diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 813a7b11b9..9276faeb11 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ override configuration settings.
 	number.
 
 -S<string>::
-	Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
+	Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of
+	<string>. Note that this is different than the string simply
+	appearing in diff output; see the 'pickaxe' entry in
+	linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
 
 --pickaxe-all::
 	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 82ce89eae8..7131ee3c66 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
-'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 57bd333f0b..3d5a066c31 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -258,11 +258,23 @@ OPTIONS
 	context exist they all must match.  By default no context is
 	ever ignored.
 
+-f::
+--force-rebase::
+	Force the rebase even if the current branch is a descendant
+	of the commit you are rebasing onto.  Normally the command will
+	exit with the message "Current branch is up to date" in such a
+	situation.
+
 --whitespace=<option>::
 	This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program
 	(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
 	Incompatible with the --interactive option.
 
+--committer-date-is-author-date::
+--ignore-date::
+	These flags are passed to 'git-am' to easily change the dates
+	of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]).
+
 -i::
 --interactive::
 	Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased.  Let the
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b96c2b316f..aae3b09411 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring CYGWIN,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/cygwin.o
 endif
 ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
-	NO_MMAP = YesPlease
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
 	NO_OPENSSL = YesPlease
 	NO_CURL = YesPlease
@@ -808,6 +807,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
 	NO_ST_BLOCKS_IN_STRUCT_STAT = YesPlease
 	NO_NSEC = YesPlease
+	USE_WIN32_MMAP = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/regex -Icompat/fnmatch
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR=1
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
@@ -985,6 +985,11 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_MMAP
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_MMAP
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mmap.o
+else
+	ifdef USE_WIN32_MMAP
+		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DUSE_WIN32_MMAP
+		COMPAT_OBJS += compat/win32mmap.o
+	endif
 endif
 ifdef NO_PREAD
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_PREAD
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 1f00e44deb..5f889fee6b 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -32,21 +32,59 @@ static int find_tracked_branch(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int should_setup_rebase(const struct tracking *tracking)
+static int should_setup_rebase(const char *origin)
 {
 	switch (autorebase) {
 	case AUTOREBASE_NEVER:
 		return 0;
 	case AUTOREBASE_LOCAL:
-		return tracking->remote == NULL;
+		return origin == NULL;
 	case AUTOREBASE_REMOTE:
-		return tracking->remote != NULL;
+		return origin != NULL;
 	case AUTOREBASE_ALWAYS:
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote)
+{
+	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int rebasing = should_setup_rebase(origin);
+
+	strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.remote", local);
+	git_config_set(key.buf, origin ? origin : ".");
+
+	strbuf_reset(&key);
+	strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.merge", local);
+	git_config_set(key.buf, remote);
+
+	if (rebasing) {
+		strbuf_reset(&key);
+		strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.rebase", local);
+		git_config_set(key.buf, "true");
+	}
+
+	if (flag & BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE) {
+		strbuf_reset(&key);
+
+		strbuf_addstr(&key, origin ? "remote" : "local");
+
+		/* Are we tracking a proper "branch"? */
+		if (!prefixcmp(remote, "refs/heads/")) {
+			strbuf_addf(&key, " branch %s", remote + 11);
+			if (origin)
+				strbuf_addf(&key, " from %s", origin);
+		}
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(&key, " ref %s", remote);
+		printf("Branch %s set up to track %s%s.\n",
+		       local, key.buf,
+		       rebasing ? " by rebasing" : "");
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&key);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is called when new_ref is branched off of orig_ref, and tries
  * to infer the settings for branch.<new_ref>.{remote,merge} from the
@@ -55,7 +93,6 @@ static int should_setup_rebase(const struct tracking *tracking)
 static int setup_tracking(const char *new_ref, const char *orig_ref,
                           enum branch_track track)
 {
-	char key[1024];
 	struct tracking tracking;
 
 	if (strlen(new_ref) > 1024 - 7 - 7 - 1)
@@ -80,19 +117,10 @@ static int setup_tracking(const char *new_ref, const char *orig_ref,
 		return error("Not tracking: ambiguous information for ref %s",
 				orig_ref);
 
-	sprintf(key, "branch.%s.remote", new_ref);
-	git_config_set(key, tracking.remote ?  tracking.remote : ".");
-	sprintf(key, "branch.%s.merge", new_ref);
-	git_config_set(key, tracking.src ? tracking.src : orig_ref);
-	printf("Branch %s set up to track %s branch %s.\n", new_ref,
-		tracking.remote ? "remote" : "local", orig_ref);
-	if (should_setup_rebase(&tracking)) {
-		sprintf(key, "branch.%s.rebase", new_ref);
-		git_config_set(key, "true");
-		printf("This branch will rebase on pull.\n");
-	}
-	free(tracking.src);
+	install_branch_config(BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE, new_ref, tracking.remote,
+			      tracking.src ? tracking.src : orig_ref);
 
+	free(tracking.src);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index 9f0c2a2c1f..eed817a64c 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
  */
 void remove_branch_state(void);
 
+/*
+ * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote branch "remote"
+ * taken from origin "origin".
+ */
+#define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
+extern void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 7ddb65932d..cb67d2c17e 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void fill_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec,
 	/* Set up the default git porcelain excludes */
 	memset(dir, 0, sizeof(*dir));
 	if (!ignored_too) {
-		dir->collect_ignored = 1;
+		dir->flags |= DIR_COLLECT_IGNORED;
 		setup_standard_excludes(dir);
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 106be94105..b52aa20cfa 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 
 	struct option builtin_apply_options[] = {
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude", NULL, "path",
-			"don´t apply changes matching the given path",
+			"don't apply changes matching the given path",
 			0, option_parse_exclude },
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "include", NULL, "path",
 			"apply changes matching the given path",
@@ -3224,10 +3224,10 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 			"ignore additions made by the patch"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stat", &diffstat,
 			"instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the input"),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "allow-binary-replacement", &binary,
-			"now no-op"),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "binary", &binary,
-			"now no-op"),
+		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "allow-binary-replacement", &binary,
+		  NULL, "old option, now no-op", PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
+		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "binary", &binary,
+		  NULL, "old option, now no-op", PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numstat", &numstat,
 			"shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &summary,
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index c315f63398..9fdfc58d1a 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet;
 		topts.fn = twoway_merge;
 		topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
-		topts.dir->show_ignored = 1;
+		topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 		topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 		tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit->object.sha1);
 		init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
diff --git a/builtin-clean.c b/builtin-clean.c
index f78c2fb108..c5ad33d3e6 100644
--- a/builtin-clean.c
+++ b/builtin-clean.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir));
 	if (ignored_only)
-		dir.show_ignored = 1;
+		dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 
 	if (ignored && ignored_only)
 		die("-x and -X cannot be used together");
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die("clean.requireForce%s set and -n or -f not given; "
 		    "refusing to clean", config_set ? "" : " not");
 
-	dir.show_other_directories = 1;
+	dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES;
 
 	if (!ignored)
 		setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index efbc804a3d..0031b5f51c 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "pack-refs.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
+#include "branch.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 
@@ -315,19 +316,6 @@ static struct ref *write_remote_refs(const struct ref *refs,
 	return local_refs;
 }
 
-static void install_branch_config(const char *local,
-				  const char *origin,
-				  const char *remote)
-{
-	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
-	strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.remote", local);
-	git_config_set(key.buf, origin);
-	strbuf_reset(&key);
-	strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.merge", local);
-	git_config_set(key.buf, remote);
-	strbuf_release(&key);
-}
-
 int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int is_bundle = 0;
@@ -342,7 +330,8 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	char *src_ref_prefix = "refs/heads/";
 	int err = 0;
 
-	struct refspec refspec;
+	struct refspec *refspec;
+	const char *fetch_pattern;
 
 	junk_pid = getpid();
 
@@ -447,8 +436,14 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		strbuf_addf(&branch_top, "refs/remotes/%s/", option_origin);
 	}
 
+	strbuf_addf(&value, "+%s*:%s*", src_ref_prefix, branch_top.buf);
+
 	if (option_mirror || !option_bare) {
 		/* Configure the remote */
+		strbuf_addf(&key, "remote.%s.fetch", option_origin);
+		git_config_set_multivar(key.buf, value.buf, "^$", 0);
+		strbuf_reset(&key);
+
 		if (option_mirror) {
 			strbuf_addf(&key, "remote.%s.mirror", option_origin);
 			git_config_set(key.buf, "true");
@@ -457,19 +452,13 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		strbuf_addf(&key, "remote.%s.url", option_origin);
 		git_config_set(key.buf, repo);
-			strbuf_reset(&key);
-
-		strbuf_addf(&key, "remote.%s.fetch", option_origin);
-		strbuf_addf(&value, "+%s*:%s*", src_ref_prefix, branch_top.buf);
-		git_config_set_multivar(key.buf, value.buf, "^$", 0);
 		strbuf_reset(&key);
-		strbuf_reset(&value);
 	}
 
-	refspec.force = 0;
-	refspec.pattern = 1;
-	refspec.src = src_ref_prefix;
-	refspec.dst = branch_top.buf;
+	fetch_pattern = value.buf;
+	refspec = parse_fetch_refspec(1, &fetch_pattern);
+
+	strbuf_reset(&value);
 
 	if (path && !is_bundle)
 		refs = clone_local(path, git_dir);
@@ -503,7 +492,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (refs) {
 		clear_extra_refs();
 
-		mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, &refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
+		mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
 
 		remote_head = find_ref_by_name(refs, "HEAD");
 		head_points_at = guess_remote_head(remote_head, mapped_refs, 0);
@@ -514,7 +503,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		remote_head = NULL;
 		option_no_checkout = 1;
 		if (!option_bare)
-			install_branch_config("master", option_origin,
+			install_branch_config(0, "master", option_origin,
 					      "refs/heads/master");
 	}
 
@@ -544,7 +533,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				      head_points_at->peer_ref->name,
 				      reflog_msg.buf);
 
-			install_branch_config(head, option_origin,
+			install_branch_config(0, head, option_origin,
 					      head_points_at->name);
 		}
 	} else if (remote_head) {
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index d52a057444..d8da72cf20 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "color.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 
-static const char git_config_set_usage[] =
-"git config [ --global | --system | [ -f | --file ] config-file ] [ --bool | --int | --bool-or-int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list | --get-color var [default] | --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] | --edit | -e ]";
+static const char *const builtin_config_usage[] = {
+	"git config [options]",
+	NULL
+};
 
 static char *key;
 static regex_t *key_regexp;
@@ -16,7 +19,67 @@ static int seen;
 static char delim = '=';
 static char key_delim = ' ';
 static char term = '\n';
-static enum { T_RAW, T_INT, T_BOOL, T_BOOL_OR_INT } type = T_RAW;
+
+static int use_global_config, use_system_config;
+static const char *given_config_file;
+static int actions, types;
+static const char *get_color_slot, *get_colorbool_slot;
+static int end_null;
+
+#define ACTION_GET (1<<0)
+#define ACTION_GET_ALL (1<<1)
+#define ACTION_GET_REGEXP (1<<2)
+#define ACTION_REPLACE_ALL (1<<3)
+#define ACTION_ADD (1<<4)
+#define ACTION_UNSET (1<<5)
+#define ACTION_UNSET_ALL (1<<6)
+#define ACTION_RENAME_SECTION (1<<7)
+#define ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION (1<<8)
+#define ACTION_LIST (1<<9)
+#define ACTION_EDIT (1<<10)
+#define ACTION_SET (1<<11)
+#define ACTION_SET_ALL (1<<12)
+#define ACTION_GET_COLOR (1<<13)
+#define ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL (1<<14)
+
+#define TYPE_BOOL (1<<0)
+#define TYPE_INT (1<<1)
+#define TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT (1<<2)
+
+static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
+	OPT_GROUP("Config file location"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "global", &use_global_config, "use global config file"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "system", &use_system_config, "use system config file"),
+	OPT_STRING('f', "file", &given_config_file, "FILE", "use given config file"),
+	OPT_GROUP("Action"),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "get", &actions, "get value: name [value-regex]", ACTION_GET),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "get-all", &actions, "get all values: key [value-regex]", ACTION_GET_ALL),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "get-regexp", &actions, "get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex]", ACTION_GET_REGEXP),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "replace-all", &actions, "replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex]", ACTION_REPLACE_ALL),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, "adds a new variable: name value", ACTION_ADD),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, "removes a variable: name [value-regex]", ACTION_UNSET),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, "removes all matches: name [value-regex]", ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "rename-section", &actions, "rename section: old-name new-name", ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "remove-section", &actions, "remove a section: name", ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
+	OPT_BIT('l', "list", &actions, "list all", ACTION_LIST),
+	OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, "opens an editor", ACTION_EDIT),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "get-color", &get_color_slot, "slot", "find the color configured: [default]"),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "get-colorbool", &get_colorbool_slot, "slot", "find the color setting: [stdout-is-tty]"),
+	OPT_GROUP("Type"),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "bool", &types, "value is \"true\" or \"false\"", TYPE_BOOL),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "int", &types, "value is decimal number", TYPE_INT),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "bool-or-int", &types, "value is --bool or --int", TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT),
+	OPT_GROUP("Other"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &end_null, "terminate values with NUL byte"),
+	OPT_END(),
+};
+
+static void check_argc(int argc, int min, int max) {
+	if (argc >= min && argc <= max)
+		return;
+	error("wrong number of arguments");
+	usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
+}
 
