diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2400b72ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+GIT v1.6.3.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.3
+------------------
+
+* "git checkout -b new-branch" with a staged change in the index
+  incorrectly primed the in-index cache-tree, resulting a wrong tree
+  object to be written out of the index.  This is a grave regression
+  since the last 1.6.2.X maintenance release.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b70ec11c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+GIT v1.6.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+With the next major release, "git push" into a branch that is
+currently checked out will be refused by default.  You can choose
+what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration
+variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving repository.
+
+To ease the transition plan, the receiving repository of such a
+push running this release will issue a big warning when the
+configuration variable is missing.  Please refer to:
+
+  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
+  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+
+for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
+transition plan.
+
+For a similar reason, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch
+$killed in a remote repository $there, if $killed branch is the current
+branch pointed at by its HEAD, gets a large warning.  You can choose what
+should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable
+receive.denyDeleteCurrent in the receiving repository.
+
+When the user does not tell "git push" what to push, it has always
+pushed matching refs.  For some people it is unexpected, and a new
+configuration variable push.default has been introduced to allow
+changing a different default behaviour.  To advertise the new feature,
+a big warning is issued if this is not configured and a git push without
+arguments is attempted.
+
+
+Updates since v1.6.3
+--------------------
+
+(subsystems)
+
+(performance)
+
+(usability, bells and whistles)
+
+(developers)
+
+
+Fixes since v1.6.3
+------------------
+
+All of the fixes in v1.6.3.X maintenance series are included in this
+release, unless otherwise noted.
+
+Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to
+v1.6.3.X series.
+
+
+---
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+echo O=$(git describe master)
+O=v1.6.3
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index cbd4275871..ae201deb7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --no-abbrev::
 	Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them.
 
+-t::
 --track::
 	When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the
 	start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index c1ce26884e..0873e60f7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ imposes the following rules on how references are named:
   grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a
   dot `.`.
 
+. They must contain at least one `/`. This enforces the presence of a
+  category like `heads/`, `tags/` etc. but the actual names are not
+  restricted.
+
 . They cannot have two consecutive dots `..` anywhere.
 
 . They cannot have ASCII control characters (i.e. bytes whose
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 4072f40d7a..b14de6c407 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 	part of the source repository is used if no directory is
 	explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
 	for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
-	is not allowed.
+	is only allowed if the directory is empty.
 
 :git-clone: 1
 include::urls.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 7131ee3c66..f68b198205 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --add::
 	Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
-	values.  This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex.
+	values.  This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex
+	in `--replace-all`.
 
 --get::
 	Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 	When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
 	`color.ui` as fallback.
 
---get-color name default::
+--get-color name [default]::
 
 	Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
 	output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index dd8bc4bb4a..f8e49a5070 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index ba890ebdec..cee06ce3cb 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int write_tar_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 
 	sprintf(header.mode, "%07o", mode & 07777);
 	sprintf(header.size, "%011lo", S_ISREG(mode) ? size : 0);
-	sprintf(header.mtime, "%011lo", args->time);
+	sprintf(header.mtime, "%011lo", (unsigned long) args->time);
 
 	sprintf(header.uid, "%07o", 0);
 	sprintf(header.gid, "%07o", 0);
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 91098ca9b1..6aaa708473 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_GROUP("Generic options"),
 		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
-		OPT_SET_INT( 0 , "track",  &track, "set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))",
+		OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &track, "set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))",
 			BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "color",  &branch_use_color, "use colored output"),
 		OPT_SET_INT('r', NULL,     &kinds, "act on remote-tracking branches",
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 15f0c32c7a..dc4bfb5fc0 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -365,17 +365,14 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 	int ret;
 	struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
 	int newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
-	int reprime_cache_tree = 0;
 
 	if (read_cache() < 0)
 		return error("corrupt index file");
 
-	cache_tree_free(&active_cache_tree);
 	if (opts->force) {
 		ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-		reprime_cache_tree = 1;
 	} else {
 		struct tree_desc trees[2];
 		struct tree *tree;
@@ -411,9 +408,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		init_tree_desc(&trees[1], tree->buffer, tree->size);
 
 		ret = unpack_trees(2, trees, &topts);
-		if (ret != -1) {
-			reprime_cache_tree = 1;
-		} else {
+		if (ret == -1) {
 			/*
 			 * Unpack couldn't do a trivial merge; either
 			 * give up or do a real merge, depending on
@@ -457,8 +452,6 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (reprime_cache_tree)
-		prime_cache_tree(&active_cache_tree, new->commit->tree);
 	if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
 	    commit_locked_index(lock_file))
 		die("unable to write new index file");
diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c
index 3c998ea740..ec75df0900 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch.c
@@ -353,12 +353,18 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *url, const char *remote_name,
 						    kind);
 			note_len += sprintf(note + note_len, "'%s' of ", what);
 		}
-		note_len += sprintf(note + note_len, "%.*s", url_len, url);
-		fprintf(fp, "%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+		note[note_len] = '\0';
+		fprintf(fp, "%s\t%s\t%s",
 			sha1_to_hex(commit ? commit->object.sha1 :
 				    rm->old_sha1),
 			rm->merge ? "" : "not-for-merge",
 			note);
+		for (i = 0; i < url_len; ++i)
+			if ('\n' == url[i])
+				fputs("\\n", fp);
+			else
+				fputc(url[i], fp);
+		fputc('\n', fp);
 
