diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index 1e4ddfbd11..35af81a3de 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -209,29 +209,28 @@ at /home/bob/myrepo.  She does this with:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ cd /home/alice/project
-$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo
+$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-This actually pulls changes from the branch in Bob's repository named
-"master".  Alice could request a different branch by adding the name
-of the branch to the end of the git pull command line.
+This merges the changes from Bob's "master" branch into Alice's
+current branch.  If Alice has made her own changes in the meantime,
+then she may need to manually fix any conflicts.  (Note that the
+"master" argument in the above command is actually unnecessary, as it
+is the default.)
 
-This merges Bob's changes into her repository; "git log" will
-now show the new commits.  If Alice has made her own changes in the
-meantime, then Bob's changes will be merged in, and she will need to
-manually fix any conflicts.
+The "pull" command thus performs two operations: it fetches changes
+from a remote branch, then merges them into the current branch.
 
-A more cautious Alice might wish to examine Bob's changes before
-pulling them.  She can do this by creating a temporary branch just
-for the purpose of studying Bob's changes:
+You can perform the first operation alone using the "git fetch"
+command.  For example, Alice could create a temporary branch just to
+track Bob's changes, without merging them with her own, using:
 
 -------------------------------------
 $ git fetch /home/bob/myrepo master:bob-incoming
 -------------------------------------
 
 which fetches the changes from Bob's master branch into a new branch
-named bob-incoming.  (Unlike git pull, git fetch just fetches a copy
-of Bob's line of development without doing any merging).  Then
+named bob-incoming.  Then
 
 -------------------------------------
 $ git log -p master..bob-incoming
@@ -240,8 +239,8 @@ $ git log -p master..bob-incoming
 shows a list of all the changes that Bob made since he branched from
 Alice's master branch.
 
-After examining those changes, and possibly fixing things, Alice can
-pull the changes into her master branch:
+After examining those changes, and possibly fixing things, Alice
+could pull the changes into her master branch:
 
 -------------------------------------
 $ git checkout master
@@ -251,6 +250,18 @@ $ git pull . bob-incoming
 The last command is a pull from the "bob-incoming" branch in Alice's
 own repository.
 
+Alice could also perform both steps at once with:
+
+-------------------------------------
+$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master:bob-incoming
+-------------------------------------
+
+This is just like the "git pull /home/bob/myrepo master" that we saw
+before, except that it also stores the unmerged changes from bob's
+master branch in bob-incoming before merging them into Alice's
+current branch.  Note that git pull always merges into the current
+branch, regardless of what else is given on the commandline.
+
 Later, Bob can update his repo with Alice's latest changes using
 
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 0a47b1f9fd..de4e74a60d 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -2919,8 +2919,12 @@ sub libsvn_fetch {
 	my $p = $SVN->{svn_path};
 	foreach my $f (keys %$paths) {
 		my $m = $paths->{$f}->action();
-		$f =~ s#^/\Q$p\E/##;
-		next if $f =~ m#^/#;
+		if (length $p) {
+			$f =~ s#^/\Q$p\E/##;
+			next if $f =~ m#^/#;
+		} else {
+			$f =~ s#^/##;
+		}
 		if ($m =~ /^[DR]$/) {
 			print "\t$m\t$f\n" unless $_q;
 			process_rm($gui, $last_commit, $f);
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 1c5b85443b..093bd72058 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2441,6 +2441,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		($pr->{'age'}, $pr->{'age_string'}) = @aa;
 		if (!defined $pr->{'descr'}) {
 			my $descr = git_get_project_description($pr->{'path'}) || "";
+			$pr->{'descr_long'} = to_utf8($descr);
 			$pr->{'descr'} = chop_str($descr, 25, 5);
 		}
 		if (!defined $pr->{'owner'}) {
@@ -2476,7 +2477,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'project'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Project") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Project") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		if ($order eq "descr") {
@@ -2485,7 +2486,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'descr'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Description") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Description") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		if ($order eq "owner") {
@@ -2494,7 +2495,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'owner'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Owner") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Owner") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		if ($order eq "age") {
@@ -2503,7 +2504,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'age'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Last Change") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Last Change") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		print "<th></th>\n" .
@@ -2528,7 +2529,9 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		}
 		print "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
 		                        -class => "list"}, esc_html($pr->{'path'})) . "</td>\n" .
-		      "<td>" . esc_html($pr->{'descr'}) . "</td>\n" .
+		      "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
+		                        -class => "list", -title => $pr->{'descr_long'}},
+		                        esc_html($pr->{'descr'})) . "</td>\n" .
 		      "<td><i>" . chop_str($pr->{'owner'}, 15) . "</i></td>\n";
 		print "<td class=\"". age_class($pr->{'age'}) . "\">" .
 		      $pr->{'age_string'} . "</td>\n" .