diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10808e3a73..47672b0c15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ git-receive-pack
 git-reflog
 git-relink
 git-remote
+git-remote-curl
 git-repack
 git-replace
 git-repo-config
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f29babdeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+GIT v1.6.4.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.4.2
+--------------------
+
+* "git clone" from an empty repository gave unnecessary error message,
+  even though it did everything else correctly.
+
+* "git cvsserver" invoked git commands via "git-foo" style, which has long
+  been deprecated.
+
+* "git fetch" and "git clone" had an extra sanity check to verify the
+  presense of the corresponding *.pack file before downloading *.idx
+  file by issuing a HEAD request.  Github server however sometimes
+  gave 500 (Internal server error) response to HEAD even if a GET
+  request for *.pack file to the same URL would have succeeded, and broke
+  clone over HTTP from some of their repositories.  As a workaround, this
+  verification has been removed (as it is not absolutely necessary).
+
+* "git grep" did not like relative pathname to refer outside the current
+  directory when run from a subdirectory.
+
+* an error message from "git push" was formatted in a very ugly way.
+
+* "git svn" did not quote the subversion user name correctly when
+  running its author-prog helper program.
+
+Other minor documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
index e560af14a9..25529f7234 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
 
  * more improvements on mingw port.
 
+ * mingw will also give FRSX as the default value for the LESS
+   environment variable when the user does not have one.
+
 (performance)
 
  * On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's
@@ -48,11 +51,28 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
  * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has
    been removed.
 
+ * The "git" main binary used to link with libcurl, which then dragged
+   in a large number of external libraries.  When using basic plumbing
+   commands in scripts, this unnecessarily slowed things down.  We now
+   implement http/https/ftp transfer as a separate executable as we
+   used to.
+
+ * "git clone" run locally hardlinks or copies the files in .git/ to
+   newly created repository.  It used to give new mtime to copied files,
+   but this delayed garbage collection to trigger unnecessarily in the
+   cloned repository.  We now preserve mtime for these files to avoid
+   this issue.
+
 (usability, bells and whistles)
 
  * Human writable date format to various options, e.g. --since=yesterday,
    master@{2000.09.17}, are taught to infer some omitted input properly.
 
+ * A few programs gave verbose "advice" messages to help uninitiated
+   people when issuing error messages.  An infrastructure to allow
+   users to squelch them has been introduced, and a few such messages
+   can be silenced now.
+
  * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement
    of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be
    transferred across repositories.
@@ -83,6 +103,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
    reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of
    blobs.
 
+ * "git fast-import" has a pair of new front-end in contrib/ area.
+
  * "git init" learned to mkdir/chdir into a directory when given an
    extra argument (i.e. "git init this").
 
@@ -91,8 +113,16 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
  * "git log --decorate" can optionally be told with --decorate=full to
    give the reference name in full.
 
+ * "git merge" issued an unnecessarily scary message when it detected
+   that the merge may have to touch the path that the user has local
+   uncommitted changes to. The message has been reworded to make it
+   clear that the command aborted, without doing any harm.
+
  * "git push" can be told to be --quiet.
 
+ * "git push" pays attention to url.$base.pushInsteadOf and uses a URL
+   that is derived from the URL used for fetching.
+
  * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified
    paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch".
 
@@ -126,5 +156,6 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c
+O=v1.6.5-rc0-49-g5f2b1e6
 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5256c7fb81..be0b8cacaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,21 @@ For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
 
+advice.*::
+	When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
+	When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
+	are:
++
+--
+	pushNonFastForward::
+		Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
+		non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
+	statusHints::
+		Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
+		output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
+		when writing commit messages. Default: true.
+--
+
 core.fileMode::
 	If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
 	the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
@@ -1500,6 +1515,19 @@ url.<base>.insteadOf::
 	never-before-seen repository on the site.  When more than one
 	insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
 
+url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
+	Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
+	instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
+	resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
+	a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
+	access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
+	allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
+	automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
+	never-before-seen repository on the site.  When more than one
+	pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
+	used.  If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
+	setting for that remote.
+
 user.email::
 	Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
 	Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index e67b7e875e..45ebf87ca3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -p::
 --patch::
-	Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
-	bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
-	the specified filepatterns before exiting.
+	Interactively choose hunks of patch between the index and the
+	work tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance
+	to review the difference before adding modified contents to the
+	index.
+
+	This effectively runs ``add --interactive``, but bypasses the
+	initial command menu and directly jumps to `patch` subcommand.
+	See ``Interactive mode'' for details.
 
 -e, \--edit::
 	Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 87781f4a77..67ad5da9cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	 [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
 	 [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
 	 [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
-	 [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors]
+	 [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors]
 	 [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
 'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
 
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see
 	linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
 
+---no-scissors::
+	Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
 -q::
 --quiet::
 	Be quiet. Only print error messages.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 823ab82b5e..996c3fcc6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ This is useful if you want to begin your message in a discussion thread
 with comments and suggestions on the message you are responding to, and to
 conclude it with a patch submission, separating the discussion and the
 beginning of the proposed commit log message with a scissors line.
++
+This can enabled by default with the configuration option mailinfo.scissors.
+
+--no-scissors::
+	Ignore scissors lines. Useful for overriding mailinfo.scissors settings.
 
 <msg>::
 	The commit log message extracted from e-mail, usually
diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
index d4037de512..579e8d2f3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-quiltimport - Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git quiltimport' [--dry-run] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>]
+'git quiltimport' [--dry-run | -n] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..173ee232f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+git-remote-helpers(1)
+=====================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-remote-helpers - Helper programs for interoperation with remote git
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git remote-<transport>' <remote>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+These programs are normally not used directly by end users, but are
+invoked by various git programs that interact with remote repositories
+when the repository they would operate on will be accessed using
+transport code not linked into the main git binary. Various particular
+helper programs will behave as documented here.
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+
+Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line.
+
+'capabilities'::
+	Lists the capabilities of the helper, one per line, ending
+	with a blank line.
+
+'list'::
+	Lists the refs, one per line, in the format "<value> <name>
+	[<attr> ...]". The value may be a hex sha1 hash, "@<dest>" for
+	a symref, or "?" to indicate that the helper could not get the
+	value of the ref. A space-separated list of attributes follows
+	the name; unrecognized attributes are ignored. After the
+	complete list, outputs a blank line.
+
+'fetch' <sha1> <name>::
+	Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects to the
+	database. Outputs a blank line when the fetch is
+	complete. Only objects which were reported in the ref list
+	with a sha1 may be fetched this way.
++
+Supported if the helper has the "fetch" capability.
+
+If a fatal error occurs, the program writes the error message to
+stderr and exits. The caller should expect that a suitable error
+message has been printed if the child closes the connection without
+completing a valid response for the current command.
+
+Additional commands may be supported, as may be determined from
+capabilities reported by the helper.
+
+CAPABILITIES
+------------
+
+'fetch'::
+	This helper supports the 'fetch' command.
+
+REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
+-------------------
+
+None are defined yet, but the caller must accept any which are supplied.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+Documentation by Daniel Barkalow.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index ad44cac71d..f91cabb4ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.6.4.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.2]
+* link:v1.6.4.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt[1.6.4.3],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt[1.6.4.2],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt[1.6.4.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.4.txt[1.6.4].
diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt
index 5355ebc0f3..d813ceb723 100644
--- a/Documentation/urls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/urls.txt
@@ -67,3 +67,21 @@ For example, with this:
 a URL like "work:repo.git" or like "host.xz:/path/to/repo.git" will be
 rewritten in any context that takes a URL to be "git://git.host.xz/repo.git".
 
+If you want to rewrite URLs for push only, you can create a
+configuration section of the form:
+
+------------
+	[url "<actual url base>"]
+		pushInsteadOf = <other url base>
+------------
+
+For example, with this:
+
+------------
+	[url "ssh://example.org/"]
+		pushInsteadOf = git://example.org/
+------------
+
+a URL like "git://example.org/path/to/repo.git" will be rewritten to
+"ssh://example.org/path/to/repo.git" for pushes, but pulls will still
+use the original URL.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ae7f7508f8..be504c95e1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
 which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
 install" would not work.
 
+The beginning of the Makefile documents many variables that affect the way
+git is built.  You can override them either from the command line, or in a
+config.mak file.
+
 Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
 set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead
 
@@ -48,32 +52,42 @@ Issues of note:
 	export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH GITPERLLIB
 
  - Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external
-   programs and libraries:
+   programs and libraries.  Git can be used without most of them by adding
+   the approriate "NO_<LIBRARY>=YesPlease" to the make command line or
+   config.mak file.
 
 	- "zlib", the compression library. Git won't build without it.
 
-	- "openssl".  Unless you specify otherwise, you'll get the SHA1
-	  library from here.
+	- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net.
 
-	  If you don't have openssl, you can use one of the SHA1 libraries
-	  that come with git (git includes the one from Mozilla, and has
-	  its own PowerPC and ARM optimized ones too - see the Makefile).
+	- A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run many scripts needed
+	  for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "pull").
 
