diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index 5fc5be5a28..129c5c5f5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ this branch.  If this branch is the only branch containing those
 commits, they will be lost.  Also, don't use "git reset" on a
 publicly-visible branch that other developers pull from, as it will
 force needless merges on other developers to clean up the history.
+If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use gitlink:git-revert[1]
+instead.
 
 The git grep command can search for strings in any version of your
 project, so
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 201704bacf..38a9bc02f6 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ unsigned long approxidate(const char *);
 
 extern const char *git_author_info(int);
 extern const char *git_committer_info(int);
+extern const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str, int);
 
 struct checkout {
 	const char *base_dir;
diff --git a/git-archimport.perl b/git-archimport.perl
index 2e15781246..66aaeae102 100755
--- a/git-archimport.perl
+++ b/git-archimport.perl
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ $ENV{'TMPDIR'} = $opt_t if $opt_t; # $ENV{TMPDIR} will affect tempdir() calls:
 my $tmp = tempdir('git-archimport-XXXXXX', TMPDIR => 1, CLEANUP => 1);
 $opt_v && print "+ Using $tmp as temporary directory\n";
 
+unless (-d $git_dir) { # initial import needs empty directory
+    opendir DIR, '.' or die "Unable to open current directory: $!\n";
+    while (my $entry = readdir DIR) {
+        $entry =~ /^\.\.?$/ or
+            die "Initial import needs an empty current working directory.\n"
+    }
+    closedir DIR
+}
+
 my %reachable = ();             # Arch repositories we can access
 my %unreachable = ();           # Arch repositories we can't access :<
 my @psets  = ();                # the collection
diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 4ddfa774ec..171099674d 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -190,7 +190,34 @@ then
 		(cd "$GIT_DIR/refs" &&
 		 mkdir reference-tmp &&
 		 cd reference-tmp &&
-		 tar xf -)
+		 tar xf - &&
+		 find refs ! -type d -print |
+		 while read ref
+		 do
+			if test -h "$ref"
+			then
+				# Old-style symbolic link ref.  Not likely
+				# to appear under refs/ but we might as well
+				# deal with them.
+				:
+			elif test -f "$ref"
+			then
+				point=$(cat "$ref") &&
+					case "$point" in
+					'ref: '*) ;;
+					*) continue ;;
+					esac
+			fi
+			# The above makes true ref to 'continue' and
+			# we will come here when we are looking at
+			# symbolic link ref or a textual symref (or
+			# garbage, like fifo).
+			# The true ref pointed at by it is enough to
+			# ensure that we do not fetch objects reachable
+			# from it.
+			rm -f "$ref"
+		 done
+		)
 	else
 		die "reference repository '$reference' is not a local directory."
 	fi
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index 3e783b7b05..5208ee6ce0 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -174,12 +174,8 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
 		else
 			for merge_branch in $merge_branches
 			do
-			    if	test "$remote" = "$merge_branch" ||
-				test "$local" = "$merge_branch"
-			    then
-				    dot_prefix=
-				    break
-			    fi
+			    [ "$remote" = "$merge_branch" ] &&
+			    dot_prefix= && break
 			done
 		fi
 		case "$remote" in
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index a6fc7b5e11..bb03bddd34 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ static const char *env_hint =
 "Add --global to set your account\'s default\n"
 "\n";
 
-static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
-			     const char *date_str, int error_on_no_name)
+const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
+		      const char *date_str, int error_on_no_name)
 {
 	static char buffer[1000];
 	char date[50];
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
 
 const char *git_author_info(int error_on_no_name)
 {
-	return get_ident(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"),
+	return fmt_ident(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"),
 			 getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"),
 			 getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"),
 			 error_on_no_name);
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ const char *git_author_info(int error_on_no_name)
 
 const char *git_committer_info(int error_on_no_name)
 {
-	return get_ident(getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"),
+	return fmt_ident(getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"),
 			 getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"),
 			 getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"),
 			 error_on_no_name);
diff --git a/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
index dd9caad1c2..6d43252593 100755
--- a/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
+++ b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ git prune'
 
 cd "$base_dir"
 
-test_expect_success 'cloning with reference' \
+test_expect_success 'cloning with reference (-l -s)' \
 'git clone -l -s --reference B A C'
 
 cd "$base_dir"
@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ diff expected current'
 
 cd "$base_dir"
 
+test_expect_success 'cloning with reference (no -l -s)' \
+'git clone --reference B A D'
+
+cd "$base_dir"
+
+test_expect_success 'existence of info/alternates' \
+'test `wc -l <D/.git/objects/info/alternates` = 1'
+
+cd "$base_dir"
+
+test_expect_success 'pulling from reference' \
+'cd D && git pull ../B'
+
+cd "$base_dir"
+
+test_expect_success 'that reference gets used' \
+'cd D && echo "0 objects, 0 kilobytes" > expected &&
+git count-objects > current &&
+diff expected current'
+
+cd "$base_dir"
+
 test_expect_success 'updating origin' \
 'cd A &&
 echo third > file3 &&
@@ -75,4 +97,20 @@ diff expected current'
 
 cd "$base_dir"
 
+test_expect_success 'pulling changes from origin' \
+'cd D &&
+git pull origin'
+
+cd "$base_dir"
+
+# the 5 local objects are expected; file3 blob, commit in A to add it
+# and its tree, and 2 are our tree and the merge commit.
+test_expect_success 'check objects expected to exist locally' \
+'cd D &&
+echo "5 objects" > expected &&
+git count-objects | cut -d, -f1 > current &&
+diff expected current'
+
+cd "$base_dir"
+
 test_done