diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa7ccce3a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+GIT v1.6.5.2 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.5.1
+--------------------
+
+ * Installation of templates triggered a bug in busybox when using tar
+   implementation from it.
+
+ * "git add -i" incorrectly ignored paths that are already in the index
+   if they matched .gitignore patterns.
+
+ * "git describe --always" should have produced some output even there
+   were no tags in the repository, but it didn't.
+
+ * "git ls-files" when showing tracked files incorrectly paid attention
+   to the exclude patterns.
+
+Other minor documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
index 5f1fecb5ec4..abf34e6ace5 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 GIT v1.6.6 Release Notes
 ========================
 
+In this release, "git fsck" defaults to "git fsck --full" and checks
+packfiles, and because of this it will take much longer to complete
+than before.  If you prefer a quicker check only on loose objects (the
+old default), you can say "git fsck --no-full".  This has been
+supported by 1.5.4 and newer versions of git, so it is safe to write
+it in your script even if you use slightly older git on some of your
+machines.
+
 In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.6, "git
 push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by
 default.
@@ -38,8 +46,28 @@ Updates since v1.6.5
 
 (usability, bells and whistles)
 
+ * The object replace mechanism can be bypassed with --no-replace-objects
+   global option given to the "git" program.
+
+ * "git fsck" by default checks the packfiles (i.e. "--full" is the
+   default); you can turn it off with "git fsck --no-full".
+
+ * import-tars contributed fast-import frontend learned more types of
+   compressed tarballs.
+
+ * "git instaweb" knows how to talk with mod_cgid to apache2.
+
  * "git log --decorate" shows the location of HEAD as well.
 
+ * "git rebase -i" learned "reword" that acts like "edit" but immediately
+   starts an editor to tweak the log message without returning control to
+   the shell, which is done by "edit" to give an opportunity to tweak the
+   contents.
+
+ * Author names shown in gitweb output are links to search commits by the
+   author.
+
+
 (developers)
 
 Fixes since v1.6.5
@@ -58,3 +86,23 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
    whitespace attribute).  The 'trailing-space' whitespace error class has
    become a short-hand to cover both of these and there is no behaviour
    change for existing set-ups.
+
+ * "git cvsimport" did not work well when it is fed filenames from the
+   command line and is not started at the top of the work tree.  We should
+   backport this by merging f6fdbb6 (cvsimport: fix relative argument
+   filenames, 2009-10-19).
+
+ * The way gitweb escapes its CGI parameters were broken especially when
+   the parameter was a UTF-8 string.  We may want to backport this to
+   1.6.5.X series by merging 452e225 (gitweb: fix esc_param, 2009-10-13).
+
+ * gitweb used to show 'patch' link for merge commits but the output from
+   it is not usable to feed "git am" with.  We may want to backport this
+   to 1.6.5.X series by merging 1655c98 (gitweb: Do not show 'patch' link
+   for merge commits, 2009-10-09).
+
+---
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+echo O=$(git describe master)
+O=v1.6.5.2-73-g9b12444
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5a8f57cbf77..d1e2120e15b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1324,6 +1324,11 @@ rebase.stat::
 	Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
 	rebase. False by default.
 
+receive.autogc::
+	By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
+	receiving data from git-push and updating refs.  You can stop
+	it by setting this variable to false.
+
 receive.fsckObjects::
 	If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
 	objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
@@ -1359,6 +1364,10 @@ receive.denyNonFastForwards::
 	even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
 	set when initializing a shared repository.
 
+receive.updateserverinfo::
+	If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
+	after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
+
 remote.<name>.url::
 	The URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
 	linkgit:git-push[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 5ebcba1c7c6..7e7d9fcf508 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --local::
 -l::
 	When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
-	this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
+	this flag bypasses the normal "git aware" transport
 	mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
 	HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
 	The files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -s::
 	When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
 	instead of using hard links, automatically setup
-	.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
+	`.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects
 	with the source repository.  The resulting repository
 	starts out without any object of its own.
 +
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
 repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any
 other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the
 source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling).
-These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit')
+These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as `git commit`)
 which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].)
 If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
 then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --reference <repository>::
 	If the reference repository is on the local machine,
-	automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
+	automatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to
 	obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
 	an already existing repository as an alternate will
 	require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
 	being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
 +
-*NOTE*: see NOTE to --shared option.
+*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option.
 
