * pick mi that is much closer to lo than the midway.
- */
 static int patch_pos(struct patch_id **table, int nr, const unsigned char *id)
 {
-	int hi = nr;
-	int lo = 0;
-	int mi = 0;
-
-	if (!nr)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (nr != 1) {
-		unsigned lov, hiv, miv, ofs;
-
-		for (ofs = 0; ofs < 18; ofs += 2) {
-			lov = take2(table[0]->patch_id + ofs);
-			hiv = take2(table[nr-1]->patch_id + ofs);
-			miv = take2(id + ofs);
-			if (miv < lov)
-				return -1;
-			if (hiv < miv)
-				return -1 - nr;
-			if (lov != hiv) {
-				/*
-				 * At this point miv could be equal
-				 * to hiv (but id could still be higher);
-				 * the invariant of (mi < hi) should be
-				 * kept.
-				 */
-				mi = (nr-1) * (miv - lov) / (hiv - lov);
-				if (lo <= mi && mi < hi)
-					break;
-				die("oops");
-			}
-		}
-		if (18 <= ofs)
-			die("cannot happen -- lo and hi are identical");
-	}
-
-	do {
-		int cmp;
-		cmp = hashcmp(table[mi]->patch_id, id);
-		if (!cmp)
-			return mi;
-		if (cmp > 0)
-			hi = mi;
-		else
-			lo = mi + 1;
-		mi = (hi + lo) / 2;
-	} while (lo < hi);
-	return -lo-1;
+	return sha1_pos(id, table, nr, patch_id_access);
 }
 
 #define BUCKET_SIZE 190 /* 190 * 21 = 3990, with slop close enough to 4K */
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index 6a520855d6..7a49fcf696 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char** argv, size_t maxlen)
 	}
 }
 
-char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
+char *sq_dequote_step(char *arg, char **next)
 {
 	char *dst = arg;
 	char *src = arg;
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
 		switch (*++src) {
 		case '\0':
 			*dst = 0;
+			if (next)
+				*next = NULL;
 			return arg;
 		case '\\':
 			c = *++src;
@@ -101,11 +103,40 @@ char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
 			}
 		/* Fallthrough */
 		default:
-			return NULL;
+			if (!next || !isspace(*src))
+				return NULL;
+			do {
+				c = *++src;
+			} while (isspace(c));
+			*dst = 0;
+			*next = src;
+			return arg;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
+{
+	return sq_dequote_step(arg, NULL);
+}
+
+int sq_dequote_to_argv(char *arg, const char ***argv, int *nr, int *alloc)
+{
+	char *next = arg;
+
+	if (!*arg)
+		return 0;
+	do {
+		char *dequoted = sq_dequote_step(next, &next);
+		if (!dequoted)
+			return -1;
+		ALLOC_GROW(*argv, *nr + 1, *alloc);
+		(*argv)[(*nr)++] = dequoted;
+	} while (next);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* 1 means: quote as octal
  * 0 means: quote as octal if (quote_path_fully)
  * -1 means: never quote
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index c5eea6f18e..66730f2bff 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ extern void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *, const char **argv, size_t maxlen);
  */
 extern char *sq_dequote(char *);
 
+/*
+ * Same as the above, but can be used to unwrap many arguments in the
+ * same string separated by space. "next" is changed to point to the
+ * next argument that should be passed as first parameter. When there
+ * is no more argument to be dequoted, "next" is updated to point to NULL.
+ */
+extern char *sq_dequote_step(char *arg, char **next);
+extern int sq_dequote_to_argv(char *arg, const char ***argv, int *nr, int *alloc);
+
 extern int unquote_c_style(struct strbuf *, const char *quoted, const char **endp);
 extern size_t quote_c_style(const char *name, struct strbuf *, FILE *, int no_dq);
 extern void quote_two_c_style(struct strbuf *, const char *, const char *, int);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 59c373fc6d..e65a3b4c4e 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -647,19 +647,24 @@ int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 	return do_for_each_ref("refs/", fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
 }
 