-	- libcurl library; git-http-fetch and git-fetch use them.  You
+	- "Perl" is needed to use some of the features (e.g. preparing a
+	  partial commit using "git add -i/-p", interacting with svn
+	  repositories with "git svn").  If you can live without these, use
+	  NO_PERL.
+
+	- "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL.
+	  If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL.
+
+	  By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use it's own
+	  library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or
+	  BLK_SHA1.  Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
+	  (PPC_SHA1).
+
+	- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch and git-fetch.  You
 	  might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
-	  If you do not use http transfer, you are probably OK if you
-	  do not have them.
+	  If you do not use http:// or https:// repositories, you do not
+	  have to have them (use NO_CURL).
 
-	- expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
-	  management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional.
+	- "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
+	  management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional
+	  (with NO_EXPAT).
 
-        - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
-          history graphically, and in git-gui.
-
-	- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
-
-	- "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
-	  the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.
+	- "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
+	  history graphically, and in git-gui.  If you don't want gitk or
+	  git-gui, you can use NO_TCLTK.
 
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a614347568..d4958b832a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ all::
 # Define PPC_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
 # a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for PowerPC.
 #
-# Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO if you need -lcrypto with -lssl (Darwin).
+# Define NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL if you need -lcrypto when using -lssl (Darwin).
+#
+# Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO if you need -lssl when using -lcrypto (Darwin).
 #
 # Define NEEDS_LIBICONV if linking with libc is not enough (Darwin).
 #
@@ -378,7 +380,8 @@ BUILT_INS += git-stage$X
 BUILT_INS += git-status$X
 BUILT_INS += git-whatchanged$X
 
-# what 'all' will build and 'install' will install, in gitexecdir
+# what 'all' will build and 'install' will install in gitexecdir,
+# excluding programs for built-in commands
 ALL_PROGRAMS = $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
 
 # what 'all' will build but not install in gitexecdir
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ export PERL_PATH
 LIB_FILE=libgit.a
 XDIFF_LIB=xdiff/lib.a
 
+LIB_H += advice.h
 LIB_H += archive.h
 LIB_H += attr.h
 LIB_H += blob.h
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@ LIB_H += utf8.h
 LIB_H += wt-status.h
 
 LIB_OBJS += abspath.o
+LIB_OBJS += advice.o
 LIB_OBJS += alias.o
 LIB_OBJS += alloc.o
 LIB_OBJS += archive.o
@@ -545,6 +550,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += symlinks.o
 LIB_OBJS += tag.o
 LIB_OBJS += trace.o
 LIB_OBJS += transport.o
+LIB_OBJS += transport-helper.o
 LIB_OBJS += tree-diff.o
 LIB_OBJS += tree.o
 LIB_OBJS += tree-walk.o
@@ -704,6 +710,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),SCO_SV)
 	TAR = gtar
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
+	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	ifeq ($(shell expr "$(uname_R)" : '[15678]\.'),2)
@@ -970,9 +977,7 @@ else
 	else
 		CURL_LIBCURL = -lcurl
 	endif
-	BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-http-fetch.o
-	EXTLIBS += $(CURL_LIBCURL)
-	LIB_OBJS += http.o http-walker.o
+	PROGRAMS += git-remote-curl$X git-http-fetch$X
 	curl_check := $(shell (echo 070908; curl-config --vernum) | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
 	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "070908"
 		ifndef NO_EXPAT
@@ -1007,6 +1012,9 @@ ifndef NO_OPENSSL
 	else
 		OPENSSL_LINK =
 	endif
+	ifdef NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL
+		OPENSSL_LINK += -lcrypto
+	endif
 else
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_OPENSSL
 	BLK_SHA1 = 1
@@ -1243,6 +1251,7 @@ ifndef V
 	QUIET_LINK     = @echo '   ' LINK $@;
 	QUIET_BUILT_IN = @echo '   ' BUILTIN $@;
 	QUIET_GEN      = @echo '   ' GEN $@;
+	QUIET_LNCP     = @echo '   ' LN/CP $@;
 	QUIET_SUBDIR0  = +@subdir=
 	QUIET_SUBDIR1  = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo '   ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \
 			 $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir
@@ -1470,12 +1479,21 @@ git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LINK) $(OPENSSL_LIBSSL)
 
-http.o http-walker.o http-push.o transport.o: http.h
+http.o http-walker.o http-push.o: http.h
 
+http.o http-walker.o: $(LIB_H)
+
+git-http-fetch$X: revision.o http.o http-walker.o http-fetch.o $(GITLIBS)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
+		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL)
 git-http-push$X: revision.o http.o http-push.o $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
 
+git-remote-curl$X: remote-curl.o http.o http-walker.o $(GITLIBS)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
+		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
+
 $(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS): $(LIB_H)
 $(patsubst git-%$X,%.o,$(PROGRAMS)) git.o: $(LIB_H) $(wildcard */*.h)
 builtin-revert.o wt-status.o: wt-status.h
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae4b1e81df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+
+int advice_push_nonfastforward = 1;
+int advice_status_hints = 1;
+
+static struct {
+	const char *name;
+	int *preference;
+} advice_config[] = {
+	{ "pushnonfastforward", &advice_push_nonfastforward },
+	{ "statushints", &advice_status_hints },
+};
+
+int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	const char *k = skip_prefix(var, "advice.");
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(advice_config); i++) {
+		if (strcmp(k, advice_config[i].name))
+			continue;
+		*advice_config[i].preference = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9df8e026c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef ADVICE_H
+#define ADVICE_H
+
+extern int advice_push_nonfastforward;
+extern int advice_status_hints;
+
+int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
+
+#endif /* ADVICE_H */
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index a5714735e6..cb6e5906fb 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int edit_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	out = open(file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
 	if (out < 0)
 		die ("Could not open '%s' for writing.", file);
-	rev.diffopt.file = fdopen(out, "w");
+	rev.diffopt.file = xfdopen(out, "w");
 	rev.diffopt.close_file = 1;
 	if (run_diff_files(&rev, 0))
 		die ("Could not write patch");
diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index ad048085f3..bab2d84ea1 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dest)
 				die_errno("failed to create link '%s'", dest->buf);
 			option_no_hardlinks = 1;
 		}
-		if (copy_file(dest->buf, src->buf, 0666))
+		if (copy_file_with_time(dest->buf, src->buf, 0666))
 			die_errno("failed to copy file to '%s'", dest->buf);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c
index 817dd6bff0..cb48c57ca3 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int quickfetch(struct ref *ref_map)
 
 	for (ref = ref_map; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		if (write_in_full(revlist.in, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1), 40) < 0 ||
-		    write_in_full(revlist.in, "\n", 1) < 0) {
+		    write_str_in_full(revlist.in, "\n") < 0) {
 			if (errno != EPIPE && errno != EINVAL)
 				error("failed write to rev-list: %s", strerror(errno));
 			err = -1;
diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index ad0e0a5385..761799d7d0 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "grep.h"
+#include "quote.h"
 
 #ifndef NO_EXTERNAL_GREP
 #ifdef __unix__
@@ -157,8 +158,8 @@ static int grep_sha1(struct grep_opt *opt, const unsigned char *sha1, const char
 	unsigned long size;
 	char *data;
 	enum object_type type;
-	char *to_free = NULL;
 	int hit;
+	struct strbuf pathbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	data = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
 	if (!data) {
@@ -166,26 +167,13 @@ static int grep_sha1(struct grep_opt *opt, const unsigned char *sha1, const char
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (opt->relative && opt->prefix_length) {
-		static char name_buf[PATH_MAX];
-		char *cp;
-		int name_len = strlen(name) - opt->prefix_length + 1;
-
-		if (!tree_name_len)
-			name += opt->prefix_length;
-		else {
-			if (ARRAY_SIZE(name_buf) <= name_len)
-				cp = to_free = xmalloc(name_len);
-			else
-				cp = name_buf;
-			memcpy(cp, name, tree_name_len);
-			strcpy(cp + tree_name_len,
-			       name + tree_name_len + opt->prefix_length);
-			name = cp;
-		}
+		quote_path_relative(name + tree_name_len, -1, &pathbuf, opt->prefix);
+		strbuf_insert(&pathbuf, 0, name, tree_name_len);
+		name = pathbuf.buf;
 	}
 	hit = grep_buffer(opt, name, data, size);
+	strbuf_release(&pathbuf);
 	free(data);
-	free(to_free);
 	return hit;
 }
 
@@ -195,6 +183,7 @@ static int grep_file(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *filename)
 	int i;
 	char *data;
 	size_t sz;
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (lstat(filename, &st) < 0) {
 	err_ret:
@@ -219,8 +208,9 @@ static int grep_file(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *filename)
 	}
 	close(i);
 	if (opt->relative && opt->prefix_length)
-		filename += opt->prefix_length;
+		filename = quote_path_relative(filename, -1, &buf, opt->prefix);
 	i = grep_buffer(opt, filename, data, sz);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	free(data);
 	return i;
 }
@@ -503,6 +493,7 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached,
 		hit = external_grep(opt, paths, cached);
 		if (hit >= 0)
 			return hit;
+		hit = 0;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -798,6 +789,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	};
 
 	memset(&opt, 0, sizeof(opt));
+	opt.prefix = prefix;
 	opt.prefix_length = (prefix && *prefix) ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
 	opt.relative = 1;
 	opt.pathname = 1;
@@ -868,15 +860,8 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			verify_filename(prefix, argv[j]);
 	}
 
