diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index a8091eb5df..19c8726232 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Lars Doelle <lars.doelle@on-line ! de>
 Lars Doelle <lars.doelle@on-line.de>
 Li Hong <leehong@pku.edu.cn>
 Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
-Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
 Michael Coleman <tutufan@gmail.com>
 Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>
 Michael W. Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index ece3c77482..72741ebda1 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -264,12 +264,21 @@ the change to its true author (see (2) above).
 Also notice that a real name is used in the Signed-off-by: line. Please
 don't hide your real name.
 
-Some people also put extra tags at the end.
+If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
 
-"Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who
-is more familiar with the issues and the area the patch attempts
-to modify.  "Tested-by:" says the patch was tested by the person
-and found to have the desired effect.
+1. "Reported-by:" is used to to credit someone who found the bug that
+   the patch attempts to fix.
+2. "Acked-by:" says that the person who is more familiar with the area
+   the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
+3. "Reviewed-by:", unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
+   reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
+   is ready for application.  It is usually offered only after a
+   detailed review.
+4. "Tested-by:" is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
+   and found it to have the desired effect.
+
+You can also create your own tag or use one that's in common usage
+such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Mentored-by:".
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 An ideal patch flow
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
index 4f358c8d6c..2411ce5bfe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>.
+Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>.
 
 Documentation
 --------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d17b1..ab7293351d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	configuration variables are created.
 
 --mirror::
-	Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies `--bare`.
+	Set up a mirror of the source repository.  This implies `--bare`.
+	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
+	source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
+	remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+	that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
+	target repository.
 
 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index b2696efae9..d25661eb21 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ $ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
+Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others.
 
 Documentation
 --------------
-Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
+Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others.
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index f4472c61db..70cbb2cae7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -399,13 +399,13 @@ This program is copyright The Open University UK - 2006.
 Authors:
 
 - Martyn Smith    <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
-- Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+- Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
 
 with ideas and patches from participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 Documentation
 --------------
-Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>, Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>, and Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
+Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>, Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>, and Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 4b84d08fc8..be8a51fd06 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ COMMANDS
 	as well, they take precedence.
 --no-metadata;;
 	Set the 'noMetadata' option in the [svn-remote] config.
+	This option is not recommended, please read the 'svn.noMetadata'
+	section of this manpage before using this option.
 --use-svm-props;;
 	Set the 'useSvmProps' option in the [svn-remote] config.
 --use-svnsync-props;;
@@ -597,13 +599,22 @@ svn.noMetadata::
 svn-remote.<name>.noMetadata::
 	This gets rid of the 'git-svn-id:' lines at the end of every commit.
 +
-If you lose your .git/svn/git-svn/.rev_db file, 'git svn' will not
-be able to rebuild it and you won't be able to fetch again,
-either.  This is fine for one-shot imports.
+This option can only be used for one-shot imports as 'git svn'
+will not be able to fetch again without metadata. Additionally,
+if you lose your .git/svn/**/.rev_map.* files, 'git svn' will not
+be able to rebuild them.
 +
 The 'git svn log' command will not work on repositories using
 this, either.  Using this conflicts with the 'useSvmProps'
 option for (hopefully) obvious reasons.
++
+This option is NOT recommended as it makes it difficult to track down
+old references to SVN revision numbers in existing documentation, bug
+reports and archives.  If you plan to eventually migrate from SVN to git
+and are certain about dropping SVN history, consider
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1] instead.  filter-branch also allows
+reformating of metadata for ease-of-reading and rewriting authorship
+info for non-"svn.authorsFile" users.
 
 svn.useSvmProps::
 svn-remote.<name>.useSvmProps::
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index c91a29cb29..91ca00f05f 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -108,10 +108,14 @@ const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
 		if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
 			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 	} else {
+		size_t len;
+		const char *fmt;
 		const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
 		if (!cwd)
 			die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
-		if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
+		len = strlen(cwd);
+		fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len-1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
+		if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, fmt, cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
 			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 	}
 	return buf;
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 2e680d7a7a..e243d9d22e 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void use(int bytes)
 	input_offset += bytes;
 
 	/* make sure off_t is sufficiently large not to wrap */
-	if (consumed_bytes > consumed_bytes + bytes)
+	if (signed_add_overflows(consumed_bytes, bytes))
 		die("pack too large for current definition of off_t");
 	consumed_bytes += bytes;
 }
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 0271285fad..9d4886c716 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -294,11 +294,26 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path)
 	return reinit;
 }
 