+int for_each_ref_in(const char *prefix, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+{
+	return do_for_each_ref(prefix, fn, strlen(prefix), 0, cb_data);
+}
+
 int for_each_tag_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref("refs/tags/", fn, 10, 0, cb_data);
+	return for_each_ref_in("refs/tags/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
 int for_each_branch_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref("refs/heads/", fn, 11, 0, cb_data);
+	return for_each_ref_in("refs/heads/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
 int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref("refs/remotes/", fn, 13, 0, cb_data);
+	return for_each_ref_in("refs/remotes/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
 int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
@@ -1652,3 +1657,114 @@ struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name)
 			return (struct ref *)list;
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+/*
+ * generate a format suitable for scanf from a ref_rev_parse_rules
+ * rule, that is replace the "%.*s" spec with a "%s" spec
+ */
+static void gen_scanf_fmt(char *scanf_fmt, const char *rule)
+{
+	char *spec;
+
+	spec = strstr(rule, "%.*s");
+	if (!spec || strstr(spec + 4, "%.*s"))
+		die("invalid rule in ref_rev_parse_rules: %s", rule);
+
+	/* copy all until spec */
+	strncpy(scanf_fmt, rule, spec - rule);
+	scanf_fmt[spec - rule] = '\0';
+	/* copy new spec */
+	strcat(scanf_fmt, "%s");
+	/* copy remaining rule */
+	strcat(scanf_fmt, spec + 4);
+
+	return;
+}
+
+char *shorten_unambiguous_ref(const char *ref, int strict)
+{
+	int i;
+	static char **scanf_fmts;
+	static int nr_rules;
+	char *short_name;
+
+	/* pre generate scanf formats from ref_rev_parse_rules[] */
+	if (!nr_rules) {
+		size_t total_len = 0;
+
+		/* the rule list is NULL terminated, count them first */
+		for (; ref_rev_parse_rules[nr_rules]; nr_rules++)
+			/* no +1 because strlen("%s") < strlen("%.*s") */
+			total_len += strlen(ref_rev_parse_rules[nr_rules]);
+
+		scanf_fmts = xmalloc(nr_rules * sizeof(char *) + total_len);
+
+		total_len = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_rules; i++) {
+			scanf_fmts[i] = (char *)&scanf_fmts[nr_rules]
+					+ total_len;
+			gen_scanf_fmt(scanf_fmts[i], ref_rev_parse_rules[i]);
+			total_len += strlen(ref_rev_parse_rules[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* bail out if there are no rules */
+	if (!nr_rules)
+		return xstrdup(ref);
+
+	/* buffer for scanf result, at most ref must fit */
+	short_name = xstrdup(ref);
+
+	/* skip first rule, it will always match */
+	for (i = nr_rules - 1; i > 0 ; --i) {
+		int j;
+		int rules_to_fail = i;
+		int short_name_len;
+
+		if (1 != sscanf(ref, scanf_fmts[i], short_name))
+			continue;
+
+		short_name_len = strlen(short_name);
+
+		/*
+		 * in strict mode, all (except the matched one) rules
+		 * must fail to resolve to a valid non-ambiguous ref
+		 */
+		if (strict)
+			rules_to_fail = nr_rules;
+
+		/*
+		 * check if the short name resolves to a valid ref,
+		 * but use only rules prior to the matched one
+		 */
+		for (j = 0; j < rules_to_fail; j++) {
+			const char *rule = ref_rev_parse_rules[j];
+			unsigned char short_objectname[20];
+			char refname[PATH_MAX];
+
+			/* skip matched rule */
+			if (i == j)
+				continue;
+
+			/*
+			 * the short name is ambiguous, if it resolves
+			 * (with this previous rule) to a valid ref
+			 * read_ref() returns 0 on success
+			 */
+			mksnpath(refname, sizeof(refname),
+				 rule, short_name_len, short_name);
+			if (!read_ref(refname, short_objectname))
+				break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * short name is non-ambiguous if all previous rules
+		 * haven't resolved to a valid ref
+		 */
+		if (j == rules_to_fail)
+			return short_name;
+	}
+
+	free(short_name);
+	return xstrdup(ref);
+}
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 68c2d16d53..29d17a48e4 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct ref_lock {
 typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags, void *cb_data);
 extern int head_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
+extern int for_each_ref_in(const char *, each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_tag_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_branch_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ extern int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int check_ref_format(const char *target);
 
 extern const char *prettify_ref(const struct ref *ref);
+extern char *shorten_unambiguous_ref(const char *ref, int strict);
 
 /** rename ref, return 0 on success **/
 extern int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg);
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index d12140e0fe..41c5b59736 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -667,6 +667,17 @@ struct remote *remote_get(const char *name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int remote_is_configured(const char *name)
+{
+	int i;
+	read_config();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < remotes_nr; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(name, remotes[i]->name))
+			return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int for_each_remote(each_remote_fn fn, void *priv)
 {
 	int i, result = 0;
@@ -1450,11 +1461,7 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb)
 		return 0;
 
 	base = branch->merge[0]->dst;
-	if (!prefixcmp(base, "refs/remotes/")) {
-		base += strlen("refs/remotes/");
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(base, "refs/heads/")) {
-		base += strlen("refs/heads/");
-	}
+	base = shorten_unambiguous_ref(base, 0);
 	if (!num_theirs)
 		strbuf_addf(sb, "Your branch is ahead of '%s' "
 			    "by %d commit%s.\n",
@@ -1493,7 +1500,7 @@ static int one_local_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int fla
 
 struct ref *get_local_heads(void)
 {
-	struct ref *local_refs, **local_tail = &local_refs;
+	struct ref *local_refs = NULL, **local_tail = &local_refs;
 	for_each_ref(one_local_ref, &local_tail);
 	return local_refs;
 }
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index de3d21b662..99706a89bc 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct remote {
 };
 
 struct remote *remote_get(const char *name);
+int remote_is_configured(const char *name);
 
 typedef int each_remote_fn(struct remote *remote, void *priv);
 int for_each_remote(each_remote_fn fn, void *priv);
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index b6215cc72c..bd0ea34af0 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 volatile show_early_output_fn_t show_early_output;
 
-static char *path_name(struct name_path *path, const char *name)
+char *path_name(const struct name_path *path, const char *name)
 {
-	struct name_path *p;
+	const struct name_path *p;
 	char *n, *m;
 	int nlen = strlen(name);
 	int len = nlen + 1;
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 5adfc91405..be39e7d386 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ struct name_path {
 	const char *elem;
 };
 
+char *path_name(const struct name_path *path, const char *name);
+
 extern void add_object(struct object *obj,
 		       struct object_array *p,
 		       struct name_path *path,
diff --git a/sha1-lookup.c b/sha1-lookup.c
index da357479cf..c4dc55d1f5 100644
--- a/sha1-lookup.c
+++ b/sha1-lookup.c
@@ -1,6 +1,107 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "sha1-lookup.h"
 
