diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 8df43cb819..1b013139af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -249,8 +249,7 @@ repo-config key: svn.authorsfile
 
 -q::
 --quiet::
-	Make git-svn less verbose.  This only affects git-svn if you
-	have the SVN::* libraries installed and are using them.
+	Make git-svn less verbose.
 
 --repack[=<n>]::
 --repack-flags=<flags>
@@ -321,8 +320,6 @@ for more information on using GIT_SVN_ID.
 	started tracking a branch and never tracked the trunk it was
 	descended from.
 
-	This relies on the SVN::* libraries to work.
-
 repo-config key: svn.followparent
 
 --no-metadata::
@@ -350,25 +347,6 @@ Run this if you used an old version of git-svn that used
 "git-svn-HEAD" instead of "remotes/git-svn" as the branch
 for tracking the remote.
 
---no-ignore-externals::
-Only used with the 'fetch' and 'rebuild' command.
-
-This command has no effect when you are using the SVN::*
-libraries with git, svn:externals are always avoided.
-
-By default, git-svn passes --ignore-externals to svn to avoid
-fetching svn:external trees into git.  Pass this flag to enable
-externals tracking directly via git.
-
-Versions of svn that do not support --ignore-externals are
-automatically detected and this flag will be automatically
-enabled for them.
-
-Otherwise, do not enable this flag unless you know what you're
-doing.
-
-repo-config key: svn.noignoreexternals
-
 --ignore-nodate::
 Only used with the 'fetch' command.
 
@@ -486,49 +464,18 @@ This allows you to tie unfetched SVN revision 375 to your current HEAD:
 	git-svn fetch 375=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-Advanced Example: Tracking a Reorganized Repository
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Note: this example is now obsolete if you have SVN::* libraries
-installed.  Simply use --follow-parent when fetching.
-
 If you're tracking a directory that has moved, or otherwise been
 branched or tagged off of another directory in the repository and you
-care about the full history of the project, then you can read this
-section.
+care about the full history of the project, then you can use
+the --follow-parent option.
 
-This is how Yann Dirson tracked the trunk of the ufoai directory when
-the /trunk directory of his repository was moved to /ufoai/trunk and
-he needed to continue tracking /ufoai/trunk where /trunk left off.
-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	# This log message shows when the repository was reorganized:
-	r166 | ydirson | 2006-03-02 01:36:55 +0100 (Thu, 02 Mar 2006) | 1 line
-	Changed paths:
-	   D /trunk
-	   A /ufoai/trunk (from /trunk:165)
-
-	# First we start tracking the old revisions:
-	GIT_SVN_ID=git-oldsvn git-svn init \
-			https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ufoai/trunk
-	GIT_SVN_ID=git-oldsvn git-svn fetch -r1:165
-
-	# And now, we continue tracking the new revisions:
-	GIT_SVN_ID=git-newsvn git-svn init \
-	      https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ufoai/ufoai/trunk
-	GIT_SVN_ID=git-newsvn git-svn fetch \
-	      166=`git-rev-parse refs/remotes/git-oldsvn`
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
+	git-svn fetch --follow-parent
+------------------------------------------------
 
 BUGS
 ----
 
-If you are not using the SVN::* Perl libraries and somebody commits a
-conflicting changeset to SVN at a bad moment (right before you commit)
-causing a conflict and your commit to fail, your svn working tree
-($GIT_DIR/git-svn/tree) may be dirtied.  The easiest thing to do is
-probably just to rm -rf $GIT_DIR/git-svn/tree and run 'rebuild'.   You
-can avoid this problem entirely by using 'dcommit'.
-
 We ignore all SVN properties except svn:executable.  Too difficult to
 map them since we rely heavily on git write-tree being _exactly_ the
 same on both the SVN and git working trees and I prefer not to clutter
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9376be2fc2..de746befe5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ all:
 #
 # Define NO_MMAP if you want to avoid mmap.
 #
+# Define NO_PREAD if you have a problem with pread() system call (e.g.
+# cygwin.dll before v1.5.22).
+#
 # Define NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY if accessing objects in pack files is
 # generally faster on your platform than accessing the working directory.
 #
@@ -191,7 +194,6 @@ SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) \
 PROGRAMS = \
 	git-convert-objects$X git-fetch-pack$X git-fsck-objects$X \
 	git-hash-object$X git-index-pack$X git-local-fetch$X \
-	git-merge-base$X \
 	git-daemon$X \
 	git-merge-index$X git-mktag$X git-mktree$X git-patch-id$X \
 	git-peek-remote$X git-receive-pack$X \
@@ -286,6 +288,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS = \
 	builtin-ls-tree.o \
 	builtin-mailinfo.o \
 	builtin-mailsplit.o \
+	builtin-merge-base.o \
 	builtin-merge-file.o \
 	builtin-mv.o \
 	builtin-name-rev.o \
@@ -523,6 +526,10 @@ ifdef NO_MMAP
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_MMAP
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mmap.o
 endif
+ifdef NO_PREAD
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_PREAD
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/pread.o
+endif
 ifdef NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 endif
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 1c35837068..54fd2cb0c7 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -811,7 +811,8 @@ static int find_header(char *line, unsigned long size, int *hdrsize, struct patc
 			struct fragment dummy;
 			if (parse_fragment_header(line, len, &dummy) < 0)
 				continue;
-			error("patch fragment without header at line %d: %.*s", linenr, (int)len-1, line);
+			die("patch fragment without header at line %d: %.*s",
+			    linenr, (int)len-1, line);
 		}
 
