diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 948ff10e6c..dafacd4308 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-show-branch' [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--current]
+'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
 		[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
 		[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
 
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
 	`topic/*` would show all of them.
 
---all --heads --tags::
-	Show all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs, $GIT_DIR/refs/heads,
-	and $GIT_DIR/refs/tags, respectively.
+-r|--remotes::
+	Show the remote-tracking branches.
+
+-a|--all::
+	Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
 
 --current::
 	With this option, the command includes the current
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d57df92bd..ec45b6a18e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ all:
 #
 # Define NO_ICONV if your libc does not properly support iconv.
 #
-# Define NO_ACCURATE_DIFF if your diff program at least sometimes misses
-# a missing newline at the end of the file.
-#
 # Define USE_NSEC below if you want git to care about sub-second file mtimes
 # and ctimes. Note that you need recent glibc (at least 2.2.4) for this, and
 # it will BREAK YOUR LOCAL DIFFS! show-diff and anything using it will likely
@@ -551,9 +548,6 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 endif
-ifdef NO_ACCURATE_DIFF
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_ACCURATE_DIFF
-endif
 ifdef NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER
 	export NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER
 endif
diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c
index b9d9781d4d..c67f2fa2fe 100644
--- a/builtin-show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-show-branch.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 static const char show_branch_usage[] =
-"git-show-branch [--sparse] [--current] [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--more=count | --list | --independent | --merge-base ] [--topics] [<refs>...] | --reflog[=n] <branch>";
+"git-show-branch [--sparse] [--current] [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--more=count | --list | --independent | --merge-base ] [--topics] [<refs>...] | --reflog[=n] <branch>";
 
 static int default_num;
 static int default_alloc;
@@ -383,6 +383,20 @@ static int append_head_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int f
 	return append_ref(refname + ofs, sha1, flag, cb_data);
 }
 
+static int append_remote_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
+{
+	unsigned char tmp[20];
+	int ofs = 13;
+	if (strncmp(refname, "refs/remotes/", ofs))
+		return 0;
+	/* If both heads/foo and tags/foo exists, get_sha1 would
+	 * get confused.
+	 */
+	if (get_sha1(refname + ofs, tmp) || hashcmp(tmp, sha1))
+		ofs = 5;
+	return append_ref(refname + ofs, sha1, flag, cb_data);
+}
+
 static int append_tag_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
 {
 	if (strncmp(refname, "refs/tags/", 10))
@@ -423,16 +437,16 @@ static int append_matching_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, i
 	return append_ref(refname, sha1, flag, cb_data);
 }
 
-static void snarf_refs(int head, int tag)
+static void snarf_refs(int head, int remotes)
 {
 	if (head) {
 		int orig_cnt = ref_name_cnt;
 		for_each_ref(append_head_ref, NULL);
 		sort_ref_range(orig_cnt, ref_name_cnt);
 	}
-	if (tag) {
+	if (remotes) {
 		int orig_cnt = ref_name_cnt;
-		for_each_ref(append_tag_ref, NULL);
+		for_each_ref(append_remote_ref, NULL);
 		sort_ref_range(orig_cnt, ref_name_cnt);
 	}
 }
@@ -554,7 +568,7 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 	struct commit_list *list = NULL, *seen = NULL;
 	unsigned int rev_mask[MAX_REVS];
 	int num_rev, i, extra = 0;
-	int all_heads = 0, all_tags = 0;
+	int all_heads = 0, all_remotes = 0;
 	int all_mask, all_revs;
 	int lifo = 1;
 	char head[128];
@@ -586,12 +600,10 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 			ac--; av++;
 			break;
 		}
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--all"))
-			all_heads = all_tags = 1;
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--heads"))
-			all_heads = 1;
-		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--tags"))
-			all_tags = 1;
+		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--all") || !strcmp(arg, "-a"))
+			all_heads = all_remotes = 1;
+		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--remotes") || !strcmp(arg, "-r"))
+			all_remotes = 1;
 		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--more"))
 			extra = 1;
 		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--list"))
@@ -636,11 +648,11 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 		usage(show_branch_usage);
 