+static uint32_t take2(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	return ((sha1[0] << 8) | sha1[1]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Conventional binary search loop looks like this:
+ *
+ *      do {
+ *              int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
+ *              int cmp = "entry pointed at by mi" minus "target";
+ *              if (!cmp)
+ *                      return (mi is the wanted one)
+ *              if (cmp > 0)
+ *                      hi = mi; "mi is larger than target"
+ *              else
+ *                      lo = mi+1; "mi is smaller than target"
+ *      } while (lo < hi);
+ *
+ * The invariants are:
+ *
+ * - When entering the loop, lo points at a slot that is never
+ *   above the target (it could be at the target), hi points at a
+ *   slot that is guaranteed to be above the target (it can never
+ *   be at the target).
+ *
+ * - We find a point 'mi' between lo and hi (mi could be the same
+ *   as lo, but never can be the same as hi), and check if it hits
+ *   the target.  There are three cases:
+ *
+ *    - if it is a hit, we are happy.
+ *
+ *    - if it is strictly higher than the target, we update hi with
+ *      it.
+ *
+ *    - if it is strictly lower than the target, we update lo to be
+ *      one slot after it, because we allow lo to be at the target.
+ *
+ * When choosing 'mi', we do not have to take the "middle" but
+ * anywhere in between lo and hi, as long as lo <= mi < hi is
+ * satisfied.  When we somehow know that the distance between the
+ * target and lo is much shorter than the target and hi, we could
+ * pick mi that is much closer to lo than the midway.
+ */
+/*
+ * The table should contain "nr" elements.
+ * The sha1 of element i (between 0 and nr - 1) should be returned
+ * by "fn(i, table)".
+ */
+int sha1_pos(const unsigned char *sha1, void *table, size_t nr,
+	     sha1_access_fn fn)
+{
+	size_t hi = nr;
+	size_t lo = 0;
+	size_t mi = 0;
+
+	if (!nr)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (nr != 1) {
+		size_t lov, hiv, miv, ofs;
+
+		for (ofs = 0; ofs < 18; ofs += 2) {
+			lov = take2(fn(0, table) + ofs);
+			hiv = take2(fn(nr - 1, table) + ofs);
+			miv = take2(sha1 + ofs);
+			if (miv < lov)
+				return -1;
+			if (hiv < miv)
+				return -1 - nr;
+			if (lov != hiv) {
+				/*
+				 * At this point miv could be equal
+				 * to hiv (but sha1 could still be higher);
+				 * the invariant of (mi < hi) should be
+				 * kept.
+				 */
+				mi = (nr - 1) * (miv - lov) / (hiv - lov);
+				if (lo <= mi && mi < hi)
+					break;
+				die("BUG: assertion failed in binary search");
+			}
+		}
+		if (18 <= ofs)
+			die("cannot happen -- lo and hi are identical");
+	}
+
+	do {
+		int cmp;
+		cmp = hashcmp(fn(mi, table), sha1);
+		if (!cmp)
+			return mi;
+		if (cmp > 0)
+			hi = mi;
+		else
+			lo = mi + 1;
+		mi = (hi + lo) / 2;
+	} while (lo < hi);
+	return -lo-1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Conventional binary search loop looks like this:
  *
diff --git a/sha1-lookup.h b/sha1-lookup.h
index 3249a81b3d..20af285681 100644
--- a/sha1-lookup.h
+++ b/sha1-lookup.h
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #ifndef SHA1_LOOKUP_H
 #define SHA1_LOOKUP_H
 
+typedef const unsigned char *sha1_access_fn(size_t index, void *table);
+
+extern int sha1_pos(const unsigned char *sha1,
+		    void *table,
+		    size_t nr,
+		    sha1_access_fn fn);
+
 extern int sha1_entry_pos(const void *table,
 			  size_t elem_size,
 			  size_t key_offset,
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index e3393690dd..b968be79f4 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static struct commands {
 } cmd_list[] = {
 	{ "git-receive-pack", do_generic_cmd },
 	{ "git-upload-pack", do_generic_cmd },
+	{ "git-upload-archive", do_generic_cmd },
 	{ "cvs", do_cvs_cmd },
 	{ NULL },
 };
diff --git a/t/lib-git-svn.sh b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
index cdd7ccdd2a..773d47cf3c 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-svn.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ then
 	say 'skipping git svn tests, NO_SVN_TESTS defined'
 	test_done
 fi
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping git svn tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
 
 GIT_DIR=$PWD/.git
 GIT_SVN_DIR=$GIT_DIR/svn/git-svn
diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
index 5ac0a273a9..e3d846420d 100755
--- a/t/t0001-init.sh
+++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
@@ -199,4 +199,13 @@ test_expect_success 'init honors global core.sharedRepository' '
 	x`git config -f shared-honor-global/.git/config core.sharedRepository`
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'init rejects insanely long --template' '
+	(
+		insane=$(printf "x%09999dx" 1) &&
+		mkdir test &&
+		cd test &&
+		test_must_fail git init --template=$insane
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t1301-shared-repo.sh b/t/t1301-shared-repo.sh
index 750fbb32e8..de42d21c92 100755
--- a/t/t1301-shared-repo.sh
+++ b/t/t1301-shared-repo.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'git reflog expire honors core.sharedRepository' '
 	esac
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'forced modes' '
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'forced modes' '
 	mkdir -p templates/hooks &&
 	echo update-server-info >templates/hooks/post-update &&
 	chmod +x templates/hooks/post-update &&
@@ -141,11 +141,14 @@ test_expect_success 'forced modes' '
 		git commit -a -m initial &&
 		git repack
 	) &&
-	find new/.git -print |
+	# List repository files meant to be protected; note that
+	# COMMIT_EDITMSG does not matter---0mode is not about a
+	# repository with a work tree.
+	find new/.git -type f -name COMMIT_EDITMSG -prune -o -print |
 	xargs ls -ld >actual &&
 
 	# Everything must be unaccessible to others
-	test -z "$(sed -n -e "/^.......---/d" actual)" &&
+	test -z "$(sed -e "/^.......---/d" actual)" &&
 