+static void create_object_directory(void)
+{
+	const char *object_directory = get_object_directory();
+	int len = strlen(object_directory);
+	char *path = xmalloc(len + 40);
+
+	memcpy(path, object_directory, len);
+
+	safe_create_dir(object_directory, 1);
+	strcpy(path+len, "/pack");
+	safe_create_dir(path, 1);
+	strcpy(path+len, "/info");
+	safe_create_dir(path, 1);
+
+	free(path);
+}
+
 int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	const char *sha1_dir;
-	char *path;
-	int len, reinit;
+	int reinit;
 
 	safe_create_dir(get_git_dir(), 0);
 
@@ -313,16 +328,7 @@ int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags)
 
 	reinit = create_default_files(template_dir);
 
-	sha1_dir = get_object_directory();
-	len = strlen(sha1_dir);
-	path = xmalloc(len + 40);
-	memcpy(path, sha1_dir, len);
-
-	safe_create_dir(sha1_dir, 1);
-	strcpy(path+len, "/pack");
-	safe_create_dir(path, 1);
-	strcpy(path+len, "/info");
-	safe_create_dir(path, 1);
+	create_object_directory();
 
 	if (shared_repository) {
 		char buf[10];
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 3756cf36ee..d5a8db1bb6 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int write_one(struct sha1file *f,
 	written_list[nr_written++] = &e->idx;
 
 	/* make sure off_t is sufficiently large not to wrap */
-	if (*offset > *offset + size)
+	if (signed_add_overflows(*offset, size))
 		die("pack too large for current definition of off_t");
 	*offset += size;
 	return 1;
diff --git a/builtin/unpack-objects.c b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
index 685566e0b5..f63973c914 100644
--- a/builtin/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void use(int bytes)
 	offset += bytes;
 
 	/* make sure off_t is sufficiently large not to wrap */
-	if (consumed_bytes > consumed_bytes + bytes)
+	if (signed_add_overflows(consumed_bytes, bytes))
 		die("pack too large for current definition of off_t");
 	consumed_bytes += bytes;
 }
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 2ef2fa3a5e..3d5ed51989 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -277,9 +277,16 @@ static inline int ce_to_dtype(const struct cache_entry *ce)
 	else
 		return DT_UNKNOWN;
 }
-#define canon_mode(mode) \
-	(S_ISREG(mode) ? (S_IFREG | ce_permissions(mode)) : \
-	S_ISLNK(mode) ? S_IFLNK : S_ISDIR(mode) ? S_IFDIR : S_IFGITLINK)
+static inline unsigned int canon_mode(unsigned int mode)
+{
+	if (S_ISREG(mode))
+		return S_IFREG | ce_permissions(mode);
+	if (S_ISLNK(mode))
+		return S_IFLNK;
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+		return S_IFDIR;
+	return S_IFGITLINK;
+}
 
 #define flexible_size(STRUCT,len) ((offsetof(struct STRUCT,name) + (len) + 8) & ~7)
 #define cache_entry_size(len) flexible_size(cache_entry,len)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index f2d9e1fd97..6590f33cc8 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
 	mode = va_arg(args, int);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	if (!strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+	if (filename && !strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
 		filename = "nul";
 
 	fd = open(filename, oflags, mode);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ssize_t mingw_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
 #undef fopen
 FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+	if (filename && !strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
 		filename = "nul";
 	return fopen(filename, otype);
 }
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ static inline time_t filetime_to_time_t(const FILETIME *ft)
 /* We keep the do_lstat code in a separate function to avoid recursion.
  * When a path ends with a slash, the stat will fail with ENOENT. In
  * this case, we strip the trailing slashes and stat again.
+ *
+ * If follow is true then act like stat() and report on the link
+ * target. Otherwise report on the link itself.
  */
-static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+static int do_lstat(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fdata;
 
@@ -209,6 +212,25 @@ static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
 		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
 		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
+		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
+			WIN32_FIND_DATAA findbuf;
+			HANDLE handle = FindFirstFileA(file_name, &findbuf);
+			if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+				if ((findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) &&
+						(findbuf.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)) {
+					if (follow) {
+						char buffer[MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE];
+						buf->st_size = readlink(file_name, buffer, MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
+					} else {
+						buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK;
+					}
+					buf->st_mode |= S_IREAD;
+					if (!(findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
+						buf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
+				}
+				FindClose(handle);
+			}
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return -1;
@@ -220,12 +242,12 @@ static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
  * complete. Note that Git stat()s are redirected to mingw_lstat()
  * too, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks that well.
  */
-int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+static int do_stat_internal(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	int namelen;
 	static char alt_name[PATH_MAX];
 