 	/* If nothing is specified, show all branches by default */
-	if (ac + all_heads + all_tags == 0)
+	if (ac + all_heads + all_remotes == 0)
 		all_heads = 1;
 
-	if (all_heads + all_tags)
-		snarf_refs(all_heads, all_tags);
+	if (all_heads + all_remotes)
+		snarf_refs(all_heads, all_remotes);
 	if (reflog) {
 		int reflen;
 		if (!ac)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e153d53823..7cfb3a0666 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -235,9 +235,6 @@ AC_SUBST(NO_SETENV)
 #
 # Define NO_SYMLINK_HEAD if you never want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link.
 # Enable it on Windows.  By default, symrefs are still used.
-#
-# Define NO_ACCURATE_DIFF if your diff program at least sometimes misses
-# a missing newline at the end of the file.
 
 ## Site configuration (override autodetection)
 ## --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] and --without-PACKAGE
diff --git a/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el b/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el
index 8b6361922f..3eb4bd19e9 100644
--- a/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el
+++ b/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
   (with-temp-buffer
     (let* ((dir (file-name-directory file))
            (name (file-relative-name file dir)))
-      (when dir (cd dir))
-      (and (ignore-errors (eq 0 (call-process "git" nil '(t nil) nil "ls-files" "-c" "-z" "--" name)))
+      (and (ignore-errors
+             (when dir (cd dir))
+             (eq 0 (call-process "git" nil '(t nil) nil "ls-files" "-c" "-z" "--" name)))
            (let ((str (buffer-string)))
              (and (> (length str) (length name))
                   (string= (substring str 0 (1+ (length name))) (concat name "\0"))))))))
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index c877440873..923d81c033 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ fi
 
 [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] &&
 	[ "$new" != "$old" ] &&
-	die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify 
-              a name for a new branch which is created and switched to"
+	die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly
+
+  You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
+  git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg
+"
 
 if [ "X$old" = X ]
 then
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index a55b923894..f79365b362 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]))
 
-#if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__FreeBSD)
+#if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600 /* glibc2 and AIX 5.3L need 500, OpenBSD needs 600 for S_ISLNK() */
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1 /* AIX 5.3L needs this */
 #endif
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index a17aa2c86e..022d01e4e6 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ savestate() {
 restorestate() {
         if test -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_SAVE"
 	then
-		git reset --hard $head
+		git reset --hard $head >/dev/null
 		cpio -iuv <"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_SAVE"
 		git-update-index --refresh >/dev/null
 	fi
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ do
 	remotehead=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$remote"^0 2>/dev/null) ||
 	    die "$remote - not something we can merge"
 	remoteheads="${remoteheads}$remotehead "
+	eval GITHEAD_$remotehead='"$remote"'
+	export GITHEAD_$remotehead
 done
 set x $remoteheads ; shift
 