 		if (size < len + 6)
@@ -2238,8 +2239,19 @@ static void remove_file(struct patch *patch)
 			die("unable to remove %s from index", patch->old_name);
 		cache_tree_invalidate_path(active_cache_tree, patch->old_name);
 	}
-	if (!cached)
-		unlink(patch->old_name);
+	if (!cached) {
+		if (!unlink(patch->old_name)) {
+			char *name = xstrdup(patch->old_name);
+			char *end = strrchr(name, '/');
+			while (end) {
+				*end = 0;
+				if (rmdir(name))
+					break;
+				end = strrchr(name, '/');
+			}
+			free(name);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void add_index_file(const char *path, unsigned mode, void *buf, unsigned long size)
diff --git a/builtin-archive.c b/builtin-archive.c
index 391cf43911..32737d3162 100644
--- a/builtin-archive.c
+++ b/builtin-archive.c
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ void parse_treeish_arg(const char **argv, struct archiver_args *ar_args,
 		if (err || !S_ISDIR(mode))
 			die("current working directory is untracked");
 
-		free(tree);
 		tree = parse_tree_indirect(tree_sha1);
 	}
 	ar_args->tree = tree;
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index c760e188ea..daca60393f 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds)
 		 */
 
 		if (!force &&
-		    !in_merge_bases(rev, head_rev)) {
+		    !in_merge_bases(rev, &head_rev, 1)) {
 			error("The branch '%s' is not a strict subset of "
 				"your current HEAD.\n"
 				"If you are sure you want to delete it, "
diff --git a/merge-base.c b/builtin-merge-base.c
similarity index 79%
rename from merge-base.c
rename to builtin-merge-base.c
index 385f4ba386..e35d362f26 100644
--- a/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-base.c
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 
-static int show_all;
-
-static int merge_base(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
+static int show_merge_base(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2, int show_all)
 {
 	struct commit_list *result = get_merge_bases(rev1, rev2, 0);
 
@@ -23,16 +21,16 @@ static int merge_base(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
 static const char merge_base_usage[] =
 "git-merge-base [--all] <commit-id> <commit-id>";
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
+int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct commit *rev1, *rev2;
 	unsigned char rev1key[20], rev2key[20];
+	int show_all = 0;
 
-	setup_git_directory();
 	git_config(git_default_config);
 
 	while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
-		char *arg = argv[1];
+		const char *arg = argv[1];
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-a") || !strcmp(arg, "--all"))
 			show_all = 1;
 		else
@@ -49,5 +47,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	rev2 = lookup_commit_reference(rev2key);
 	if (!rev1 || !rev2)
 		return 1;
-	return merge_base(rev1, rev2);
+	return show_merge_base(rev1, rev2, show_all);
 }
diff --git a/builtin-reflog.c b/builtin-reflog.c
index ca22452e64..c74f667cc1 100644
--- a/builtin-reflog.c
+++ b/builtin-reflog.c
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ static int expire_reflog_ent(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
 
 	if ((timestamp < cb->cmd->expire_unreachable) &&
 	    (!cb->ref_commit ||
-	     (old && !in_merge_bases(old, cb->ref_commit)) ||
-	     (new && !in_merge_bases(new, cb->ref_commit))))
+	     (old && !in_merge_bases(old, &cb->ref_commit, 1)) ||
+	     (new && !in_merge_bases(new, &cb->ref_commit, 1))))
 		goto prune;
 
 	if (cb->newlog) {
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index df72d09447..ae32993ce9 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ extern int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_mailinfo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_mailsplit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_merge_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_name_rev(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 496d37aa02..bbfe7dc686 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1034,25 +1034,10 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct commit_list *merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
+static struct commit_list *base_traverse(struct commit_list *list, struct commit *stop)
 {
-	struct commit_list *list = NULL;
 	struct commit_list *result = NULL;
 