-	if (!do_lstat(file_name, buf))
+	if (!do_lstat(follow, file_name, buf))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* if file_name ended in a '/', Windows returned ENOENT;
@@ -244,7 +266,16 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 
 	memcpy(alt_name, file_name, namelen);
 	alt_name[namelen] = 0;
-	return do_lstat(alt_name, buf);
+	return do_lstat(follow, alt_name, buf);
+}
+
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+{
+	return do_stat_internal(0, file_name, buf);
+}
+int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+{
+	return do_stat_internal(1, file_name, buf);
 }
 
 #undef fstat
@@ -873,6 +904,11 @@ void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
 	free_path_split(path);
 }
 
+void mingw_execv(const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
+{
+	mingw_execve(cmd, argv, environ);
+}
+
 static char **copy_environ(void)
 {
 	char **env;
@@ -1386,6 +1422,7 @@ void mingw_open_html(const char *unixpath)
 			const char *, const char *, const char *, INT);
 	T ShellExecute;
 	HMODULE shell32;
+	int r;
 
 	shell32 = LoadLibrary("shell32.dll");
 	if (!shell32)
@@ -1395,9 +1432,12 @@ void mingw_open_html(const char *unixpath)
 		die("cannot run browser");
 
 	printf("Launching default browser to display HTML ...\n");
-	ShellExecute(NULL, "open", htmlpath, NULL, "\\", 0);
-
+	r = (int)ShellExecute(NULL, "open", htmlpath, NULL, "\\", SW_SHOWNORMAL);
 	FreeLibrary(shell32);
+	/* see the MSDN documentation referring to the result codes here */
+	if (r <= 32) {
+		die("failed to launch browser for %.*s", MAX_PATH, unixpath);
+	}
 }
 
 int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 3b2477be5f..83e35e833b 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -6,17 +6,30 @@
  */
 
 typedef int pid_t;
+typedef int uid_t;
 #define hstrerror strerror
 
 #define S_IFLNK    0120000 /* Symbolic link */
 #define S_ISLNK(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
 #define S_ISSOCK(x) 0
+
+#ifndef _STAT_H_
+#define S_IRUSR 0
+#define S_IWUSR 0
+#define S_IXUSR 0
+#define S_IRWXU (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR)
+#endif
 #define S_IRGRP 0
 #define S_IWGRP 0
 #define S_IXGRP 0
-#define S_ISGID 0
+#define S_IRWXG (S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP)
 #define S_IROTH 0
+#define S_IWOTH 0
 #define S_IXOTH 0
+#define S_IRWXO (S_IROTH | S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH)
+#define S_ISUID 0
+#define S_ISGID 0
+#define S_ISVTX 0
 
 #define WIFEXITED(x) 1
 #define WIFSIGNALED(x) 0
@@ -65,6 +78,12 @@ struct itimerval {
 };
 #define ITIMER_REAL 0
 
+/*
+ * sanitize preprocessor namespace polluted by Windows headers defining
+ * macros which collide with git local versions
+ */
+#undef HELP_COMMAND /* from winuser.h */
+
 /*
  * trivial stubs
  */
@@ -75,17 +94,17 @@ static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 { errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
 static inline int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode)
 { errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
-static inline int fork(void)
+static inline pid_t fork(void)
 { errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
 static inline unsigned int alarm(unsigned int seconds)
 { return 0; }
 static inline int fsync(int fd)
 { return _commit(fd); }
-static inline int getppid(void)
+static inline pid_t getppid(void)
 { return 1; }
 static inline void sync(void)
 {}
-static inline int getuid()
+static inline uid_t getuid(void)
 { return 1; }
 static inline struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name)
 { return NULL; }
@@ -117,7 +136,7 @@ static inline int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
 }
 #define unlink mingw_unlink
 
