diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
index 43f8c2593d..37fbf66efb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ EXAMPLE
 -------
 
 Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say somebody
-wrote you about that phantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a.
+wrote you about that fantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a.
 Of course, you look into the commit, but that only tells you what happened, but
 not the context.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt
index d60b37147a..9abec806d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/urls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/urls.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ to name the remote repository:
 - https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
 - git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
 - git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
+- ssh://[user@]host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://[user@]host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://[user@]host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
 ===============================================================
 
 SSH Is the default transport protocol and also supports an
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index b5e3f8fa21..d433d46f23 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
 char *enter_repo(char *path, int strict);
 
 /* Read and unpack a sha1 file into memory, write memory to a sha1 file */
-extern int unpack_sha1_header(z_stream *stream, void *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
-extern int parse_sha1_header(char *hdr, char *type, unsigned long *sizep);
 extern int sha1_object_info(const unsigned char *, char *, unsigned long *);
 extern void * unpack_sha1_file(void *map, unsigned long mapsize, char *type, unsigned long *size);
 extern void * read_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, char *type, unsigned long *size);
diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh
index c0d256c98b..ff1769952b 100755
--- a/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/git-fetch.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ rref=
 rsync_slurped_objects=
 
 rloga="$rloga $remote_nick"
-test "$remote_nick" == "$remote" || rloga="$rloga $remote"
+test "$remote_nick" = "$remote" || rloga="$rloga $remote"
 
 if test "" = "$append"
 then
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 24e3b507ef..a9cfafb1df 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ squash_message () {
 }
 
 finish () {
-	test '' = "$2" || echo "$2"
+	if test '' = "$2"
+	then
+		rlogm="$rloga"
+	else
+		echo "$2"
+		rlogm="$rloga: $2"
+	fi
 	case "$squash" in
 	t)
 		echo "Squash commit -- not updating HEAD"
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ finish () {
 			echo "No merge message -- not updating HEAD"
 			;;
 		*)
-			git-update-ref HEAD "$1" "$head" || exit 1
+			git-update-ref -m "$rlogm" HEAD "$1" "$head" || exit 1
 			;;
 		esac
 		;;
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ finish () {
 	esac
 }
 
+rloga=
 while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
 do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -117,6 +124,9 @@ do
 			die "available strategies are: $all_strategies" ;;
 		esac
 		;;
+	--reflog-action=*)
+		rloga=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+		;;
 	-*)	usage ;;
 	*)	break ;;
 	esac
@@ -131,6 +141,7 @@ shift
 
 # All the rest are remote heads
 test "$#" = 0 && usage ;# we need at least one remote head.
+test "$rloga" = '' && rloga="merge: $@"
 
 remoteheads=
 for remote
@@ -316,7 +327,7 @@ if test '' != "$result_tree"
 then
     parents=$(git-show-branch --independent "$head" "$@" | sed -e 's/^/-p /')
     result_commit=$(echo "$merge_msg" | git-commit-tree $result_tree $parents) || exit
-    finish "$result_commit" "Merge $result_commit, made by $wt_strategy."
+    finish "$result_commit" "Merge made by $wt_strategy."
     dropsave
     exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index d337bf4da3..f380437997 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -102,5 +102,6 @@ case "$strategy_args" in
 esac
 
 merge_name=$(git-fmt-merge-msg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD") || exit
-git-merge $no_summary $no_commit $squash $strategy_args \
+git-merge "--reflog-action=pull $*" \
+	$no_summary $no_commit $squash $strategy_args \
 	"$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head
diff --git a/git-quiltimport.sh b/git-quiltimport.sh
index 364baff806..10135da3ac 100755
--- a/git-quiltimport.sh
+++ b/git-quiltimport.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ for patch_name in $(cat "$QUILT_PATCHES/series" | grep -v '^#'); do
 		git-apply --index -C1 "$tmp_patch" &&
 		tree=$(git-write-tree) &&
 		commit=$((echo "$SUBJECT"; echo; cat "$tmp_msg") | git-commit-tree $tree -p $commit) &&
-		git-update-ref HEAD $commit || exit 4
+		git-update-ref -m "quiltimport: $patch_name" HEAD $commit || exit 4
 	fi
 done
 rm -rf $tmp_dir || exit 5
diff --git a/git-resolve.sh b/git-resolve.sh
index 1c7aaefa25..a7bc680d90 100755
--- a/git-resolve.sh
+++ b/git-resolve.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dropheads() {
 
 head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1"^0) &&
 merge=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$2"^0) &&
+merge_name="$2" &&
 merge_msg="$3" || usage
 
