diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 21ec55797b..f5a552ee87 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ branch.<name>.merge::
 	this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
 	Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
 
-pager.color::
+color.pager::
 	A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
 	use (default is true).
 
-diff.color::
+color.diff::
 	When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
 	When false (or `never`), never.  When set to `auto`, use
 	colors only when the output is to the terminal.
 
-diff.color.<slot>::
+color.diff.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for diff colorization.  `<slot>`
 	specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
 	color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
@@ -271,19 +271,19 @@ showbranch.default::
 	The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 	See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 
-status.color::
+color.status::
 	A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
 	gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
 	`false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
 	only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
 
-status.color.<slot>::
+color.status.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
 	one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
 	`updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
 	`changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
 	or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
-	these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
+	these variables may be specified as in color.diff.<slot>.
 
 tar.umask::
 	By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 3144864d85..228c4d95bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ the number of trees given to the command.
 
 * When one <tree-ish> is given, the working tree and the named
   tree are compared, using `git-diff-index`.  The option
-  `--index` can be given to compare the index file and
+  `--cached` can be given to compare the index file and
   the named tree.
-  `--cached` is a deprecated alias for `--index`. It's use is
-  discouraged.
 
 * When two <tree-ish>s are given, these two trees are compared
   using `git-diff-tree`.
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ Various ways to check your working tree::
 +
 ------------
 $ git diff            <1>
-$ git diff --index    <2>
+$ git diff --cached   <2>
 $ git diff HEAD       <3>
 ------------
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index d4ae99fa53..197f4b512f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ corresponding remotes file---see below), then all the
 refs that exist both on the local side and on the remote
 side are updated.
 +
-Some short-cut notations are also supported.
+`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
 +
-* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
-* A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
-  <ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
-  in the source.
+A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
+<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
+in the source.
++
+Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
+the remote repository.
 
 \--all::
 	Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
@@ -75,7 +77,8 @@ include::urls.txt[]
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
+by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 
 Documentation
 --------------
diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 1c535b1dd6..a6590205e8 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs,
 	int cached = 0;
 	while (1 < argc) {
 		const char *arg = argv[1];
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--index") || !strcmp(arg, "--cached"))
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached"))
 			cached = 1;
 		else
 			usage(builtin_diff_usage);
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 7acf5d3b0c..6821a08442 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		strcat(extra_headers, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.color")) {
+	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.diff")) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return git_log_config(var, value);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 3cae3901aa..1bdef44a3a 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "pager.color")) {
+	if (!strcmp(var, "pager.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.pager")) {
 		pager_use_color = git_config_bool(var,value);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 447ec20467..9c4d23a23c 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -712,10 +712,13 @@ _git_repo_config ()
 		core.legacyHeaders
 		i18n.commitEncoding
 		diff.color
+		color.diff
 		diff.renameLimit
 		diff.renames
 		pager.color
+		color.pager
 		status.color
+		color.status
 		log.showroot
 		show.difftree
 		showbranch.default
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index ca7ff56b53..0b284b3082 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		diff_rename_limit_default = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.color")) {
+	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.diff")) {
 		diff_use_color_default = git_config_colorbool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 			diff_detect_rename_default = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strncmp(var, "diff.color.", 11)) {
+	if (!strncmp(var, "diff.color.", 11) || !strncmp(var, "color.diff.", 11)) {
 		int slot = parse_diff_color_slot(var, 11);
 		color_parse(value, var, diff_colors[slot]);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 4b8b5705b4..6e9414dbb0 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ void wt_status_print(struct wt_status *s)
 
 int git_status_config(const char *k, const char *v)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(k, "status.color")) {
+	if (!strcmp(k, "status.color") || !strcmp(k, "color.status")) {
 		wt_status_use_color = git_config_colorbool(k, v);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strncmp(k, "status.color.", 13)) {
+	if (!strncmp(k, "status.color.", 13) || !strncmp(k, "color.status", 13)) {
 		int slot = parse_status_slot(k, 13);
 		color_parse(v, k, wt_status_colors[slot]);
 	}