 static int show_all_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 {
@@ -49,11 +112,11 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 	}
 	if (seen && !do_all)
 		dup_error = 1;
-	if (type == T_INT)
+	if (types == TYPE_INT)
 		sprintf(value, "%d", git_config_int(key_, value_?value_:""));
-	else if (type == T_BOOL)
+	else if (types == TYPE_BOOL)
 		vptr = git_config_bool(key_, value_) ? "true" : "false";
-	else if (type == T_BOOL_OR_INT) {
+	else if (types == TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT) {
 		int is_bool, v;
 		v = git_config_bool_or_int(key_, value_, &is_bool);
 		if (is_bool)
@@ -152,18 +215,18 @@ static char *normalize_value(const char *key, const char *value)
 	if (!value)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (type == T_RAW)
+	if (types == 0)
 		normalized = xstrdup(value);
 	else {
 		normalized = xmalloc(64);
-		if (type == T_INT) {
+		if (types == TYPE_INT) {
 			int v = git_config_int(key, value);
 			sprintf(normalized, "%d", v);
 		}
-		else if (type == T_BOOL)
+		else if (types == TYPE_BOOL)
 			sprintf(normalized, "%s",
 				git_config_bool(key, value) ? "true" : "false");
-		else if (type == T_BOOL_OR_INT) {
+		else if (types == TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT) {
 			int is_bool, v;
 			v = git_config_bool_or_int(key, value, &is_bool);
 			if (!is_bool)
@@ -178,6 +241,7 @@ static char *normalize_value(const char *key, const char *value)
 
 static int get_color_found;
 static const char *get_color_slot;
+static const char *get_colorbool_slot;
 static char parsed_color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
 
 static int git_get_color_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
@@ -191,29 +255,8 @@ static int git_get_color_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_color(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void get_color(const char *def_color)
 {
-	/*
-	 * grab the color setting for the given slot from the configuration,
-	 * or parse the default value if missing, and return ANSI color
-	 * escape sequence.
-	 *
-	 * e.g.
-	 * git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse"
-	 */
-	const char *def_color = NULL;
-
-	switch (argc) {
-	default:
-		usage(git_config_set_usage);
-	case 2:
-		def_color = argv[1];
-		/* fallthru */
-	case 1:
-		get_color_slot = argv[0];
-		break;
-	}
-
 	get_color_found = 0;
 	parsed_color[0] = '\0';
 	git_config(git_get_color_config, NULL);
@@ -222,7 +265,6 @@ static int get_color(int argc, const char **argv)
 		color_parse(def_color, "command line", parsed_color);
 
 	fputs(parsed_color, stdout);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int stdout_is_tty;
@@ -231,7 +273,7 @@ static int get_diff_color_found;
 static int git_get_colorbool_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 		void *cb)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(var, get_color_slot)) {
+	if (!strcmp(var, get_colorbool_slot)) {
 		get_colorbool_found =
 			git_config_colorbool(var, value, stdout_is_tty);
 	}
@@ -246,191 +288,188 @@ static int git_get_colorbool_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_colorbool(int argc, const char **argv)
+static int get_colorbool(int print)
 {
-	/*
-	 * git config --get-colorbool <slot> [<stdout-is-tty>]
-	 *
-	 * returns "true" or "false" depending on how <slot>
-	 * is configured.
-	 */
-
-	if (argc == 2)
-		stdout_is_tty = git_config_bool("command line", argv[1]);
-	else if (argc == 1)
-		stdout_is_tty = isatty(1);
-	else
-		usage(git_config_set_usage);
 	get_colorbool_found = -1;
 	get_diff_color_found = -1;
-	get_color_slot = argv[0];
 	git_config(git_get_colorbool_config, NULL);
 
 	if (get_colorbool_found < 0) {
-		if (!strcmp(get_color_slot, "color.diff"))
+		if (!strcmp(get_colorbool_slot, "color.diff"))
 			get_colorbool_found = get_diff_color_found;
 		if (get_colorbool_found < 0)
 			get_colorbool_found = git_use_color_default;
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 1) {
-		return get_colorbool_found ? 0 : 1;
-	} else {
+	if (print) {
 		printf("%s\n", get_colorbool_found ? "true" : "false");
 		return 0;
-	}
+	} else
+		return get_colorbool_found ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
-int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 {
 	int nongit;
 	char *value;
-	const char *file = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	const char *prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
 
 	config_exclusive_filename = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
 
-	while (1 < argc) {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--int"))
-			type = T_INT;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--bool"))
-			type = T_BOOL;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--bool-or-int"))
-			type = T_BOOL_OR_INT;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l")) {
-			if (argc != 2)
-				usage(git_config_set_usage);
-			if (git_config(show_all_config, NULL) < 0 &&
-					file && errno)
-				die("unable to read config file %s: %s", file,
-				    strerror(errno));
-			return 0;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--global")) {
-			char *home = getenv("HOME");
-			if (home) {
-				char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
-				config_exclusive_filename = user_config;
-			} else {
-				die("$HOME not set");
-			}
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--system"))
-			config_exclusive_filename = git_etc_gitconfig();
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--file") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-f")) {
-			if (argc < 3)
-				usage(git_config_set_usage);
-			if (!is_absolute_path(argv[2]) && file)
-				file = prefix_filename(file, strlen(file),
-						       argv[2]);
-			else
-				file = argv[2];
-			config_exclusive_filename = file;
-			argc--;
-			argv++;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--null") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-z")) {
-			term = '\0';
-			delim = '\n';
-			key_delim = '\n';
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--rename-section")) {
-			int ret;
-			if (argc != 4)
-				usage(git_config_set_usage);
-			ret = git_config_rename_section(argv[2], argv[3]);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				return ret;
-			if (ret == 0) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "No such section!\n");
-				return 1;
-			}
-			return 0;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--remove-section")) {
-			int ret;
-			if (argc != 3)
-				usage(git_config_set_usage);
-			ret = git_config_rename_section(argv[2], NULL);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				return ret;
-			if (ret == 0) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "No such section!\n");
-				return 1;
-			}
-			return 0;
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-color")) {
-			return get_color(argc-2, argv+2);
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-colorbool")) {
-			return get_colorbool(argc-2, argv+2);
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--edit") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-e")) {
-			if (argc != 2)
-				usage(git_config_set_usage);
-			git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
-			launch_editor(config_exclusive_filename ?
-				      config_exclusive_filename : git_path("config"),
-				      NULL, NULL);
-			return 0;
-		} else
-			break;
-		argc--;
-		argv++;
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_config_options, builtin_config_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+	if (use_global_config + use_system_config + !!given_config_file > 1) {
+		error("only one config file at a time.");
+		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 
-	switch (argc) {
-	case 2:
-		return get_value(argv[1], NULL);
-	case 3:
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--unset"))
-			return git_config_set(argv[2], NULL);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--unset-all"))
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], NULL, NULL, 1);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get"))
-			return get_value(argv[2], NULL);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-all")) {
-			do_all = 1;
-			return get_value(argv[2], NULL);
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-regexp")) {
-			show_keys = 1;
-			use_key_regexp = 1;
-			do_all = 1;
-			return get_value(argv[2], NULL);
+	if (use_global_config) {
+		char *home = getenv("HOME");
+		if (home) {
+			char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+			config_exclusive_filename = user_config;
 		} else {
-			value = normalize_value(argv[1], argv[2]);
-			return git_config_set(argv[1], value);
+			die("$HOME not set");
 		}
-	case 4:
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--unset"))
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], NULL, argv[3], 0);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--unset-all"))
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], NULL, argv[3], 1);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get"))
-			return get_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-all")) {
-			do_all = 1;
-			return get_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-regexp")) {
-			show_keys = 1;
-			use_key_regexp = 1;
-			do_all = 1;
-			return get_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--add")) {
-			value = normalize_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], value, "^$", 0);
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--replace-all")) {
-			value = normalize_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], value, NULL, 1);
-		} else {
-			value = normalize_value(argv[1], argv[2]);
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[1], value, argv[3], 0);
-		}
-	case 5:
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--replace-all")) {
-			value = normalize_value(argv[2], argv[3]);
-			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[2], value, argv[4], 1);
-		}
-	case 1:
-	default:
-		usage(git_config_set_usage);
 	}
+	else if (use_system_config)
+		config_exclusive_filename = git_etc_gitconfig();
+	else if (given_config_file) {
+		if (!is_absolute_path(given_config_file) && prefix)
+			config_exclusive_filename = prefix_filename(prefix,
+								    strlen(prefix),
+								    argv[2]);
+		else
+			config_exclusive_filename = given_config_file;
+	}
+
+	if (end_null) {
+		term = '\0';
+		delim = '\n';
+		key_delim = '\n';
+	}
+
+	if (HAS_MULTI_BITS(types)) {
+		error("only one type at a time.");
+		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
+	}
+
+	if (get_color_slot)
+	    actions |= ACTION_GET_COLOR;
+	if (get_colorbool_slot)
+	    actions |= ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL;
+
+	if ((get_color_slot || get_colorbool_slot) && types) {
+		error("--get-color and variable type are incoherent");
+		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
+	}
+
+	if (HAS_MULTI_BITS(actions)) {
+		error("only one action at a time.");
+		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
+	}
+	if (actions == 0)
+		switch (argc) {
+		case 1: actions = ACTION_GET; break;
+		case 2: actions = ACTION_SET; break;
+		case 3: actions = ACTION_SET_ALL; break;
+		default:
+			usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
+		}
+
+	if (actions == ACTION_LIST) {
+		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
+		if (git_config(show_all_config, NULL) < 0) {
+			if (config_exclusive_filename)
+				die("unable to read config file %s: %s",
+				    config_exclusive_filename, strerror(errno));
+			else
+				die("error processing config file(s)");
+		}
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_EDIT) {
+		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
+		git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+		launch_editor(config_exclusive_filename ?
+			      config_exclusive_filename : git_path("config"),
+			      NULL, NULL);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_SET) {
+		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
+		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+		return git_config_set(argv[0], value);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_SET_ALL) {
+		check_argc(argc, 2, 3);
+		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+		return git_config_set_multivar(argv[0], value, argv[2], 0);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_ADD) {
+		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
+		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+		return git_config_set_multivar(argv[0], value, "^$", 0);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_REPLACE_ALL) {
+		check_argc(argc, 2, 3);
+		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+		return git_config_set_multivar(argv[0], value, argv[2], 1);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_GET) {
+		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
+		return get_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_GET_ALL) {
+		do_all = 1;
+		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
+		return get_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_GET_REGEXP) {
+		show_keys = 1;
+		use_key_regexp = 1;
+		do_all = 1;
+		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
+		return get_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_UNSET) {
+		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
+		if (argc == 2)
+			return git_config_set_multivar(argv[0], NULL, argv[1], 0);
+		else
+			return git_config_set(argv[0], NULL);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_UNSET_ALL) {
+		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
+		return git_config_set_multivar(argv[0], NULL, argv[1], 1);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_RENAME_SECTION) {
+		int ret;
+		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
+		ret = git_config_rename_section(argv[0], argv[1]);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		if (ret == 0)
+			die("No such section!");
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION) {
+		int ret;
+		check_argc(argc, 1, 1);
+		ret = git_config_rename_section(argv[0], NULL);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		if (ret == 0)
+			die("No such section!");
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR) {
+		get_color(argv[0]);
+	}
+	else if (actions == ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL) {
+		if (argc == 1)
+			stdout_is_tty = git_config_bool("command line", argv[0]);
+		else if (argc == 0)
+			stdout_is_tty = isatty(1);
+		return get_colorbool(argc != 0);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
index 8d990ed493..fc556ed7f3 100644
--- a/builtin-gc.c
+++ b/builtin-gc.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_gc_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static int pack_refs = 1;
-static int aggressive_window = -1;
+static int aggressive_window = 250;
 static int gc_auto_threshold = 6700;
 static int gc_auto_pack_limit = 50;
 static const char *prune_expire = "2.weeks.ago";
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (aggressive) {
 		append_option(argv_repack, "-f", MAX_ADD);
+		append_option(argv_repack, "--depth=250", MAX_ADD);
 		if (aggressive_window > 0) {
 			sprintf(buf, "--window=%d", aggressive_window);
 			append_option(argv_repack, buf, MAX_ADD);
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 8684fcdb67..8af55d2879 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static FILE *realstdout = NULL;
 static const char *output_directory = NULL;
 static int outdir_offset;
 