 --quiet::
 -q::
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --verbose::
 -v::
-	Display the progressbar, even in case the standard output is not
+	Display the progress bar, even in case the standard output is not
 	a terminal.
 
 --no-checkout::
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	configuration variables are created.
 
 --mirror::
-	Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies --bare.
+	Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies `--bare`.
 
 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
-	Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
-	of the upstream repository, use <name>.
+	Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track
+	of the upstream repository, use `<name>`.
 
 --branch <name>::
 -b <name>::
 	Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
-	to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to <name> branch
+	to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch
 	instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
 	be checked out.
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 --recursive::
 	After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
 	using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
-	'git submodule update --init --recursive' immediately after
+	`git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after
 	the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned
 	repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of
 	`--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 <directory>::
 	The name of a new directory to clone into.  The "humanish"
 	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
+	explicitly given (`repo` for `/path/to/repo.git` and `foo`
+	for `host.xz:foo/.git`).  Cloning into an existing directory
 	is only allowed if the directory is empty.
 
 :git-clone: 1
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index 287c4fc5e07..6fe9484da32 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs]
-	 [--full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*]
+	 [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless
 	or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates,
 	and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack
 	and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
-	object pools.
+	object pools.  This is now default; you can turn it off
+	with --no-full.
 
 --strict::
 	Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index df46a343719..0f536793dfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.6.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5]
+* link:v1.6.5.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.2]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt[1.6.5.2],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt[1.6.5.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.5.txt[1.6.5].
 
diff --git a/builtin-describe.c b/builtin-describe.c
index 2dcfd3dfebd..eaa8a9d229c 100644
--- a/builtin-describe.c
+++ b/builtin-describe.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	for_each_ref(get_name, NULL);
-	if (!found_names)
+	if (!found_names && !always)
 		die("No names found, cannot describe anything.");
 
 	if (argc == 0) {
diff --git a/builtin-fsck.c b/builtin-fsck.c
index c58b0e337ed..2d88e4570f8 100644
--- a/builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/builtin-fsck.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static int show_root;
 static int show_tags;
 static int show_unreachable;
 static int include_reflogs = 1;
-static int check_full;
+static int check_full = 1;
 static int check_strict;
 static int keep_cache_objects;
 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
index 7d3e9cc7a04..093517e3900 100644
--- a/builtin-gc.c
+++ b/builtin-gc.c
@@ -216,10 +216,13 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		 */
 		if (!need_to_gc())
 			return 0;
-		fprintf(stderr, "Auto packing your repository for optimum "
-			"performance. You may also\n"
-			"run \"git gc\" manually. See "
-			"\"git help gc\" for more information.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Auto packing the repository for optimum performance.%s\n",
+			quiet
+			? ""
+			: (" You may also\n"
+			   "run \"git gc\" manually. See "
+			   "\"git help gc\" for more information."));
 	} else
 		append_option(argv_repack,
 			      prune_expire && !strcmp(prune_expire, "now")
diff --git a/builtin-receive-pack.c b/builtin-receive-pack.c
index b771fe9b20f..e8bde02c271 100644
--- a/builtin-receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-receive-pack.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ static int transfer_unpack_limit = -1;
 static int unpack_limit = 100;
 static int report_status;
 static int prefer_ofs_delta = 1;
+static int auto_update_server_info;
+static int auto_gc = 1;
 static const char *head_name;
 static char *capabilities_to_send;
 
@@ -88,6 +90,16 @@ static int receive_pack_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(var, "receive.updateserverinfo") == 0) {
+		auto_update_server_info = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(var, "receive.autogc") == 0) {
+		auto_gc = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -672,6 +684,14 @@ int cmd_receive_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			report(unpack_status);
 		run_receive_hook(post_receive_hook);
 		run_update_post_hook(commands);
+		if (auto_gc) {
+			const char *argv_gc_auto[] = {
+				"gc", "--auto", "--quiet", NULL,
+			};
+			run_command_v_opt(argv_gc_auto, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+		}
+		if (auto_update_server_info)
+			update_server_info(0);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
index 7001862bfdf..95438e1ed42 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 
 my $metaext = '';
 