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index f163821d03..aaef861ada 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -7,18 +7,7 @@ GIT_DIR=$(git-rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) || :;
 get_data_source () {
 	case "$1" in
 	*/*)
-		# Not so fast.	This could be the partial URL shorthand...
-		token=$(expr "z$1" : 'z\([^/]*\)/')
-		remainder=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^/]*/\(.*\)')
-		if test "$(git-repo-config --get "remote.$token.url")"
-		then
-			echo config-partial
-		elif test -f "$GIT_DIR/branches/$token"
-		then
-			echo branches-partial
-		else
-			echo ''
-		fi
+		echo ''
 		;;
 	*)
 		if test "$(git-repo-config --get "remote.$1.url")"
@@ -40,12 +29,7 @@ get_remote_url () {
 	data_source=$(get_data_source "$1")
 	case "$data_source" in
 	'')
-		echo "$1" ;;
-	config-partial)
-		token=$(expr "z$1" : 'z\([^/]*\)/')
-		remainder=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^/]*/\(.*\)')
-		url=$(git-repo-config --get "remote.$token.url")
-		echo "$url/$remainder"
+		echo "$1"
 		;;
 	config)
 		git-repo-config --get "remote.$1.url"
@@ -54,14 +38,10 @@ get_remote_url () {
 		sed -ne '/^URL: */{
 			s///p
 			q
-		}' "$GIT_DIR/remotes/$1" ;;
+		}' "$GIT_DIR/remotes/$1"
+		;;
 	branches)
-		sed -e 's/#.*//' "$GIT_DIR/branches/$1" ;;
-	branches-partial)
-		token=$(expr "z$1" : 'z\([^/]*\)/')
-		remainder=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^/]*/\(.*\)')
-		url=$(sed -e 's/#.*//' "$GIT_DIR/branches/$token")
-		echo "$url/$remainder"
+		sed -e 's/#.*//' "$GIT_DIR/branches/$1"
 		;;
 	*)
 		die "internal error: get-remote-url $1" ;;
@@ -77,7 +57,7 @@ get_default_remote () {
 get_remote_default_refs_for_push () {
 	data_source=$(get_data_source "$1")
 	case "$data_source" in
-	'' | config-partial | branches | branches-partial)
+	'' | branches)
 		;; # no default push mapping, just send matching refs.
 	config)
 		git-repo-config --get-all "remote.$1.push" ;;
@@ -145,13 +125,6 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
 			merge_branches=$(git-repo-config \
 			    --get-all "branch.${curr_branch}.merge")
 		fi
-		# If we are fetching only one branch, then first branch
-		# is the only thing that makes sense to merge anyway,
-		# so there is no point refusing that traditional rule.
-		if test $# != 1 && test "z$merge_branches" = z
-		then
-			merge_branches=..this..would..never..match..
-		fi
 	fi
 	for ref
 	do
@@ -203,7 +176,7 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
 get_remote_default_refs_for_fetch () {
 	data_source=$(get_data_source "$1")
 	case "$data_source" in
-	'' | config-partial | branches-partial)
+	'')
 		echo "HEAD:" ;;
 	config)
 		canon_refs_list_for_fetch -d "$1" \
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 2b4f3477fa..ece31425d0 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Rewind the head to "$onto"; this saves our current head in ORIG_HEAD.
+echo "First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it..."
 git-reset --hard "$onto"
 
 # If the $onto is a proper descendant of the tip of the branch, then
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 07748bc3e3..4288a05c16 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ my %cmd = (
 			{ 'merge|m|M' => \$_merge,
 			  'strategy|s=s' => \$_strategy,
 			  'dry-run|n' => \$_dry_run,
-			%cmt_opts } ],
+			%cmt_opts, %fc_opts } ],
 	'set-tree' => [ \&commit, "Set an SVN repository to a git tree-ish",
 			{	'stdin|' => \$_stdin, %cmt_opts, %fc_opts, } ],
 	'show-ignore' => [ \&show_ignore, "Show svn:ignore listings",
diff --git a/git-tag.sh b/git-tag.sh
index 36cd6aa256..e1bfa82f1e 100755
--- a/git-tag.sh
+++ b/git-tag.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ do
 	message="$1"
 	if test "$#" = "0"; then
 	    die "error: option -m needs an argument"
-	    exit 2
 	else
 	    message_given=1
 	fi
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ do
 	shift
 	if test "$#" = "0"; then
 	    die "error: option -F needs an argument"
-	    exit 2
 	else
 	    message="$(cat "$1")"
 	    message_given=1
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 86efddd1f8..50ebd869ad 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc)
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
 			setup_pager();
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--git-dir")) {
-			if (*argc < 1)
-				return -1;
+			if (*argc < 2) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --git-dir.\n" );
+				usage(git_usage_string);
+			}
 			setenv("GIT_DIR", (*argv)[1], 1);
 			(*argv)++;
 			(*argc)--;
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ebbc397ee8..9a4f3b4841 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ our %feature = (
 		#         => [content-encoding, suffix, program]
 		'default' => ['x-gzip', 'gz', 'gzip']},
 