 	# All directories must have either 2770 or 770
 	test -z "$(sed -n -e "/^drwxrw[sx]---/d" -e "/^d/p" actual)" &&
@@ -156,10 +159,11 @@ test_expect_success 'forced modes' '
 		p
 	}" actual)" &&
 
-	# All files inside objects must be 0440
+	# All files inside objects must be accessible by us
 	test -z "$(sed -n -e "/objects\//{
 		/^d/d
-		/^-r--r-----/d
+		/^-r.-r.----/d
+		p
 	}" actual)"
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh b/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
index 1983076c75..080117c6bc 100755
--- a/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setup() {
 
 check() {
 	echo "$2" >expected
-	git config --get "$1" >actual
+	git config --get "$1" >actual 2>&1
 	test_cmp actual expected
 }
 
@@ -40,4 +40,11 @@ test_expect_success 'make sure git config escapes section names properly' '
 	check "$SECTION" bar
 '
 
+LONG_VALUE=$(printf "x%01021dx a" 7)
+test_expect_success 'do not crash on special long config line' '
+	setup &&
+	git config section.key "$LONG_VALUE" &&
+	check section.key "fatal: bad config file line 2 in .git/config"
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
index fe017839c4..dfc65601aa 100755
--- a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 test_description='add -i basic tests'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping git add -i tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 test_expect_success 'setup (initial)' '
 	echo content >file &&
 	git add file &&
diff --git a/t/t4130-apply-criss-cross-rename.sh b/t/t4130-apply-criss-cross-rename.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8623dbebab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4130-apply-criss-cross-rename.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git apply handling criss-cross rename patch.'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+create_file() {
+	cnt=0
+	while test $cnt -le 100
+	do
+		cnt=$(($cnt + 1))
+		echo "$2" >> "$1"
+	done
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	create_file file1 "File1 contents" &&
+	create_file file2 "File2 contents" &&
+	git add file1 file2 &&
+	git commit -m 1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'criss-cross rename' '
+	mv file1 tmp &&
+	mv file2 file1 &&
+	mv tmp file2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'diff -M -B' '
+	git diff -M -B > diff &&
+	git reset --hard
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'apply' '
+	git apply diff
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t4150-am.sh b/t/t4150-am.sh
index 5e65afa0c1..d6ebbaebe2 100755
--- a/t/t4150-am.sh
+++ b/t/t4150-am.sh
@@ -290,4 +290,19 @@ test_expect_success 'am --ignore-date' '
 	echo "$at" | grep "+0000"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'am into an unborn branch' '
+	rm -fr subdir &&
+	mkdir -p subdir &&
+	git format-patch --numbered-files -o subdir -1 first &&
+	(
+		cd subdir &&
+		git init &&
+		git am 1
+	) &&
+	result=$(
+		cd subdir && git rev-parse HEAD^{tree}
+	) &&
+	test "z$result" = "z$(git rev-parse first^{tree})"
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index 7641e0dd46..abb41b07ef 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 test_expect_success \
     'add ignored file' \
     'echo ignore me >a/ignored &&
-     echo ignored export-ignore >.gitattributes'
+     echo ignored export-ignore >.git/info/attributes'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'add files to repository' \
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 test_expect_success \
     'create bare clone' \
     'git clone --bare . bare.git &&
-     cp .gitattributes bare.git/info/attributes'
+     cp .git/info/attributes bare.git/info/attributes'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'remove ignored file' \
@@ -139,10 +139,11 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'create archives with substfiles' \
-    'echo "substfile?" export-subst >a/.gitattributes &&
+    'cp .git/info/attributes .git/info/attributes.before &&
+     echo "substfile?" export-subst >>.git/info/attributes &&
      git archive HEAD >f.tar &&
      git archive --prefix=prefix/ HEAD >g.tar &&
-     rm a/.gitattributes'
+     mv .git/info/attributes.before .git/info/attributes'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'extract substfiles' \
diff --git a/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh b/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..426b319bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5001-archive-attr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git archive attribute tests'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+SUBSTFORMAT=%H%n
+
+test_expect_exists() {
+	test_expect_success " $1 exists" "test -e $1"
+}
+
+test_expect_missing() {
+	test_expect_success " $1 does not exist" "test ! -e $1"
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	echo ignored >ignored &&
+	echo ignored export-ignore >>.git/info/attributes &&
+	git add ignored &&
+
+	echo ignored by tree >ignored-by-tree &&
+	echo ignored-by-tree export-ignore >.gitattributes &&
+	git add ignored-by-tree .gitattributes &&
+
+	echo ignored by worktree >ignored-by-worktree &&
+	echo ignored-by-worktree export-ignore >.gitattributes &&
+	git add ignored-by-worktree &&
+
+	printf "A\$Format:%s\$O" "$SUBSTFORMAT" >nosubstfile &&
+	printf "A\$Format:%s\$O" "$SUBSTFORMAT" >substfile1 &&
+	printf "A not substituted O" >substfile2 &&
+	echo "substfile?" export-subst >>.git/info/attributes &&
+	git add nosubstfile substfile1 substfile2 &&
+
+	git commit -m. &&
+
+	git clone --bare . bare &&
+	cp .git/info/attributes bare/info/attributes
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git archive' '
+	git archive HEAD >archive.tar &&
+	(mkdir archive && cd archive && "$TAR" xf -) <archive.tar
+'
+
+test_expect_missing	archive/ignored
+test_expect_missing	archive/ignored-by-tree
+test_expect_exists	archive/ignored-by-worktree
+
+test_expect_success 'git archive with worktree attributes' '
+	git archive --worktree-attributes HEAD >worktree.tar &&
+	(mkdir worktree && cd worktree && "$TAR" xf -) <worktree.tar
+'
+
+test_expect_missing	worktree/ignored
+test_expect_exists	worktree/ignored-by-tree
+test_expect_missing	worktree/ignored-by-worktree
+
+test_expect_success 'git archive vs. bare' '
+	(cd bare && git archive HEAD) >bare-archive.tar &&
+	test_cmp archive.tar bare-archive.tar
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git archive with worktree attributes, bare' '
+	(cd bare && git archive --worktree-attributes HEAD) >bare-worktree.tar &&
+	(mkdir bare-worktree && cd bare-worktree && "$TAR" xf -) <bare-worktree.tar
+'
+
+test_expect_missing	bare-worktree/ignored
+test_expect_exists	bare-worktree/ignored-by-tree
+test_expect_exists	bare-worktree/ignored-by-worktree
+
+test_expect_success 'export-subst' '
+	git log "--pretty=format:A${SUBSTFORMAT}O" HEAD >substfile1.expected &&
+	test_cmp nosubstfile archive/nosubstfile &&
+	test_cmp substfile1.expected archive/substfile1 &&
+	test_cmp substfile2 archive/substfile2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git tar-tree vs. git archive with worktree attributes' '
+	git tar-tree HEAD >tar-tree.tar &&
+	test_cmp worktree.tar tar-tree.tar
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git tar-tree vs. git archive with worktree attrs, bare' '
+	(cd bare && git tar-tree HEAD) >bare-tar-tree.tar &&
+	test_cmp bare-worktree.tar bare-tar-tree.tar
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t5506-remote-groups.sh b/t/t5506-remote-groups.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2a1806b0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5506-remote-groups.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git remote group handling'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+mark() {
+	echo "$1" >mark
+}
+
+update_repo() {
+	(cd $1 &&
+	echo content >>file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git commit -F ../mark)
+}
+
+update_repos() {
+	update_repo one $1 &&
+	update_repo two $1
+}
+
+repo_fetched() {
+	if test "`git log -1 --pretty=format:%s $1 --`" = "`cat mark`"; then
+		echo >&2 "repo was fetched: $1"
+		return 0
+	fi
+	echo >&2 "repo was not fetched: $1"
+	return 1
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	mkdir one && (cd one && git init) &&
+	mkdir two && (cd two && git init) &&
+	git remote add -m master one one &&
+	git remote add -m master two two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'no group updates all' '
+	mark update-all &&
+	update_repos &&
+	git remote update &&
+	repo_fetched one &&
+	repo_fetched two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'nonexistant group produces error' '
+	mark nonexistant &&
+	update_repos &&
+	test_must_fail git remote update nonexistant &&
+	! repo_fetched one &&
+	! repo_fetched two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'updating group updates all members' '
+	mark group-all &&
+	update_repos &&
+	git config --add remotes.all one &&
+	git config --add remotes.all two &&
+	git remote update all &&
+	repo_fetched one &&
+	repo_fetched two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'updating group does not update non-members' '
+	mark group-some &&
+	update_repos &&
+	git config --add remotes.some one &&
+	git remote update some &&
+	repo_fetched one &&
+	! repo_fetched two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'updating remote name updates that remote' '
+	mark remote-name &&
+	update_repos &&
+	git remote update one &&
+	repo_fetched one &&
+	! repo_fetched two
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
index 052a6c90f5..54b7ea6505 100755
--- a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
@@ -506,6 +506,66 @@ test_expect_success 'optimized merge base checks' '
 	unset GIT_TRACE
 '
 
