diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63c918c667..62afef2347 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ git-clone
 git-commit
 git-commit-tree
 git-config
-git-convert-objects
 git-count-objects
 git-cvsexportcommit
 git-cvsimport
@@ -172,3 +171,6 @@ config.status
 config.mak.autogen
 config.mak.append
 configure
+tags
+TAGS
+cscope*
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a7bfdd5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+GIT v1.5.3.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.3.2
+--------------------
+
+ * git-quiltimport did not like it when a patch described in the
+   series file does not exist.
+
+ * p4 importer missed executable bit in some cases.
+
+ * The default shell on some FreeBSD did not execute the
+   argument parsing code correctly and made git unusable.
+
+ * git-svn incorrectly spawned pager even when the user user
+   explicitly asked not to.
+
+ * sample post-receive hook overquoted the envelope sender
+   value.
+
+ * git-am got confused when the patch contained a change that is
+   only about type and not contents.
+
+ * git-mergetool did not show our and their version of the
+   conflicted file when started from a subdirectory of the
+   project.
+
+ * git-mergetool did not pass correct options when invoking diff3.
+
+ * git-log sometimes invoked underlying "diff" machinery
+   unnecessarily.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b04b3a45a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+GIT v1.5.3.4 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.3.3
+--------------------
+
+ * Change to "git-ls-files" in v1.5.3.3 that was introduced to support
+   partial commit of removal better had a segfaulting bug, which was
+   diagnosed and fixed by Keith and Carl.
+
+ * Performance improvements for rename detection has been backported
+   from the 'master' branch.
+
+ * "git-for-each-ref --format='%(numparent)'" was not working
+   correctly at all, and --format='%(parent)' was not working for
+   merge commits.
+
+ * Sample "post-receive-hook" incorrectly sent out push
+   notification e-mails marked as "From: " the committer of the
+   commit that happened to be at the tip of the branch that was
+   pushed, not from the person who pushed.
+
+ * "git-remote" did not exit non-zero status upon error.
+
+ * "git-add -i" did not respond very well to EOF from tty nor
+   bogus input.
+
+ * "git-rebase -i" squash subcommand incorrectly made the
+   author of later commit the author of resulting commit,
+   instead of taking from the first one in the squashed series.
+
+ * "git-stash apply --index" was not documented.
+
+ * autoconfiguration learned that "ar" command is found as "gas" on
+   some systems.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a1901a96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+GIT v1.5.3.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.3.4
+--------------------
+
+ * "git-config" silently ignored options after --list; now it wilh
+   error out with a usage message.
+
+ * "git-config --file" failed if the argument used a relative path
+   as it changed directories before opening the file.
+
+ * "git-add -i" did not handle single line hunks correctly.
+
+ * "git-log --follow" did not work unless diff generation (e.g. -p)
+   was also requested.
+
+ * "git-log" printed extra newlines between commits when a diff
+   was generated internally (e.g. -S or --follow) but not displayed.
+
+ * Documention updates for supported (but previously undocumented)
+   options of "git-archive" and "git-reflog".
+
+ * "make clean" no longer deletes the configure script that ships
+   with the git tarball, making multiple architecture builds easier.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
index 1df66af9ce..ceee857232 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,22 @@ GIT v1.5.4 Release Notes
 Updates since v1.5.3
 --------------------
 
+ * git-reset is now built-in.
 
+ * git-send-email can optionally talk over ssmtp and use SMTP-AUTH.
+
+ * git-rebase learned --whitespace option.
+
+ * git-remote knows --mirror mode.
+
+ * git-merge can call the "post-merge" hook.
+
+ * git-pack-objects can optionally run deltification with multiple threads.
+
+ * git-archive can optionally substitute keywords in files marked with
+   export-subst attribute.
+
+ * Various Perforce importer updates.
 
 Fixes since v1.5.3
 ------------------
@@ -12,3 +27,9 @@ Fixes since v1.5.3
 All of the fixes in v1.5.3 maintenance series are included in
 this release, unless otherwise noted.
 