-	if (i < argc) {
+	if (i < argc)
 		paths = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + i);
-		if (opt.prefix_length && opt.relative) {
-			/* Make sure we do not get outside of paths */
-			for (i = 0; paths[i]; i++)
-				if (strncmp(prefix, paths[i], opt.prefix_length))
-					die("git grep: cannot generate relative filenames containing '..'");
-		}
-	}
 	else if (prefix) {
 		paths = xcalloc(2, sizeof(const char *));
 		paths[0] = prefix;
diff --git a/builtin-mailinfo.c b/builtin-mailinfo.c
index 03cbcad1ff..d498b1cd2d 100644
--- a/builtin-mailinfo.c
+++ b/builtin-mailinfo.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static int git_mailinfo_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *unused)
 }
 
 static const char mailinfo_usage[] =
-	"git mailinfo [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] msg patch <mail >info";
+	"git mailinfo [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors | --no-scissors] msg patch < mail >info";
 
 int cmd_mailinfo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
diff --git a/builtin-mailsplit.c b/builtin-mailsplit.c
index ee6ca0ebcd..dfe5b151e6 100644
--- a/builtin-mailsplit.c
+++ b/builtin-mailsplit.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int split_one(FILE *mbox, const char *name, int allow_bare)
 	fd = open(name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		die_errno("cannot open output file '%s'", name);
-	output = fdopen(fd, "w");
+	output = xfdopen(fd, "w");
 
 	/* Copy it out, while searching for a line that begins with
 	 * "From " and having something that looks like a date format.
diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index 787011f928..6eda372a55 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo, int flags)
 			continue;
 
 		error("failed to push some refs to '%s'", url[i]);
-		if (nonfastforward) {
+		if (nonfastforward && advice_push_nonfastforward) {
 			printf("To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected\n"
 			       "Merge the remote changes before pushing again.  See the 'non-fast forward'\n"
 			       "section of 'git push --help' for details.\n");
diff --git a/builtin-reflog.c b/builtin-reflog.c
index 95198c5de4..e23b5ef979 100644
--- a/builtin-reflog.c
+++ b/builtin-reflog.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int expire_reflog(const char *ref, const unsigned char *sha1, int unused,
 		} else if (cmd->updateref &&
 			(write_in_full(lock->lock_fd,
 				sha1_to_hex(cb.last_kept_sha1), 40) != 40 ||
-			 write_in_full(lock->lock_fd, "\n", 1) != 1 ||
+			 write_str_in_full(lock->lock_fd, "\n") != 1 ||
 			 close_ref(lock) < 0)) {
 			status |= error("Couldn't write %s",
 				lock->lk->filename);
diff --git a/bundle.c b/bundle.c
index e4b2aa9c4a..df95e151e2 100644
--- a/bundle.c
+++ b/bundle.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int create_bundle(struct bundle_header *header, const char *path,
 	rls.git_cmd = 1;
 	if (start_command(&rls))
 		return -1;
-	rls_fout = fdopen(rls.out, "r");
+	rls_fout = xfdopen(rls.out, "r");
 	while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), rls_fout)) {
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		if (buffer[0] == '-') {
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 5fad24ce21..1a6412dfd6 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "hash.h"
+#include "advice.h"
 
 #include SHA1_HEADER
 #ifndef git_SHA_CTX
@@ -923,13 +924,19 @@ extern const char *git_mailmap_file;
 extern void maybe_flush_or_die(FILE *, const char *);
 extern int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd);
 extern int copy_file(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode);
-extern ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
-extern ssize_t write_in_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
+extern int copy_file_with_time(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode);
 extern void write_or_die(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
 extern int write_or_whine(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, const char *msg);
 extern int write_or_whine_pipe(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, const char *msg);
 extern void fsync_or_die(int fd, const char *);
 
+extern ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
+extern ssize_t write_in_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
+static inline ssize_t write_str_in_full(int fd, const char *str)
+{
+	return write_in_full(fd, str, strlen(str));
+}
+
 /* pager.c */
 extern void setup_pager(void);
 extern const char *pager_program;
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index a6c6f70a92..fedbd5e526 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int write_shallow_commits(int fd, int use_pack_protocol)
 			else {
 				if (write_in_full(fd, hex,  40) != 40)
 					break;
-				if (write_in_full(fd, "\n", 1) != 1)
+				if (write_str_in_full(fd, "\n") != 1)
 					break;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index bed417875e..36ef8d3214 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
 	free_path_split(path);
 }
 
-char **copy_environ()
+static char **copy_environ(void)
 {
 	char **env;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ static int lookup_env(char **env, const char *name, size_t nmln)
 /*
  * If name contains '=', then sets the variable, otherwise it unsets it
  */
-char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name)
+static char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name)
 {
 	char *eq = strchrnul(name, '=');
 	int i = lookup_env(env, name, eq-name);
@@ -886,6 +886,18 @@ char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name)
 	return env;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Copies global environ and adjusts variables as specified by vars.
+ */
+char **make_augmented_environ(const char *const *vars)
+{
+	char **env = copy_environ();
+
+	while (*vars)
+		env = env_setenv(env, *vars++);
+	return env;
+}
+
 /* this is the first function to call into WS_32; initialize it */
 #undef gethostbyname
 struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 948de66eb5..c43917cd6e 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ void mingw_open_html(const char *path);
  * helpers
  */
 
-char **copy_environ(void);
+char **make_augmented_environ(const char *const *vars);
 void free_environ(char **env);
-char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name);
 
 /*
  * A replacement of main() that ensures that argv[0] has a path
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e87edeab0c..c644061136 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *dummy)
 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "mailmap."))
 		return git_default_mailmap_config(var, value);
 
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "advice."))
+		return git_default_advice_config(var, value);
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "pager.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.pager")) {
 		pager_use_color = git_config_bool(var,value);
 		return 0;
@@ -1116,7 +1119,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
 				    copy_end - copy_begin)
 					goto write_err_out;
 				if (new_line &&
-				    write_in_full(fd, "\n", 1) != 1)
+				    write_str_in_full(fd, "\n") != 1)
 					goto write_err_out;
 			}
 			copy_begin = store.offset[i];
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index bf688e12e6..98592040d1 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ _git_config ()
 	url.*.*)
 		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
 		cur="${cur##*.}"
-		__gitcomp "insteadof" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		__gitcomp "insteadOf pushInsteadOf" "$pfx" "$cur"
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
diff --git a/contrib/emacs/git.el b/contrib/emacs/git.el
index 8c70ad8b7f..214930a021 100644
--- a/contrib/emacs/git.el
+++ b/contrib/emacs/git.el
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ The FILES list must be sorted."
 (defun git-add-file ()
   "Add marked file(s) to the index cache."
   (interactive)
-  (let ((files (git-get-filenames (git-marked-files-state 'unknown 'ignored))))
+  (let ((files (git-get-filenames (git-marked-files-state 'unknown 'ignored 'unmerged))))
     ;; FIXME: add support for directories
     (unless files
       (push (file-relative-name (read-file-name "File to add: " nil nil t)) files))
@@ -1119,15 +1119,6 @@ The FILES list must be sorted."
               (when buffer (with-current-buffer buffer (revert-buffer t t t)))))
           (git-success-message "Reverted" names))))))
 
-(defun git-resolve-file ()
-  "Resolve conflicts in marked file(s)."
-  (interactive)
-  (let ((files (git-get-filenames (git-marked-files-state 'unmerged))))
-    (when files
-      (when (apply 'git-call-process-display-error "update-index" "--" files)
-        (git-update-status-files files)
-        (git-success-message "Resolved" files)))))
-
 (defun git-remove-handled ()
   "Remove handled files from the status list."
   (interactive)
@@ -1556,7 +1547,6 @@ amended version of it."
     (define-key map "P"   'git-prev-unmerged-file)
     (define-key map "q"   'git-status-quit)
     (define-key map "r"   'git-remove-file)
-    (define-key map "R"   'git-resolve-file)
     (define-key map "t"    toggle-map)
     (define-key map "T"   'git-toggle-all-marks)
     (define-key map "u"   'git-unmark-file)
@@ -1598,7 +1588,6 @@ amended version of it."
       ("Merge"
 	["Next Unmerged File" git-next-unmerged-file t]
 	["Prev Unmerged File" git-prev-unmerged-file t]
-	["Mark as Resolved" git-resolve-file t]
 	["Interactive Merge File" git-find-file-imerge t]
 	["Diff Against Common Base File" git-diff-file-base t]
 	["Diff Combined" git-diff-file-combined t]
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 38438f3c4a..e710219ca5 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@
 # License: MIT <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>
 #
 
-import optparse, sys, os, marshal, popen2, subprocess, shelve
-import tempfile, getopt, sha, os.path, time, platform
+import optparse, sys, os, marshal, subprocess, shelve
+import tempfile, getopt, os.path, time, platform
 import re
 
