diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 217fd49da9..4004e73e40 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 			char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
 			int fd;
 			snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname),
-				 "%s/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+				 "%s/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 			fd = xmkstemp(tmpname);
 			pack_tmp_name = xstrdup(tmpname);
 			f = sha1fd(fd, pack_tmp_name);
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index 01945a8651..4cb763f989 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -407,14 +407,15 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return i;
 }
 
-static void show_list(const char *title, struct string_list *list)
+static void show_list(const char *title, struct string_list *list,
+		      const char *extra_arg)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	if (!list->nr)
 		return;
 
-	printf(title, list->nr > 1 ? "es" : "");
+	printf(title, list->nr > 1 ? "es" : "", extra_arg);
 	printf("\n    ");
 	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 		printf("%s%s", i ? " " : "", list->items[i].string);
@@ -477,7 +478,6 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	memset(&states, 0, sizeof(states));
 	for (; argc; argc--, argv++) {
-		struct strbuf buf;
 		int i;
 
 		get_remote_ref_states(*argv, &states, !no_query);
@@ -503,18 +503,16 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 
 		if (!no_query) {
-			strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
-			strbuf_addf(&buf, "  New remote branch%%s (next fetch "
-				"will store in remotes/%s)", states.remote->name);
-			show_list(buf.buf, &states.new);
-			strbuf_release(&buf);
+			show_list("  New remote branch%s (next fetch "
+				"will store in remotes/%s)",
+				&states.new, states.remote->name);
 			show_list("  Stale tracking branch%s (use 'git remote "
-				"prune')", &states.stale);
+				"prune')", &states.stale, "");
 		}
 
 		if (no_query)
 			for_each_ref(append_ref_to_tracked_list, &states);
-		show_list("  Tracked remote branch%s", &states.tracked);
+		show_list("  Tracked remote branch%s", &states.tracked, "");
 
 		if (states.remote->push_refspec_nr) {
 			printf("  Local branch%s pushed with 'git push'\n   ",
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
index dab7c8e3a1..a577ad095f 100644
--- a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
+++ b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if ((@ARGV < 0) || !GetOptions(
 			      )) { die $usage; }
 die $usage unless ($read_mode xor $write_mode);
 
-my $topdir = `git-rev-parse --show-cdup` or die "\n"; chomp $topdir;
+my $topdir = `git rev-parse --show-cdup` or die "\n"; chomp $topdir;
 my $gitdir = $topdir . '.git';
 my $gitmeta = $topdir . '.gitmeta';
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ elsif ($read_mode) {
 	open (OUT, ">$gitmeta.tmp") or die "Could not open $gitmeta.tmp for writing: $!\n";
     }
 
-    my @files = `git-ls-files`;
+    my @files = `git ls-files`;
     my %dirs;
 
     foreach my $path (@files) {
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 239309f96d..558e062a32 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static void start_packfile(void)
 	int pack_fd;
 
 	snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-		"%s/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+		"%s/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 	pack_fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 	p = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*p) + strlen(tmpfile) + 2);
 	strcpy(p->pack_name, tmpfile);
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static char *create_index(void)
 	}
 
 	snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-		"%s/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+		"%s/pack/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 	idx_fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 	f = sha1fd(idx_fd, tmpfile);
 	sha1write(f, array, 256 * sizeof(int));
diff --git a/index-pack.c b/index-pack.c
index c6ac0e6ce7..6208661144 100644
--- a/index-pack.c
+++ b/index-pack.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static char *open_pack_file(char *pack_name)
 		if (!pack_name) {
 			static char tmpfile[PATH_MAX];
 			snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-				 "%s/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+				 "%s/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 			output_fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 			pack_name = xstrdup(tmpfile);
 		} else
diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index 939ed56362..3621f1dd32 100644
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ char *write_idx_file(char *index_name, struct pack_idx_entry **objects,
 	if (!index_name) {
 		static char tmpfile[PATH_MAX];
 		snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-			 "%s/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+			 "%s/pack/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 		fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 		index_name = xstrdup(tmpfile);
 	} else {