-static int reopen_stdout(const char *oneline, int nr, int total)
+static int reopen_stdout(const char *oneline, int nr, struct rev_info *rev)
 {
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
 	int len = 0;
@@ -598,7 +598,9 @@ static int reopen_stdout(const char *oneline, int nr, int total)
 		strcpy(filename + len, fmt_patch_suffix);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(realstdout, "%s\n", filename + outdir_offset);
+	if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, QUIET))
+		fprintf(realstdout, "%s\n", filename + outdir_offset);
+
 	if (freopen(filename, "w", stdout) == NULL)
 		return error("Cannot open patch file %s",filename);
 
@@ -687,7 +689,7 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_stdout,
 		die("Cover letter needs email format");
 
 	if (!use_stdout && reopen_stdout(numbered_files ?
-				NULL : "cover-letter", 0, rev->total))
+				NULL : "cover-letter", 0, rev))
 		return;
 
 	head_sha1 = sha1_to_hex(head->object.sha1);
@@ -1106,7 +1108,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		if (!use_stdout && reopen_stdout(numbered_files ? NULL :
 				get_oneline_for_filename(commit, keep_subject),
-				rev.nr, rev.total))
+				rev.nr, &rev))
 			die("Failed to create output files");
 		shown = log_tree_commit(&rev, commit);
 		free(commit->buffer);
diff --git a/builtin-ls-files.c b/builtin-ls-files.c
index ca6f33d046..88e2697aeb 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-files.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "tree.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 
 static int abbrev;
 static int show_deleted;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ static const char **pathspec;
 static int error_unmatch;
 static char *ps_matched;
 static const char *with_tree;
+static int exc_given;
 
 static const char *tag_cached = "";
 static const char *tag_unmerged = "";
@@ -174,7 +176,8 @@ static void show_files(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *prefix)
 		for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
 			struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
 			int dtype = ce_to_dtype(ce);
-			if (excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype) != dir->show_ignored)
+			if (excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype) !=
+					!!(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED))
 				continue;
 			if (show_unmerged && !ce_stage(ce))
 				continue;
@@ -189,7 +192,8 @@ static void show_files(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *prefix)
 			struct stat st;
 			int err;
 			int dtype = ce_to_dtype(ce);
-			if (excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype) != dir->show_ignored)
+			if (excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype) !=
+					!!(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED))
 				continue;
 			if (ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE)
 				continue;
@@ -374,157 +378,139 @@ int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched, const char **pathspec, int prefix_
 	return errors;
 }
 
-static const char ls_files_usage[] =
-	"git ls-files [-z] [-t] [-v] (--[cached|deleted|others|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])* "
-	"[ --ignored ] [--exclude=<pattern>] [--exclude-from=<file>] "
-	"[ --exclude-per-directory=<filename> ] [--exclude-standard] "
-	"[--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]*";
+static const char * const ls_files_usage[] = {
+	"git ls-files [options] [<file>]*",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int option_parse_z(const struct option *opt,
+			  const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	line_terminator = unset ? '\n' : '\0';
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int option_parse_exclude(const struct option *opt,
+				const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	struct exclude_list *list = opt->value;
+
+	exc_given = 1;
+	add_exclude(arg, "", 0, list);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int option_parse_exclude_from(const struct option *opt,
+				     const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	struct dir_struct *dir = opt->value;
+
+	exc_given = 1;
+	add_excludes_from_file(dir, arg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int option_parse_exclude_standard(const struct option *opt,
+					 const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	struct dir_struct *dir = opt->value;
+
+	exc_given = 1;
+	setup_standard_excludes(dir);
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
 int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int i;
-	int exc_given = 0, require_work_tree = 0;
+	int require_work_tree = 0, show_tag = 0;
 	struct dir_struct dir;
+	struct option builtin_ls_files_options[] = {
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'z', NULL, NULL, NULL,
+			"paths are separated with NUL character",
+			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_z },
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('t', NULL, &show_tag,
+			"identify the file status with tags"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', NULL, &show_valid_bit,
+			"use lowercase letters for 'assume unchanged' files"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "cached", &show_cached,
+			"show cached files in the output (default)"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "deleted", &show_deleted,
+			"show deleted files in the output"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modified", &show_modified,
+			"show modified files in the output"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "others", &show_others,
+			"show other files in the output"),
+		OPT_BIT('i', "ignored", &dir.flags,
+			"show ignored files in the output",
+			DIR_SHOW_IGNORED),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stage", &show_stage,
+			"show staged contents' object name in the output"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "killed", &show_killed,
+			"show files on the filesystem that need to be removed"),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "directory", &dir.flags,
+			"show 'other' directories' name only",
+			DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "no-empty-directory", &dir.flags,
+			"don't show empty directories",
+			DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "unmerged", &show_unmerged,
+			"show unmerged files in the output"),
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'x', "exclude", &dir.exclude_list[EXC_CMDL], "pattern",
+			"skip files matching pattern",
+			0, option_parse_exclude },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'X', "exclude-from", &dir, "file",
+			"exclude patterns are read from <file>",
+			0, option_parse_exclude_from },
+		OPT_STRING(0, "exclude-per-directory", &dir.exclude_per_dir, "file",
+			"read additional per-directory exclude patterns in <file>"),
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude-standard", &dir, NULL,
+			"add the standard git exclusions",
+			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_exclude_standard },
+		{ OPTION_SET_INT, 0, "full-name", &prefix_offset, NULL,
+			"make the output relative to the project top directory",
+			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, NULL },
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "error-unmatch", &error_unmatch,
+			"if any <file> is not in the index, treat this as an error"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "with-tree", &with_tree, "tree-ish",
+			"pretend that paths removed since <tree-ish> are still present"),
+		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
 
 	memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir));
 	if (prefix)
 		prefix_offset = strlen(prefix);
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
-	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		const char *arg = argv[i];
-
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--")) {
-			i++;
-			break;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-z")) {
-			line_terminator = 0;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-t") || !strcmp(arg, "-v")) {
-			tag_cached = "H ";
-			tag_unmerged = "M ";
-			tag_removed = "R ";
-			tag_modified = "C ";
-			tag_other = "? ";
-			tag_killed = "K ";
-			if (arg[1] == 'v')
-				show_valid_bit = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-c") || !strcmp(arg, "--cached")) {
-			show_cached = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-d") || !strcmp(arg, "--deleted")) {
-			show_deleted = 1;
-			require_work_tree = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-m") || !strcmp(arg, "--modified")) {
-			show_modified = 1;
-			require_work_tree = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-o") || !strcmp(arg, "--others")) {
-			show_others = 1;
-			require_work_tree = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-i") || !strcmp(arg, "--ignored")) {
-			dir.show_ignored = 1;
-			require_work_tree = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-s") || !strcmp(arg, "--stage")) {
-			show_stage = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-k") || !strcmp(arg, "--killed")) {
-			show_killed = 1;
-			require_work_tree = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--directory")) {
-			dir.show_other_directories = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-empty-directory")) {
-			dir.hide_empty_directories = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-u") || !strcmp(arg, "--unmerged")) {
-			/* There's no point in showing unmerged unless
-			 * you also show the stage information.
-			 */
-			show_stage = 1;
-			show_unmerged = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-x") && i+1 < argc) {
-			exc_given = 1;
-			add_exclude(argv[++i], "", 0, &dir.exclude_list[EXC_CMDL]);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exclude=")) {
-			exc_given = 1;
-			add_exclude(arg+10, "", 0, &dir.exclude_list[EXC_CMDL]);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-X") && i+1 < argc) {
-			exc_given = 1;
-			add_excludes_from_file(&dir, argv[++i]);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exclude-from=")) {
-			exc_given = 1;
-			add_excludes_from_file(&dir, arg+15);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exclude-per-directory=")) {
-			exc_given = 1;
-			dir.exclude_per_dir = arg + 24;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--exclude-standard")) {
-			exc_given = 1;
-			setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--full-name")) {
-			prefix_offset = 0;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--error-unmatch")) {
-			error_unmatch = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--with-tree=")) {
-			with_tree = arg + 12;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--abbrev=")) {
-			abbrev = strtoul(arg+9, NULL, 10);
-			if (abbrev && abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
-				abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
-			else if (abbrev > 40)
-				abbrev = 40;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev")) {
-			abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (*arg == '-')
-			usage(ls_files_usage);
-		break;
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_ls_files_options,
+			ls_files_usage, 0);
+	if (show_tag || show_valid_bit) {
+		tag_cached = "H ";
+		tag_unmerged = "M ";
+		tag_removed = "R ";
+		tag_modified = "C ";
+		tag_other = "? ";
+		tag_killed = "K ";
 	}
+	if (show_modified || show_others || show_deleted || (dir.flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED) || show_killed)
+		require_work_tree = 1;
+	if (show_unmerged)
+		/*
+		 * There's no point in showing unmerged unless
+		 * you also show the stage information.
+		 */
+		show_stage = 1;
+	if (dir.exclude_per_dir)
+		exc_given = 1;
 
 	if (require_work_tree && !is_inside_work_tree())
 		setup_work_tree();
 
-	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + i);
+	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
 
 	/* be nice with submodule patsh ending in a slash */
 	read_cache();
@@ -543,7 +529,7 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		ps_matched = xcalloc(1, num);
 	}
 
-	if (dir.show_ignored && !exc_given) {
+	if ((dir.flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED) && !exc_given) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: --ignored needs some exclude pattern\n",
 			argv[0]);
 		exit(1);
diff --git a/builtin-ls-tree.c b/builtin-ls-tree.c
index fca46312f6..22008dfa8f 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-tree.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static int show_tree(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 	const char *type = blob_type;
-	unsigned long size;
 
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
 		/*
@@ -90,17 +89,20 @@ static int show_tree(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
 
 	if (!(ls_options & LS_NAME_ONLY)) {
 		if (ls_options & LS_SHOW_SIZE) {
+			char size_text[24];
 			if (!strcmp(type, blob_type)) {
-				sha1_object_info(sha1, &size);
-				printf("%06o %s %s %7lu\t", mode, type,
-				       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(sha1, abbrev)
-				              : sha1_to_hex(sha1),
-				       size);
+				unsigned long size;
+				if (sha1_object_info(sha1, &size) == OBJ_BAD)
+					strcpy(size_text, "BAD");
+				else
+					snprintf(size_text, sizeof(size_text),
+						 "%lu", size);
 			} else
-				printf("%06o %s %s %7c\t", mode, type,
-				       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(sha1, abbrev)
-				              : sha1_to_hex(sha1),
-				       '-');
+				strcpy(size_text, "-");
+			printf("%06o %s %s %7s\t", mode, type,
+			       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(sha1, abbrev)
+				      : sha1_to_hex(sha1),
+			       size_text);
 		} else
 			printf("%06o %s %s\t", mode, type,
 			       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(sha1, abbrev)
diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
index 6d2160d0a3..4c119359e7 100644
--- a/builtin-merge.c
+++ b/builtin-merge.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int checkout_fast_forward(unsigned char *head, unsigned char *remote)
 	memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
 	memset(&t, 0, sizeof(t));
 	memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir));
-	dir.show_ignored = 1;
+	dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 	dir.exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 	opts.dir = &dir;
 
diff --git a/builtin-read-tree.c b/builtin-read-tree.c
index 38fef34d3f..8e0273864d 100644
--- a/builtin-read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-read-tree.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 				die("more than one --exclude-per-directory are given.");
 
 			dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*opts.dir));
-			dir->show_ignored = 1;
+			dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 			dir->exclude_per_dir = arg + 24;
 			opts.dir = dir;
 			/* We do not need to nor want to do read-directory
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index e445b8ba38..993acd6a09 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -358,14 +358,9 @@ static int get_push_ref_states_noquery(struct ref_states *states)
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < remote->push_refspec_nr; i++) {
 		struct refspec *spec = remote->push + i;
-		char buf[PATH_MAX];
 		if (spec->matching)
 			item = string_list_append("(matching)", &states->push);
-		else if (spec->pattern) {
-			snprintf(buf, (sizeof(buf)), "%s*", spec->src);
-			item = string_list_append(buf, &states->push);
-			snprintf(buf, (sizeof(buf)), "%s*", spec->dst);
-		} else if (strlen(spec->src))
+		else if (strlen(spec->src))
 			item = string_list_append(spec->src, &states->push);
 		else
 			item = string_list_append("(delete)", &states->push);
@@ -373,10 +368,7 @@ static int get_push_ref_states_noquery(struct ref_states *states)
 		info = item->util = xcalloc(sizeof(struct push_info), 1);
 		info->forced = spec->force;
 		info->status = PUSH_STATUS_NOTQUERIED;
-		if (spec->pattern)
-			info->dest = xstrdup(buf);
-		else
-			info->dest = xstrdup(spec->dst ? spec->dst : item->string);
+		info->dest = xstrdup(spec->dst ? spec->dst : item->string);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -389,7 +381,7 @@ static int get_head_names(const struct ref *remote_refs, struct ref_states *stat
 
