diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index d8a13bf61c..22fadeb114 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.9.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.1]
+* link:v1.7.9.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.2]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.9.2.txt[1.7.9.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt[1.7.9.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.9.txt[1.7.9].
 
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index ab24310569..554e30e961 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -60,18 +60,6 @@
 #       per-repository basis by setting the bash.showUpstream config
 #       variable.
 #
-#
-# To submit patches:
-#
-#    *) Read Documentation/SubmittingPatches
-#    *) Send all patches to the current maintainer:
-#
-#       "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
-#
-#    *) Always CC the Git mailing list:
-#
-#       git@vger.kernel.org
-#
 
 if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then
 	autoload -U +X bashcompinit && bashcompinit
@@ -298,13 +286,13 @@ __git_ps1 ()
 				fi
 			fi
 			if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE-}" ]; then
-			        git rev-parse --verify refs/stash >/dev/null 2>&1 && s="$"
+				git rev-parse --verify refs/stash >/dev/null 2>&1 && s="$"
 			fi
 
 			if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES-}" ]; then
-			   if [ -n "$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard)" ]; then
-			      u="%"
-			   fi
+				if [ -n "$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard)" ]; then
+					u="%"
+				fi
 			fi
 
 			if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM-}" ]; then
@@ -2512,7 +2500,7 @@ _git_svn ()
 			__gitcomp "
 				--merge --strategy= --verbose --dry-run
 				--fetch-all --no-rebase --commit-url
-				--revision $cmt_opts $fc_opts
+				--revision --interactive $cmt_opts $fc_opts
 				"
 			;;
 		set-tree,--*)
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 8130447edf..914e547a99 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
 
     host = gitConfig("git-p4.host")
     if len(host) > 0:
-        real_cmd += ["-h", host]
+        real_cmd += ["-H", host]
 
     client = gitConfig("git-p4.client")
     if len(client) > 0:
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index eeb83d3759..4334b95f70 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1878,8 +1878,7 @@ sub cmt_sha2rev_batch {
 
 sub working_head_info {
 	my ($head, $refs) = @_;
-	my @args = qw/log --no-color --no-decorate --first-parent
-	              --pretty=medium/;
+	my @args = qw/rev-list --first-parent --pretty=medium/;
 	my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(@args, $head);
 	my $hash;
 	my %max;
@@ -2029,6 +2028,7 @@ use Carp qw/croak/;
 use File::Path qw/mkpath/;
 use File::Copy qw/copy/;
 use IPC::Open3;
+use Time::Local;
 use Memoize;  # core since 5.8.0, Jul 2002
 use Memoize::Storable;
 
@@ -3287,6 +3287,14 @@ sub get_untracked {
 	\@out;
 }
 
+sub get_tz {
+	# some systmes don't handle or mishandle %z, so be creative.
+	my $t = shift || time;
+	my $gm = timelocal(gmtime($t));
+	my $sign = qw( + + - )[ $t <=> $gm ];
+	return sprintf("%s%02d%02d", $sign, (gmtime(abs($t - $gm)))[2,1]);
+}
+
 # parse_svn_date(DATE)
 # --------------------
 # Given a date (in UTC) from Subversion, return a string in the format
@@ -3319,8 +3327,7 @@ sub parse_svn_date {
 			delete $ENV{TZ};
 		}
 
-		my $our_TZ =
-		    POSIX::strftime('%Z', $S, $M, $H, $d, $m - 1, $Y - 1900);
+		my $our_TZ = get_tz();
 
 		# This converts $epoch_in_UTC into our local timezone.
 		my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year,
@@ -3920,7 +3927,7 @@ sub rebuild {
 	my ($base_rev, $head) = ($partial ? $self->rev_map_max_norebuild(1) :
 		(undef, undef));
 	my ($log, $ctx) =
-	    command_output_pipe(qw/rev-list --pretty=raw --no-color --reverse/,
+	    command_output_pipe(qw/rev-list --pretty=raw --reverse/,
 				($head ? "$head.." : "") . $self->refname,
 				'--');
 	my $metadata_url = $self->metadata_url;
@@ -5130,7 +5137,7 @@ sub rmdirs {
 }
 
 sub open_or_add_dir {
-	my ($self, $full_path, $baton) = @_;
+	my ($self, $full_path, $baton, $deletions) = @_;
 	my $t = $self->{types}->{$full_path};
 	if (!defined $t) {
 		die "$full_path not known in r$self->{r} or we have a bug!\n";
@@ -5139,7 +5146,7 @@ sub open_or_add_dir {
 		no warnings 'once';
 		# SVN::Node::none and SVN::Node::file are used only once,
 		# so we're shutting up Perl's warnings about them.
-		if ($t == $SVN::Node::none) {
+		if ($t == $SVN::Node::none || defined($deletions->{$full_path})) {
 			return $self->add_directory($full_path, $baton,
 			    undef, -1, $self->{pool});
 		} elsif ($t == $SVN::Node::dir) {
@@ -5154,17 +5161,18 @@ sub open_or_add_dir {
 }
 