 #
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ case "$common" in
 "$head")
 	echo "Updating from $head to $merge"
 	git-read-tree -u -m $head $merge || exit 1
-	git-update-ref HEAD "$merge" "$head"
+	git-update-ref -m "resolve $merge_name: Fast forward" \
+		HEAD "$merge" "$head"
 	git-diff-tree -p $head $merge | git-apply --stat
 	dropheads
 	exit 0
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 result_commit=$(echo "$merge_msg" | git-commit-tree $result_tree -p $head -p $merge)
 echo "Committed merge $result_commit"
-git-update-ref HEAD "$result_commit" "$head"
+git-update-ref -m "resolve $merge_name: In-index merge" \
+	HEAD "$result_commit" "$head"
 git-diff-tree -p $head $result_commit | git-apply --stat
 dropheads
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 64a8eefcd1..1e2777c8e2 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ sub send_message
 To: $to
 Cc: $cc
 Subject: $subject
-Reply-To: $from
 Date: $date
 Message-Id: $message_id
 X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 459430a56c..8734d501fe 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static void *map_sha1_file_internal(const unsigned char *sha1,
 	return map;
 }
 
-int unpack_sha1_header(z_stream *stream, void *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
+static int unpack_sha1_header(z_stream *stream, void *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
 {
 	/* Get the data stream */
 	memset(stream, 0, sizeof(*stream));
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static void *unpack_sha1_rest(z_stream *stream, void *buffer, unsigned long size
  * too permissive for what we want to check. So do an anal
  * object header parse by hand.
  */
-int parse_sha1_header(char *hdr, char *type, unsigned long *sizep)
+static int parse_sha1_header(char *hdr, char *type, unsigned long *sizep)
 {
 	int i;
 	unsigned long size;
diff --git a/t/annotate-tests.sh b/t/annotate-tests.sh
index 1148b0257d..b6a2edd887 100644
--- a/t/annotate-tests.sh
+++ b/t/annotate-tests.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 test_expect_success \
     'merge-setup part 4' \
     'echo "evil merge." >>file &&
-     EDITOR=: VISUAL=: git commit -a --amend'
+     git commit -a --amend'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'Two lines blamed on A, one on B, two on B1, one on B2, one on A U Thor' \
diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index 6a3515dd71..04fab26621 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ test_expect_success \
 	 GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2005-05-26 23:41" git-commit -F M -a &&
 	 h_OTHER=$(git-rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
 	 echo FIXED >F &&
-	 EDITOR=true \
 	 GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2005-05-26 23:44" \
 	 GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2005-05-26 23:44" git-commit --amend &&
 	 h_FIXED=$(git-rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
diff --git a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
index 06837d1c7c..36658fb17d 100755
--- a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
+++ b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	for i in 1 2; do echo $i; done >>dir/sub &&
 	git update-index file0 dir/sub &&
 
-	EDITOR=: VISUAL=: git commit --amend &&
+	git commit --amend &&
 	git show-branch
 '
 
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index ad9796ee98..695243efad 100755
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ LC_ALL=C
 PAGER=cat
 TZ=UTC
 export LANG LC_ALL PAGER TZ
+EDITOR=:
+VISUAL=:
 unset AUTHOR_DATE
 unset AUTHOR_EMAIL
 unset AUTHOR_NAME
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ unset SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORIES
 unset SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORY
 export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
 export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
+export EDITOR VISUAL
 
 # Each test should start with something like this, after copyright notices:
 #