-die "usage: import-tars [--metainfo=extension] *.tar.{gz,bz2,Z}\n"
+die "usage: import-tars [--metainfo=extension] *.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma,xz,Z}\n"
 	unless GetOptions('metainfo=s' => \$metaext) && @ARGV;
 
 my $branch_name = 'import-tars';
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV)
 	} elsif ($tar_name =~ s/\.tar\.Z$//) {
 		open(I, '-|', 'uncompress', '-c', $tar_file)
 			or die "Unable to uncompress -c $tar_file: $!\n";
+	} elsif ($tar_name =~ s/\.(tar\.(lzma|xz)|(tlz|txz))$//) {
+		open(I, '-|', 'xz', '-dc', $tar_file)
+			or die "Unable to xz -dc $tar_file: $!\n";
 	} elsif ($tar_name =~ s/\.tar$//) {
 		open(I, $tar_file) or die "Unable to open $tar_file: $!\n";
 	} else {
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 1ad20ac9645..a7d215c8aa4 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -579,10 +579,21 @@ sub get_headref ($) {
 	return $r;
 }
 
+my $user_filename_prepend = '';
+sub munge_user_filename {
+	my $name = shift;
+	return File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($name) ?
+		$name :
+		$user_filename_prepend . $name;
+}
+
 -d $git_tree
 	or mkdir($git_tree,0777)
 	or die "Could not create $git_tree: $!";
-chdir($git_tree);
+if ($git_tree ne '.') {
+	$user_filename_prepend = getwd() . '/';
+	chdir($git_tree);
+}
 
 my $last_branch = "";
 my $orig_branch = "";
@@ -644,7 +655,7 @@ unless (-d $git_dir) {
 -f "$git_dir/cvs-authors" and
   read_author_info("$git_dir/cvs-authors");
 if ($opt_A) {
-	read_author_info($opt_A);
+	read_author_info(munge_user_filename($opt_A));
 	write_author_info("$git_dir/cvs-authors");
 }
 
@@ -679,7 +690,7 @@ unless ($opt_P) {
 	$? == 0 or die "git-cvsimport: fatal: cvsps reported error\n";
 	close $cvspsfh;
 } else {
-	$cvspsfile = $opt_P;
+	$cvspsfile = munge_user_filename($opt_P);
 }
 
 open(CVS, "<$cvspsfile") or die $!;
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.css b/gitweb/gitweb.css
index d60bfc1f646..cb3f0baf05e 100644
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.css
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.css
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ img.avatar {
 	vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
+a.list img.avatar {
+	border-style: none;
+}
+
 div.page_header {
 	height: 25px;
 	padding: 8px;
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index c9e2af67ca5..e4cbfc35a76 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1607,6 +1607,29 @@ sub git_get_avatar {
 	}
 }
 
+sub format_search_author {
+	my ($author, $searchtype, $displaytext) = @_;
+	my $have_search = gitweb_check_feature('search');
+
+	if ($have_search) {
+		my $performed = "";
+		if ($searchtype eq 'author') {
+			$performed = "authored";
+		} elsif ($searchtype eq 'committer') {
+			$performed = "committed";
+		}
+
+		return $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"search", hash=>$hash,
+				searchtext=>$author,
+				searchtype=>$searchtype), class=>"list",
+				title=>"Search for commits $performed by $author"},
+				$displaytext);
+
+	} else {
+		return $displaytext;
+	}
+}
+
 # format the author name of the given commit with the given tag
 # the author name is chopped and escaped according to the other
 # optional parameters (see chop_str).
@@ -1615,8 +1638,10 @@ sub format_author_html {
 	my $co = shift;
 	my $author = chop_and_escape_str($co->{'author_name'}, @_);
 	return "<$tag class=\"author\">" .
-	       git_get_avatar($co->{'author_email'}, -pad_after => 1) .
-	       $author . "</$tag>";
+	       format_search_author($co->{'author_name'}, "author",
+		       git_get_avatar($co->{'author_email'}, -pad_after => 1) .
+		       $author) .
+	       "</$tag>";
 }
 