 		if (ref)
 			rc |= update_local_ref(ref, what, note);
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 1683e6d7b8..ad26b7c5ae 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1322,6 +1322,35 @@ _git_send_email ()
 	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
+__git_config_get_set_variables ()
+{
+	local prevword word config_file= c=$COMP_CWORD
+	while [ $c -gt 1 ]; do
+		word="${COMP_WORDS[c]}"
+		case "$word" in
+		--global|--system|--file=*)
+			config_file="$word"
+			break
+			;;
+		-f|--file)
+			config_file="$word $prevword"
+			break
+			;;
+		esac
+		prevword=$word
+		c=$((--c))
+	done
+
+	for i in $(git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config $config_file --list \
+			2>/dev/null); do
+		case "$i" in
+		*.*)
+			echo "${i/=*/}"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
 _git_config ()
 {
 	local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
@@ -1388,6 +1417,10 @@ _git_config ()
 		__gitcomp "$__git_send_email_suppresscc_options"
 		return
 		;;
+	--get|--get-all|--unset|--unset-all)
+		__gitcomp "$(__git_config_get_set_variables)"
+		return
+		;;
 	*.*)
 		COMPREPLY=()
 		return
diff --git a/git-merge-one-file.sh b/git-merge-one-file.sh
index e1eb963266..9c2c1b7202 100755
--- a/git-merge-one-file.sh
+++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
 	src1=`git-unpack-file $2`
 	git merge-file "$src1" "$orig" "$src2"
 	ret=$?
+	msg=
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		msg='content conflict'
+	fi
 
 	# Create the working tree file, using "our tree" version from the
 	# index, and then store the result of the merge.
@@ -120,7 +124,10 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
 	rm -f -- "$orig" "$src1" "$src2"
 
 	if [ "$6" != "$7" ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: Permissions conflict: $5->$6,$7."
+		if [ -n "$msg" ]; then
+			msg="$msg, "
+		fi
+		msg="${msg}permissions conflict: $5->$6,$7"
 		ret=1
 	fi
 	if [ "$1" = '' ]; then
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
 	fi
 
 	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: Merge conflict in $4"
+		echo "ERROR: $msg in $4"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	exec git update-index -- "$4"
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 3f99361ed0..06e91608fa 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ exit;
 ## ======================================================================
 ## action links
 
-sub href (%) {
+sub href {
 	my %params = @_;
 	# default is to use -absolute url() i.e. $my_uri
 	my $href = $params{-full} ? $my_url : $my_uri;
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ sub esc_url {
 }
 
 # replace invalid utf8 character with SUBSTITUTION sequence
-sub esc_html ($;%) {
+sub esc_html {
 	my $str = shift;
 	my %opts = @_;
 
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ use constant {
 };
 
 # submodule/subproject, a commit object reference
-sub S_ISGITLINK($) {
+sub S_ISGITLINK {
 	my $mode = shift;
 
 	return (($mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFGITLINK)
@@ -2615,7 +2615,7 @@ sub parsed_difftree_line {
 }
 
 # parse line of git-ls-tree output
-sub parse_ls_tree_line ($;%) {
+sub parse_ls_tree_line {
 	my $line = shift;
 	my %opts = @_;
 	my %res;
@@ -3213,7 +3213,6 @@ sub git_print_header_div {
 	      "\n</div>\n";
 }
 
-#sub git_print_authorship (\%) {
 sub git_print_authorship {
 	my $co = shift;
 
@@ -3269,8 +3268,7 @@ sub git_print_page_path {
 	print "<br/></div>\n";
 }
 
-# sub git_print_log (\@;%) {
-sub git_print_log ($;%) {
+sub git_print_log {
 	my $log = shift;
 	my %opts = @_;
 
diff --git a/t/t2014-switch.sh b/t/t2014-switch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ccfb147113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2014-switch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Peter MacMillan'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	echo Hello >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m V1 &&
+	echo Hello world >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git checkout -b other
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'check all changes are staged' '
+	git diff --exit-code
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'second commit' '
+	git commit -m V2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'check' '
+	git diff --cached --exit-code
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
index 784c31aec9..5dbbcb6345 100755
--- a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ test_description='commit and log output encodings'
 
 compare_with () {
 	git show -s $1 | sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e 's/^    //' >current &&
-	test_cmp current "$2"
+	case "$3" in
+	'')
+		test_cmp "$2" current ;;
+	?*)
+		iconv -f "$3" -t utf8 >current.utf8 <current &&
+		iconv -f "$3" -t utf8 >expect.utf8 <"$2" &&
+		test_cmp expect.utf8 current.utf8
+		;;
+	esac
 }
 
 test_expect_success setup '
@@ -103,11 +111,17 @@ done
 
 for J in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
 do
+	if test "$J" = ISO-2022-JP
+	then
+		ICONV=$J
+	else
+		ICONV=
+	fi
 	git 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' "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/'$J'.txt
+			compare_with '$H' "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/'$J'.txt $ICONV
 		'
 	done
 done