+--
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+O=v1.5.3.2-99-ge4b2890
+echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
+
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index 4ee76eaf99..1061fd8bcd 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ git-clone                               mainporcelain
 git-commit                              mainporcelain
 git-commit-tree                         plumbingmanipulators
 git-config                              ancillarymanipulators
-git-convert-objects                     ancillarymanipulators
 git-count-objects                       ancillaryinterrogators
 git-cvsexportcommit                     foreignscminterface
 git-cvsimport                           foreignscminterface
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 518acc6194..edf50cd211 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ core.worktree::
 	Set the path to the working tree.  The value will not be
 	used in combination with repositories found automatically in
 	a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
-	This can be overriden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
+	This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
 	variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
 
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@ branch.<name>.merge::
 	branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
 	`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
 
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+	Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+	supported options are equal to that of gitlink:git-merge[1], but
+	option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
+	supported.
+
 clean.requireForce::
 	A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f or -n.  Defaults
 	to false.
@@ -440,6 +446,19 @@ gc.aggressiveWindow::
 	algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
 	to 10.
 
+gc.auto::
+	When there are approximately more than this many loose
+	objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
+	Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
+	light-weight garbage collection from time to time.  Setting
+	this to 0 disables it.
+
+gc.autopacklimit::
+	When there are more than this many packs that are not
+	marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
+	--auto` consolidates them into one larger pack.  Setting
+	this to 0 disables this.
+
 gc.packrefs::
 	`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
 	default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
@@ -580,7 +599,7 @@ merge.summary::
 
 merge.tool::
 	Controls which merge resolution program is used by
-	gitlink:git-mergetool[l].  Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
+	gitlink:git-mergetool[1].  Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
 	"meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff".
 
 merge.verbosity::
@@ -589,7 +608,7 @@ merge.verbosity::
 	message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
 	conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
 	above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-	Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+	Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 
 merge.<driver>.name::
 	Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
diff --git a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt
index 4b4fd9a506..6b2590d072 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt
@@ -1459,7 +1459,8 @@ Although git is a truly distributed system, it is often
 convenient to organize your project with an informal hierarchy
 of developers. Linux kernel development is run this way. There
 is a nice illustration (page 17, "Merges to Mainline") in
-link:http://tinyurl.com/a2jdg[Randy Dunlap's presentation].
+link:http://www.xenotime.net/linux/mentor/linux-mentoring-2006.pdf
+[Randy Dunlap's presentation].
 
 It should be stressed that this hierarchy is purely *informal*.
 There is nothing fundamental in git that enforces the "chain of
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 228ccaf10a..b1f528ae88 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
 
 --ext-diff::
 	Allow an external diff helper to be executed. If you set an
-	external diff driver with gitlink:gitattributes(5), you need
-	to use this option with gitlink:git-log(1) and friends.
+	external diff driver with gitlink:gitattributes[5], you need
+	to use this option with gitlink:git-log[1] and friends.
 
 --no-ext-diff::
 	Disallow external diff drivers.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 4c7e3a2f7f..c1c54bfe0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index]
-	  [--apply] [--no-add] [--index-info] [-R | --reverse]
+	  [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor <file>] [-R | --reverse]
 	  [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
 	  [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--cached]
 	  [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>]
@@ -63,12 +63,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index,
 	without using the working tree. This implies '--index'.
 
---index-info::
+--build-fake-ancestor <file>::
 	Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
 	for each blob to help identify the original version that
 	the patch applies to.  When this flag is given, and if
-	the original version of the blob is available locally,
-	outputs information about them to the standard output.
+	the original versions of the blobs is available locally,
+	builds a temporary index containing those blobs.
++
+When a pure mode change is encountered (which has no index information),
+the information is read from the current index instead.
 