+	# Enable text search, which will list the commits which match author,
+	# committer or commit text to a given string.  Enabled by default.
+	'search' => {
+		'override' => 0,
+		'default' => [1]},
+
 	# Enable the pickaxe search, which will list the commits that modified
 	# a given string in a file. This can be practical and quite faster
 	# alternative to 'blame', but still potentially CPU-intensive.
@@ -351,6 +357,9 @@ if (defined $searchtext) {
 	if ($searchtext =~ m/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\.\/\-\+\:\@ ]/) {
 		die_error(undef, "Invalid search parameter");
 	}
+	if (length($searchtext) < 2) {
+		die_error(undef, "At least two characters are required for search parameter");
+	}
 	$searchtext = quotemeta $searchtext;
 }
 
@@ -1139,8 +1148,9 @@ sub git_get_last_activity {
 
 	$git_dir = "$projectroot/$path";
 	open($fd, "-|", git_cmd(), 'for-each-ref',
-	     '--format=%(refname) %(committer)',
+	     '--format=%(committer)',
 	     '--sort=-committerdate',
+	     '--count=1',
 	     'refs/heads') or return;
 	my $most_recent = <$fd>;
 	close $fd or return;
@@ -1726,6 +1736,9 @@ EOF
 			print " / $action";
 		}
 		print "\n";
+	}
+	my ($have_search) = gitweb_check_feature('search');
+	if ((defined $project) && ($have_search)) {
 		if (!defined $searchtext) {
 			$searchtext = "";
 		}
@@ -2635,6 +2648,8 @@ sub git_shortlog_body {
 	# uses global variable $project
 	my ($revlist, $from, $to, $refs, $extra) = @_;
 
+	my $have_snapshot = gitweb_have_snapshot();
+
 	$from = 0 unless defined $from;
 	$to = $#{$revlist} if (!defined $to || $#{$revlist} < $to);
 
@@ -2662,7 +2677,7 @@ sub git_shortlog_body {
 		      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"commit", hash=>$commit)}, "commit") . " | " .
 		      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"commitdiff", hash=>$commit)}, "commitdiff") . " | " .
 		      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"tree", hash=>$commit, hash_base=>$commit)}, "tree");
-		if (gitweb_have_snapshot()) {
+		if ($have_snapshot) {
 			print " | " . $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"snapshot", hash=>$commit)}, "snapshot");
 		}
 		print "</td>\n" .
@@ -2908,9 +2923,9 @@ sub git_project_index {
 
 sub git_summary {
 	my $descr = git_get_project_description($project) || "none";
-	my $head = git_get_head_hash($project);
-	my %co = parse_commit($head);
+	my %co = parse_commit("HEAD");
 	my %cd = parse_date($co{'committer_epoch'}, $co{'committer_tz'});
+	my $head = $co{'id'};
 
 	my $owner = git_get_project_owner($project);
 
@@ -2957,7 +2972,7 @@ sub git_summary {
 	# we need to request one more than 16 (0..15) to check if
 	# those 16 are all
 	open my $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "rev-list", "--max-count=17",
-		git_get_head_hash($project), "--"
+		$head, "--"
 		or die_error(undef, "Open git-rev-list failed");
 	my @revlist = map { chomp; $_ } <$fd>;
 	close $fd;
@@ -2983,6 +2998,7 @@ sub git_summary {
 	if (@forklist) {
 		git_print_header_div('forks');
 		git_project_list_body(\@forklist, undef, 0, 15,
+		                      $#forklist <= 15 ? undef :
 		                      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"forks")}, "..."),
 				      'noheader');
 	}
@@ -4144,6 +4160,10 @@ sub git_history {
 }
 