+# This creates another side branch called "parallel" with some files
+# in some directories, to test bisecting with paths.
+#
+# We should have the following:
+#
+#    P1-P2-P3-P4-P5-P6-P7
+#   /        /        /
+# H1-H2-H3-H4-H5-H6-H7
+#            \  \     \
+#             S5-A     \
+#              \        \
+#               S6-S7----B
+#
+test_expect_success '"parallel" side branch creation' '
+	git bisect reset &&
+	git checkout -b parallel $HASH1 &&
+	mkdir dir1 dir2 &&
+	add_line_into_file "1(para): line 1 on parallel branch" dir1/file1 &&
+	PARA_HASH1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	add_line_into_file "2(para): line 2 on parallel branch" dir2/file2 &&
+	PARA_HASH2=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	add_line_into_file "3(para): line 3 on parallel branch" dir2/file3 &&
+	PARA_HASH3=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+	git merge -m "merge HASH4 and PARA_HASH3" "$HASH4" &&
+	PARA_HASH4=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+	add_line_into_file "5(para): add line on parallel branch" dir1/file1 &&
+	PARA_HASH5=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+	add_line_into_file "6(para): add line on parallel branch" dir2/file2 &&
+	PARA_HASH6=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+	git merge -m "merge HASH7 and PARA_HASH6" "$HASH7" &&
+	PARA_HASH7=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'restricting bisection on one dir' '
+	git bisect reset &&
+	git bisect start HEAD $HASH1 -- dir1 &&
+	para1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	test "$para1" = "$PARA_HASH1" &&
+	git bisect bad > my_bisect_log.txt &&
+	grep "$PARA_HASH1 is first bad commit" my_bisect_log.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'restricting bisection on one dir and a file' '
+	git bisect reset &&
+	git bisect start HEAD $HASH1 -- dir1 hello &&
+	para4=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	test "$para4" = "$PARA_HASH4" &&
+	git bisect bad &&
+	hash3=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	test "$hash3" = "$HASH3" &&
+	git bisect good &&
+	hash4=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	test "$hash4" = "$HASH4" &&
+	git bisect good &&
+	para1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	test "$para1" = "$PARA_HASH1" &&
+	git bisect good > my_bisect_log.txt &&
+	grep "$PARA_HASH4 is first bad commit" my_bisect_log.txt
+'
+
 #
 #
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
index 8bfae44a83..8052c86ad3 100755
--- a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ test_expect_success 'Create sample commit with known timestamp' '
 	git tag -a -m "Tagging at $datestamp" testtag
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'Create upstream config' '
+	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master master &&
+	git remote add origin nowhere &&
+	git config branch.master.remote origin &&
+	git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
+'
+
 test_atom() {
 	case "$1" in
 		head) ref=refs/heads/master ;;
@@ -39,6 +46,7 @@ test_atom() {
 }
 