-from sets import Set;
-
 verbose = False
 
 
@@ -864,8 +862,8 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 
         self.usage += " //depot/path[@revRange]"
         self.silent = False
-        self.createdBranches = Set()
-        self.committedChanges = Set()
+        self.createdBranches = set()
+        self.committedChanges = set()
         self.branch = ""
         self.detectBranches = False
         self.detectLabels = False
@@ -1662,7 +1660,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 
             if len(self.changesFile) > 0:
                 output = open(self.changesFile).readlines()
-                changeSet = Set()
+                changeSet = set()
                 for line in output:
                     changeSet.add(int(line))
 
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5782d80e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Copyright 2008-2009 Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+import-directories - Import bits and pieces to Git.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<import-directories.perl> F<configfile> F<outputfile>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Script to import arbitrary projects version controlled by the "copy the
+source directory to a new location and edit it there"-version controlled
+projects into version control. Handles projects with arbitrary branching
+and version trees, taking a file describing the inputs and generating a
+file compatible with the L<git-fast-import(1)> format.
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION FILE
+
+=head2 Format
+
+The configuration file is based on the standard I<.ini> format.
+
+ ; Comments start with semi-colons
+ [section]
+ key=value
+
+Please see below for information on how to escape special characters.
+
+=head2 Global configuration
+
+Global configuration is done in the B<[config]> section, which should be
+the first section in the file. Configuration can be changed by
+repeating configuration sections later on.
+
+ [config]
+ ; configure conversion of CRLFs. "convert" means that all CRLFs
+ ; should be converted into LFs (suitable for the core.autocrlf
+ ; setting set to true in Git). "none" means that all data is
+ ; treated as binary.
+ crlf=convert
+
+=head2 Revision configuration
+
+Each revision that is to be imported is described in three
+sections. Revisions should be defined in topological order, so
+that a revision's parent has always been defined when a new revision
+is introduced. All the sections for one revision must be defined
+before defining the next revision.
+
+Each revision is assigned a unique numerical identifier. The
+numbers do not need to be consecutive, nor monotonically
+increasing.
+
+For instance, if your configuration file contains only the two
+revisions 4711 and 42, where 4711 is the initial commit, the
+only requirement is that 4711 is completely defined before 42.
+
+=pod
+
+=head3 Revision description section
+
+A section whose section name is just an integer gives meta-data
+about the revision.
+
+ [3]
+ ; author sets the author of the revisions
+ author=Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
+ ; branch sets the branch that the revision should be committed to
+ branch=master
+ ; parent describes the revision that is the parent of this commit
+ ; (optional)
+ parent=1
+ ; merges describes a revision that is merged into this commit
+ ; (optional; can be repeated)
+ merges=2
+ ; selects one file to take the timestamp from
+ ; (optional; if unspecified, the most recent file from the .files
+ ;  section is used)
+ timestamp=3/source.c
+
+=head3 Revision contents section
+
+A section whose section name is an integer followed by B<.files>
+describe all the files included in this revision. If a file that
+was available previously is not included in this revision, it will
+be removed.
+
+If an on-disk revision is incomplete, you can point to files from
+a previous revision. There are no restriction as to where the source
+files are located, nor to the names of them.
+
+ [3.files]
+ ; the key is the path inside the repository, the value is the path
+ ; as seen from the importer script.
+ source.c=ver-3.00/source.c
+ source.h=ver-2.99/source.h
+ readme.txt=ver-3.00/introduction to the project.txt
+
+File names are treated as byte strings (but please see below on
+quoting rules), and should be stored in the configuration file in
+the encoding that should be used in the generated repository.
+
+=head3 Revision commit message section
+
+A section whose section name is an integer followed by B<.message>
+gives the commit message. This section is read verbatim, up until
+the beginning of the next section. As such, a commit message may not
+contain a line that begins with an opening square bracket ("[") and
+ends with a closing square bracket ("]"), unless they are surrounded
+by whitespace or other characters.
+
+ [3.message]
+ Implement foobar.
+ ; trailing blank lines are ignored.
+
+=cut
+
+# Globals
+use strict;
+use integer;
+my $crlfmode = 0;
+my @revs;
+my (%revmap, %message, %files, %author, %branch, %parent, %merges, %time, %timesource);
+my $sectiontype = 0;
+my $rev = 0;
+my $mark = 1;
+
+# Check command line
+if ($#ARGV < 1 || $ARGV[0] =~ /^--?h/)
+{
+    exec('perldoc', $0);
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+# Open configuration
+my $config = $ARGV[0];
+open CFG, '<', $config or die "Cannot open configuration file \"$config\": ";
+
+# Open output
+my $output = $ARGV[1];
+open OUT, '>', $output or die "Cannot create output file \"$output\": ";
+binmode OUT;
+
+LINE: while (my $line = <CFG>)
+{
+	$line =~ s/\r?\n$//;
+	next LINE if $sectiontype != 4 && $line eq '';
+	next LINE if $line =~ /^;/;
+	my $oldsectiontype = $sectiontype;
+	my $oldrev = $rev;
+
+	# Sections
+	if ($line =~ m"^\[(config|(\d+)(|\.files|\.message))\]$")
+	{
+		if ($1 eq 'config')
+		{
+			$sectiontype = 1;
+		}
+		elsif ($3 eq '')
+		{
+			$sectiontype = 2;
+			$rev = $2;
+			# Create a new revision
+			die "Duplicate rev: $line\n " if defined $revmap{$rev};
+			print "Reading revision $rev\n";
+			push @revs, $rev;
+			$revmap{$rev} = $mark ++;
+			$time{$revmap{$rev}} = 0;
+		}
+		elsif ($3 eq '.files')
+		{
+			$sectiontype = 3;
+			$rev = $2;
+			die "Revision mismatch: $line\n " unless $rev == $oldrev;
+		}
+		elsif ($3 eq '.message')
+		{
+			$sectiontype = 4;
+			$rev = $2;
+			die "Revision mismatch: $line\n " unless $rev == $oldrev;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			die "Internal parse error: $line\n ";
+		}
+		next LINE;
+	}
+
+	# Parse data
+	if ($sectiontype != 4)
+	{
+		# Key and value
+		if ($line =~ m"^\s*([^\s].*=.*[^\s])\s*$")
+		{
+			my ($key, $value) = &parsekeyvaluepair($1);
+			# Global configuration
+			if (1 == $sectiontype)
+			{
+				if ($key eq 'crlf')
+				{
+					$crlfmode = 1, next LINE if $value eq 'convert';
+					$crlfmode = 0, next LINE if $value eq 'none';
+				}
+				die "Unknown configuration option: $line\n ";
+			}
+			# Revision specification
+			if (2 == $sectiontype)
+			{
+				my $current = $revmap{$rev};
+				$author{$current} = $value, next LINE if $key eq 'author';
+				$branch{$current} = $value, next LINE if $key eq 'branch';
+				$parent{$current} = $value, next LINE if $key eq 'parent';
+				$timesource{$current} = $value, next LINE if $key eq 'timestamp';
+				push(@{$merges{$current}}, $value), next LINE if $key eq 'merges';
+				die "Unknown revision option: $line\n ";
+			}
+			# Filespecs
+			if (3 == $sectiontype)
+			{
+				# Add the file and create a marker
+				die "File not found: $line\n " unless -f $value;
+				my $current = $revmap{$rev};
+				${$files{$current}}{$key} = $mark;
+				my $time = &fileblob($value, $crlfmode, $mark ++);
+
+				# Update revision timestamp if more recent than other
+				# files seen, or if this is the file we have selected
+				# to take the time stamp from using the "timestamp"
+				# directive.
+				if ((defined $timesource{$current} && $timesource{$current} eq $value)
+				    || $time > $time{$current})
+				{
+					$time{$current} = $time;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			die "Parse error: $line\n ";
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		# Commit message
+		my $current = $revmap{$rev};
+		if (defined $message{$current})
+		{
+			$message{$current} .= "\n";
+		}
+		$message{$current} .= $line;
+	}
+}
+close CFG;
+
+# Start spewing out data for git-fast-import
+foreach my $commit (@revs)
+{
+	# Progress
+	print OUT "progress Creating revision $commit\n";
+
+	# Create commit header
+	my $mark = $revmap{$commit};
+
+	# Branch and commit id
+	print OUT "commit refs/heads/", $branch{$mark}, "\nmark :", $mark, "\n";
+
+	# Author and timestamp
+	die "No timestamp defined for $commit (no files?)\n" unless defined $time{$mark};
+	print OUT "committer ", $author{$mark}, " ", $time{$mark}, " +0100\n";
+
+	# Commit message
+	die "No message defined for $commit\n" unless defined $message{$mark};
+	my $message = $message{$mark};
+	$message =~ s/\n$//; # Kill trailing empty line
+	print OUT "data ", length($message), "\n", $message, "\n";
+
+	# Parent and any merges
+	print OUT "from :", $revmap{$parent{$mark}}, "\n" if defined $parent{$mark};
+	if (defined $merges{$mark})
+	{
+		foreach my $merge (@{$merges{$mark}})
+		{
+			print OUT "merge :", $revmap{$merge}, "\n";
+		}
+	}
+
+	# Output file marks
+	print OUT "deleteall\n"; # start from scratch
+	foreach my $file (sort keys %{$files{$mark}})
+	{
+		print OUT "M 644 :", ${$files{$mark}}{$file}, " $file\n";
+	}
+	print OUT "\n";
+}
+
+# Create one file blob
+sub fileblob
+{
+	my ($filename, $crlfmode, $mark) = @_;
+
+	# Import the file
+	print OUT "progress Importing $filename\nblob\nmark :$mark\n";
+	open FILE, '<', $filename or die "Cannot read $filename\n ";
+	binmode FILE;
+	my ($size, $mtime) = (stat(FILE))[7,9];
+	my $file;
+	read FILE, $file, $size;
+	close FILE;
+	$file =~ s/\r\n/\n/g if $crlfmode;
+	print OUT "data ", length($file), "\n", $file, "\n";
+
+	return $mtime;
+}
+
+# Parse a key=value pair
+sub parsekeyvaluepair
+{
+=pod
+
+=head2 Escaping special characters
+
+Key and value strings may be enclosed in quotes, in which case
+whitespace inside the quotes is preserved. Additionally, an equal
+sign may be included in the key by preceeding it with a backslash.
+For example:
+
+ "key1 "=value1
+ key2=" value2"
+ key\=3=value3
+ key4=value=4
+ "key5""=value5
+
+Here the first key is "key1 " (note the trailing white-space) and the
+second value is " value2" (note the leading white-space). The third
+key contains an equal sign "key=3" and so does the fourth value, which
+does not need to be escaped. The fifth key contains a trailing quote,
+which does not need to be escaped since it is inside a surrounding
+quote.
+
+=cut
+	my $pair = shift;
+
+	# Separate key and value by the first non-quoted equal sign
+	my ($key, $value);
+	if ($pair =~ /^(.*[^\\])=(.*)$/)
+	{
+		($key, $value) = ($1, $2)
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		die "Parse error: $pair\n ";
+	}
+
+	# Unquote and unescape the key and value separately
+	return (&unescape($key), &unescape($value));
+}
+
+# Unquote and unescape
+sub unescape
+{
+	my $string = shift;
+
+	# First remove enclosing quotes. Backslash before the trailing
+	# quote leaves both.
+	if ($string =~ /^"(.*[^\\])"$/)
+	{
+		$string = $1;
+	}
+
+	# Second remove any backslashes inside the unquoted string.
+	# For later: Handle special sequences like \t ?
+	$string =~ s/\\(.)/$1/g;
+
+	return $string;
+}
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+B<import-directories.perl> F<project.import>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Copyright 2008-2009 Peter Krefting E<lt>peter@softwolves.pp.se>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
index 78e40d2a13..a909716682 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
@@ -8,9 +8,20 @@
 ##  perl import-tars.perl *.tar.bz2
 ##  git whatchanged import-tars
 ##
+## Use --metainfo to specify the extension for a meta data file, where
+## import-tars can read the commit message and optionally author and
+## committer information.
+##
+##  echo 'This is the commit message' > myfile.tar.bz2.msg
+##  perl import-tars.perl --metainfo=msg myfile.tar.bz2
 