 -R, --reverse::
 	Apply the patch in reverse.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index e1e2d60fef..7cd6526552 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-	      [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [path...]
+	      [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
+	      [path...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
 	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
 
+--exec=<git-upload-archive>::
+	Used with --remote to specify the path to the
+	git-upload-archive executable on the remote side.
+
 <tree-ish>::
 	The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 33bc31b0d4..b7285bcdbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.
 If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head
 equal to that of the currently checked out branch.
 
+Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
+working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
+new branch.
+
 When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the
 branch so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
 remote branch.  If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it
@@ -91,6 +95,21 @@ OPTIONS
 --no-abbrev::
 	Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
 
+--track::
+	Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
+	retrieve data from the remote branch.  Use this if you always
+	pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
+	don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.  Set the
+	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
+	want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
+	'--track' were given.
+
+--no-track::
+	When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+	set up configuration so that git-pull will not retrieve data
+	from the remote branch, ignoring the branch.autosetupmerge
+	configuration variable.
+
 <branchname>::
 	The name of the branch to create or delete.
 	The new branch name must pass all checks defined by
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 5051e2bada..0cc6511bdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -103,14 +103,20 @@ We set a tag in R1 (lastR2bundle) after the previous such transport,
 and move it afterwards to help build the bundle.
 
 in R1 on A:
+
+------------
 $ git-bundle create mybundle master ^lastR2bundle
 $ git tag -f lastR2bundle master
+------------
 
 (move mybundle from A to B by some mechanism)
 
 in R2 on B:
+
+------------
 $ git-bundle verify mybundle
 $ git-fetch mybundle  refspec
+------------
 
 where refspec is refInBundle:localRef
 
@@ -124,9 +130,11 @@ Also, with something like this in your config:
 You can first sneakernet the bundle file to ~/tmp/file.bdl and
 then these commands:
 
+------------
 $ git ls-remote bundle
 $ git fetch bundle
 $ git pull bundle
+------------
 
 would treat it as if it is talking with a remote side over the
 network.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 734928bf96..2e58481ed6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --track::
 	When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
 	set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
-	retrieve data from the remote branch.  Set the
+	retrieve data from the remote branch.  Use this if you always
+	pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
+	don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.  Set the
 	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
 	want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
 	'--track' were given.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index db2eb46a19..ce0f502468 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ $ git diff topic...master  <3>
 +
 <1> Changes between the tips of the topic and the master branches.
 <2> Same as above.
-<3> Changes that occured on the master branch since when the topic
+<3> Changes that occurred on the master branch since when the topic
 branch was started off it.
 
 Limiting the diff output::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 6df8e85004..f1f90cca62 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ In any case, a field name that refers to a field inapplicable to
 the object referred by the ref does not cause an error.  It
 returns an empty string instead.
 
+As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for
+the date by adding one of `:default`, `:relative`, `:short`, `:local`,
+`:iso8601` or `:rfc2822` to the end of the fieldname; e.g.
+`%(taggerdate:relative)`.
+
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index c7742ca963..b9d5660eac 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive]
+'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] [--auto]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ OPTIONS
 	persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every
 	few hundred changesets or so.
 
+--auto::
+	With this option, `git gc` checks if there are too many
+	loose objects in the repository and runs
+	gitlink:git-repack[1] with `-d -l` option to pack them.
+	The threshold for loose objects is set with `gc.auto` configuration
+	variable, and can be disabled by setting it to 0.  Some
+	Porcelain commands use this after they perform operation
+	that could create many loose objects automatically.
+	Additionally, when there are too many packs are present,
+	they are consolidated into one larger pack by running
+	the `git-repack` command with `-A` option.  The
+	threshold for number of packs is set with
+	`gc.autopacklimit` configuration variable.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index a8a7f6f04b..bf5c2bddf4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	a default name determined from the pack content.  If
 	<pack-file> is not specified consider using --keep to
 	prevent a race condition between this process and
-	gitlink::git-repack[1] .
+	gitlink::git-repack[1].
 