 	refspec.force = 0;
 	refspec.pattern = 1;
-	refspec.src = refspec.dst = "refs/heads/";
+	refspec.src = refspec.dst = "refs/heads/*";
 	states->heads.strdup_strings = 1;
 	get_fetch_map(remote_refs, &refspec, &fetch_map_tail, 0);
 	matches = guess_remote_head(find_ref_by_name(remote_refs, "HEAD"),
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 7e52f3607f..762eb143a7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz);
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 
+#ifdef USE_WIN32_MMAP
+int mingw_getpagesize(void);
+#define getpagesize mingw_getpagesize
+#endif
+
 /* Use mingw_lstat() instead of lstat()/stat() and
  * mingw_fstat() instead of fstat() on Windows.
  */
diff --git a/compat/win32mmap.c b/compat/win32mmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..779d796cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/win32mmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+
+/*
+ * Note that this doesn't return the actual pagesize, but
+ * the allocation granularity. If future Windows specific git code
+ * needs the real getpagesize function, we need to find another solution.
+ */
+int mingw_getpagesize(void)
+{
+	SYSTEM_INFO si;
+	GetSystemInfo(&si);
+	return si.dwAllocationGranularity;
+}
+
+void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset)
+{
+	HANDLE hmap;
+	void *temp;
+	size_t len;
+	struct stat st;
+	uint64_t o = offset;
+	uint32_t l = o & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+	uint32_t h = (o >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+
+	if (!fstat(fd, &st))
+		len = xsize_t(st.st_size);
+	else
+		die("mmap: could not determine filesize");
+
+	if ((length + offset) > len)
+		length = len - offset;
+
+	if (!(flags & MAP_PRIVATE))
+		die("Invalid usage of mmap when built with USE_WIN32_MMAP");
+
+	hmap = CreateFileMapping((HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd), 0, PAGE_WRITECOPY,
+		0, 0, 0);
+
+	if (!hmap)
+		return MAP_FAILED;
+
+	temp = MapViewOfFileEx(hmap, FILE_MAP_COPY, h, l, length, start);
+
+	if (!CloseHandle(hmap))
+		warning("unable to close file mapping handle\n");
+
+	return temp ? temp : MAP_FAILED;
+}
+
+int git_munmap(void *start, size_t length)
+{
+	return !UnmapViewOfFile(start);
+}
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 0c8c76f13b..50efd639c4 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -644,28 +644,37 @@ int git_config_global(void)
 
 int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, found = 0;
 	char *repo_config = NULL;
 	const char *home = NULL;
 
 	/* Setting $GIT_CONFIG makes git read _only_ the given config file. */
 	if (config_exclusive_filename)
 		return git_config_from_file(fn, config_exclusive_filename, data);
-	if (git_config_system() && !access(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK))
+	if (git_config_system() && !access(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, git_etc_gitconfig(),
 					    data);
+		found += 1;
+	}
 
 	home = getenv("HOME");
 	if (git_config_global() && home) {
 		char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
-		if (!access(user_config, R_OK))
+		if (!access(user_config, R_OK)) {
 			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, user_config, data);
+			found += 1;
+		}
 		free(user_config);
 	}
 
 	repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
-	ret += git_config_from_file(fn, repo_config, data);
+	if (!access(repo_config, R_OK)) {
+		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, repo_config, data);
+		found += 1;
+	}
 	free(repo_config);
+	if (found == 0)
+		return -1;
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 082a03d3cf..4e728bca35 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ else \
 	if test "$withval" = "yes"; then \
 		AC_MSG_WARN([You should provide path for --with-$1=PATH]); \
 	else \
+		m4_toupper($1)_PATH=$withval; \
+		AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting m4_toupper($1)_PATH to $withval]); \
 		GIT_CONF_APPEND_LINE(${PROGRAM}_PATH=$withval); \
 	fi; \
 fi; \
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then \
 	m4_toupper(NO_$1)=; \
 else \
 	m4_toupper(NO_$1)=; \
+	m4_toupper($1)DIR=$withval; \
+	AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting m4_toupper($1)DIR to $withval]); \
 	GIT_CONF_APPEND_LINE(${PACKAGE}DIR=$withval); \
 fi \
 ])# GIT_PARSE_WITH
@@ -76,6 +80,32 @@ AC_DEFUN([GIT_CHECK_FUNC],[AC_CHECK_FUNC([$1],[
   AC_SEARCH_LIBS([$1],,
   [$2],[$3])
 ],[$3])])
+
+dnl
+dnl GIT_STASH_FLAGS(BASEPATH_VAR)
+dnl -----------------------------
+dnl Allow for easy stashing of LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS before running
+dnl tests that may want to take user settings into account.
+AC_DEFUN([GIT_STASH_FLAGS],[
+if test -n "$1"; then
+   old_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+   old_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+   CPPFLAGS="-I$1/include $CPPFLAGS"
+   LDFLAGS="-L$1/$lib $LDFLAGS"
+fi
+])
+
+dnl
+dnl GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS(BASEPATH_VAR)
+dnl -----------------------------
+dnl Restore the stashed *FLAGS values.
+AC_DEFUN([GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS],[
+if test -n "$1"; then
+   CPPFLAGS="$old_CPPFLAGS"
+   LDFLAGS="$old_LDFLAGS"
+fi
+])
+
 ## Site configuration related to programs (before tests)
 ## --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] and --without-PACKAGE
 #
@@ -86,9 +116,124 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([lib],
  [if test "$withval" = "no" || test "$withval" = "yes"; then \
 	AC_MSG_WARN([You should provide name for --with-lib=ARG]); \
 else \
+	lib=$withval; \
+	AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting lib to '$lib']); \
 	GIT_CONF_APPEND_LINE(lib=$withval); \
 fi; \
 ],[])
+
+if test -z "$lib"; then
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting lib to 'lib' (the default)])
+   lib=lib
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([pthreads],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-pthreads=FLAGS],
+  [FLAGS is the value to pass to the compiler to enable POSIX Threads.]
+  [The default if FLAGS is not specified is to try first -pthread]
+  [and then -lpthread.]
+  [--without-pthreads will disable threading.])],
+[
+if test "x$enableval" = "xyes"; then
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Will try -pthread then -lpthread to enable POSIX Threads])
+elif test "x$enableval" != "xno"; then
+   PTHREAD_CFLAGS=$enableval
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting '$PTHREAD_CFLAGS' as the FLAGS to enable POSIX Threads])
+else
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([POSIX Threads will be disabled.])
+   NO_PTHREADS=YesPlease
+   USER_NOPTHREAD=1
+fi],
+[
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Will try -pthread then -lpthread to enable POSIX Threads.])
+])
+
+## Site configuration (override autodetection)
+## --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] and --without-PACKAGE
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for site configuration])
+#
+# Define NO_SVN_TESTS if you want to skip time-consuming SVN interoperability
+# tests.  These tests take up a significant amount of the total test time
+# but are not needed unless you plan to talk to SVN repos.
+#
+# Define MOZILLA_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
+# a bundled SHA1 routine coming from Mozilla. It is GPL'd and should be fast
+# on non-x86 architectures (e.g. PowerPC), while the OpenSSL version (default
+# choice) has very fast version optimized for i586.
+#
+# Define PPC_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
+# a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for PowerPC.
+#
+# Define ARM_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
+# a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for ARM.
+#
+# Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.
+# This also implies MOZILLA_SHA1.
+#
+# Define OPENSSLDIR=/foo/bar if your openssl header and library files are in
+# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
+AC_ARG_WITH(openssl,
+AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl],[use OpenSSL library (default is YES)])
+AS_HELP_STRING([],              [ARG can be prefix for openssl library and headers]),\
+GIT_PARSE_WITH(openssl))
+#
+# Define NO_CURL if you do not have curl installed.  git-http-pull and
+# git-http-push are not built, and you cannot use http:// and https://
+# transports.
+#
+# Define CURLDIR=/foo/bar if your curl header and library files are in
+# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
+AC_ARG_WITH(curl,
+AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curl],[support http(s):// transports (default is YES)])
+AS_HELP_STRING([],           [ARG can be also prefix for curl library and headers]),
+GIT_PARSE_WITH(curl))
+#
+# Define NO_EXPAT if you do not have expat installed.  git-http-push is
+# not built, and you cannot push using http:// and https:// transports.
+#
+# Define EXPATDIR=/foo/bar if your expat header and library files are in
+# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
+AC_ARG_WITH(expat,
+AS_HELP_STRING([--with-expat],
+[support git-push using http:// and https:// transports via WebDAV (default is YES)])
+AS_HELP_STRING([],            [ARG can be also prefix for expat library and headers]),
+GIT_PARSE_WITH(expat))
+#
+# Define NO_FINK if you are building on Darwin/Mac OS X, have Fink
+# installed in /sw, but don't want GIT to link against any libraries
+# installed there.  If defined you may specify your own (or Fink's)
+# include directories and library directories by defining CFLAGS
+# and LDFLAGS appropriately.
+#
+# Define NO_DARWIN_PORTS if you are building on Darwin/Mac OS X,
+# have DarwinPorts installed in /opt/local, but don't want GIT to
+# link against any libraries installed there.  If defined you may
+# specify your own (or DarwinPort's) include directories and
+# library directories by defining CFLAGS and LDFLAGS appropriately.
+#
+# Define NO_MMAP if you want to avoid mmap.
+#
+# Define NO_ICONV if your libc does not properly support iconv.
+AC_ARG_WITH(iconv,
+AS_HELP_STRING([--without-iconv],
+[if your architecture doesn't properly support iconv])
+AS_HELP_STRING([--with-iconv=PATH],
+[PATH is prefix for libiconv library and headers])
+AS_HELP_STRING([],
+[used only if you need linking with libiconv]),
+GIT_PARSE_WITH(iconv))
+
+## --enable-FEATURE[=ARG] and --disable-FEATURE
+#
+# Define USE_NSEC below if you want git to care about sub-second file mtimes
+# and ctimes. Note that you need recent glibc (at least 2.2.4) for this, and
+# it will BREAK YOUR LOCAL DIFFS! show-diff and anything using it will likely
+# randomly break unless your underlying filesystem supports those sub-second
+# times (my ext3 doesn't).
+#
+# Define USE_STDEV below if you want git to care about the underlying device
+# change being considered an inode change from the update-index perspective.
+
 #
 # Define SHELL_PATH to provide path to shell.
 GIT_ARG_SET_PATH(shell)
@@ -167,7 +312,7 @@ fi
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(ASCIIDOC, [asciidoc])
 if test -n "$ASCIIDOC"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for asciidoc version])
-	asciidoc_version=`$ASCIIDOC --version 2>&1`
+	asciidoc_version=`$ASCIIDOC --version 2>/dev/null`
 	case "${asciidoc_version}" in
 	asciidoc' '8*)
 		ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease
@@ -191,33 +336,57 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for libraries])
 #
 # Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.
 # Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO if you need -lcrypto with -lssl (Darwin).
+
+GIT_STASH_FLAGS($OPENSSLDIR)
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [SHA1_Init],
 [NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO=],
 [AC_CHECK_LIB([ssl], [SHA1_Init],
  [NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO=YesPlease
   NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO=],
  [NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease])])
+
+GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($OPENSSLDIR)
+
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO)
 AC_SUBST(NO_OPENSSL)
+
 #
 # Define NO_CURL if you do not have libcurl installed.  git-http-pull and
 # git-http-push are not built, and you cannot use http:// and https://
 # transports.
+
+GIT_STASH_FLAGS($CURLDIR)
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB([curl], [curl_global_init],
 [NO_CURL=],
 [NO_CURL=YesPlease])
+
+GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($CURLDIR)
+
 AC_SUBST(NO_CURL)
+
 #
 # Define NO_EXPAT if you do not have expat installed.  git-http-push is
 # not built, and you cannot push using http:// and https:// transports.
+
+GIT_STASH_FLAGS($EXPATDIR)
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB([expat], [XML_ParserCreate],
 [NO_EXPAT=],
 [NO_EXPAT=YesPlease])
+
+GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($EXPATDIR)
+
 AC_SUBST(NO_EXPAT)
+
 #
 # Define NEEDS_LIBICONV if linking with libc is not enough (Darwin and
 # some Solaris installations).
 # Define NO_ICONV if neither libc nor libiconv support iconv.
+
+GIT_STASH_FLAGS($ICONVDIR)
+
 AC_DEFUN([ICONVTEST_SRC], [
 #include <iconv.h>
 