 test_atom head refname refs/heads/master
+test_atom head upstream refs/remotes/origin/master
 test_atom head objecttype commit
 test_atom head objectsize 171
 test_atom head objectname 67a36f10722846e891fbada1ba48ed035de75581
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ test_atom head contents 'Initial
 '
 
 test_atom tag refname refs/tags/testtag
+test_atom tag upstream ''
 test_atom tag objecttype tag
 test_atom tag objectsize 154
 test_atom tag objectname 98b46b1d36e5b07909de1b3886224e3e81e87322
@@ -203,6 +212,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Check format "rfc2822" date fields output' '
 
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 refs/heads/master
+refs/remotes/origin/master
 refs/tags/testtag
 EOF
 
@@ -214,6 +224,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Verify ascending sort' '
 
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 refs/tags/testtag
+refs/remotes/origin/master
 refs/heads/master
 EOF
 
@@ -224,6 +235,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Verify descending sort' '
 
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 'refs/heads/master'
+'refs/remotes/origin/master'
 'refs/tags/testtag'
 EOF
 
@@ -244,6 +256,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Quoting style: python' '
 
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 "refs/heads/master"
+"refs/remotes/origin/master"
 "refs/tags/testtag"
 EOF
 
@@ -273,16 +286,26 @@ test_expect_success 'Check short refname format' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+cat >expected <<EOF
+origin/master
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check short upstream format' '
+	git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" refs/heads >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'Check for invalid refname format' '
 	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:INVALID)"
 '
 
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 heads/master
-master
+tags/master
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'Check ambiguous head and tag refs' '
+test_expect_success 'Check ambiguous head and tag refs (strict)' '
+	git config --bool core.warnambiguousrefs true &&
 	git checkout -b newtag &&
 	echo "Using $datestamp" > one &&
 	git add one &&
@@ -293,12 +316,23 @@ test_expect_success 'Check ambiguous head and tag refs' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+heads/master
+master
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check ambiguous head and tag refs (loose)' '
+	git config --bool core.warnambiguousrefs false &&
+	git for-each-ref --format "%(refname:short)" refs/heads/master refs/tags/master >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 heads/ambiguous
 ambiguous
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'Check ambiguous head and tag refs II' '
+test_expect_success 'Check ambiguous head and tag refs II (loose)' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	git tag ambiguous testtag^0 &&
 	git branch ambiguous testtag^0 &&
diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh
index b4e2b4db84..e2ef53228e 100755
--- a/t/t7501-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 	"echo King of the bongo >file &&
 	test_must_fail git commit -m foo -a file"
 
-test_expect_success \
+test_expect_success PERL \
 	"using paths with --interactive" \
 	"echo bong-o-bong >file &&
 	! (echo 7 | git commit -m foo --interactive file)"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 	"echo 'gak' >file && \
 	 git commit -m 'author' --author 'Rubber Duck <rduck@convoy.org>' -a"
 
-test_expect_success \
+test_expect_success PERL \
 	"interactive add" \
 	"echo 7 | git commit --interactive | grep 'What now'"
 
diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2586f864a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 David Aguilar
+#
+
+test_description='git-difftool
+
+Testing basic diff tool invocation
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+remove_config_vars()
+{
+	# Unset all config variables used by git-difftool
+	git config --unset diff.tool
+	git config --unset difftool.test-tool.cmd
+	git config --unset difftool.prompt
+	git config --unset merge.tool
+	git config --unset mergetool.test-tool.cmd
+	return 0
+}
+
+restore_test_defaults()
+{
+	# Restores the test defaults used by several tests
+	remove_config_vars
+	unset GIT_DIFF_TOOL
+	unset GIT_MERGE_TOOL
+	unset GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT
+	unset GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT
+	git config diff.tool test-tool &&
+	git config difftool.test-tool.cmd 'cat $LOCAL'
+}
+
+prompt_given()
+{
+	prompt="$1"
+	test "$prompt" = "Hit return to launch 'test-tool': branch"
+}
+
+# Create a file on master and change it on branch
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	echo master >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git commit -m "added file" &&
+
+	git checkout -b branch master &&
+	echo branch >file &&
+	git commit -a -m "branch changed file" &&
+	git checkout master
+'
+
+# Configure a custom difftool.<tool>.cmd and use it
+test_expect_success 'custom commands' '
+	restore_test_defaults &&
+	git config difftool.test-tool.cmd "cat \$REMOTE" &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "master" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults &&
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch"
+'
+
+# Ensures that git-difftool ignores bogus --tool values
+test_expect_success 'difftool ignores bad --tool values' '
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt --tool=bogus-tool branch)
+	test "$?" = 1 &&
+	test "$diff" = ""
+'
+
+# Specify the diff tool using $GIT_DIFF_TOOL
+test_expect_success 'GIT_DIFF_TOOL variable' '
+	git config --unset diff.tool
+	GIT_DIFF_TOOL=test-tool &&
+	export GIT_DIFF_TOOL &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# Test the $GIT_*_TOOL variables and ensure
+# that $GIT_DIFF_TOOL always wins unless --tool is specified
+test_expect_success 'GIT_DIFF_TOOL overrides' '
+	git config diff.tool bogus-tool &&
+	git config merge.tool bogus-tool &&
+
+	GIT_MERGE_TOOL=test-tool &&
+	export GIT_MERGE_TOOL &&
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+	unset GIT_MERGE_TOOL &&
+
+	GIT_MERGE_TOOL=bogus-tool &&
+	GIT_DIFF_TOOL=test-tool &&
+	export GIT_MERGE_TOOL &&
+	export GIT_DIFF_TOOL &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	GIT_DIFF_TOOL=bogus-tool &&
+	export GIT_DIFF_TOOL &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt --tool=test-tool branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# Test that we don't have to pass --no-prompt to difftool
+# when $GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT is true
+test_expect_success 'GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT variable' '
+	GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true &&
+	export GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# git-difftool supports the difftool.prompt variable.
+# Test that GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT can override difftool.prompt = false
+test_expect_success 'GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT variable' '
+	git config difftool.prompt false &&
+	GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true &&
+	export GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT &&
+
+	prompt=$(echo | git difftool --prompt branch | tail -1) &&
+	prompt_given "$prompt" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# Test that we don't have to pass --no-prompt when difftool.prompt is false
+test_expect_success 'difftool.prompt config variable is false' '
+	git config difftool.prompt false &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# Test that the -y flag can override difftool.prompt = true
+test_expect_success 'difftool.prompt can overridden with -y' '
+	git config difftool.prompt true &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool -y branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# Test that the --prompt flag can override difftool.prompt = false
+test_expect_success 'difftool.prompt can overridden with --prompt' '
+	git config difftool.prompt false &&
+
+	prompt=$(echo | git difftool --prompt branch | tail -1) &&
+	prompt_given "$prompt" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# Test that the last flag passed on the command-line wins
+test_expect_success 'difftool last flag wins' '
+	diff=$(git difftool --prompt --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults &&
+
+	prompt=$(echo | git difftool --no-prompt --prompt branch | tail -1) &&
+	prompt_given "$prompt" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+# git-difftool falls back to git-mergetool config variables
+# so test that behavior here
+test_expect_success 'difftool + mergetool config variables' '
+	remove_config_vars
+	git config merge.tool test-tool &&
+	git config mergetool.test-tool.cmd "cat \$LOCAL" &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	# set merge.tool to something bogus, diff.tool to test-tool
+	git config merge.tool bogus-tool &&
+	git config diff.tool test-tool &&
+
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt branch) &&
+	test "$diff" = "branch" &&
+
+	restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'difftool.<tool>.path' '
+	git config difftool.tkdiff.path echo &&
+	diff=$(git difftool --tool=tkdiff --no-prompt branch) &&
+	git config --unset difftool.tkdiff.path &&
+	lines=$(echo "$diff" | grep file | wc -l) &&
+	test "$lines" -eq 1
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 3c90c4fc1c..d9420e0a3b 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 test_description='git send-email'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping git send-email tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 PROG='git send-email'
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
diff --git a/t/t9134-git-svn-ignore-paths.sh b/t/t9134-git-svn-ignore-paths.sh
index c4b5b8bcf7..71fdc4a69d 100755
--- a/t/t9134-git-svn-ignore-paths.sh
+++ b/t/t9134-git-svn-ignore-paths.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ test_expect_success 'clone an SVN repository with ignored www directory' '
 	test_cmp expect expect2
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'init+fetch an SVN repository with ignored www directory' '
+	git svn init "$svnrepo" c &&
+	( cd c && git svn fetch --ignore-paths="^www" ) &&
+	rm expect2 &&
+	echo test_qqq > expect &&
+	for i in c/*/*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
+	test_cmp expect expect2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify ignore-paths config saved by clone' '
+	(
+	    cd g &&
+	    git config --get svn-remote.svn.ignore-paths | fgrep "www"
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'SVN-side change outside of www' '
 	(
 		cd s &&
@@ -41,9 +57,20 @@ test_expect_success 'SVN-side change outside of www' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo' '
+test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo (config ignore)' '
 	(
 		cd g &&
+		git svn rebase &&
+		printf "test_qqq\nb\n" > expect &&
+		for i in */*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
+		test_cmp expect2 expect &&
+		rm expect expect2
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo (option ignore)' '
+	(
+		cd c &&
 		git svn rebase --ignore-paths="^www" &&
 		printf "test_qqq\nb\n" > expect &&
 		for i in */*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
@@ -62,9 +89,20 @@ test_expect_success 'SVN-side change inside of ignored www' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo' '
+test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo (config ignore)' '
 	(
 		cd g &&
+		git svn rebase &&
+		printf "test_qqq\nb\n" > expect &&
+		for i in */*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
+		test_cmp expect2 expect &&
+		rm expect expect2
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo (option ignore)' '
+	(
+		cd c &&
 		git svn rebase --ignore-paths="^www" &&
 		printf "test_qqq\nb\n" > expect &&
 		for i in */*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
@@ -84,9 +122,20 @@ test_expect_success 'SVN-side change in and out of ignored www' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo again' '
+test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo again (config ignore)' '
 	(
 		cd g &&
+		git svn rebase &&
+		printf "test_qqq\nb\nygg\n" > expect &&
+		for i in */*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
+		test_cmp expect2 expect &&
+		rm expect expect2
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update git svn-cloned repo again (option ignore)' '
+	(
+		cd c &&
 		git svn rebase --ignore-paths="^www" &&
 		printf "test_qqq\nb\nygg\n" > expect &&
 		for i in */*.txt; do cat $i >> expect2; done &&
diff --git a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
index 36656923ac..56b7c06921 100755
--- a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
+++ b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ test_description='Test export of commits to CVS'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping git cvsexportcommit tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 1
 then
diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
index 39185db6c9..64f947d75b 100755
--- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
+++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ cvs CLI client via git-cvsserver server'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping git cvsserver tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
 cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 1
 then
diff --git a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
index 12e0e50822..aca40c1b1f 100755
--- a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
+++ b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ then
     say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
     test_done
 fi
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL
+then
+    say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, perl not available'
+    test_done
+fi
 perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
     test_done
diff --git a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
index 0bd332c493..f4210fbb04 100755
--- a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
+++ b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ gitweb_run () {
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 perl -MEncode -e 'decode_utf8("", Encode::FB_CROAK)' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl version is too old'
     test_done
diff --git a/t/t9600-cvsimport.sh b/t/t9600-cvsimport.sh
index 33eb51938d..4322a0c1ed 100755
--- a/t/t9600-cvsimport.sh
+++ b/t/t9600-cvsimport.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 test_description='git cvsimport basic tests'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping git cvsimport tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 CVSROOT=$(pwd)/cvsroot
 export CVSROOT
 unset CVS_SERVER
diff --git a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
index 4a501c6847..b4ca244626 100755
--- a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
+++ b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 test_description='perl interface (Git.pm)'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping perl interface tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 perl -MTest::More -e 0 2>/dev/null || {
 	say "Perl Test::More unavailable, skipping test"
 	test_done
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index b050196cb7..4bd986f430 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -698,6 +698,8 @@ case $(uname -s) in
 	;;
 esac
 