 --fix-thin::
 	It is possible for gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] to build
diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
index cec60ee780..735008c1ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	The HTTP daemon command-line that will be executed.
 	Command-line options may be specified here, and the
 	configuration file will be added at the end of the command-line.
-	Currently, lighttpd and apache2 are the only supported servers.
+	Currently lighttpd, apache2 and webrick are supported.
 	(Default: lighttpd)
 
 -m|--module-path::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
index e48607f008..bc739117be 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ $ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Junio C Hamano 濱野 純 <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 
 Documentation
 --------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
index 17e9f10c65..b726ddfe12 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ If "git-merge-index" is called with multiple <file>s (or -a) then it
 processes them in turn only stopping if merge returns a non-zero exit
 code.
 
-Typically this is run with the a script calling git's imitation of
+Typically this is run with a script calling git's imitation of
 the merge command from the RCS package.
 
 A sample script called "git-merge-one-file" is included in the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 144bc16ff2..bca4212e56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ merge.verbosity::
 	message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
 	conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
 	above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-	Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+	Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+	Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+	supported options are equal to that of git-merge, but option values
+	containing whitespace characters are currently not supported.
 
 HOW MERGE WORKS
 ---------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 628f296ce1..5237ab0c04 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ is efficient to access.  The packed archive format (.pack) is
 designed to be unpackable without having anything else, but for
 random access, accompanied with the pack index file (.idx).
 
+Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or
+any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES)
+enables git to read from such an archive.
+
 'git-unpack-objects' command can read the packed archive and
 expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file
 one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull
 commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network
 transport by their peers.
 
-Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or
-any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES)
-enables git to read from such an archive.
-
 In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed
 whole, or as a difference from some other object.  The latter is
 often called a delta.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
index 3800edb7bb..9f85f3833e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-This program search the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently
+This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently
 exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
 
 All such extra objects are removed.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 6bc559ddd8..e5dd4c1066 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-push' [--all] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
+'git-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
            [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ the remote repository.
 	Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
 	refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` be pushed.
 
+\--dry-run::
+	Do everything except actually send the updates.
+
 \--tags::
 	All refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are pushed, in
 	addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 0858fa8a63..e8e75790fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ rebasing.
 If you want to fold two or more commits into one, replace the command
 "pick" with "squash" for the second and subsequent commit.  If the
 commits had different authors, it will attribute the squashed commit to
-the author of the last commit.
+the author of the first commit.
 
 In both cases, or when a "pick" does not succeed (because of merge
 errors), the loop will stop to let you fix things, and you can continue
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index 5180f6810d..5c7316ceb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options
 depending on the subcommand:
 
 [verse]
-git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix]
+git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
 	[--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>...
 
 git reflog [show] [log-options]
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ them.
 --all::
 	Instead of listing <refs> explicitly, prune all refs.
 
+--verbose::
+	Print extra information on screen.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 94b9f17772..027ba11bdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-remote'
 'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
+'git-remote' rm <name>
 'git-remote' show <name>
 'git-remote' prune <name>
 'git-remote' update [group]
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ In mirror mode, enabled with `--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
 in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'.  This option
 only makes sense in bare repositories.
 
+'rm'::
+
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+configuration settings for the remote are removed.
+
 'show'::
 
 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 1ec61affab..3727776a0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
 	`/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or
 	`localhost` otherwise.
 
+--smtp-server-port::
+	Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP
+	servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port
+	465).
+
 --smtp-user, --smtp-pass::
 	Username and password for SMTP-AUTH. Defaults are the values of
 	the configuration values 'sendemail.smtpuser' and
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index 3271e88183..2fa01d4a3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over git protocol to another repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-send-pack' [--all] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
+'git-send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
 	update all heads that locally exist.
 