@@ -227,25 +396,46 @@ int main(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 ])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for iconv in -lc])
-AC_LINK_IFELSE(ICONVTEST_SRC,
+
+if test -n "$ICONVDIR"; then
+   lib_order="-liconv -lc"
+else
+   lib_order="-lc -liconv"
+fi
+
+NO_ICONV=YesPlease
+
+for l in $lib_order; do
+    if test "$l" = "-liconv"; then
+       NEEDS_LIBICONV=YesPlease
+    else
+       NEEDS_LIBICONV=
+    fi
+
+    old_LIBS="$LIBS"
+    LIBS="$LIBS $l"
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for iconv in $l])
+    AC_LINK_IFELSE(ICONVTEST_SRC,
 	[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-	NEEDS_LIBICONV=],
-	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-	old_LIBS="$LIBS"
-	LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for iconv in -liconv])
-	AC_LINK_IFELSE(ICONVTEST_SRC,
-		[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-		NEEDS_LIBICONV=YesPlease],
-		[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-		NO_ICONV=YesPlease])
-	LIBS="$old_LIBS"])
+	NO_ICONV=
+	break],
+	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+    LIBS="$old_LIBS"
+done
+
+#in case of break
+LIBS="$old_LIBS"
+
+GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($ICONVDIR)
+
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_LIBICONV)
 AC_SUBST(NO_ICONV)
-test -n "$NEEDS_LIBICONV" && LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
+
 #
 # Define NO_DEFLATE_BOUND if deflateBound is missing from zlib.
+
+GIT_STASH_FLAGS($ZLIB_PATH)
+
 AC_DEFUN([ZLIBTEST_SRC], [
 #include <zlib.h>
 
@@ -263,7 +453,11 @@ AC_LINK_IFELSE(ZLIBTEST_SRC,
 	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 	NO_DEFLATE_BOUND=yes])
 LIBS="$old_LIBS"
+
+GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($ZLIB_PATH)
+
 AC_SUBST(NO_DEFLATE_BOUND)
+
 #
 # Define NEEDS_SOCKET if linking with libc is not enough (SunOS,
 # Patrick Mauritz).
@@ -297,13 +491,18 @@ int main(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 ]])
+
+GIT_STASH_FLAGS($ICONVDIR)
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for old iconv()])
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(OLDICONVTEST_SRC,
 	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])],
 	[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
 	OLD_ICONV=UnfortunatelyYes])
-AC_SUBST(OLD_ICONV)
 
+GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($ICONVDIR)
+
+AC_SUBST(OLD_ICONV)
 
 ## Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics])
@@ -494,114 +693,65 @@ AC_SUBST(NO_MKDTEMP)
 #
 # Define PTHREAD_LIBS to the linker flag used for Pthread support and define
 # THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH if Pthreads are available.
-AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-  [[#include <pthread.h>]],
-  [[pthread_mutex_t test_mutex;]]
-)])
-${CC} -pthread conftest.c -o conftest.o > /dev/null 2>&1
-if test $? -eq 0;then
- PTHREAD_LIBS="-pthread"
- THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH=YesPlease
+AC_DEFUN([PTHREADTEST_SRC], [
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	pthread_mutex_t test_mutex;
+	return (0);
+}
+])
+
+dnl AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+dnl   [[#include <pthread.h>]],
+dnl   [[pthread_mutex_t test_mutex;]]
+dnl )])
+
+NO_PTHREADS=UnfortunatelyYes
+THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH=
+PTHREAD_LIBS=
+
+if test -n "$USER_NOPTHREAD"; then
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Skipping POSIX Threads at user request.])
+# handle these separately since PTHREAD_CFLAGS could be '-lpthreads
+# -D_REENTRANT' or some such.
+elif test -z "$PTHREAD_CFLAGS"; then
+  for opt in -pthread -lpthread; do
+     old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+     CFLAGS="$opt $CFLAGS"
+     AC_MSG_CHECKING([Checking for POSIX Threads with '$opt'])
+     AC_LINK_IFELSE(PTHREADTEST_SRC,
+	[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+		NO_PTHREADS=
+		PTHREAD_LIBS="$opt"
+		THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH=YesPlease
+		break
+	],
+	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+      CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS"
+  done
 else
- ${CC} -lpthread conftest.c -o conftest.o > /dev/null 2>&1
- if test $? -eq 0;then
-  PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
-  THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH=YesPlease
- else
-  NO_PTHREADS=UnfortunatelyYes
- fi
+  old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([Checking for POSIX Threads with '$PTHREAD_CFLAGS'])
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE(PTHREADTEST_SRC,
+	[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+		NO_PTHREADS=
+		PTHREAD_LIBS="$PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+		THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH=YesPlease
+	],
+	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+
+  CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS"
 fi
+
+CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS"
+
 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(NO_PTHREADS)
 AC_SUBST(THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH)
 
-## Site configuration (override autodetection)
-## --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] and --without-PACKAGE
-AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for site configuration])
-#
-# Define NO_SVN_TESTS if you want to skip time-consuming SVN interoperability
-# tests.  These tests take up a significant amount of the total test time
-# but are not needed unless you plan to talk to SVN repos.
-#
-# Define MOZILLA_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
-# a bundled SHA1 routine coming from Mozilla. It is GPL'd and should be fast
-# on non-x86 architectures (e.g. PowerPC), while the OpenSSL version (default
-# choice) has very fast version optimized for i586.
-#
-# Define PPC_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
-# a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for PowerPC.
-#
-# Define ARM_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
-# a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for ARM.
-#
-# Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.
-# This also implies MOZILLA_SHA1.
-#
-# Define OPENSSLDIR=/foo/bar if your openssl header and library files are in
-# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
-AC_ARG_WITH(openssl,
-AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl],[use OpenSSL library (default is YES)])
-AS_HELP_STRING([],              [ARG can be prefix for openssl library and headers]),\
-GIT_PARSE_WITH(openssl))
-#
-# Define NO_CURL if you do not have curl installed.  git-http-pull and
-# git-http-push are not built, and you cannot use http:// and https://
-# transports.
-#
-# Define CURLDIR=/foo/bar if your curl header and library files are in
-# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
-AC_ARG_WITH(curl,
-AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curl],[support http(s):// transports (default is YES)])
-AS_HELP_STRING([],           [ARG can be also prefix for curl library and headers]),
-GIT_PARSE_WITH(curl))
-#
-# Define NO_EXPAT if you do not have expat installed.  git-http-push is
-# not built, and you cannot push using http:// and https:// transports.
-#
-# Define EXPATDIR=/foo/bar if your expat header and library files are in
-# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
-AC_ARG_WITH(expat,
-AS_HELP_STRING([--with-expat],
-[support git-push using http:// and https:// transports via WebDAV (default is YES)])
-AS_HELP_STRING([],            [ARG can be also prefix for expat library and headers]),
-GIT_PARSE_WITH(expat))
-#
-# Define NO_FINK if you are building on Darwin/Mac OS X, have Fink
-# installed in /sw, but don't want GIT to link against any libraries
-# installed there.  If defined you may specify your own (or Fink's)
-# include directories and library directories by defining CFLAGS
-# and LDFLAGS appropriately.
-#
-# Define NO_DARWIN_PORTS if you are building on Darwin/Mac OS X,
-# have DarwinPorts installed in /opt/local, but don't want GIT to
-# link against any libraries installed there.  If defined you may
-# specify your own (or DarwinPort's) include directories and
-# library directories by defining CFLAGS and LDFLAGS appropriately.
-#
-# Define NO_MMAP if you want to avoid mmap.
-#
-# Define NO_ICONV if your libc does not properly support iconv.
-AC_ARG_WITH(iconv,
-AS_HELP_STRING([--without-iconv],
-[if your architecture doesn't properly support iconv])
-AS_HELP_STRING([--with-iconv=PATH],
-[PATH is prefix for libiconv library and headers])
-AS_HELP_STRING([],
-[used only if you need linking with libiconv]),
-GIT_PARSE_WITH(iconv))
-
-## --enable-FEATURE[=ARG] and --disable-FEATURE
-#
-# Define USE_NSEC below if you want git to care about sub-second file mtimes
-# and ctimes. Note that you need recent glibc (at least 2.2.4) for this, and
-# it will BREAK YOUR LOCAL DIFFS! show-diff and anything using it will likely
-# randomly break unless your underlying filesystem supports those sub-second
-# times (my ext3 doesn't).
-#
-# Define USE_STDEV below if you want git to care about the underlying device
-# change being considered an inode change from the update-index perspective.
-
-
 ## Output files
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(["${config_file}":"${config_in}":"${config_append}"])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
index 23aeb257b9..6309d146e7 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
@@ -14,13 +14,18 @@ die "usage: import-tars *.tar.{gz,bz2,Z}\n" unless @ARGV;
 
 my $branch_name = 'import-tars';
 my $branch_ref = "refs/heads/$branch_name";
-my $committer_name = 'T Ar Creator';
-my $committer_email = 'tar@example.com';
+my $author_name = $ENV{'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME'} || 'T Ar Creator';
+my $author_email = $ENV{'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL'} || 'tar@example.com';
+my $committer_name = $ENV{'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'} || `git config --get user.name`;
+my $committer_email = $ENV{'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'} || `git config --get user.email`;
+
+chomp($committer_name, $committer_email);
 
 open(FI, '|-', 'git', 'fast-import', '--quiet')
 	or die "Unable to start git fast-import: $!\n";
 foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV)
 {
+	my $commit_time = time;
 	$tar_file =~ m,([^/]+)$,;
 	my $tar_name = $1;
 
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV)
 		die "Unrecognized compression format: $tar_file\n";
 	}
 
-	my $commit_time = 0;
+	my $author_time = 0;
 	my $next_mark = 1;
 	my $have_top_dir = 1;
 	my ($top_dir, %files);
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV)
 		}
 		$files{$path} = [$next_mark++, $mode];
 
-		$commit_time = $mtime if $mtime > $commit_time;
+		$author_time = $mtime if $mtime > $author_time;
 		$path =~ m,^([^/]+)/,;
 		$top_dir = $1 unless $top_dir;
 		$have_top_dir = 0 if $top_dir ne $1;
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV)
 
 	print FI <<EOF;
 commit $branch_ref
+author $author_name <$author_email> $author_time +0000
 committer $committer_name <$committer_email> $commit_time +0000
 data <<END_OF_COMMIT_MESSAGE
 Imported from $tar_file.
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ EOF
 	print FI <<EOF;
 tag $tar_name
 from $branch_ref
-tagger $committer_name <$committer_email> $commit_time +0000
+tagger $author_name <$author_email> $author_time +0000
 data <<END_OF_TAG_MESSAGE
 Package $tar_name
 END_OF_TAG_MESSAGE
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 371bcf7cfb..c91ebfb46f 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -487,14 +487,14 @@ static enum directory_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
 		return recurse_into_directory;
 
 	case index_gitdir:
-		if (dir->show_other_directories)
+		if (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES)
 			return ignore_directory;
 		return show_directory;
 
 	case index_nonexistent:
-		if (dir->show_other_directories)
+		if (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES)
 			break;
-		if (!dir->no_gitlinks) {
+		if (!(dir->flags & DIR_NO_GITLINKS)) {
 			unsigned char sha1[20];
 			if (resolve_gitlink_ref(dirname, "HEAD", sha1) == 0)
 				return show_directory;
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static enum directory_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
 	}
 
 	/* This is the "show_other_directories" case */
-	if (!dir->hide_empty_directories)
+	if (!(dir->flags & DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES))
 		return show_directory;
 	if (!read_directory_recursive(dir, dirname, dirname, len, 1, simplify))
 		return ignore_directory;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int read_directory_recursive(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, co
 
 			dtype = DTYPE(de);
 			exclude = excluded(dir, fullname, &dtype);
-			if (exclude && dir->collect_ignored
+			if (exclude && (dir->flags & DIR_COLLECT_IGNORED)
 			    && in_pathspec(fullname, baselen + len, simplify))
 				dir_add_ignored(dir, fullname, baselen + len);
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int read_directory_recursive(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, co
 			 * Excluded? If we don't explicitly want to show
 			 * ignored files, ignore it
 			 */
-			if (exclude && !dir->show_ignored)
+			if (exclude && !(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED))
 				continue;
 
 			if (dtype == DT_UNKNOWN)
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int read_directory_recursive(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, co
 			 * even if we don't ignore them, since the
 			 * directory may contain files that we do..
 			 */
-			if (!exclude && dir->show_ignored) {
+			if (!exclude && (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED)) {
 				if (dtype != DT_DIR)
 					continue;
 			}
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ static int read_directory_recursive(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, co
 				len++;
 				switch (treat_directory(dir, fullname, baselen + len, simplify)) {
 				case show_directory:
-					if (exclude != dir->show_ignored)
+					if (exclude != !!(dir->flags
+							& DIR_SHOW_IGNORED))
 						continue;
 					break;
 				case recurse_into_directory:
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index bdc2d47447..541286ad1d 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ struct exclude_stack {
 struct dir_struct {
 	int nr, alloc;
 	int ignored_nr, ignored_alloc;
-	unsigned int show_ignored:1,
-		     show_other_directories:1,
-		     hide_empty_directories:1,
-		     no_gitlinks:1,
-		     collect_ignored:1;
+	enum {
+		DIR_SHOW_IGNORED = 1<<0,
+		DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES = 1<<1,
+		DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES = 1<<2,
+		DIR_NO_GITLINKS = 1<<3,
+		DIR_COLLECT_IGNORED = 1<<4
+	} flags;
 	struct dir_entry **entries;
 	struct dir_entry **ignored;
 