 use strict;
-die "usage: import-tars *.tar.{gz,bz2,Z}\n" unless @ARGV;
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+my $metaext = '';
+
+die "usage: import-tars [--metainfo=extension] *.tar.{gz,bz2,Z}\n"
+	unless GetOptions('metainfo=s' => \$metaext) && @ARGV;
 
 my $branch_name = 'import-tars';
 my $branch_ref = "refs/heads/$branch_name";
@@ -109,12 +120,43 @@ foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV)
 		$have_top_dir = 0 if $top_dir ne $1;
 	}
 
+	my $commit_msg = "Imported from $tar_file.";
+	my $this_committer_name = $committer_name;
+	my $this_committer_email = $committer_email;
+	my $this_author_name = $author_name;
+	my $this_author_email = $author_email;
+	if ($metaext ne '') {
+		# Optionally read a commit message from <filename.tar>.msg
+		# Add a line on the form "Committer: name <e-mail>" to override
+		# the committer and "Author: name <e-mail>" to override the
+		# author for this tar ball.
+		if (open MSG, '<', "${tar_file}.${metaext}") {
+			my $header_done = 0;
+			$commit_msg = '';
+			while (<MSG>) {
+				if (!$header_done && /^Committer:\s+([^<>]*)\s+<(.*)>\s*$/i) {
+					$this_committer_name = $1;
+					$this_committer_email = $2;
+				} elsif (!$header_done && /^Author:\s+([^<>]*)\s+<(.*)>\s*$/i) {
+					$this_author_name = $1;
+					$this_author_email = $2;
+				} elsif (!$header_done && /^$/ { # empty line ends header.
+					$header_done = 1;
+				} else {
+					$commit_msg .= $_;
+					$header_done = 1;
+				}
+			}
+			close MSG;
+		}
+	}
+
 	print FI <<EOF;
 commit $branch_ref
-author $author_name <$author_email> $author_time +0000
-committer $committer_name <$committer_email> $commit_time +0000
+author $this_author_name <$this_author_email> $author_time +0000
+committer $this_committer_name <$this_committer_email> $commit_time +0000
 data <<END_OF_COMMIT_MESSAGE
-Imported from $tar_file.
+$commit_msg
 END_OF_COMMIT_MESSAGE
 
 deleteall
diff --git a/copy.c b/copy.c
index e54d15aced..a7f58fd905 100644
--- a/copy.c
+++ b/copy.c
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int copy_times(const char *dst, const char *src)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	struct utimbuf times;
+	if (stat(src, &st) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	times.actime = st.st_atime;
+	times.modtime = st.st_mtime;
+	if (utime(dst, &times) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int copy_file(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode)
 {
 	int fdi, fdo, status;
@@ -55,3 +68,11 @@ int copy_file(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode)
 
 	return status;
 }
+
+int copy_file_with_time(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode)
+{
+	int status = copy_file(dst, src, mode);
+	if (!status)
+		return copy_times(dst, src);
+	return status;
+}
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 2315d95a9f..6ec155cf03 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ fi
 # The tree must be really really clean.
 if ! git update-index --ignore-submodules --refresh > /dev/null; then
 	echo >&2 "cannot rebase: you have unstaged changes"
-	git diff --name-status -r --ignore-submodules -- >&2
+	git diff-files --name-status -r --ignore-submodules -- >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 diff=$(git diff-index --cached --name-status -r --ignore-submodules HEAD --)
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index ce4fef9d34..e0ec258e33 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -2836,6 +2836,7 @@ sub other_gs {
 
 sub call_authors_prog {
 	my ($orig_author) = @_;
+	$orig_author = command_oneline('rev-parse', '--sq-quote', $orig_author);
 	my $author = `$::_authors_prog $orig_author`;
 	if ($? != 0) {
 		die "$::_authors_prog failed with exit code $?\n"
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 0b22595548..9883009b5d 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 
 const char git_usage_string[] =
-	"git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
+	"git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]\n"
+	"           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager]\n"
+	"           [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]\n"
+	"           [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
 
 const char git_more_info_string[] =
 	"See 'git help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
@@ -309,9 +312,6 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
 		{ "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "help", cmd_help },
-#ifndef NO_CURL
-		{ "http-fetch", cmd_http_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
-#endif
 		{ "init", cmd_init_db },
 		{ "init-db", cmd_init_db },
 		{ "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
diff --git a/grep.h b/grep.h
index 28e6b2a8ec..f6eecc62c0 100644
--- a/grep.h
+++ b/grep.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct grep_opt {
 	struct grep_pat *pattern_list;
 	struct grep_pat **pattern_tail;
 	struct grep_expr *pattern_expression;
+	const char *prefix;
 	int prefix_length;
 	regex_t regexp;
 	int linenum;
diff --git a/builtin-http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
similarity index 95%
rename from builtin-http-fetch.c
rename to http-fetch.c
index f3e63d7206..e8f44babd9 100644
--- a/builtin-http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "walker.h"
 
-int cmd_http_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
+	const char *prefix;
 	struct walker *walker;
 	int commits_on_stdin = 0;
 	int commits;
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ int cmd_http_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int get_verbosely = 0;
 	int get_recover = 0;
 
+	prefix = setup_git_directory();
+
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
 	while (arg < argc && argv[arg][0] == '-') {
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 5926c5b3f7..84def9ff24 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -869,17 +869,6 @@ static int fetch_pack_index(unsigned char *sha1, const char *base_url)
 	char *url;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	/* Don't use the index if the pack isn't there */
-	end_url_with_slash(&buf, base_url);
-	strbuf_addf(&buf, "objects/pack/pack-%s.pack", hex);
-	url = strbuf_detach(&buf, 0);
-
-	if (http_get_strbuf(url, NULL, 0)) {
-		ret = error("Unable to verify pack %s is available",
-			    hex);
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
 	if (has_pack_index(sha1)) {
 		ret = 0;
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 10d7913b06..f55b7ebe11 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ static int git_merge_trees(int index_only,
 	int rc;
 	struct tree_desc t[3];
 	struct unpack_trees_options opts;
+	static const struct unpack_trees_error_msgs msgs = {
+		/* would_overwrite */
+		"Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge.  Aborting.",
+		/* not_uptodate_file */
+		"Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge.  Aborting.",
+		/* not_uptodate_dir */
+		"Updating '%s' would lose untracked files in it.  Aborting.",
+		/* would_lose_untracked */
+		"Untracked working tree file '%s' would be %s by merge.  Aborting",
+		/* bind_overlap -- will not happen here */
+		NULL,
+	};
 
 	memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
 	if (index_only)
@@ -181,6 +193,7 @@ static int git_merge_trees(int index_only,
 	opts.fn = threeway_merge;
 	opts.src_index = &the_index;
 	opts.dst_index = &the_index;
+	opts.msgs = msgs;
 
 	init_tree_desc_from_tree(t+0, common);
 	init_tree_desc_from_tree(t+1, head);
@@ -1188,10 +1201,14 @@ int merge_trees(struct merge_options *o,
 
 	code = git_merge_trees(o->call_depth, common, head, merge);
 