+\--dry-run::
+	Do everything except actually send the updates.
+
 \--force::
 	Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that
 	is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 05f40cff6c..c0147b99a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash
 
 show [<stash>]::
 
-	Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between the the
+	Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between the
 	stashed state and its original parent. When no `<stash>` is given,
 	shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but
 	it will accept any format known to `git-diff` (e.g., `git-stash show
 	-p stash@\{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form).
 
-apply [<stash>]::
+apply [--index] [<stash>]::
 
 	Restore the changes recorded in the stash on top of the current
 	working tree state.  When no `<stash>` is given, applies the latest
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ apply [<stash>]::
 +
 This operation can fail with conflicts; you need to resolve them
 by hand in the working tree.
++
+If the `--index` option is used, then tries to reinstate not only the working
+tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you
+have conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no
+longer apply the changes as they were originally).
 
 clear::
 	Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states will then
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 2c48936fcd..335e973a6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ add::
 	repository is cloned at the specified path, added to the
 	changeset and registered in .gitmodules.   If no path is
 	specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification.
+	If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as
+	given but resolved as a relative path from the main project's
+	url when cloning.
 
 status::
 	Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index e157c6ab50..488e4b1caf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line.
 BASIC EXAMPLES
 --------------
 
-Tracking and contributing to a the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
+Tracking and contributing to the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Clone a repo (like git clone):
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 990ae4f948..22a23bf96f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ You really want to call the new version "X" too, 'even though'
 others have already seen the old one. So just use "git tag -f"
 again, as if you hadn't already published the old one.
 
-However, Git does *not* (and it should not)change tags behind
+However, Git does *not* (and it should not) change tags behind
 users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a "git
 pull" on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old
 one.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index cb59639f77..ce8f923a15 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
 * link:v1.5.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.5.3.4.txt[1.5.3.4],
+  link:RelNotes-1.5.3.3.txt[1.5.3.3],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.3.2.txt[1.5.3.2],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.3.1.txt[1.5.3.1].
 
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
 File/Directory Structure
 ------------------------
 
-Please see link:repository-layout.html[repository layout] document.
+Please see the link:repository-layout.html[repository layout] document.
 
 Read link:hooks.html[hooks] for more details about each hook.
 
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ Higher level SCMs may provide and manage additional information in the
 
 Terminology
 -----------
-Please see link:glossary.html[glossary] document.
+Please see the link:glossary.html[glossary] document.
 
 
 Environment Variables
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index d0e951ee6f..20cf8ff816 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -145,17 +145,6 @@ sign `$` upon checkout.  Any byte sequence that begins with
 with `$Id$` upon check-in.
 
 
-Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-In the check-in codepath, the worktree file is first converted
-with `ident` (if specified), and then with `crlf` (again, if
-specified and applicable).
-
-In the check-out codepath, the blob content is first converted
-with `crlf`, and then `ident`.
-
-
 `filter`
 ^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -175,11 +164,10 @@ but makes the filter a no-op passthru.
 The content filtering is done to massage the content into a
 shape that is more convenient for the platform, filesystem, and
 the user to use.  The keyword here is "more convenient" and not
-"turning something unusable into usable".  In other words, it is
-"hanging yourself because we gave you a long rope" if your
-project uses filtering mechanism in such a way that it makes
-your project unusable unless the checkout is done with a
-specific filter in effect.
+"turning something unusable into usable".  In other words, the
+intent is that if someone unsets the filter driver definition,
+or does not have the appropriate filter program, the project
+should still be usable.
 