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 19062534a1..f09f244061 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
 	return strncmp(str, prefix, len) ? NULL : str + len;
 }
 
-#ifdef NO_MMAP
+#if defined(NO_MMAP) || defined(USE_WIN32_MMAP)
 
 #ifndef PROT_READ
 #define PROT_READ 1
@@ -180,13 +180,19 @@ static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
 extern void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
 extern int git_munmap(void *start, size_t length);
 
+#else /* NO_MMAP || USE_WIN32_MMAP */
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+#endif /* NO_MMAP || USE_WIN32_MMAP */
+
+#ifdef NO_MMAP
+
 /* This value must be multiple of (pagesize * 2) */
 #define DEFAULT_PACKED_GIT_WINDOW_SIZE (1 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 #else /* NO_MMAP */
 
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-
 /* This value must be multiple of (pagesize * 2) */
 #define DEFAULT_PACKED_GIT_WINDOW_SIZE \
 	(sizeof(void*) >= 8 \
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 3dc659dd58..314cd364b8 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -442,6 +442,30 @@ do_rest () {
 	done
 }
 
+# skip picking commits whose parents are unchanged
+skip_unnecessary_picks () {
+	fd=3
+	while read command sha1 rest
+	do
+		# fd=3 means we skip the command
+		case "$fd,$command,$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet $sha1^)" in
+		3,pick,"$ONTO"*|3,p,"$ONTO"*)
+			# pick a commit whose parent is current $ONTO -> skip
+			ONTO=$sha1
+			;;
+		3,#*|3,,*)
+			# copy comments
+			;;
+		*)
+			fd=1
+			;;
+		esac
+		echo "$command${sha1:+ }$sha1${rest:+ }$rest" >&$fd
+	done <"$TODO" >"$TODO.new" 3>>"$DONE" &&
+	mv -f "$TODO".new "$TODO" ||
+	die "Could not skip unnecessary pick commands"
+}
+
 # check if no other options are set
 is_standalone () {
 	test $# -eq 2 -a "$2" = '--' &&
@@ -746,6 +770,8 @@ EOF
 		has_action "$TODO" ||
 			die_abort "Nothing to do"
 
+		test -d "$REWRITTEN" || skip_unnecessary_picks
+
 		git update-ref ORIG_HEAD $HEAD
 		output git checkout $ONTO && do_rest
 		;;
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index d38ab0b83f..0ade699228 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ do
 			;;
 		esac
 		;;
+	--committer-date-is-author-date|--ignore-date)
+		git_am_opt="$git_am_opt $1"
+		force_rebase=t
+		;;
 	-C*)
 		git_am_opt="$git_am_opt $1"
 		;;
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index be99b34168..f3a27d7d6e 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ void compile_grep_patterns(struct grep_opt *opt)
 	 * A classic recursive descent parser would do.
 	 */
 	p = opt->pattern_list;
-	opt->pattern_expression = compile_pattern_expr(&p);
+	if (p)
+		opt->pattern_expression = compile_pattern_expr(&p);
 	if (p)
 		die("incomplete pattern expression: %s", p->pattern);
 }
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b2a37e1185..8d3c502a15 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ static inline int bad_ref_char(int ch)
 int check_ref_format(const char *ref)
 {
 	int ch, level, bad_type;
+	int ret = CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK;
 	const char *cp = ref;
 
 	level = 0;
@@ -709,18 +710,18 @@ int check_ref_format(const char *ref)
 			return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
 		bad_type = bad_ref_char(ch);
 		if (bad_type) {
-			return (bad_type == 2 && !*cp)
-				? CHECK_REF_FORMAT_WILDCARD
-				: CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
+			if (bad_type == 2 && (!*cp || *cp == '/') &&
+			    ret == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK)
+				ret = CHECK_REF_FORMAT_WILDCARD;
+			else
+				return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
 		}
 
 		/* scan the rest of the path component */
 		while ((ch = *cp++) != 0) {
 			bad_type = bad_ref_char(ch);
 			if (bad_type) {
-				return (bad_type == 2 && !*cp)
-					? CHECK_REF_FORMAT_WILDCARD
-					: CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
+				return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
 			}
 			if (ch == '/')
 				break;
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ int check_ref_format(const char *ref)
 		if (!ch) {
 			if (level < 2)
 				return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL;
-			return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK;
+			return ret;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index baa50aab65..e5d6b100d7 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ static struct refspec s_tag_refspec = {
 	0,
 	1,
 	0,
-	"refs/tags/",
-	"refs/tags/"
+	"refs/tags/*",
+	"refs/tags/*"
 };
 
 const struct refspec *tag_refspec = &s_tag_refspec;
@@ -455,16 +455,11 @@ static void read_config(void)
  */
 static int verify_refname(char *name, int is_glob)
 {
-	int result, len = -1;
+	int result;
 
-	if (is_glob) {
-		len = strlen(name);
-		assert(name[len - 1] == '/');
-		name[len - 1] = '\0';
-	}
 	result = check_ref_format(name);
-	if (is_glob)
-		name[len - 1] = '/';
+	if (is_glob && result == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_WILDCARD)
+		result = CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK;
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -520,16 +515,15 @@ static struct refspec *parse_refspec_internal(int nr_refspec, const char **refsp
 
 		if (rhs) {
 			size_t rlen = strlen(++rhs);
-			is_glob = (2 <= rlen && !strcmp(rhs + rlen - 2, "/*"));
-			rs[i].dst = xstrndup(rhs, rlen - is_glob);
+			is_glob = (1 <= rlen && strchr(rhs, '*'));
+			rs[i].dst = xstrndup(rhs, rlen);
 		}
 
 		llen = (rhs ? (rhs - lhs - 1) : strlen(lhs));
-		if (2 <= llen && !memcmp(lhs + llen - 2, "/*", 2)) {
+		if (1 <= llen && memchr(lhs, '*', llen)) {
 			if ((rhs && !is_glob) || (!rhs && fetch))
 				goto invalid;
 			is_glob = 1;
-			llen--;
 		} else if (rhs && is_glob) {
 			goto invalid;
 		}
@@ -729,6 +723,41 @@ int remote_has_url(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int match_name_with_pattern(const char *key, const char *name,
+				   const char *value, char **result)
+{
+	const char *kstar = strchr(key, '*');
+	size_t klen;
+	size_t ksuffixlen;
+	size_t namelen;
+	int ret;
+	if (!kstar)
+		die("Key '%s' of pattern had no '*'", key);
+	klen = kstar - key;
+	ksuffixlen = strlen(kstar + 1);
+	namelen = strlen(name);
+	ret = !strncmp(name, key, klen) && namelen >= klen + ksuffixlen &&
+		!memcmp(name + namelen - ksuffixlen, kstar + 1, ksuffixlen);
+	if (ret && value) {
+		const char *vstar = strchr(value, '*');
+		size_t vlen;
+		size_t vsuffixlen;
+		if (!vstar)
+			die("Value '%s' of pattern has no '*'", value);
+		vlen = vstar - value;
+		vsuffixlen = strlen(vstar + 1);
+		*result = xmalloc(vlen + vsuffixlen +
+				  strlen(name) -
+				  klen - ksuffixlen + 1);
+		strncpy(*result, value, vlen);
+		strncpy(*result + vlen,
+			name + klen, namelen - klen - ksuffixlen);
+		strcpy(*result + vlen + namelen - klen - ksuffixlen,
+		       vstar + 1);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int remote_find_tracking(struct remote *remote, struct refspec *refspec)
 {
 	int find_src = refspec->src == NULL;
@@ -752,13 +781,7 @@ int remote_find_tracking(struct remote *remote, struct refspec *refspec)
 		if (!fetch->dst)
 			continue;
 		if (fetch->pattern) {
-			if (!prefixcmp(needle, key)) {
-				*result = xmalloc(strlen(value) +
-						  strlen(needle) -
-						  strlen(key) + 1);
-				strcpy(*result, value);
-				strcpy(*result + strlen(value),
-				       needle + strlen(key));
+			if (match_name_with_pattern(key, needle, value, result)) {
 				refspec->force = fetch->force;
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -1041,7 +1064,8 @@ static const struct refspec *check_pattern_match(const struct refspec *rs,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (rs[i].pattern && !prefixcmp(src->name, rs[i].src))
+		if (rs[i].pattern && match_name_with_pattern(rs[i].src, src->name,
+							     NULL, NULL))
 			return rs + i;
 	}
 	if (matching_refs != -1)
@@ -1095,11 +1119,9 @@ int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
 
 		} else {
 			const char *dst_side = pat->dst ? pat->dst : pat->src;
-			dst_name = xmalloc(strlen(dst_side) +
-					   strlen(src->name) -
-					   strlen(pat->src) + 2);
-			strcpy(dst_name, dst_side);
-			strcat(dst_name, src->name + strlen(pat->src));
+			if (!match_name_with_pattern(pat->src, src->name,
+						     dst_side, &dst_name))
+				die("Didn't think it matches any more");
 		}
 		dst_peer = find_ref_by_name(dst, dst_name);
 		if (dst_peer) {
@@ -1177,19 +1199,17 @@ static struct ref *get_expanded_map(const struct ref *remote_refs,
 	struct ref *ret = NULL;
 	struct ref **tail = &ret;
 
-	int remote_prefix_len = strlen(refspec->src);
-	int local_prefix_len = strlen(refspec->dst);
+	char *expn_name;
 
 	for (ref = remote_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		if (strchr(ref->name, '^'))
 			continue; /* a dereference item */
-		if (!prefixcmp(ref->name, refspec->src)) {
-			const char *match;
+		if (match_name_with_pattern(refspec->src, ref->name,
+					    refspec->dst, &expn_name)) {
 			struct ref *cpy = copy_ref(ref);
-			match = ref->name + remote_prefix_len;
 
-			cpy->peer_ref = alloc_ref_with_prefix(refspec->dst,
-					local_prefix_len, match);
+			cpy->peer_ref = alloc_ref(expn_name);
+			free(expn_name);
 			if (refspec->force)
 				cpy->peer_ref->force = 1;
 			*tail = cpy;
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 6ed06840b8..bfbd81632e 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -139,14 +139,11 @@ void strbuf_list_free(struct strbuf **sbs)
 
 int strbuf_cmp(const struct strbuf *a, const struct strbuf *b)
 {
-	int cmp;
-	if (a->len < b->len) {
-		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, a->len);
-		return cmp ? cmp : -1;
-	} else {
-		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, b->len);
-		return cmp ? cmp : a->len != b->len;
-	}
+	int len = a->len < b->len ? a->len: b->len;
+	int cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, len);
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
+	return a->len < b->len ? -1: a->len != b->len;
 }
 
 void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len,
diff --git a/t/lib-git-svn.sh b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
index 67c431d4eb..de384e6ac3 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-svn.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ git_svn_id=git""-svn-id
 
 if test -n "$NO_SVN_TESTS"
 then
-	test_expect_success 'skipping git svn tests, NO_SVN_TESTS defined' :
+	say 'skipping git svn tests, NO_SVN_TESTS defined'
 	test_done
 	exit
 fi
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SVN_TREE=$GIT_SVN_DIR/svn-tree
 svn >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 1
 then
-    test_expect_success 'skipping git svn tests, svn not found' :
+    say 'skipping git svn tests, svn not found'
     test_done
     exit
 fi
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ then
 	else
 		err='Perl SVN libraries not found or unusable, skipping test'
 	fi
-	test_expect_success "$err" :
+	say "$err"
 	test_done
 	exit
 fi
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
index f460e40416..21aa42f1c6 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ServerName dummy
+LockFile accept.lock
 PidFile httpd.pid
 DocumentRoot www
 LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
@@ -8,12 +9,6 @@ ErrorLog error.log
 	LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
 </IfModule>
 
-<IfDefine Darwin>
-	LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
-	LockFile accept.lock
-	PidFile httpd.pid
-</IfDefine>
-
 <IfDefine SSL>
 LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
 
diff --git a/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh b/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh
index e5330395fc..ae90d34f6c 100755
--- a/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh
+++ b/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test_expect_success 'tar archive' '
 
 "$UNZIP" -v >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
-	echo "Skipping ZIP test, because unzip was not found"
+	say "Skipping ZIP test, because unzip was not found"
 	test_done
 	exit
 fi
diff --git a/t/t0050-filesystem.sh b/t/t0050-filesystem.sh
index 7edf49db3c..a449580c8a 100755
--- a/t/t0050-filesystem.sh
+++ b/t/t0050-filesystem.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ auml=`printf '\xc3\xa4'`
 aumlcdiar=`printf '\x61\xcc\x88'`
 
 case_insensitive=
+unibad=
 test_expect_success 'see if we expect ' '
 
 	test_case=test_expect_success
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ test_expect_success 'see if we expect ' '
 	then
 		test_case=test_expect_failure
 		case_insensitive=t
-		say "will test on a case insensitive filesystem"
 	fi &&
 	rm -fr junk &&
 	mkdir junk &&
@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@ test_expect_success 'see if we expect ' '
 	case "$(cd junk && echo *)" in
 	"$aumlcdiar")
 		test_unicode=test_expect_failure
-		say "will test on a unicode corrupting filesystem"
+		unibad=t
 		;;
 	*)	;;
 	esac &&
 	rm -fr junk
 '
 