 sub git_search {
+	my ($have_search) = gitweb_check_feature('search');
+	if (!$have_search) {
+		die_error('403 Permission denied', "Permission denied");
+	}
 	if (!defined $searchtext) {
 		die_error(undef, "Text field empty");
 	}
@@ -4172,20 +4192,20 @@ sub git_search {
 	print "<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n";
 	my $alternate = 1;
 	if ($searchtype eq 'commit' or $searchtype eq 'author' or $searchtype eq 'committer') {
+		my $greptype;
+		if ($searchtype eq 'commit') {
+			$greptype = "--grep=";
+		} elsif ($searchtype eq 'author') {
+			$greptype = "--author=";
+		} elsif ($searchtype eq 'committer') {
+			$greptype = "--committer=";
+		}
 		$/ = "\0";
 		open my $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "rev-list",
-			"--header", "--parents", $hash, "--"
+			"--header", "--parents", ($greptype . $searchtext),
+			 $hash, "--"
 			or next;
 		while (my $commit_text = <$fd>) {
-			if (!grep m/$searchtext/i, $commit_text) {
-				next;
-			}
-			if ($searchtype eq 'author' && !grep m/\nauthor .*$searchtext/i, $commit_text) {
-				next;
-			}
-			if ($searchtype eq 'committer' && !grep m/\ncommitter .*$searchtext/i, $commit_text) {
-				next;
-			}
 			my @commit_lines = split "\n", $commit_text;
 			my %co = parse_commit(undef, \@commit_lines);
 			if (!%co) {
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index ae7ae4cd2a..ca4f19e34d 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ static struct merge_file_info merge_file(struct diff_filespec *o,
 			char *name1, *name2;
 			int merge_status;
 
-			name1 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/%s", branch1, a->path));
-			name2 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/%s", branch2, b->path));
+			name1 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s:%s", branch1, a->path));
+			name2 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s:%s", branch2, b->path));
 
 			fill_mm(o->sha1, &orig);
 			fill_mm(a->sha1, &src1);
@@ -1263,6 +1263,18 @@ static struct commit *get_ref(const char *ref)
 	return (struct commit *)object;
 }
 
+static const char *better_branch_name(const char *branch)
+{
+	static char githead_env[8 + 40 + 1];
+	char *name;
+
+	if (strlen(branch) != 40)
+		return branch;
+	sprintf(githead_env, "GITHEAD_%s", branch);
+	name = getenv(githead_env);
+	return name ? name : branch;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	static const char *bases[2];
@@ -1293,11 +1305,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	branch1 = argv[++i];
 	branch2 = argv[++i];
-	printf("Merging %s with %s\n", branch1, branch2);
 
 	h1 = get_ref(branch1);
 	h2 = get_ref(branch2);
 
+	branch1 = better_branch_name(branch1);
+	branch2 = better_branch_name(branch2);
+	printf("Merging %s with %s\n", branch1, branch2);
+
 	if (bases_count == 1) {
 		struct commit *ancestor = get_ref(bases[0]);
 		clean = merge(h1, h2, branch1, branch2, 0, ancestor, &result);
diff --git a/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh b/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh
index 964010e764..69b18f7d81 100644
--- a/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh
@@ -59,18 +59,18 @@ GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:08" git commit -m F
 test_expect_failure "combined merge conflicts" "git merge -m final G"
 
 cat > expect << EOF
-<<<<<<< HEAD/a1
+<<<<<<< HEAD:a1
 F
 =======
 G
->>>>>>> 26f86b677eb03d4d956dbe108b29cb77061c1e73/a1
+>>>>>>> G:a1
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success "result contains a conflict" "diff -u expect a1"
 
 git ls-files --stage > out
 cat > expect << EOF
-100644 f16f906ab60483c100d1241dfc39868de9ec9fcb 1	a1
+100644 da056ce14a2241509897fa68bb2b3b6e6194ef9e 1	a1
 100644 cf84443e49e1b366fac938711ddf4be2d4d1d9e9 2	a1
 100644 fd7923529855d0b274795ae3349c5e0438333979 3	a1
 EOF