diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8c3c724a7f..a327c63330 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1059,14 +1059,11 @@ else
 	REMOTE_CURL_NAMES = $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY) $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES)
 	PROGRAM_OBJS += http-fetch.o
 	PROGRAMS += $(REMOTE_CURL_NAMES)
-	curl_check := $(shell (echo 070908; curl-config --vernum | sed -e '/^70[BC]/s/^/0/') 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
-	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "070908"
+	ifndef NO_CURL_MULTI
 		ifndef NO_EXPAT
 			PROGRAM_OBJS += http-push.o
 		endif
-	endif
-	curl_check := $(shell (echo 072200; curl-config --vernum | sed -e '/^70[BC]/s/^/0/') 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
-	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "072200"
+		# Assume that cURL is new enough
 		USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND = YesPlease
 	endif
 	ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 4957c39032..49f33eb1e0 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
 			 * running.
 			 */
 			time(NULL) - st.st_mtime <= 12 * 3600 &&
-			fscanf(fp, "%"PRIuMAX" %127c", &pid, locking_host) == 2 &&
+			fscanf(fp, "%"SCNuMAX" %127c", &pid, locking_host) == 2 &&
 			/* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
 			(strcmp(locking_host, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0) || errno == EPERM);
 		if (fp != NULL)
diff --git a/compat/regex/regcomp.c b/compat/regex/regcomp.c
index 06f3088708..fba5986399 100644
--- a/compat/regex/regcomp.c
+++ b/compat/regex/regcomp.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
    Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    02110-1301 USA.  */
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 static reg_errcode_t re_compile_internal (regex_t *preg, const char * pattern,
 					  size_t length, reg_syntax_t syntax);
 static void re_compile_fastmap_iter (regex_t *bufp,
@@ -2577,7 +2579,7 @@ parse_dup_op (bin_tree_t *elem, re_string_t *regexp, re_dfa_t *dfa,
     old_tree = NULL;
 
   if (elem->token.type == SUBEXP)
-    postorder (elem, mark_opt_subexp, (void *) (long) elem->token.opr.idx);
+    postorder (elem, mark_opt_subexp, (void *) (intptr_t) elem->token.opr.idx);
 
   tree = create_tree (dfa, elem, NULL, (end == -1 ? OP_DUP_ASTERISK : OP_ALT));
   if (BE (tree == NULL, 0))
@@ -3806,7 +3808,7 @@ create_token_tree (re_dfa_t *dfa, bin_tree_t *left, bin_tree_t *right,
 static reg_errcode_t
 mark_opt_subexp (void *extra, bin_tree_t *node)
 {
-  int idx = (int) (long) extra;
+  int idx = (int) (intptr_t) extra;
   if (node->token.type == SUBEXP && node->token.opr.idx == idx)
     node->token.opt_subexp = 1;
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 14012fad72..8bc0677159 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -521,6 +521,17 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([curl], [curl_global_init],
 [NO_CURL=],
 [NO_CURL=YesPlease])
 
+if test -z "$NO_CURL"; then
+
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([curl_multi_init],
+[NO_CURL_MULTI=],
+[NO_CURL_MULTI=UnfortunatelyYes],
+[[#include <curl/curl.h>]])
+
+GIT_CONF_SUBST([NO_CURL_MULTI])
+
+fi
+
 GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($CURLDIR)
 
 GIT_CONF_SUBST([NO_CURL])
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 67c0b27ade..bbcfa1ac8f 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ extern char *gitbasename(char *);
 #define PRIuMAX "llu"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef SCNuMAX
+#define SCNuMAX PRIuMAX
+#endif
+
 #ifndef PRIu32
 #define PRIu32 "u"
 #endif
@@ -570,7 +574,7 @@ extern int git_lstat(const char *, struct stat *);
 #endif
 
 #define DEFAULT_PACKED_GIT_LIMIT \
-	((1024L * 1024L) * (sizeof(void*) >= 8 ? 8192 : 256))
+	((1024L * 1024L) * (size_t)(sizeof(void*) >= 8 ? 8192 : 256))
 
 #ifdef NO_PREAD
 #define pread git_pread
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 2bd1755dee..f80fe5c9c9 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -429,6 +429,17 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 
 	if (curl_http_proxy) {
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY, curl_http_proxy);
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071800
+		if (starts_with(curl_http_proxy, "socks5"))
+			curl_easy_setopt(result,
+				CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);
+		else if (starts_with(curl_http_proxy, "socks4a"))
+			curl_easy_setopt(result,
+				CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A);
+		else if (starts_with(curl_http_proxy, "socks"))
+			curl_easy_setopt(result,
+				CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS4);
+#endif
 	}
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a07
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index 37ac4aa86a..8c3fc212ba 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -1422,11 +1422,15 @@ static CURL *setup_curl(struct imap_server_conf *srvc)
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PORT, server.port);
 
 	if (server.auth_method) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM < 0x072200
+		warning("No LOGIN_OPTIONS support in this cURL version");
+#else
 		struct strbuf auth = STRBUF_INIT;
 		strbuf_addstr(&auth, "AUTH=");
 		strbuf_addstr(&auth, server.auth_method);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS, auth.buf);
 		strbuf_release(&auth);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if (!server.use_ssl)
diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index 5c8376e978..e542ea7703 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static int pack_revindex_hashsz;
 
 static int pack_revindex_ix(struct packed_git *p)
 {
-	unsigned long ui = (unsigned long)p;
+	unsigned long ui = (unsigned long)(intptr_t)p;
 	int i;
 
 	ui = ui ^ (ui >> 16); /* defeat structure alignment */
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 1cee438422..5dae2cb9a0 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ static unsigned long pack_entry_hash(struct packed_git *p, off_t base_offset)
 {
 	unsigned long hash;
 
-	hash = (unsigned long)p + (unsigned long)base_offset;
+	hash = (unsigned long)(intptr_t)p + (unsigned long)base_offset;
 	hash += (hash >> 8) + (hash >> 16);
 	return hash % MAX_DELTA_CACHE;
 }
diff --git a/wrap-for-bin.sh b/wrap-for-bin.sh
index 701d2339b9..a151c95d4c 100644
--- a/wrap-for-bin.sh
+++ b/wrap-for-bin.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,11 @@ GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR='@@BUILD_DIR@@/po/build/locale'
 PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@/bin-wrappers:'"$PATH"
 export GIT_EXEC_PATH GITPERLLIB PATH GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR
 
+if test -n "$TEST_GDB_GIT"
+then
+	exec gdb -args "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+	echo "Could not run gdb -args ${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@ $*" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"