+test "$case_insensitive" &&
+	say "will test on a case insensitive filesystem"
+test "$unibad" &&
+	say "will test on a unicode corrupting filesystem"
+
 if test "$case_insensitive"
 then
 test_expect_success "detection of case insensitive filesystem during repo init" '
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 1e25694e95..55bbced973 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,14 @@ EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'multiple unset is correct' 'cmp .git/config expect'
 
-mv .git/config2 .git/config
+cp .git/config2 .git/config
+
+test_expect_success '--replace-all missing value' '
+	test_must_fail git config --replace-all beta.haha &&
+	test_cmp .git/config2 .git/config
+'
+
+rm .git/config2
 
 test_expect_success '--replace-all' \
 	'git config --replace-all beta.haha gamma'
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index 5b24f05573..80af6b9b7e 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	E=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD:A/B/E` &&
 	check_fsck &&
 
-	chmod +x C &&
-	( test "`git config --bool core.filemode`" != false ||
-	  echo executable >>C ) &&
+	test_chmod +x C &&
 	git add C &&
 	test_tick && git commit -m dragon &&
 	L=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD` &&
diff --git a/t/t2200-add-update.sh b/t/t2200-add-update.sh
index 652801ebca..5a8d52f2ff 100755
--- a/t/t2200-add-update.sh
+++ b/t/t2200-add-update.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add -u resolves unmerged paths' '
 	echo 2 >path3 &&
 	echo 2 >path5 &&
 	git add -u &&
-	git ls-files -s path1 path3 path4 path5 path6 >actual &&
+	git ls-files -s path1 path2 path3 path4 path5 path6 >actual &&
 	{
 		echo "100644 $three 0	path1"
 		echo "100644 $one 1	path3"
diff --git a/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh b/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh
index 808d9eae5a..b09f583cb1 100755
--- a/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh
+++ b/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ filesystem.
     path2/file2 - a file in a directory
     path3-junk  - a file to confuse things
     path3/file3 - a file in a directory
+    path4       - an empty directory
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 date >path0
 ln -s xyzzy path1
 test "$no_symlinks" && date > path1
-mkdir path2 path3
+mkdir path2 path3 path4
 date >path2/file2
 date >path2-junk
 date >path3/file3
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ git update-index --add path3-junk path3/file3
 cat >expected1 <<EOF
 expected1
 expected2
+expected3
 output
 path0
 path1
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ path2-junk
 path2/file2
 EOF
 sed -e 's|path2/file2|path2/|' <expected1 >expected2
+cat <expected2 >expected3
+echo path4/ >>expected2
 
 test_expect_success \
     'git ls-files --others to show output.' \
@@ -54,4 +58,12 @@ test_expect_success \
     'git ls-files --others --directory should not get confused.' \
     'test_cmp expected2 output'
 
+test_expect_success \
+    'git ls-files --others --directory --no-empty-directory to show output.' \
+    'git ls-files --others --directory --no-empty-directory >output'
+
+test_expect_success \
+    '--no-empty-directory hides empty directory' \
+    'test_cmp expected3 output'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index be7ae5a004..6e391a3702 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase a single mode change' '
      git checkout -b modechange HEAD^ &&
      echo 1 > X &&
      git add X &&
-     chmod a+x A &&
+     test_chmod +x A &&
      test_tick &&
-     git commit -m modechange A X &&
+     git commit -m modechange &&
      GIT_TRACE=1 git rebase master
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 603b003edf..c32ff6682b 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -459,4 +459,15 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule rebase -i' '
 	FAKE_LINES="1 squash 2 3" git rebase -i A
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'avoid unnecessary reset' '
+	git checkout master &&
+	test-chmtime =123456789 file3 &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	git rebase -i HEAD~4 &&
+	test $HEAD = $(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	MTIME=$(test-chmtime -v +0 file3 | sed 's/[^0-9].*$//') &&
+	test 123456789 = $MTIME
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh
index 95542e9cfe..2aefbcf471 100755
--- a/t/t3600-rm.sh
+++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ embedded'
 embedded' &&
      git commit -m 'add files with tabs and newlines'
      else
-         say 'Your filesystem does not allow tabs in filenames.'
          test_tabs=n
      fi"
 
+test "$test_tabs" = n && say 'Your filesystem does not allow tabs in filenames.'
+
 # Later we will try removing an unremovable path to make sure
 # git rm barfs, but if the test is run as root that cannot be
 # arranged.
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ test_expect_success \
     'test_must_fail git rm -f baz'
 chmod 775 .
 else
-    test_expect_success 'skipping removal failure (perhaps running as root?)' :
+    say 'skipping removal failure test (perhaps running as root?)'
 fi
 
 test_expect_success \
diff --git a/t/t4006-diff-mode.sh b/t/t4006-diff-mode.sh
index 4e92fce1d0..8c1b81e248 100755
--- a/t/t4006-diff-mode.sh
+++ b/t/t4006-diff-mode.sh
@@ -15,21 +15,10 @@ test_expect_success \
      tree=`git write-tree` &&
      echo $tree'
 
-if [ "$(git config --get core.filemode)" = false ]
-then
-	say 'filemode disabled on the filesystem, using update-index --chmod=+x'
-	test_expect_success \
-	    'git update-index --chmod=+x' \
-	    'git update-index rezrov &&
-	     git update-index --chmod=+x rezrov &&
-	     git diff-index $tree >current'
-else
-	test_expect_success \
-	    'chmod' \
-	    'chmod +x rezrov &&
-	     git update-index rezrov &&
-	     git diff-index $tree >current'
-fi
+test_expect_success \
+    'chmod' \
+    'test_chmod +x rezrov &&
+     git diff-index $tree >current'
 
 _x40='[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]'
 _x40="$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40"
diff --git a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
index 9cd5a6e685..426e64e828 100755
--- a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
+++ b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ do
 	'' | '#'*) continue ;;
 	esac
 	test=`echo "$cmd" | sed -e 's|[/ ][/ ]*|_|g'`
-	cnt=`expr $test_count + 1`
-	pfx=`printf "%04d" $cnt`
+	pfx=`printf "%04d" $test_count`
 	expect="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t4013/diff.$test"
 	actual="$pfx-diff.$test"
 
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index ebfc4a6590..f187d15e32 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	git checkout -b side &&
 
 	for i in 1 2 5 6 A B C 7 8 9 10; do echo "$i"; done >file &&
-	chmod +x elif &&
-	git update-index file elif &&
-	git update-index --chmod=+x elif &&
+	test_chmod +x elif &&
 	git commit -m "Side changes #1" &&
 
 	for i in D E F; do echo "$i"; done >>file &&
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index b3e54e9641..43abda87af 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git archive --format=zip with --output' \
 
 $UNZIP -v >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
-	echo "Skipping ZIP tests, because unzip was not found"
+	say "Skipping ZIP tests, because unzip was not found"
 	test_done
 	exit
 fi
diff --git a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
index e43c1efad1..e2aa254eae 100755
--- a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
+++ b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
@@ -10,30 +10,13 @@ test_description='git pack-object
 
 TRASH=`pwd`
 
-x4k=xxxxxxxx
-x4k="$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k"
-x4k="$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k"
-x4k="$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k$x4k"
-
-corrupt()
-{
-	(
-	read -d "" -n $4 l
-	echo -n "$l"
-	read -d "" -n $3 l
-	echo -n ${x4k:0:$3} | tr x '\0'
-	cat
-	) < $1 > $2
-}
-
 test_expect_success \
     'setup' \
     'rm -f .git/index*
-     for i in a b c
-     do
-	     echo -n "$x4k" | tr x $i >$i &&
-	     git update-index --add $i || return 1
-     done &&
+     perl -e "print \"a\" x 4096;" > a &&
+     perl -e "print \"b\" x 4096;" > b &&
+     perl -e "print \"c\" x 4096;" > c &&
+     git update-index --add a b c &&
      cat c >d && echo foo >>d && git update-index --add d &&
      tree=`git write-tree` &&
      commit=`git commit-tree $tree </dev/null` && {
@@ -236,7 +219,8 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'verify-pack catches a corrupted pack signature' \
-    'corrupt test-1-${packname_1}.pack test-3.pack 1 2 &&
+    'cat test-1-${packname_1}.pack >test-3.pack &&
+     echo | dd of=test-3.pack count=1 bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=2 &&
      if git verify-pack test-3.idx
      then false
      else :;
@@ -244,7 +228,8 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'verify-pack catches a corrupted pack version' \
-    'corrupt test-1-${packname_1}.pack test-3.pack 1 7 &&
+    'cat test-1-${packname_1}.pack >test-3.pack &&
+     echo | dd of=test-3.pack count=1 bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=7 &&
      if git verify-pack test-3.idx
      then false
      else :;
@@ -252,7 +237,8 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'verify-pack catches a corrupted type/size of the 1st packed object data' \
-    'corrupt test-1-${packname_1}.pack test-3.pack 1 12 &&
+    'cat test-1-${packname_1}.pack >test-3.pack &&
+     echo | dd of=test-3.pack count=1 bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=12 &&
      if git verify-pack test-3.idx
      then false
      else :;
@@ -262,7 +248,8 @@ test_expect_success \
     'verify-pack catches a corrupted sum of the index file itself' \
     'l=`wc -c <test-3.idx` &&
      l=`expr $l - 20` &&
-     corrupt test-1-${packname_1}.pack test-3.pack 20 $l &&
+     cat test-1-${packname_1}.pack >test-3.pack &&
+     printf "%20s" "" | dd of=test-3.idx count=20 bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$l &&
      if git verify-pack test-3.pack
      then false
      else :;
@@ -310,7 +297,7 @@ test_expect_success \
      packname_4=$(git pack-objects test-4 <obj-list) &&
      test 3 = $(ls test-4-*.pack | wc -l)'
 
-test_expect_success 'setup --strict tests' '
+test_expect_success 'unpacking with --strict' '
 
 	git config --unset pack.packsizelimit &&
 	for j in a b c d e f g
@@ -336,11 +323,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup --strict tests' '
 			echo "$LIST"
 			echo "$LI"
 			echo "$ST"
-		 ) | git pack-objects test-6 )
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'unpacking with --strict' '
-
+		 ) | git pack-objects test-6 ) &&
 	test_create_repo test-5 &&
 	(
 		cd test-5 &&
@@ -364,6 +347,30 @@ test_expect_success 'unpacking with --strict' '
 
 test_expect_success 'index-pack with --strict' '
 
+	for j in a b c d e f g
+	do
+		for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+		do
+			o=$(echo $j$i | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
+			echo "100644 $o	0 $j$i"
+		done
+	done >LIST &&
+	rm -f .git/index &&
+	git update-index --index-info <LIST &&
+	LIST=$(git write-tree) &&
+	rm -f .git/index &&
+	head -n 10 LIST | git update-index --index-info &&
+	LI=$(git write-tree) &&
+	rm -f .git/index &&
+	tail -n 10 LIST | git update-index --index-info &&
+	ST=$(git write-tree) &&
+	PACK5=$( git rev-list --objects "$LIST" "$LI" "$ST" | \
+		git pack-objects test-5 ) &&
+	PACK6=$( (
+			echo "$LIST"
+			echo "$LI"
+			echo "$ST"
+		 ) | git pack-objects test-6 ) &&
 	test_create_repo test-7 &&
 	(
 		cd test-7 &&
diff --git a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh
index 5da7d639dd..77982cdeac 100755
--- a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh
+++ b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
 test_description='pack index with 64-bit offsets and object CRC'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-zeros () {
-	while :; do
-		echo -n xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-	done | tr x '\0'
-}
-
 test_expect_success \
     'setup' \
     'rm -rf .git
@@ -214,7 +208,7 @@ test_expect_success \
      obj=`git hash-object file_001` &&
      nr=`index_obj_nr ".git/objects/pack/pack-${pack1}.idx" $obj` &&
      chmod +w ".git/objects/pack/pack-${pack1}.idx" &&
-     zeros | dd of=".git/objects/pack/pack-${pack1}.idx" conv=notrunc \
+     printf xxxx | dd of=".git/objects/pack/pack-${pack1}.idx" conv=notrunc \
         bs=1 count=4 seek=$((8 + 256 * 4 + `wc -l <obj-list` * 20 + $nr * 4)) &&
      ( while read obj
        do git cat-file -p $obj >/dev/null || exit 1
diff --git a/t/t5511-refspec.sh b/t/t5511-refspec.sh
index 1baf215af5..0d27a28491 100755
--- a/t/t5511-refspec.sh
+++ b/t/t5511-refspec.sh
@@ -81,4 +81,16 @@ test_refspec fetch ':refs/remotes/frotz/HEAD-to-me'
 test_refspec push ':refs/remotes/frotz/delete me'		invalid
 test_refspec fetch ':refs/remotes/frotz/HEAD to me'		invalid
 