 sub ensure_path {
-	my ($self, $path) = @_;
+	my ($self, $path, $deletions) = @_;
 	my $bat = $self->{bat};
 	my $repo_path = $self->repo_path($path);
 	return $bat->{''} unless (length $repo_path);
+
 	my @p = split m#/+#, $repo_path;
 	my $c = shift @p;
-	$bat->{$c} ||= $self->open_or_add_dir($c, $bat->{''});
+	$bat->{$c} ||= $self->open_or_add_dir($c, $bat->{''}, $deletions);
 	while (@p) {
 		my $c0 = $c;
 		$c .= '/' . shift @p;
-		$bat->{$c} ||= $self->open_or_add_dir($c, $bat->{$c0});
+		$bat->{$c} ||= $self->open_or_add_dir($c, $bat->{$c0}, $deletions);
 	}
 	return $bat->{$c};
 }
@@ -5221,9 +5229,9 @@ sub apply_autoprops {
 }
 
 sub A {
-	my ($self, $m) = @_;
+	my ($self, $m, $deletions) = @_;
 	my ($dir, $file) = split_path($m->{file_b});
-	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir);
+	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir, $deletions);
 	my $fbat = $self->add_file($self->repo_path($m->{file_b}), $pbat,
 					undef, -1);
 	print "\tA\t$m->{file_b}\n" unless $::_q;
@@ -5233,9 +5241,9 @@ sub A {
 }
 
 sub C {
-	my ($self, $m) = @_;
+	my ($self, $m, $deletions) = @_;
 	my ($dir, $file) = split_path($m->{file_b});
-	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir);
+	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir, $deletions);
 	my $fbat = $self->add_file($self->repo_path($m->{file_b}), $pbat,
 				$self->url_path($m->{file_a}), $self->{r});
 	print "\tC\t$m->{file_a} => $m->{file_b}\n" unless $::_q;
@@ -5252,9 +5260,9 @@ sub delete_entry {
 }
 
 sub R {
-	my ($self, $m) = @_;
+	my ($self, $m, $deletions) = @_;
 	my ($dir, $file) = split_path($m->{file_b});
-	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir);
+	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir, $deletions);
 	my $fbat = $self->add_file($self->repo_path($m->{file_b}), $pbat,
 				$self->url_path($m->{file_a}), $self->{r});
 	print "\tR\t$m->{file_a} => $m->{file_b}\n" unless $::_q;
@@ -5263,14 +5271,14 @@ sub R {
 	$self->close_file($fbat,undef,$self->{pool});
 
 	($dir, $file) = split_path($m->{file_a});
-	$pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir);
+	$pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir, $deletions);
 	$self->delete_entry($m->{file_a}, $pbat);
 }
 
 sub M {
-	my ($self, $m) = @_;
+	my ($self, $m, $deletions) = @_;
 	my ($dir, $file) = split_path($m->{file_b});
-	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir);
+	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir, $deletions);
 	my $fbat = $self->open_file($self->repo_path($m->{file_b}),
 				$pbat,$self->{r},$self->{pool});
 	print "\t$m->{chg}\t$m->{file_b}\n" unless $::_q;
@@ -5340,9 +5348,9 @@ sub chg_file {
 }
 
 sub D {
-	my ($self, $m) = @_;
+	my ($self, $m, $deletions) = @_;
 	my ($dir, $file) = split_path($m->{file_b});
-	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir);
+	my $pbat = $self->ensure_path($dir, $deletions);
 	print "\tD\t$m->{file_b}\n" unless $::_q;
 	$self->delete_entry($m->{file_b}, $pbat);
 }
@@ -5374,11 +5382,19 @@ sub DESTROY {
 sub apply_diff {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	my $mods = $self->{mods};
-	my %o = ( D => 1, R => 0, C => -1, A => 3, M => 3, T => 3 );
+	my %o = ( D => 0, C => 1, R => 2, A => 3, M => 4, T => 5 );
+	my %deletions;
+
+	foreach my $m (@$mods) {
+		if ($m->{chg} eq "D") {
+			$deletions{$m->{file_b}} = 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	foreach my $m (sort { $o{$a->{chg}} <=> $o{$b->{chg}} } @$mods) {
 		my $f = $m->{chg};
 		if (defined $o{$f}) {
-			$self->$f($m);
+			$self->$f($m, \%deletions);
 		} else {
 			fatal("Invalid change type: $f");
 		}
@@ -5994,7 +6010,6 @@ package Git::SVN::Log;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use POSIX qw/strftime/;
-use Time::Local;
 use constant commit_log_separator => ('-' x 72) . "\n";
 use vars qw/$TZ $limit $color $pager $non_recursive $verbose $oneline
             %rusers $show_commit $incremental/;
@@ -6104,11 +6119,8 @@ sub run_pager {
 }
 