-static inline int waitpid(pid_t pid, int *status, unsigned options)
+static inline pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *status, unsigned options)
 {
 	if (options == 0)
 		return _cwait(status, pid, 0);
@@ -158,7 +177,7 @@ int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout);
 struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 int getpagesize(void);	/* defined in MinGW's libgcc.a */
-struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid);
+struct passwd *getpwuid(uid_t uid);
 int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
 int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
 int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
@@ -222,10 +241,11 @@ int mingw_getpagesize(void);
 #ifndef ALREADY_DECLARED_STAT_FUNCS
 #define stat _stati64
 int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf);
+int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf);
 int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf);
 #define fstat mingw_fstat
 #define lstat mingw_lstat
-#define _stati64(x,y) mingw_lstat(x,y)
+#define _stati64(x,y) mingw_stat(x,y)
 #endif
 
 int mingw_utime(const char *file_name, const struct utimbuf *times);
@@ -236,6 +256,8 @@ pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env,
 		     int fhin, int fhout, int fherr);
 void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
 #define execvp mingw_execvp
+void mingw_execv(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
+#define execv mingw_execv
 
 static inline unsigned int git_ntohl(unsigned int x)
 { return (unsigned int)ntohl(x); }
diff --git a/diffcore-pickaxe.c b/diffcore-pickaxe.c
index 84195e47aa..ea03b9107e 100644
--- a/diffcore-pickaxe.c
+++ b/diffcore-pickaxe.c
@@ -269,9 +269,8 @@ static void diffcore_pickaxe_count(struct diff_options *o)
 				diff_free_filepair(p);
 		}
 
-	if (opts & DIFF_PICKAXE_REGEX) {
+	if (opts & DIFF_PICKAXE_REGEX)
 		regfree(&regex);
-	}
 
 	free(q->queue);
 	*q = outq;
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ void diffcore_pickaxe(struct diff_options *o)
 {
 	/* Might want to warn when both S and G are on; I don't care... */
 	if (o->pickaxe_opts & DIFF_PICKAXE_KIND_G)
-		return diffcore_pickaxe_grep(o);
+		diffcore_pickaxe_grep(o);
 	else
-		return diffcore_pickaxe_count(o);
+		diffcore_pickaxe_count(o);
 }
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 2d0c315379..de5581fe51 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ char *git_work_tree_cfg;
 static char *work_tree;
 
 static const char *git_dir;
-static char *git_object_dir, *git_index_file, *git_refs_dir, *git_graft_file;
+static char *git_object_dir, *git_index_file, *git_graft_file;
 
 /*
  * Repository-local GIT_* environment variables
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ const char * const local_repo_env[LOCAL_REPO_ENV_SIZE + 1] = {
 static void setup_git_env(void)
 {
 	git_dir = getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
-	if (!git_dir)
+	if (!git_dir) {
 		git_dir = read_gitfile_gently(DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
+		git_dir = git_dir ? xstrdup(git_dir) : NULL;
+	}
 	if (!git_dir)
 		git_dir = DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT;
 	git_object_dir = getenv(DB_ENVIRONMENT);
@@ -96,8 +98,6 @@ static void setup_git_env(void)
 		git_object_dir = xmalloc(strlen(git_dir) + 9);
 		sprintf(git_object_dir, "%s/objects", git_dir);
 	}
-	git_refs_dir = xmalloc(strlen(git_dir) + 6);
-	sprintf(git_refs_dir, "%s/refs", git_dir);
 	git_index_file = getenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT);
 	if (!git_index_file) {
 		git_index_file = xmalloc(strlen(git_dir) + 7);
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index e7f008c7ba..9317b38935 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ else
 				set x
 				first=
 			}
-			case "$arg" in
-			/*)
-				set "$@" "$arg" ;;
-			*)
-				set "$@" "$prefix$arg" ;;
-			esac
+			if is_absolute_path "$arg"
+			then
+				set "$@" "$arg"
+			else
+				set "$@" "$prefix$arg"
+			fi
 		done
 		shift
 	fi
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 81883e7270..2af8d3edbe 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]))
 #define bitsizeof(x)  (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(x))
 