+test_refspec fetch 'refs/heads/*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*-blah' invalid
+test_refspec push 'refs/heads/*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*-blah' invalid
+
+test_refspec fetch 'refs/heads*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*' invalid
+test_refspec push 'refs/heads*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*' invalid
+
+test_refspec fetch 'refs/heads/*/*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*' invalid
+test_refspec push 'refs/heads/*/*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*' invalid
+
+test_refspec fetch 'refs/heads/*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*'
+test_refspec push 'refs/heads/*/for-linus:refs/remotes/mine/*'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh b/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh
index 1f4608d8ba..dbb927dec8 100755
--- a/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh
+++ b/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ do
 	'' | '#'*) continue ;;
 	esac
 	test=`echo "$cmd" | sed -e 's|[/ ][/ ]*|_|g'`
-	cnt=`expr $test_count + 1`
-	pfx=`printf "%04d" $cnt`
+	pfx=`printf "%04d" $test_count`
 	expect_f="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t5515/fetch.$test"
 	actual_f="$pfx-fetch.$test"
 	expect_r="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t5515/refs.$test"
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 44793f2eee..2335d8bc85 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -159,4 +159,19 @@ test_expect_success 'clone a void' '
 	test_cmp target-6/.git/config target-7/.git/config
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone respects global branch.autosetuprebase' '
+	(
+		HOME=$(pwd) &&
+		export HOME &&
+		test_config="$HOME/.gitconfig" &&
+		unset GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL &&
+		git config -f "$test_config" branch.autosetuprebase remote &&
+		rm -fr dst &&
+		git clone src dst &&
+		cd dst &&
+		actual="z$(git config branch.master.rebase)" &&
+		test ztrue = $actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6031-merge-recursive.sh b/t/t6031-merge-recursive.sh
index 02aafa6d56..e334742591 100755
--- a/t/t6031-merge-recursive.sh
+++ b/t/t6031-merge-recursive.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 test_description='merge-recursive: handle file mode'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-# Note that we follow "chmod +x F" with "update-index --chmod=+x F" to
-# help filesystems that do not have the executable bit.
-
 test_expect_success 'mode change in one branch: keep changed version' '
 	: >file1 &&
 	git add file1 &&
@@ -15,8 +12,7 @@ test_expect_success 'mode change in one branch: keep changed version' '
 	git add dummy &&
 	git commit -m a &&
 	git checkout -b b1 master &&
-	chmod +x file1 &&
-	git update-index --chmod=+x file1 &&
+	test_chmod +x file1 &&
 	git commit -m b1 &&
 	git checkout a1 &&
 	git merge-recursive master -- a1 b1 &&
@@ -28,8 +24,7 @@ test_expect_success 'mode change in both branches: expect conflict' '
 	git checkout -b a2 master &&
 	: >file2 &&
 	H=$(git hash-object file2) &&
-	chmod +x file2 &&
-	git update-index --add --chmod=+x file2 &&
+	test_chmod +x file2 &&
 	git commit -m a2 &&
 	git checkout -b b2 master &&
 	: >file2 &&
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 1992ded77f..1c27ffb45e 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 # subsequent tests require gpg; check if it is available
 gpg --version >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
-	echo "gpg not found - skipping tag signing and verification tests"
+	say "gpg not found - skipping tag signing and verification tests"
 	test_done
 	exit
 fi
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 # that version, creation of signed tags using the generated key fails.
 case "$(gpg --version)" in
 'gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.6'*)
-	echo "Skipping signed tag tests, because a bug in 1.0.6 version"
+	say "Skipping signed tag tests, because a bug in 1.0.6 version"
 	test_done
 	exit
 	;;
diff --git a/t/t7005-editor.sh b/t/t7005-editor.sh
index 2d919d69ef..2f8404afbb 100755
--- a/t/t7005-editor.sh
+++ b/t/t7005-editor.sh
@@ -87,30 +87,27 @@ do
 	'
 done
 
+if ! echo 'echo space > "$1"' > "e space.sh"
+then
+	say "Skipping; FS does not support spaces in filenames"
+	test_done
+	exit
+fi
+
 test_expect_success 'editor with a space' '
 
-	if echo "echo space > \"\$1\"" > "e space.sh"
-	then
-		chmod a+x "e space.sh" &&
-		GIT_EDITOR="./e\ space.sh" git commit --amend &&
-		test space = "$(git show -s --pretty=format:%s)"
-	else
-		say "Skipping; FS does not support spaces in filenames"
-	fi
+	chmod a+x "e space.sh" &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="./e\ space.sh" git commit --amend &&
+	test space = "$(git show -s --pretty=format:%s)"
 
 '
 
 unset GIT_EDITOR
 test_expect_success 'core.editor with a space' '
 
-	if test -f "e space.sh"
-	then
-		git config core.editor \"./e\ space.sh\" &&
-		git commit --amend &&
-		test space = "$(git show -s --pretty=format:%s)"
-	else
-		say "Skipping; FS does not support spaces in filenames"
-	fi
+	git config core.editor \"./e\ space.sh\" &&
+	git commit --amend &&
+	test space = "$(git show -s --pretty=format:%s)"
 
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
index 245a7c3662..d28b71b8cf 100755
--- a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
+++ b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test_description='Test export of commits to CVS'
 cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 1
 then
-    test_expect_success 'skipping git cvsexportcommit tests, cvs not found' :
+    say 'skipping git cvsexportcommit tests, cvs not found'
     test_done
     exit
 fi
diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
index 6a37f71d11..466240cd41 100755
--- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
+++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ cvs CLI client via git-cvsserver server'
 cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 1
 then
-    test_expect_success 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found' :
+    say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
     test_done
     exit
 fi
 perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    test_expect_success 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable' :
+    say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
     test_done
     exit
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
   git add secondrootfile &&
   git commit -m "second root") &&
   git pull secondroot master &&
-  git clone -q --local --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+  git clone -q --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
   GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config --bool gitcvs.enabled true &&
   GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config gitcvs.logfile "$SERVERDIR/gitcvs.log"
 '
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ test_expect_success 'gitcvs.ext.dbname' \
 
 rm -fr "$SERVERDIR"
 cd "$WORKDIR" &&
-git clone -q --local --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+git clone -q --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
 GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config --bool gitcvs.enabled true &&
 GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config gitcvs.logfile "$SERVERDIR/gitcvs.log" ||
 exit 1
diff --git a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
index e27a1c5f85..8882230134 100755
--- a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
+++ b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ not_present() {
 cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 1
 then
-    test_expect_success 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found' :
+    say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
     test_done
     exit
 fi
 perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    test_expect_success 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable' :
+    say 'skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
     test_done
     exit
 }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
     echo "subdir/file.h crlf" >> .gitattributes &&
     git add .gitattributes textfile.c binfile.bin mixedUp.c subdir/* &&
     git commit -q -m "First Commit" &&
-    git clone -q --local --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+    git clone -q --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
     GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config --bool gitcvs.enabled true &&
     GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config gitcvs.logfile "$SERVERDIR/gitcvs.log"
 '
diff --git a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
index 6ed10d0933..dce06bcc97 100755
--- a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
+++ b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
@@ -63,18 +63,10 @@ gitweb_run () {
 	# gitweb.log is left for debugging
 }
 
-safe_chmod () {
-	chmod "$1" "$2" &&
-	if [ "$(git config --get core.filemode)" = false ]
-	then
-		git update-index --chmod="$1" "$2"
-	fi
-}
-
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 perl -MEncode -e 'decode_utf8("", Encode::FB_CROAK)' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    test_expect_success 'skipping gitweb tests, perl version is too old' :
+    say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl version is too old'
     test_done
     exit
 }
@@ -242,7 +234,7 @@ test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
 
 test_expect_success \
 	'commitdiff(0): mode change' \
-	'safe_chmod +x new_file &&
+	'test_chmod +x new_file &&
 	 git commit -a -m "Mode changed." &&
 	 gitweb_run "p=.git;a=commitdiff"'
 test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
@@ -281,7 +273,7 @@ test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
 test_expect_success \
 	'commitdiff(0): mode change and modified' \
 	'echo "New line" >> file2 &&
-	 safe_chmod +x file2 &&
+	 test_chmod +x file2 &&
 	 git commit -a -m "Mode change and modification." &&
 	 gitweb_run "p=.git;a=commitdiff"'
 test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
@@ -308,7 +300,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 	'commitdiff(0): renamed, mode change and modified' \
 	'git mv file3 file2 &&
 	 echo "Propter nomen suum." >> file2 &&
-	 safe_chmod +x file2 &&
+	 test_chmod +x file2 &&
 	 git commit -a -m "File rename, mode change and modification." &&
 	 gitweb_run "p=.git;a=commitdiff"'
 test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
@@ -425,10 +417,10 @@ test_expect_success \
 	 git add 03-new &&
 	 git mv 04-rename-from 04-rename-to &&
 	 echo "Changed" >> 04-rename-to &&
-	 safe_chmod +x 05-mode-change &&
+	 test_chmod +x 05-mode-change &&
 	 rm -f 06-file-or-symlink && ln -s 01-change 06-file-or-symlink &&
 	 echo "Changed and have mode changed" > 07-change-mode-change	&&
-	 safe_chmod +x 07-change-mode-change &&
+	 test_chmod +x 07-change-mode-change &&
 	 git commit -a -m "Large commit" &&
 	 git checkout master'
 
diff --git a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
index b81d5dfc34..4a501c6847 100755
--- a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
+++ b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='perl interface (Git.pm)'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 perl -MTest::More -e 0 2>/dev/null || {
-	say_color skip "Perl Test::More unavailable, skipping test"
+	say "Perl Test::More unavailable, skipping test"
 	test_done
 }
 
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index f4325f1b14..11eb58827b 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -238,18 +238,25 @@ test_merge () {
 	git tag "$1"
 }
 
+# This function helps systems where core.filemode=false is set.
+# Use it instead of plain 'chmod +x' to set or unset the executable bit
+# of a file in the working directory and add it to the index.
+
+test_chmod () {
+	chmod "$@" &&
+	git update-index --add "--chmod=$@"
+}
+
 # You are not expected to call test_ok_ and test_failure_ directly, use
 # the text_expect_* functions instead.
 
 test_ok_ () {
-	test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
-	test_success=$(expr "$test_success" + 1)
+	test_success=$(($test_success + 1))
 	say_color "" "  ok $test_count: $@"
 }
 
 test_failure_ () {
-	test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
-	test_failure=$(expr "$test_failure" + 1);
+	test_failure=$(($test_failure + 1))
 	say_color error "FAIL $test_count: $1"
 	shift
 	echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^/	/'
@@ -257,13 +264,11 @@ test_failure_ () {
 }
 
 test_known_broken_ok_ () {
-	test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
 	test_fixed=$(($test_fixed+1))
 	say_color "" "  FIXED $test_count: $@"
 }
 
 test_known_broken_failure_ () {
-	test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
 	test_broken=$(($test_broken+1))
 	say_color skip "  still broken $test_count: $@"
 }
@@ -279,12 +284,11 @@ test_run_ () {
 }
 
 test_skip () {
-	this_test=$(expr "./$0" : '.*/\(t[0-9]*\)-[^/]*$')
-	this_test="$this_test.$(expr "$test_count" + 1)"
+	test_count=$(($test_count+1))
 	to_skip=
 	for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
 	do
-		case "$this_test" in
+		case $this_test.$test_count in
 		$skp)
 			to_skip=t
 		esac
@@ -292,7 +296,6 @@ test_skip () {
 	case "$to_skip" in
 	t)
 		say_color skip >&3 "skipping test: $@"
-		test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
 		say_color skip "skip $test_count: $1"
 		: true
 		;;
@@ -370,7 +373,7 @@ test_external () {
 	then
 		# Announce the script to reduce confusion about the
 		# test output that follows.
-		say_color "" " run $(expr "$test_count" + 1): $descr ($*)"
+		say_color "" " run $test_count: $descr ($*)"
 		# Run command; redirect its stderr to &4 as in
 		# test_run_, but keep its stdout on our stdout even in
 		# non-verbose mode.
@@ -617,7 +620,8 @@ cd -P "$test" || exit 1
 ln -s x y 2> /dev/null && test -l y 2> /dev/null || no_symlinks=1
 rm -f y
 
-this_test=$(expr "./$0" : '.*/\(t[0-9]*\)-[^/]*$')
+this_test=${0##*/}
+this_test=${this_test%%-*}
 for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
 do
 	to_skip=
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index dd87339ff7..929b00f592 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -250,10 +250,9 @@ static void wt_status_print_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 
 	memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir));
 
-	if (!s->untracked) {
-		dir.show_other_directories = 1;
-		dir.hide_empty_directories = 1;
-	}
+	if (!s->untracked)
+		dir.flags |=
+			DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES | DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES;
 	setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
 
 	read_directory(&dir, ".", "", 0, NULL);