 sub format_svn_date {
-	# some systmes don't handle or mishandle %z, so be creative.
 	my $t = shift || time;
-	my $gm = timelocal(gmtime($t));
-	my $sign = qw( + + - )[ $t <=> $gm ];
-	my $gmoff = sprintf("%s%02d%02d", $sign, (gmtime(abs($t - $gm)))[2,1]);
+	my $gmoff = Git::SVN::get_tz($t);
 	return strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S $gmoff (%a, %d %b %Y)", localtime($t));
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
index b041516a1d..749b75e8d4 100755
--- a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ test_expect_success "$name" "
 	git update-index --add dir/file/file &&
 	git commit -m '$name' &&
 	test_must_fail git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
-		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch" || true
+		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch
+"
 
 
 name='detect node change from directory to file #1'
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 	git update-index --add -- bar &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
 	test_must_fail git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
-		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch2' || true
+		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch2
+'
 
 
 name='detect node change from file to directory #2'
@@ -92,9 +94,12 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 	echo yyy > bar/zzz/yyy &&
 	git update-index --add bar/zzz/yyy &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
-	test_must_fail git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
-		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch3' || true
-
+	git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
+		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch3 &&
+	svn_cmd up "$SVN_TREE" &&
+	test -d "$SVN_TREE"/bar/zzz &&
+	test -e "$SVN_TREE"/bar/zzz/yyy
+'
 
 name='detect node change from directory to file #2'
 test_expect_success "$name" '
@@ -107,7 +112,8 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 	git update-index --add -- dir &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
 	test_must_fail git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
-		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch4' || true
+		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch4
+'
 
 
 name='remove executable bit from a file'
@@ -134,10 +140,10 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 	test -x "$SVN_TREE"/exec.sh'
 
 
-name='executable file becomes a symlink to bar/zzz (file)'
+name='executable file becomes a symlink to file'
 test_expect_success "$name" '
 	rm exec.sh &&
-	ln -s bar/zzz exec.sh &&
+	ln -s file exec.sh &&
 	git update-index exec.sh &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
 	git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
@@ -148,19 +154,19 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 name='new symlink is added to a file that was also just made executable'
 
 test_expect_success "$name" '
-	chmod +x bar/zzz &&
-	ln -s bar/zzz exec-2.sh &&
-	git update-index --add bar/zzz exec-2.sh &&
+	chmod +x file &&
+	ln -s file exec-2.sh &&
+	git update-index --add file exec-2.sh &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
 	git svn set-tree --find-copies-harder --rmdir \
 		${remotes_git_svn}..mybranch5 &&
 	svn_cmd up "$SVN_TREE" &&
-	test -x "$SVN_TREE"/bar/zzz &&
+	test -x "$SVN_TREE"/file &&
 	test -h "$SVN_TREE"/exec-2.sh'
 
 name='modify a symlink to become a file'
 test_expect_success "$name" '
-	echo git help > help || true &&
+	echo git help >help &&
 	rm exec-2.sh &&
 	cp help exec-2.sh &&
 	git update-index exec-2.sh &&
@@ -195,14 +201,15 @@ name='check imported tree checksums expected tree checksums'
 rm -f expected
 if test_have_prereq UTF8
 then
-	echo tree bf522353586b1b883488f2bc73dab0d9f774b9a9 > expected
+	echo tree dc68b14b733e4ec85b04ab6f712340edc5dc936e > expected
 fi
 cat >> expected <<\EOF
-tree 83654bb36f019ae4fe77a0171f81075972087624
-tree 031b8d557afc6fea52894eaebb45bec52f1ba6d1
-tree 0b094cbff17168f24c302e297f55bfac65eb8bd3
-tree d667270a1f7b109f5eb3aaea21ede14b56bfdd6e
-tree 56a30b966619b863674f5978696f4a3594f2fca9
+tree c3322890dcf74901f32d216f05c5044f670ce632
+tree d3ccd5035feafd17b030c5732e7808cc49122853
+tree d03e1630363d4881e68929d532746b20b0986b83
+tree 149d63cd5878155c846e8c55d7d8487de283f89e
+tree 312b76e4f64ce14893aeac8591eb3960b065e247
+tree 149d63cd5878155c846e8c55d7d8487de283f89e
 tree d667270a1f7b109f5eb3aaea21ede14b56bfdd6e
 tree 8f51f74cf0163afc9ad68a4b1537288c4558b5a4
 EOF