diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index f37eb9d105..3d388de62a 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ then
 
 		# Set up the mappings to track the remote branches.
 		git-repo-config remote."$origin".fetch \
-			"refs/heads/*:$remote_top/*" '^$' &&
+			"+refs/heads/*:$remote_top/*" '^$' &&
 		rm -f "refs/remotes/$origin/HEAD"
 		git-symbolic-ref "refs/remotes/$origin/HEAD" \
 			"refs/remotes/$origin/$head_points_at" &&
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8b2a3c1378..e88ed8b2d3 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -925,7 +925,8 @@ static int log_ref_write(struct ref_lock *lock,
 	const char *committer;
 
 	if (log_all_ref_updates &&
-	    !strncmp(lock->ref_name, "refs/heads/", 11)) {
+	    (!strncmp(lock->ref_name, "refs/heads/", 11) ||
+	     !strncmp(lock->ref_name, "refs/remotes/", 13))) {
 		if (safe_create_leading_directories(lock->log_file) < 0)
 			return error("unable to create directory for %s",
 				lock->log_file);
diff --git a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
index 879b69793c..46fd47cb0f 100755
--- a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
@@ -101,4 +101,15 @@ do
 	'
 done
 
+for J in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
+do
+	git-repo-config i18n.logoutputencoding $J
+	for H in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
+	do
+		test_expect_success "$H should be shown in $J now" '
+			compare_with '$H' ../t3900/'$J'.txt
+		'
+	done
+done
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
index 5d9b6f34b8..1c21d8c986 100644
--- a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
@@ -112,5 +112,27 @@ EOF
 test_expect_success "expected conflict markers, with -L" \
 	"diff -u test.txt expect.txt"
 
+sed "s/ tu / TU /" < new1.txt > new5.txt
+test_expect_failure "conflict in removed tail" \
+	"git-merge-file -p orig.txt new1.txt new5.txt > out"
+
+cat > expect << EOF
+Dominus regit me,
+et nihil mihi deerit.
+In loco pascuae ibi me collocavit,
+super aquam refectionis educavit me;
+animam meam convertit,
+deduxit me super semitas jusitiae,
+propter nomen suum.
+<<<<<<< orig.txt
+=======
+Nam et si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis,
+non timebo mala, quoniam TU mecum es:
+virga tua et baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt.
+>>>>>>> new5.txt
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success "expected conflict markers" "diff -u expect out"
+
 test_done
 
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index ad2b6f6ab4..98f69d89f3 100755
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -125,16 +125,43 @@ test_run_ () {
 	return 0
 }
 
+test_skip () {
+	this_test=$(expr "./$0" : '.*/\(t[0-9]*\)-[^/]*$')
+	this_test="$this_test.$(expr "$test_count" + 1)"
+	to_skip=
+	for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
+	do
+		case "$this_test" in
+		$skp)
+			to_skip=t
+		esac
+	done
+	case "$to_skip" in
+	t)
+		say >&3 "skipping test: $@"
+		test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
+		say "skip $test_count: $1"
+		: true
+		;;
+	*)
+		false
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
 test_expect_failure () {
 	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-failure"
-	say >&3 "expecting failure: $2"
-	test_run_ "$2"
-	if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" != 0 -a "$eval_ret" -lt 129 ]
+	if ! test_skip "$@"
 	then
-		test_ok_ "$1"
-	else
-		test_failure_ "$@"
+		say >&3 "expecting failure: $2"
+		test_run_ "$2"
+		if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" != 0 -a "$eval_ret" -lt 129 ]
+		then
+			test_ok_ "$1"
+		else
+			test_failure_ "$@"
+		fi
 	fi
 	echo >&3 ""
 }
@@ -142,13 +169,16 @@ test_expect_failure () {
 test_expect_success () {
 	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-success"
-	say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
-	test_run_ "$2"
-	if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = 0 ]
+	if ! test_skip "$@"
 	then
-		test_ok_ "$1"
-	else
-		test_failure_ "$@"
+		say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
+		test_run_ "$2"
+		if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = 0 ]
+		then
+			test_ok_ "$1"
+		else
+			test_failure_ "$@"
+		fi
 	fi
 	echo >&3 ""
 }
@@ -156,13 +186,16 @@ test_expect_success () {
 test_expect_code () {
 	test "$#" = 3 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 3 parameters to test-expect-code"
-	say >&3 "expecting exit code $1: $3"
-	test_run_ "$3"
-	if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = "$1" ]
+	if ! test_skip "$@"
 	then
-		test_ok_ "$2"
-	else
-		test_failure_ "$@"
+		say >&3 "expecting exit code $1: $3"
+		test_run_ "$3"
+		if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = "$1" ]
+		then
+			test_ok_ "$2"
+		else
+			test_failure_ "$@"
+		fi
 	fi
 	echo >&3 ""
 }
@@ -223,3 +256,22 @@ test=trash
 rm -fr "$test"
 test_create_repo $test
 cd "$test"
+
+this_test=$(expr "./$0" : '.*/\(t[0-9]*\)-[^/]*$')
+for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
+do
+	to_skip=
+	for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
+	do
+		case "$this_test" in
+		$skp)
+			to_skip=t
+		esac
+	done
+	case "$to_skip" in
+	t)
+		say >&3 "skipping test $this_test altogether"
+		say "skip all tests in $this_test"
+		test_done
+	esac
+done
diff --git a/templates/hooks--update b/templates/hooks--update
index 76d5ac2477..9863a800c8 100644
--- a/templates/hooks--update
+++ b/templates/hooks--update
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ref_type=$(git cat-file -t "$3")
 case "$1","$ref_type" in
 refs/tags/*,commit)
 	echo "*** Un-annotated tags are not allowed in this repo" >&2
-	echo "*** Use 'git tag [ -a | -s ]' for tags you want to propagate."
+	echo "*** Use 'git tag [ -a | -s ]' for tags you want to propagate." >&2
 	exit 1;;
 refs/tags/*,tag)
 	echo "### Pushing version '${1##refs/tags/}' to the masses" >&2
diff --git a/xdiff/xmerge.c b/xdiff/xmerge.c
index 352207e516..294450b899 100644
--- a/xdiff/xmerge.c
+++ b/xdiff/xmerge.c
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ static int xdl_refine_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdfenv_t *xe2, xdmerge_t *m,
 		if (m->mode)
 			continue;
 
+		/* no sense refining a conflict when one side is empty */
+		if (m->chg1 == 0 || m->chg2 == 0)
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * This probably does not work outside git, since
 		 * we have a very simple mmfile structure.