+#define maximum_signed_value_of_type(a) \
+    (INTMAX_MAX >> (bitsizeof(intmax_t) - bitsizeof(a)))
+
+/*
+ * Signed integer overflow is undefined in C, so here's a helper macro
+ * to detect if the sum of two integers will overflow.
+ *
+ * Requires: a >= 0, typeof(a) equals typeof(b)
+ */
+#define signed_add_overflows(a, b) \
+    ((b) > maximum_signed_value_of_type(a) - (a))
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define TYPEOF(x) (__typeof__(x))
 #else
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 2822bed1fd..1b8bff2cac 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #### Copyright The Open University UK - 2006.
 ####
 #### Authors: Martyn Smith    <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
-####          Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+####          Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
 ####
 ####
 #### Released under the GNU Public License, version 2.
@@ -2681,7 +2681,7 @@ package GITCVS::log;
 #### Copyright The Open University UK - 2006.
 ####
 #### Authors: Martyn Smith    <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
-####          Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+####          Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
 ####
 ####
 
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ package GITCVS::updater;
 #### Copyright The Open University UK - 2006.
 ####
 #### Authors: Martyn Smith    <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
-####          Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+####          Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
 ####
 ####
 
diff --git a/git-merge-octopus.sh b/git-merge-octopus.sh
index 615753c83c..8643f74cb0 100755
--- a/git-merge-octopus.sh
+++ b/git-merge-octopus.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ do
 	esac
 
 	eval pretty_name=\${GITHEAD_$SHA1:-$SHA1}
+	if test "$SHA1" = "$pretty_name"
+	then
+		SHA1_UP="$(echo "$SHA1" | tr a-z A-Z)"
+		eval pretty_name=\${GITHEAD_$SHA1_UP:-$pretty_name}
+	fi
 	common=$(git merge-base --all $SHA1 $MRC) ||
 		die "Unable to find common commit with $pretty_name"
 
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 8d54b73d32..ae031a1375 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -206,5 +206,20 @@ case $(uname -s) in
 	find () {
 		/usr/bin/find "$@"
 	}
+	is_absolute_path () {
+		case "$1" in
+		[/\\]* | [A-Za-z]:*)
+			return 0 ;;
+		esac
+		return 1
+	}
 	;;
+*)
+	is_absolute_path () {
+		case "$1" in
+		/*)
+			return 0 ;;
+		esac
+		return 1
+	}
 esac
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index d2922245aa..757de82161 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1514,7 +1514,8 @@ sub cmt_sha2rev_batch {
 
 sub working_head_info {
 	my ($head, $refs) = @_;
-	my @args = ('log', '--no-color', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
+	my @args = qw/log --no-color --no-decorate --first-parent
+	              --pretty=medium/;
 	my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(@args, $head);
 	my $hash;
 	my %max;
@@ -3119,9 +3120,10 @@ sub _rev_list {
 sub check_cherry_pick {
 	my $base = shift;
 	my $tip = shift;
+	my $parents = shift;
 	my @ranges = @_;
 	my %commits = map { $_ => 1 }
-		_rev_list("--no-merges", $tip, "--not", $base);
+		_rev_list("--no-merges", $tip, "--not", $base, @$parents);
 	for my $range ( @ranges ) {
 		delete @commits{_rev_list($range)};
 	}
@@ -3297,6 +3299,7 @@ sub find_extra_svn_parents {
 		# double check that there are no missing non-merge commits
 		my (@incomplete) = check_cherry_pick(
 			$merge_base, $merge_tip,
+			$parents,
 			@$ranges,
 		       );
 
diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 074f2f2e3e..d0ab8ffe1b 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -701,13 +701,13 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 	trailingtilde = foo~
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'set --path' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'set --path' '
 	git config --path path.home "~/" &&
 	git config --path path.normal "/dev/null" &&
 	git config --path path.trailingtilde "foo~" &&
 	test_cmp expect .git/config'
 
-if test "${HOME+set}"
+if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW && test "${HOME+set}"
 then
 	test_set_prereq HOMEVAR
 fi
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 foo~
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'get --path copes with unset $HOME' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'get --path copes with unset $HOME' '
 	(
 		unset HOME;
 		test_must_fail git config --get --path path.home \
diff --git a/t/t3020-ls-files-error-unmatch.sh b/t/t3020-ls-files-error-unmatch.sh
index a7d8187169..ca01053bcc 100755
--- a/t/t3020-ls-files-error-unmatch.sh
+++ b/t/t3020-ls-files-error-unmatch.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@ test_expect_success \
     'git ls-files --error-unmatch foo bar'
 
 test_done
-1
diff --git a/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh b/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
index 37cb89ab53..fd2184ce71 100755
--- a/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
+++ b/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test_auto_fixup() {
 	echo 1 >file1 &&
 	git add -u &&
 	test_tick &&
-	git commit -m "fixup! first"
+	git commit -m "fixup! first" &&
 