-	if (code != 0)
-		die("merging of trees %s and %s failed",
-		    sha1_to_hex(head->object.sha1),
-		    sha1_to_hex(merge->object.sha1));
+	if (code != 0) {
+		if (show(o, 4) || o->call_depth)
+			die("merging of trees %s and %s failed",
+			    sha1_to_hex(head->object.sha1),
+			    sha1_to_hex(merge->object.sha1));
+		else
+			exit(128);
+	}
 
 	if (unmerged_cache()) {
 		struct string_list *entries, *re_head, *re_merge;
diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index 4921843577..f416d38ac2 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ static void pager_preexec(void)
 	FD_ZERO(&in);
 	FD_SET(0, &in);
 	select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL);
-
-	setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -70,6 +68,10 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 	pager_argv[2] = pager;
 	pager_process.argv = pager_argv;
 	pager_process.in = -1;
+	if (!getenv("LESS")) {
+		static const char *env[] = { "LESS=FRSX", NULL };
+		pager_process.env = env;
+	}
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
 	pager_process.preexec_cb = pager_preexec;
 #endif
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad6a1637b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "walker.h"
+#include "http.h"
+
+static struct ref *get_refs(struct walker *walker, const char *url)
+{
+	struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *data, *start, *mid;
+	char *ref_name;
+	char *refs_url;
+	int i = 0;
+	int http_ret;
+
+	struct ref *refs = NULL;
+	struct ref *ref = NULL;
+	struct ref *last_ref = NULL;
+
+	refs_url = xmalloc(strlen(url) + 11);
+	sprintf(refs_url, "%s/info/refs", url);
+
+	http_ret = http_get_strbuf(refs_url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE);
+	switch (http_ret) {
+	case HTTP_OK:
+		break;
+	case HTTP_MISSING_TARGET:
+		die("%s not found: did you run git update-server-info on the"
+		    " server?", refs_url);
+	default:
+		http_error(refs_url, http_ret);
+		die("HTTP request failed");
+	}
+
+	data = buffer.buf;
+	start = NULL;
+	mid = data;
+	while (i < buffer.len) {
+		if (!start) {
+			start = &data[i];
+		}
+		if (data[i] == '\t')
+			mid = &data[i];
+		if (data[i] == '\n') {
+			data[i] = 0;
+			ref_name = mid + 1;
+			ref = xmalloc(sizeof(struct ref) +
+				      strlen(ref_name) + 1);
+			memset(ref, 0, sizeof(struct ref));
+			strcpy(ref->name, ref_name);
+			get_sha1_hex(start, ref->old_sha1);
+			if (!refs)
+				refs = ref;
+			if (last_ref)
+				last_ref->next = ref;
+			last_ref = ref;
+			start = NULL;
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&buffer);
+
+	ref = alloc_ref("HEAD");
+	if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, ref) &&
+	    !resolve_remote_symref(ref, refs)) {
+		ref->next = refs;
+		refs = ref;
+	} else {
+		free(ref);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&buffer);
+	free(refs_url);
+	return refs;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct remote *remote;
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *url;
+	struct walker *walker = NULL;
+
+	setup_git_directory();
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Remote needed\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	remote = remote_get(argv[1]);
+
+	if (argc > 2) {
+		url = argv[2];
+	} else {
+		url = remote->url[0];
+	}
+
+	do {
+		if (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, '\n') == EOF)
+			break;
+		if (!prefixcmp(buf.buf, "fetch ")) {
+			char *obj = buf.buf + strlen("fetch ");
+			if (!walker)
+				walker = get_http_walker(url, remote);
+			walker->get_all = 1;
+			walker->get_tree = 1;
+			walker->get_history = 1;
+			walker->get_verbosely = 0;
+			walker->get_recover = 0;
+			if (walker_fetch(walker, 1, &obj, NULL, NULL))
+				die("Fetch failed.");
+			printf("\n");
+			fflush(stdout);
+		} else if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "list")) {
+			struct ref *refs;
+			struct ref *posn;
+			if (!walker)
+				walker = get_http_walker(url, remote);
+			refs = get_refs(walker, url);
+			for (posn = refs; posn; posn = posn->next) {
+				if (posn->symref)
+					printf("@%s %s\n", posn->symref, posn->name);
+				else
+					printf("%s %s\n", sha1_to_hex(posn->old_sha1), posn->name);
+			}
+			printf("\n");
+			fflush(stdout);
+		} else if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "capabilities")) {
+			printf("fetch\n");
+			printf("\n");
+			fflush(stdout);
+		} else {
+			return 1;
+		}
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+	} while (1);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 4b5b905979..73d33f2584 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ struct rewrite {
 	int instead_of_nr;
 	int instead_of_alloc;
 };
+struct rewrites {
+	struct rewrite **rewrite;
+	int rewrite_alloc;
+	int rewrite_nr;
+};
 
 static struct remote **remotes;
 static int remotes_alloc;
@@ -41,14 +46,13 @@ static struct branch *current_branch;
 static const char *default_remote_name;
 static int explicit_default_remote_name;
 
-static struct rewrite **rewrite;
-static int rewrite_alloc;
-static int rewrite_nr;
+static struct rewrites rewrites;
+static struct rewrites rewrites_push;
 
 #define BUF_SIZE (2048)
 static char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
 
-static const char *alias_url(const char *url)
+static const char *alias_url(const char *url, struct rewrites *r)
 {
 	int i, j;
 	char *ret;
@@ -57,14 +61,14 @@ static const char *alias_url(const char *url)
 
 	longest = NULL;
 	longest_i = -1;
-	for (i = 0; i < rewrite_nr; i++) {
-		if (!rewrite[i])
+	for (i = 0; i < r->rewrite_nr; i++) {
+		if (!r->rewrite[i])
 			continue;
-		for (j = 0; j < rewrite[i]->instead_of_nr; j++) {
-			if (!prefixcmp(url, rewrite[i]->instead_of[j].s) &&
+		for (j = 0; j < r->rewrite[i]->instead_of_nr; j++) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(url, r->rewrite[i]->instead_of[j].s) &&
 			    (!longest ||
-			     longest->len < rewrite[i]->instead_of[j].len)) {
-				longest = &(rewrite[i]->instead_of[j]);
+			     longest->len < r->rewrite[i]->instead_of[j].len)) {
+				longest = &(r->rewrite[i]->instead_of[j]);
 				longest_i = i;
 			}
 		}
@@ -72,10 +76,10 @@ static const char *alias_url(const char *url)
 	if (!longest)
 		return url;
 
-	ret = xmalloc(rewrite[longest_i]->baselen +
+	ret = xmalloc(r->rewrite[longest_i]->baselen +
 		     (strlen(url) - longest->len) + 1);
-	strcpy(ret, rewrite[longest_i]->base);
-	strcpy(ret + rewrite[longest_i]->baselen, url + longest->len);
+	strcpy(ret, r->rewrite[longest_i]->base);
+	strcpy(ret + r->rewrite[longest_i]->baselen, url + longest->len);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -101,17 +105,25 @@ static void add_url(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 	remote->url[remote->url_nr++] = url;
 }
 
-static void add_url_alias(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
-{
-	add_url(remote, alias_url(url));
-}
-
 static void add_pushurl(struct remote *remote, const char *pushurl)
 {
 	ALLOC_GROW(remote->pushurl, remote->pushurl_nr + 1, remote->pushurl_alloc);
 	remote->pushurl[remote->pushurl_nr++] = pushurl;
 }
 
+static void add_pushurl_alias(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
+{
+	const char *pushurl = alias_url(url, &rewrites_push);
+	if (pushurl != url)
+		add_pushurl(remote, pushurl);
+}
+
+static void add_url_alias(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
+{
+	add_url(remote, alias_url(url, &rewrites));
+	add_pushurl_alias(remote, url);
+}
+
 static struct remote *make_remote(const char *name, int len)
 {
 	struct remote *ret;
@@ -169,22 +181,22 @@ static struct branch *make_branch(const char *name, int len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct rewrite *make_rewrite(const char *base, int len)
+static struct rewrite *make_rewrite(struct rewrites *r, const char *base, int len)
 {
 	struct rewrite *ret;
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rewrite_nr; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < r->rewrite_nr; i++) {
 		if (len
-		    ? (len == rewrite[i]->baselen &&
-		       !strncmp(base, rewrite[i]->base, len))
-		    : !strcmp(base, rewrite[i]->base))
-			return rewrite[i];
+		    ? (len == r->rewrite[i]->baselen &&
+		       !strncmp(base, r->rewrite[i]->base, len))
+		    : !strcmp(base, r->rewrite[i]->base))
+			return r->rewrite[i];
 	}
 