-	if (one == two)
-		/* We do not mark this even with RESULT so we do not
-		 * have to clean it up.
-		 */
-		return commit_list_insert(one, &result);
-
-	parse_commit(one);
-	parse_commit(two);
-
-	one->object.flags |= PARENT1;
-	two->object.flags |= PARENT2;
-	insert_by_date(one, &list);
-	insert_by_date(two, &list);
-
 	while (interesting(list)) {
 		struct commit *commit;
 		struct commit_list *parents;
@@ -1083,10 +1068,20 @@ static struct commit_list *merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
 			p->object.flags |= flags;
 			insert_by_date(p, &list);
 		}
+		if (stop && (stop->object.flags & PARENT2)) {
+			free_commit_list(list);
+			list = NULL;
+			insert_by_date(stop, &list);
+			return list;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Clean up the result to remove stale ones */
 	free_commit_list(list);
+
+	if (stop)
+		return NULL;
+
 	list = result; result = NULL;
 	while (list) {
 		struct commit_list *n = list->next;
@@ -1098,6 +1093,27 @@ static struct commit_list *merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static struct commit_list *merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
+{
+	struct commit_list *list = NULL;
+
+	if (one == two)
+		/* We do not mark this even with RESULT so we do not
+		 * have to clean it up.
+		 */
+		return commit_list_insert(one, &list);
+
+	parse_commit(one);
+	parse_commit(two);
+
+	one->object.flags |= PARENT1;
+	two->object.flags |= PARENT2;
+	insert_by_date(one, &list);
+	insert_by_date(two, &list);
+
+	return base_traverse(list, NULL);
+}
+
 struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one,
 				    struct commit *two,
                                     int cleanup)
@@ -1158,19 +1174,32 @@ struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one,
 	return result;
 }
 
-int in_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
+int in_merge_bases(struct commit *commit, struct commit **reference, int num)
 {
-	struct commit_list *bases, *b;
-	int ret = 0;
+	struct commit_list *result, *list;
+	int i, ret;
 
-	bases = get_merge_bases(rev1, rev2, 1);
-	for (b = bases; b; b = b->next) {
-		if (!hashcmp(rev1->object.sha1, b->item->object.sha1)) {
-			ret = 1;
-			break;
+	list = NULL;
+	parse_commit(commit);
+	commit->object.flags |= PARENT1;
+	insert_by_date(commit, &list);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		struct commit *two = reference[i];
+		parse_commit(two);
+		if (!(two->object.flags & PARENT2)) {
+			two->object.flags |= PARENT2;
+			insert_by_date(two, &list);
 		}
 	}
+	result = base_traverse(list, commit);
+	ret = !!result;
+	free_commit_list(result);
 
-	free_commit_list(bases);
+	clear_commit_marks(commit, all_flags);
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		struct commit *two = reference[i];
+		clear_commit_marks(two, all_flags);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 936f8fce30..b8e6e18a80 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ extern int is_repository_shallow();
 extern struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads,
 		int depth, int shallow_flag, int not_shallow_flag);
 
-int in_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2);
+int in_merge_bases(struct commit *, struct commit **, int);
 #endif /* COMMIT_H */
diff --git a/compat/pread.c b/compat/pread.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..978cac4ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/pread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+
+ssize_t git_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset)
+{
+        off_t current_offset;
+        ssize_t rc;
+
+        current_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+
+        if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+                return -1;
+
+        rc = read_in_full(fd, buf, count);
+
+        if (current_offset != lseek(fd, current_offset, SEEK_SET))
+                return -1;
+        return rc;
+}
diff --git a/contrib/emacs/git.el b/contrib/emacs/git.el
index ede3ab2bd8..d90ba816e0 100644
--- a/contrib/emacs/git.el
+++ b/contrib/emacs/git.el
@@ -280,6 +280,15 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
     (git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--info-only" "--add" "--" (file-relative-name ignore-name)))
   (git-add-status-file (if created 'added 'modified) (file-relative-name ignore-name))))
 
+; propertize definition for XEmacs, stolen from erc-compat
+(eval-when-compile
+  (unless (fboundp 'propertize)
+    (defun propertize (string &rest props)
+      (let ((string (copy-sequence string)))
+        (while props
+          (put-text-property 0 (length string) (nth 0 props) (nth 1 props) string)
+          (setq props (cddr props)))
+        string))))
 
 ;;;; Wrappers for basic git commands
 ;;;; ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -448,11 +457,10 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
 