 	git tag $1 &&
 	test_tick &&
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test_auto_squash() {
 	echo 1 >file1 &&
 	git add -u &&
 	test_tick &&
-	git commit -m "squash! first"
+	git commit -m "squash! first" &&
 
 	git tag $1 &&
 	test_tick &&
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test_expect_success 'misspelled auto squash' '
 	echo 1 >file1 &&
 	git add -u &&
 	test_tick &&
-	git commit -m "squash! forst"
+	git commit -m "squash! forst" &&
 	git tag final-missquash &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git rebase --autosquash -i HEAD^^^ &&
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index 27bfba55bd..cff1b3e050 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git archive with --output' \
     'git archive --output=b4.tar HEAD &&
     test_cmp b.tar b4.tar'
 
-test_expect_success 'git archive --remote' \
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'git archive --remote' \
     'git archive --remote=. HEAD >b5.tar &&
     test_cmp b.tar b5.tar'
 
diff --git a/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh b/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh
index 8a298a655f..b6b1fc30cd 100755
--- a/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh
+++ b/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@ test_description='test automatic tag following'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-case $(uname -s) in
-*MINGW*)
+if !test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW; then
 	say "GIT_DEBUG_SEND_PACK not supported - skipping tests"
-	;;
-*)
-	test_set_prereq NOT_MINGW
-	;;
-esac
+fi
 
 # End state of the repository:
 #
diff --git a/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh b/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh
index 44885b850c..406432e7a5 100755
--- a/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh
+++ b/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ test_description='test git-http-backend-noserver'
 
 HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH="$TRASH_DIRECTORY"
 