-	ALLOC_GROW(rewrite, rewrite_nr + 1, rewrite_alloc);
+	ALLOC_GROW(r->rewrite, r->rewrite_nr + 1, r->rewrite_alloc);
 	ret = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct rewrite));
-	rewrite[rewrite_nr++] = ret;
+	r->rewrite[r->rewrite_nr++] = ret;
 	if (len) {
 		ret->base = xstrndup(base, len);
 		ret->baselen = len;
@@ -355,8 +367,13 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 		subkey = strrchr(name, '.');
 		if (!subkey)
 			return 0;
-		rewrite = make_rewrite(name, subkey - name);
 		if (!strcmp(subkey, ".insteadof")) {
+			rewrite = make_rewrite(&rewrites, name, subkey - name);
+			if (!value)
+				return config_error_nonbool(key);
+			add_instead_of(rewrite, xstrdup(value));
+		} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".pushinsteadof")) {
+			rewrite = make_rewrite(&rewrites_push, name, subkey - name);
 			if (!value)
 				return config_error_nonbool(key);
 			add_instead_of(rewrite, xstrdup(value));
@@ -430,13 +447,17 @@ static void alias_all_urls(void)
 {
 	int i, j;
 	for (i = 0; i < remotes_nr; i++) {
+		int add_pushurl_aliases;
 		if (!remotes[i])
 			continue;
-		for (j = 0; j < remotes[i]->url_nr; j++) {
-			remotes[i]->url[j] = alias_url(remotes[i]->url[j]);
-		}
 		for (j = 0; j < remotes[i]->pushurl_nr; j++) {
-			remotes[i]->pushurl[j] = alias_url(remotes[i]->pushurl[j]);
+			remotes[i]->pushurl[j] = alias_url(remotes[i]->pushurl[j], &rewrites);
+		}
+		add_pushurl_aliases = remotes[i]->pushurl_nr == 0;
+		for (j = 0; j < remotes[i]->url_nr; j++) {
+			if (add_pushurl_aliases)
+				add_pushurl_alias(remotes[i], remotes[i]->url[j]);
+			remotes[i]->url[j] = alias_url(remotes[i]->url[j], &rewrites);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/rerere.c b/rerere.c
index 87360dc23e..29f95f657d 100644
--- a/rerere.c
+++ b/rerere.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int write_rr(struct string_list *rr, int out_fd)
 		path = rr->items[i].string;
 		length = strlen(path) + 1;
 		if (write_in_full(out_fd, rr->items[i].util, 40) != 40 ||
-		    write_in_full(out_fd, "\t", 1) != 1 ||
+		    write_str_in_full(out_fd, "\t") != 1 ||
 		    write_in_full(out_fd, path, length) != length)
 			die("unable to write rerere record");
 	}
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index f3e7abb7de..ac314a5a8d 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -173,11 +173,8 @@ fail_pipe:
 
 	if (cmd->dir)
 		die("chdir in start_command() not implemented");
-	if (cmd->env) {
-		env = copy_environ();
-		for (; *cmd->env; cmd->env++)
-			env = env_setenv(env, *cmd->env);
-	}
+	if (cmd->env)
+		env = make_augmented_environ(cmd->env);
 
 	if (cmd->git_cmd) {
 		cmd->argv = prepare_git_cmd(cmd->argv);
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 2d2633f3f8..6889a53cf9 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,23 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with insteadOf' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch with pushInsteadOf (should not rewrite)' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	(
+		TRASH=$(pwd)/ &&
+		cd testrepo &&
+		git config "url.trash/.pushInsteadOf" "$TRASH" &&
+		git config remote.up.url "$TRASH." &&
+		git config remote.up.fetch "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" &&
+		git fetch up &&
+
+		r=$(git show-ref -s --verify refs/remotes/origin/master) &&
+		test "z$r" = "z$the_commit" &&
+
+		test 1 = $(git for-each-ref refs/remotes/origin | wc -l)
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'push without wildcard' '
 	mk_empty &&
 
@@ -162,6 +179,36 @@ test_expect_success 'push with insteadOf' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push with pushInsteadOf' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	TRASH="$(pwd)/" &&
+	git config "url.$TRASH.pushInsteadOf" trash/ &&
+	git push trash/testrepo refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+	(
+		cd testrepo &&
+		r=$(git show-ref -s --verify refs/remotes/origin/master) &&
+		test "z$r" = "z$the_commit" &&
+
+		test 1 = $(git for-each-ref refs/remotes/origin | wc -l)
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push with pushInsteadOf and explicit pushurl (pushInsteadOf should not rewrite)' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	TRASH="$(pwd)/" &&
+	git config "url.trash2/.pushInsteadOf" trash/ &&
+	git config remote.r.url trash/wrong &&
+	git config remote.r.pushurl "$TRASH/testrepo" &&
+	git push r refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+	(
+		cd testrepo &&
+		r=$(git show-ref -s --verify refs/remotes/origin/master) &&
+		test "z$r" = "z$the_commit" &&
+
+		test 1 = $(git for-each-ref refs/remotes/origin | wc -l)
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'push with matching heads' '
 
 	mk_test heads/master &&
diff --git a/t/t7002-grep.sh b/t/t7002-grep.sh
index b4709e28b5..ae56a36eac 100755
--- a/t/t7002-grep.sh
+++ b/t/t7002-grep.sh
@@ -328,4 +328,21 @@ test_expect_success 'grep -p -B5' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'grep from a subdirectory to search wider area (1)' '
+	mkdir -p s &&
+	(
+		cd s && git grep "x x x" ..
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'grep from a subdirectory to search wider area (2)' '
+	mkdir -p s &&
+	(
+		cd s || exit 1
+		( git grep xxyyzz .. >out ; echo $? >status )
+		! test -s out &&
+		test 1 = $(cat status)
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9138-git-svn-authors-prog.sh b/t/t9138-git-svn-authors-prog.sh
index a4b00f2a3f..83cc5fc9d1 100755
--- a/t/t9138-git-svn-authors-prog.sh
+++ b/t/t9138-git-svn-authors-prog.sh
@@ -66,4 +66,18 @@ test_expect_success 'authors-file overrode authors-prog' '
 	)
 	'
 
+git --git-dir=x/.git config --unset svn.authorsfile
+git --git-dir=x/.git config --unset svn.authorsprog
+
+test_expect_success 'authors-prog handled special characters in username' '
+	svn mkdir -m bad --username "xyz; touch evil" "$svnrepo"/bad &&
+	(
+		cd x &&
+		git svn --authors-prog=../svn-authors-prog fetch &&
+		git rev-list -1 --pretty=raw refs/remotes/git-svn |
+		grep "^author xyz; touch evil <xyz; touch evil@example\.com> " &&
+		! test -f evil
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f57e84c676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "transport.h"
+
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "commit.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+
+struct helper_data
+{
+	const char *name;
+	struct child_process *helper;
+	unsigned fetch : 1;
+};
+
+static struct child_process *get_helper(struct transport *transport)
+{
+	struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct child_process *helper;
+	FILE *file;
+
+	if (data->helper)
+		return data->helper;
+
+	helper = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*helper));
+	helper->in = -1;
+	helper->out = -1;
+	helper->err = 0;
+	helper->argv = xcalloc(4, sizeof(*helper->argv));
+	strbuf_addf(&buf, "remote-%s", data->name);
+	helper->argv[0] = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+	helper->argv[1] = transport->remote->name;
+	helper->argv[2] = transport->url;
+	helper->git_cmd = 1;
+	if (start_command(helper))
+		die("Unable to run helper: git %s", helper->argv[0]);
+	data->helper = helper;
+
+	write_str_in_full(helper->in, "capabilities\n");
+
+	file = xfdopen(helper->out, "r");
+	while (1) {
+		if (strbuf_getline(&buf, file, '\n') == EOF)
+			exit(128); /* child died, message supplied already */
+
+		if (!*buf.buf)
+			break;
+		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "fetch"))
+			data->fetch = 1;
+	}
+	return data->helper;
+}
+
+static int disconnect_helper(struct transport *transport)
+{
+	struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
+	if (data->helper) {
+		write_str_in_full(data->helper->in, "\n");
+		close(data->helper->in);
+		finish_command(data->helper);
+		free((char *)data->helper->argv[0]);
+		free(data->helper->argv);
+		free(data->helper);
+		data->helper = NULL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fetch_with_fetch(struct transport *transport,
+			    int nr_heads, const struct ref **to_fetch)
+{
+	struct child_process *helper = get_helper(transport);
+	FILE *file = xfdopen(helper->out, "r");
+	int i;
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++) {
+		const struct ref *posn = to_fetch[i];
+		if (posn->status & REF_STATUS_UPTODATE)
+			continue;
+
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, "fetch %s %s\n",
+			    sha1_to_hex(posn->old_sha1), posn->name);
+		write_in_full(helper->in, buf.buf, buf.len);
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+
+		if (strbuf_getline(&buf, file, '\n') == EOF)
+			exit(128); /* child died, message supplied already */
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fetch(struct transport *transport,
+		 int nr_heads, const struct ref **to_fetch)
+{
+	struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
+	int i, count;
+
+	count = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++)
+		if (!(to_fetch[i]->status & REF_STATUS_UPTODATE))
+			count++;
+
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (data->fetch)
+		return fetch_with_fetch(transport, nr_heads, to_fetch);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static struct ref *get_refs_list(struct transport *transport, int for_push)
+{
+	struct child_process *helper;
+	struct ref *ret = NULL;
+	struct ref **tail = &ret;
+	struct ref *posn;
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	FILE *file;
+
+	helper = get_helper(transport);
+
+	write_str_in_full(helper->in, "list\n");
+
+	file = xfdopen(helper->out, "r");
+	while (1) {
+		char *eov, *eon;
+		if (strbuf_getline(&buf, file, '\n') == EOF)
+			exit(128); /* child died, message supplied already */
+
+		if (!*buf.buf)
+			break;
+
+		eov = strchr(buf.buf, ' ');
+		if (!eov)
+			die("Malformed response in ref list: %s", buf.buf);
+		eon = strchr(eov + 1, ' ');
+		*eov = '\0';
+		if (eon)
+			*eon = '\0';
+		*tail = alloc_ref(eov + 1);
+		if (buf.buf[0] == '@')
+			(*tail)->symref = xstrdup(buf.buf + 1);
+		else if (buf.buf[0] != '?')
+			get_sha1_hex(buf.buf, (*tail)->old_sha1);
+		tail = &((*tail)->next);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+	for (posn = ret; posn; posn = posn->next)
+		resolve_remote_symref(posn, ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int transport_helper_init(struct transport *transport, const char *name)
+{
+	struct helper_data *data = xcalloc(sizeof(*data), 1);
+	data->name = name;
+
+	transport->data = data;
+	transport->get_refs_list = get_refs_list;
+	transport->fetch = fetch;
+	transport->disconnect = disconnect_helper;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index d6c35d91ce..4cb807700a 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#ifndef NO_CURL
-#include "http.h"
-#endif
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
@@ -352,45 +349,6 @@ static int rsync_transport_push(struct transport *transport,
 	return result;
 }
 