 (defun git-fileinfo-prettyprint (info)
   "Pretty-printer for the git-fileinfo structure."
-  (insert (format "   %s %s %s  %s%s"
-                  (if (git-fileinfo->marked info) (propertize "*" 'face 'git-mark-face) " ")
-                  (git-status-code-as-string (git-fileinfo->state info))
-                  (git-permissions-as-string (git-fileinfo->old-perm info) (git-fileinfo->new-perm info))
-                  (git-escape-file-name (git-fileinfo->name info))
+  (insert (concat "   " (if (git-fileinfo->marked info) (propertize "*" 'face 'git-mark-face) " ")
+                  " " (git-status-code-as-string (git-fileinfo->state info))
+                  " " (git-permissions-as-string (git-fileinfo->old-perm info) (git-fileinfo->new-perm info))
+                  "  " (git-escape-file-name (git-fileinfo->name info))
                   (git-rename-as-string info))))
 
 (defun git-parse-status (status)
diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 3d388de62a..cf761b2c69 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ then
 	# The name under $remote_top the remote HEAD seems to point at.
 	head_points_at=$(
 		(
-			echo "master"
+			test -f "$GIT_DIR/$remote_top/master" && echo "master"
 			cd "$GIT_DIR/$remote_top" &&
 			find . -type f -print | sed -e 's/^\.\///'
 		) | (
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index e023bf1413..f8d46d587b 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ extern int git_munmap(void *start, size_t length);
 #define DEFAULT_PACKED_GIT_LIMIT \
 	((1024L * 1024L) * (sizeof(void*) >= 8 ? 8192 : 256))
 
+#ifdef NO_PREAD
+#define pread git_pread
+extern ssize_t git_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef NO_SETENV
 #define setenv gitsetenv
 extern int gitsetenv(const char *, const char *, int);
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index bf55499dc3..e7bc79af93 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 		{ "ls-tree", cmd_ls_tree, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "mailinfo", cmd_mailinfo },
 		{ "mailsplit", cmd_mailsplit },
+		{ "merge-base", cmd_merge_base, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "merge-file", cmd_merge_file },
 		{ "mv", cmd_mv, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "name-rev", cmd_name_rev, RUN_SETUP },
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 25e5079a89..88af2e6380 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2412,7 +2412,6 @@ sub git_patchset_body {
 
 			push @diff_header, $patch_line;
 		}
-		#last PATCH unless $patch_line;
 		my $last_patch_line = $patch_line;
 
 		# check if current patch belong to current raw line
@@ -2522,7 +2521,10 @@ sub git_patchset_body {
 
 		# from-file/to-file diff header
 		$patch_line = $last_patch_line;
-		last PATCH unless $patch_line;
+		if (! $patch_line) {
+			print "</div>\n"; # class="patch"
+			last PATCH;
+		}
 		next PATCH if ($patch_line =~ m/^diff /);
 		#assert($patch_line =~ m/^---/) if DEBUG;
 		if ($from{'href'} && $patch_line =~ m!^--- "?a/!) {
@@ -2533,7 +2535,6 @@ sub git_patchset_body {
 		print "<div class=\"diff from_file\">$patch_line</div>\n";
 
 		$patch_line = <$fd>;
-		#last PATCH unless $patch_line;
 		chomp $patch_line;
 
 		#assert($patch_line =~ m/^+++/) if DEBUG;
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index fe8cd7bdcd..67dfb0a033 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ static int fetch_pack(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 		return error("Unable to start request");
 	}
 
+	target->pack_size = ftell(packfile);
 	fclose(packfile);
 
 	ret = move_temp_to_file(tmpfile, filename);
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 7e73eac9c3..0a15f53782 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -770,11 +770,14 @@ static void finish_request(struct transfer_request *request)
 				request->url, curl_errorstr);
 			remote->can_update_info_refs = 0;
 		} else {
+			off_t pack_size = ftell(request->local_stream);
+
 			fclose(request->local_stream);
 			request->local_stream = NULL;
 			if (!move_temp_to_file(request->tmpfile,
 					       request->filename)) {
 				target = (struct packed_git *)request->userData;
+				target->pack_size = pack_size;
 				lst = &remote->packs;
 				while (*lst != target)
 					lst = &((*lst)->next);
diff --git a/tree-walk.c b/tree-walk.c
index 22f4550b6c..70f899957e 100644
--- a/tree-walk.c
+++ b/tree-walk.c
@@ -199,10 +199,17 @@ int get_tree_entry(const unsigned char *tree_sha1, const char *name, unsigned ch
 	int retval;
 	void *tree;
 	struct tree_desc t;
+	unsigned char root[20];
 
-	tree = read_object_with_reference(tree_sha1, tree_type, &t.size, NULL);
+	tree = read_object_with_reference(tree_sha1, tree_type, &t.size, root);
 	if (!tree)
 		return -1;
+
+	if (name[0] == '\0') {
+		hashcpy(sha1, root);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	t.buf = tree;
 	retval = find_tree_entry(&t, name, sha1, mode);
 	free(tree);