+test -z "$NO_PERL" && test_set_prereq PERL
+
 # test whether the filesystem supports symbolic links
 ln -s x y 2>/dev/null && test -h y 2>/dev/null && test_set_prereq SYMLINKS
 rm -f y
diff --git a/templates/hooks--update.sample b/templates/hooks--update.sample
index a3f68ae3b4..f8bf490cff 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--update.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--update.sample
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 # hooks.allowdeletebranch
 #   This boolean sets whether deleting branches will be allowed in the
 #   repository.  By default they won't be.
+# hooks.denycreatebranch
+#   This boolean sets whether remotely creating branches will be denied
+#   in the repository.  By default this is allowed.
 #
 
 # --- Command line
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ fi
 # --- Config
 allowunannotated=$(git config --bool hooks.allowunannotated)
 allowdeletebranch=$(git config --bool hooks.allowdeletebranch)
+denycreatebranch=$(git config --bool hooks.denycreatebranch)
 allowdeletetag=$(git config --bool hooks.allowdeletetag)
 
 # check for no description
@@ -52,7 +56,8 @@ esac
 
 # --- Check types
 # if $newrev is 0000...0000, it's a commit to delete a ref.
-if [ "$newrev" = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ]; then
+zero="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+if [ "$newrev" = "$zero" ]; then
 	newrev_type=delete
 else
 	newrev_type=$(git-cat-file -t $newrev)
@@ -80,6 +85,10 @@ case "$refname","$newrev_type" in
 		;;
 	refs/heads/*,commit)
 		# branch
+		if [ "$oldrev" = "$zero" -a "$denycreatebranch" = "true" ]; then
+			echo "*** Creating a branch is not allowed in this repository" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
 		;;
 	refs/heads/*,delete)
 		# delete branch
diff --git a/unimplemented.sh b/unimplemented.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5252de4b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unimplemented.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo >&2 "fatal: git was built without support for `basename $0` (@@REASON@@)."
+exit 128
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 6847c2d966..e4eb8fa3af 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ static int check_updates(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 		cnt = 0;
 	}
 
-	git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT, &o->result);
+	if (o->update)
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT, &o->result);
 	for (i = 0; i < index->cache_nr; i++) {
 		struct cache_entry *ce = index->cache[i];
 
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ static int check_updates(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 		}
 	}
 	stop_progress(&progress);
-	git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN, NULL);
+	if (o->update)
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN, NULL);
 	return errs != 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index a49d872447..edc7861228 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static ssize_t send_client_data(int fd, const char *data, ssize_t sz)
 }
 
 static FILE *pack_pipe = NULL;
-static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
+static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 {
 	if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY)
 		fputc('-', pack_pipe);
@@ -78,20 +78,22 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 	commit->buffer = NULL;
 }
 
-static void show_object(struct object_array_entry *p)
+static void show_object(struct object *obj, const struct name_path *path, const char *component)
 {
 	/* An object with name "foo\n0000000..." can be used to
 	 * confuse downstream git-pack-objects very badly.
 	 */
-	const char *ep = strchr(p->name, '\n');
+	const char *name = path_name(path, component);
+	const char *ep = strchr(name, '\n');
 	if (ep) {
-		fprintf(pack_pipe, "%s %.*s\n", sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1),
-		       (int) (ep - p->name),
-		       p->name);
+		fprintf(pack_pipe, "%s %.*s\n", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1),
+		       (int) (ep - name),
+		       name);
 	}
 	else
 		fprintf(pack_pipe, "%s %s\n",
-				sha1_to_hex(p->item->sha1), p->name);
+				sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1), name);
+	free((char *)name);
 }
 
 static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ static int do_rev_list(int fd, void *create_full_pack)
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
 		die("revision walk setup failed");
 	mark_edges_uninteresting(revs.commits, &revs, show_edge);
-	traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object);
+	traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object, NULL);
 	fflush(pack_pipe);
 	fclose(pack_pipe);
 	return 0;