+test_have_prereq MINGW && export GREP_OPTIONS=-U
+
 run_backend() {
 	echo "$2" |
 	QUERY_STRING="${1#*\?}" \
-	GIT_PROJECT_ROOT="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH" \
-	PATH_INFO="${1%%\?*}" \
+	PATH_TRANSLATED="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/${1%%\?*}" \
 	git http-backend >act.out 2>act.err
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh b/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh
index 52d0dc4bb8..460bf741b5 100755
--- a/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh
+++ b/t/t6038-merge-text-auto.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ test_description='CRLF merge conflict across text=auto change
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+test_have_prereq MINGW && SED_OPTIONS=-b
+
 test_expect_success setup '
 	git config core.autocrlf false &&
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 
 test_expect_success 'set up fuzz_conflict() helper' '
 	fuzz_conflict() {
-		sed -e "s/^\([<>=]......\) .*/\1/" "$@"
+		sed $SED_OPTIONS -e "s/^\([<>=]......\) .*/\1/" "$@"
 	}
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t9157-git-svn-fetch-merge.sh b/t/t9157-git-svn-fetch-merge.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da582c5382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9157-git-svn-fetch-merge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Steven Walter
+#
+
+test_description='git svn merge detection'
+. ./lib-git-svn.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'initialize source svn repo' '
+	svn_cmd mkdir -m x "$svnrepo"/trunk &&
+	svn_cmd mkdir -m x "$svnrepo"/branches &&
+	svn_cmd co "$svnrepo"/trunk "$SVN_TREE" &&
+	(
+		cd "$SVN_TREE" &&
+		touch foo &&
+		svn add foo &&
+		svn commit -m "initial commit" &&
+		svn cp -m branch "$svnrepo"/trunk "$svnrepo"/branches/branch1 &&
+		touch bar &&
+		svn add bar &&
+		svn commit -m x &&
+		svn cp -m branch "$svnrepo"/trunk "$svnrepo"/branches/branch2 &&
+		svn switch "$svnrepo"/branches/branch1 &&
+		touch baz &&
+		svn add baz &&
+		svn commit -m x &&
+		svn switch "$svnrepo"/trunk &&
+		svn merge "$svnrepo"/branches/branch1 &&
+		svn commit -m "merge" &&
+		svn switch "$svnrepo"/branches/branch1 &&
+		svn commit -m x &&
+		svn switch "$svnrepo"/branches/branch2 &&
+		svn merge "$svnrepo"/branches/branch1 &&
+		svn commit -m "merge branch1" &&
+		svn switch "$svnrepo"/trunk &&
+		svn merge "$svnrepo"/branches/branch2 &&
+		svn resolved baz &&
+		svn commit -m "merge branch2"
+	) &&
+	rm -rf "$SVN_TREE"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'clone svn repo' '
+	git svn init -s "$svnrepo" &&
+	git svn fetch
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify merge commit' 'git rev-parse HEAD^2'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 830e5e7360..2af8f10c83 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -970,11 +970,13 @@ case $(uname -s) in
 	# no POSIX permissions
 	# backslashes in pathspec are converted to '/'
 	# exec does not inherit the PID
+	test_set_prereq MINGW
 	;;
 *)
 	test_set_prereq POSIXPERM
 	test_set_prereq BSLASHPSPEC
 	test_set_prereq EXECKEEPSPID
+	test_set_prereq NOT_MINGW
 	;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/xdiff/xmacros.h b/xdiff/xmacros.h
index 8ef232cfad..165a895a93 100644
--- a/xdiff/xmacros.h
+++ b/xdiff/xmacros.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define XDL_MAX(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a): (b))
 #define XDL_ABS(v) ((v) >= 0 ? (v): -(v))
 #define XDL_ISDIGIT(c) ((c) >= '0' && (c) <= '9')
+#define XDL_ISSPACE(c) (isspace((unsigned char)(c)))
 #define XDL_ADDBITS(v,b)	((v) + ((v) >> (b)))
 #define XDL_MASKBITS(b)		((1UL << (b)) - 1)
 #define XDL_HASHLONG(v,b)	(XDL_ADDBITS((unsigned long)(v), b) & XDL_MASKBITS(b))
diff --git a/xdiff/xmerge.c b/xdiff/xmerge.c
index 6d6fc1bc5e..9e13b25abc 100644
--- a/xdiff/xmerge.c
+++ b/xdiff/xmerge.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int xdl_refine_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdfenv_t *xe2, xdmerge_t *m,
 static int line_contains_alnum(const char *ptr, long size)
 {
 	while (size--)
-		if (isalnum(*(ptr++)))
+		if (isalnum((unsigned char)*(ptr++)))
 			return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/xdiff/xutils.c b/xdiff/xutils.c
index 22f9bd692c..ab6503460f 100644
--- a/xdiff/xutils.c
+++ b/xdiff/xutils.c
@@ -211,18 +211,18 @@ int xdl_recmatch(const char *l1, long s1, const char *l2, long s2, long flags)
 			if (l1[i1++] != l2[i2++])
 				return 0;
 		skip_ws:
-			while (i1 < s1 && isspace(l1[i1]))
+			while (i1 < s1 && XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]))
 				i1++;
-			while (i2 < s2 && isspace(l2[i2]))
+			while (i2 < s2 && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2]))
 				i2++;
 		}
 	} else if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_CHANGE) {
 		while (i1 < s1 && i2 < s2) {
-			if (isspace(l1[i1]) && isspace(l2[i2])) {
+			if (XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]) && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2])) {
 				/* Skip matching spaces and try again */
-				while (i1 < s1 && isspace(l1[i1]))
+				while (i1 < s1 && XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]))
 					i1++;
-				while (i2 < s2 && isspace(l2[i2]))
+				while (i2 < s2 && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2]))
 					i2++;
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ int xdl_recmatch(const char *l1, long s1, const char *l2, long s2, long flags)
 	 * while there still are characters remaining on both lines.
 	 */
 	if (i1 < s1) {
-		while (i1 < s1 && isspace(l1[i1]))
+		while (i1 < s1 && XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]))
 			i1++;
 		if (s1 != i1)
 			return 0;
 	}
 	if (i2 < s2) {
-		while (i2 < s2 && isspace(l2[i2]))
+		while (i2 < s2 && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2]))
 			i2++;
 		return (s2 == i2);
 	}
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ static unsigned long xdl_hash_record_with_whitespace(char const **data,
 	char const *ptr = *data;
 
 	for (; ptr < top && *ptr != '\n'; ptr++) {
-		if (isspace(*ptr)) {
+		if (XDL_ISSPACE(*ptr)) {
 			const char *ptr2 = ptr;
 			int at_eol;
-			while (ptr + 1 < top && isspace(ptr[1])
+			while (ptr + 1 < top && XDL_ISSPACE(ptr[1])
 					&& ptr[1] != '\n')
 				ptr++;
 			at_eol = (top <= ptr + 1 || ptr[1] == '\n');