 # format git diff header line, i.e. "diff --(git|combined|cc) ..."
@@ -3400,10 +3425,11 @@ sub git_print_authorship {
 	my $co = shift;
 	my %opts = @_;
 	my $tag = $opts{-tag} || 'div';
+	my $author = $co->{'author_name'};
 
 	my %ad = parse_date($co->{'author_epoch'}, $co->{'author_tz'});
 	print "<$tag class=\"author_date\">" .
-	      esc_html($co->{'author_name'}) .
+	      format_search_author($author, "author", esc_html($author)) .
 	      " [$ad{'rfc2822'}";
 	print_local_time(%ad) if ($opts{-localtime});
 	print "]" . git_get_avatar($co->{'author_email'}, -pad_before => 1)
@@ -3422,8 +3448,12 @@ sub git_print_authorship_rows {
 	@people = ('author', 'committer') unless @people;
 	foreach my $who (@people) {
 		my %wd = parse_date($co->{"${who}_epoch"}, $co->{"${who}_tz"});
-		print "<tr><td>$who</td><td>" . esc_html($co->{$who}) . "</td>" .
-		      "<td rowspan=\"2\">" .
+		print "<tr><td>$who</td><td>" .
+		      format_search_author($co->{"${who}_name"}, $who,
+			       esc_html($co->{"${who}_name"})) . " " .
+		      format_search_author($co->{"${who}_email"}, $who,
+			       esc_html("<" . $co->{"${who}_email"} . ">")) .
+		      "</td><td rowspan=\"2\">" .
 		      git_get_avatar($co->{"${who}_email"}, -size => 'double') .
 		      "</td></tr>\n" .
 		      "<tr>" .
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 4cc8939e4b9..63981fb3fd9 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1357,8 +1357,6 @@ unsigned long get_size_from_delta(struct packed_git *p,
 		in = use_pack(p, w_curs, curpos, &stream.avail_in);
 		stream.next_in = in;
 		st = git_inflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
-		if (st == Z_BUF_ERROR && (stream.avail_in || !stream.avail_out))
-			break;
 		curpos += stream.next_in - in;
 	} while ((st == Z_OK || st == Z_BUF_ERROR) &&
 		 stream.total_out < sizeof(delta_head));
@@ -1589,15 +1587,15 @@ static void *unpack_compressed_entry(struct packed_git *p,
 	buffer[size] = 0;
 	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
 	stream.next_out = buffer;
-	stream.avail_out = size;
+	stream.avail_out = size + 1;
 
 	git_inflate_init(&stream);
 	do {
 		in = use_pack(p, w_curs, curpos, &stream.avail_in);
 		stream.next_in = in;
 		st = git_inflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
-		if (st == Z_BUF_ERROR && (stream.avail_in || !stream.avail_out))
-			break;
+		if (!stream.avail_out)
+			break; /* the payload is larger than it should be */
 		curpos += stream.next_in - in;
 	} while (st == Z_OK || st == Z_BUF_ERROR);
 	git_inflate_end(&stream);
diff --git a/t/t6120-describe.sh b/t/t6120-describe.sh
index 8c7e081c53e..f5a1b615f65 100755
--- a/t/t6120-describe.sh
+++ b/t/t6120-describe.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	echo one >file && git add file && git commit -m initial &&
 	one=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
 
+	git describe --always HEAD &&
+
 	test_tick &&
 	echo two >file && git add file && git commit -m second &&
 	two=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
index ebdccf9a1eb..fff6a6d0eab 100755
--- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh
+++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ test_expect_success 'GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT variable' '
 	GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true &&
 	export GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT &&
 
-	prompt=$(echo | git difftool --prompt branch | tail -1) &&
+	prompt=$(echo | git difftool branch | tail -1) &&
 	prompt_given "$prompt" &&
 
 	restore_test_defaults
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index a12c6e214e6..408f0137a83 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ clean:
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)'
 	(cd blt && $(TAR) cf - .) | \
-	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && umask 022 && $(TAR) xfo -)
+	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && umask 022 && $(TAR) xof -)