-/* Generic functions for using commit walkers */
-
-#ifndef NO_CURL /* http fetch is the only user */
-static int fetch_objs_via_walker(struct transport *transport,
-				 int nr_objs, const struct ref **to_fetch)
-{
-	char *dest = xstrdup(transport->url);
-	struct walker *walker = transport->data;
-	char **objs = xmalloc(nr_objs * sizeof(*objs));
-	int i;
-
-	walker->get_all = 1;
-	walker->get_tree = 1;
-	walker->get_history = 1;
-	walker->get_verbosely = transport->verbose >= 0;
-	walker->get_recover = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_objs; i++)
-		objs[i] = xstrdup(sha1_to_hex(to_fetch[i]->old_sha1));
-
-	if (walker_fetch(walker, nr_objs, objs, NULL, NULL))
-		die("Fetch failed.");
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_objs; i++)
-		free(objs[i]);
-	free(objs);
-	free(dest);
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif /* NO_CURL */
-
-static int disconnect_walker(struct transport *transport)
-{
-	struct walker *walker = transport->data;
-	if (walker)
-		walker_free(walker);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #ifndef NO_CURL
 static int curl_transport_push(struct transport *transport, int refspec_nr, const char **refspec, int flags)
 {
@@ -418,96 +376,6 @@ static int curl_transport_push(struct transport *transport, int refspec_nr, cons
 	return !!run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
 }
 
-static struct ref *get_refs_via_curl(struct transport *transport, int for_push)
-{
-	struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
-	char *data, *start, *mid;
-	char *ref_name;
-	char *refs_url;
-	int i = 0;
-	int http_ret;
-
-	struct ref *refs = NULL;
-	struct ref *ref = NULL;
-	struct ref *last_ref = NULL;
-
-	struct walker *walker;
-
-	if (for_push)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (!transport->data)
-		transport->data = get_http_walker(transport->url,
-						transport->remote);
-
-	walker = transport->data;
-
-	refs_url = xmalloc(strlen(transport->url) + 11);
-	sprintf(refs_url, "%s/info/refs", transport->url);
-
-	http_ret = http_get_strbuf(refs_url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE);
-	switch (http_ret) {
-	case HTTP_OK:
-		break;
-	case HTTP_MISSING_TARGET:
-		die("%s not found: did you run git update-server-info on the"
-		    " server?", refs_url);
-	default:
-		http_error(refs_url, http_ret);
-		die("HTTP request failed");
-	}
-
-	data = buffer.buf;
-	start = NULL;
-	mid = data;
-	while (i < buffer.len) {
-		if (!start)
-			start = &data[i];
-		if (data[i] == '\t')
-			mid = &data[i];
-		if (data[i] == '\n') {
-			data[i] = 0;
-			ref_name = mid + 1;
-			ref = xmalloc(sizeof(struct ref) +
-				      strlen(ref_name) + 1);
-			memset(ref, 0, sizeof(struct ref));
-			strcpy(ref->name, ref_name);
-			get_sha1_hex(start, ref->old_sha1);
-			if (!refs)
-				refs = ref;
-			if (last_ref)
-				last_ref->next = ref;
-			last_ref = ref;
-			start = NULL;
-		}
-		i++;
-	}
-
-	strbuf_release(&buffer);
-
-	ref = alloc_ref("HEAD");
-	if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, ref) &&
-	    !resolve_remote_symref(ref, refs)) {
-		ref->next = refs;
-		refs = ref;
-	} else {
-		free(ref);
-	}
-
-	strbuf_release(&buffer);
-	free(refs_url);
-	return refs;
-}
-
-static int fetch_objs_via_curl(struct transport *transport,
-				 int nr_objs, const struct ref **to_fetch)
-{
-	if (!transport->data)
-		transport->data = get_http_walker(transport->url,
-						transport->remote);
-	return fetch_objs_via_walker(transport, nr_objs, to_fetch);
-}
-
 #endif
 
 struct bundle_transport_data {
@@ -955,14 +823,12 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 	} else if (!prefixcmp(url, "http://")
 	        || !prefixcmp(url, "https://")
 	        || !prefixcmp(url, "ftp://")) {
+		transport_helper_init(ret, "curl");
 #ifdef NO_CURL
 		error("git was compiled without libcurl support.");
 #else
-		ret->get_refs_list = get_refs_via_curl;
-		ret->fetch = fetch_objs_via_curl;
 		ret->push = curl_transport_push;
 #endif
-		ret->disconnect = disconnect_walker;
 
 	} else if (is_local(url) && is_file(url)) {
 		struct bundle_transport_data *data = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*data));
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index 171a01c7a3..c14da6f1e5 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -79,4 +79,7 @@ void transport_unlock_pack(struct transport *transport);
 int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport);
 char *transport_anonymize_url(const char *url);
 
+/* Transport methods defined outside transport.c */
+int transport_helper_init(struct transport *transport, const char *name);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index c77ab710c4..38ddac2e86 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int do_rev_list(int fd, void *create_full_pack)
 	int i;
 	struct rev_info revs;
 
-	pack_pipe = fdopen(fd, "w");
+	pack_pipe = xfdopen(fd, "w");
 	init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
 	revs.tag_objects = 1;
 	revs.tree_objects = 1;
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static void create_pack_file(void)
 
 	/* pass on revisions we (don't) want */
 	if (!shallow_nr) {
-		FILE *pipe_fd = fdopen(pack_objects.in, "w");
+		FILE *pipe_fd = xfdopen(pack_objects.in, "w");
 		if (!create_full_pack) {
 			int i;
 			for (i = 0; i < want_obj.nr; i++)
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void receive_needs(void)
 
 	shallow_nr = 0;
 	if (debug_fd)
-		write_in_full(debug_fd, "#S\n", 3);
+		write_str_in_full(debug_fd, "#S\n");
 	for (;;) {
 		struct object *o;
 		unsigned char sha1_buf[20];
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void receive_needs(void)
 		}
 	}
 	if (debug_fd)
-		write_in_full(debug_fd, "#E\n", 3);
+		write_str_in_full(debug_fd, "#E\n");
 
 	if (!use_sideband && daemon_mode)
 		no_progress = 1;
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 85f3fcb8a2..38eb24536b 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static void wt_status_print_unmerged_header(struct wt_status *s)
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Unmerged paths:");
+	if (!advice_status_hints)
+		return;
 	if (!s->is_initial)
 		color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git reset %s <file>...\" to unstage)", s->reference);
 	else
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ static void wt_status_print_cached_header(struct wt_status *s)
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changes to be committed:");
+	if (!advice_status_hints)
+		return;
 	if (!s->is_initial) {
 		color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git reset %s <file>...\" to unstage)", s->reference);
 	} else {
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ static void wt_status_print_dirty_header(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not updated:");
+	if (!advice_status_hints)
+		return;
 	if (!has_deleted)
 		color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git add <file>...\" to update what will be committed)");
 	else
@@ -85,6 +91,8 @@ static void wt_status_print_untracked_header(struct wt_status *s)
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Untracked files:");
+	if (!advice_status_hints)
+		return;
 	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git add <file>...\" to include in what will be committed)");
 	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#");
 }