 
 Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 9c83095693..e8b8581f52 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
 
  * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory
    as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the
-   higher level files (up to the root) being overriden by those in
+   higher level files (up to the root) being overridden by those in
    lower level files down to the directory containing the file.
    These patterns match relative to the location of the
    `.gitignore` file.  A project normally includes such
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
index 3f7b1e42b5..fc1874424e 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ GIT Glossary
 [[def_cherry-picking]]cherry-picking::
 	In <<def_SCM,SCM>> jargon, "cherry pick" means to choose a subset of
 	changes out of a series of changes (typically commits) and record them
-	as a new series of changes on top of different codebase. In GIT, this is
-	performed by "git cherry-pick" command to extract the change introduced
+	as a new series of changes on top of a different codebase. In GIT, this is
+	performed by the "git cherry-pick" command to extract the change introduced
 	by an existing <<def_commit,commit>> and to record it based on the tip
 	of the current <<def_branch,branch>> as a new commit.
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 [[def_pickaxe]]pickaxe::
 	The term <<def_pickaxe,pickaxe>> refers to an option to the diffcore
 	routines that help select changes that add or delete a given text
-	string. With the --pickaxe-all option, it can be used to view the full
+	string. With the `--pickaxe-all` option, it can be used to view the full
 	<<def_changeset,changeset>> that introduced or removed, say, a
 	particular line of text. See gitlink:git-diff[1].
 
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 [[def_push]]push::
 	Pushing a <<def_branch,branch>> means to get the branch's
 	<<def_head_ref,head ref>> from a remote <<def_repository,repository>>,
-	find out if it is an ancestor to the branch's local
-	head ref is a direct, and in that case, putting all
+	find out if it is a direct ancestor to the branch's local
+	head ref, and in that case, putting all
 	objects, which are <<def_reachable,reachable>> from the local
 	head ref, and which are missing from the remote
 	repository, into the remote
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	it as my origin branch head". And `git push
 	$URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/to-upstream` means "publish my
 	master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
-	gitlink:git-push[1]
+	gitlink:git-push[1].
 
 [[def_repository]]repository::
 	A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt
index c39edc57c4..f110162b01 100644
--- a/Documentation/hooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,33 @@ parameter, and is invoked after a commit is made.
 This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect
 the outcome of `git-commit`.
 
+post-checkout
+-----------
+
+This hook is invoked when a `git-checkout` is run after having updated the
+worktree.  The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD,
+the ref of the new HEAD (which may or may not have changed), and a flag
+indicating whether the checkout was a branch checkout (changing branches,
+flag=1) or a file checkout (retrieving a file from the index, flag=0).
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git-checkout`.
+
+This hook can be used to perform repository validity checks, auto-display
+differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metadata
+properties.
+
+post-merge
+-----------
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-merge`, which happens when a `git pull`
+is done on a local repository.  The hook takes a single parameter, a status
+flag specifying whether or not the merge being done was a squash merge.
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git-merge`.
+
+This hook can be used in conjunction with a corresponding pre-commit hook to
+save and restore any form of metadata associated with the working tree
+(eg: permissions/ownership, ACLS, etc).  See contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
+for an example of how to do this.
+
 [[pre-receive]]
 pre-receive
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index d64c259bb3..9f1fc82550 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 	not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and
 	further tweak the merge result before committing.
 
+--commit::
+	Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
+	be used to override --no-commit.
+
 --squash::
 	Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
 	merge happened, but do not actually make a commit or
@@ -19,6 +23,19 @@
 	top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
 	merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
 
+--no-squash::
+	Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
+	be used to override --squash.
+
+--no-ff::
+	Generate a merge commit even if the merge resolved as a
+	fast-forward.
+
+--ff::
+	Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as
+	a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is
+	the default behavior of git-merge.
+
 -s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
 	Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
 	once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index ecb2bf93f2..d99adc6f72 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ shorthand:
 The full name is occasionally useful if, for example, there ever
 exists a tag and a branch with the same name.
 
+(Newly created refs are actually stored in the .git/refs directory,
+under the path given by their name.  However, for efficiency reasons
+they may also be packed together in a single file; see
+gitlink:git-pack-refs[1]).
+
 As another useful shortcut, the "HEAD" of a repository can be referred
 to just using the name of that repository.  So, for example, "origin"
 is usually a shortcut for the HEAD branch in the repository "origin".
@@ -921,7 +926,7 @@ file such that it contained the given content either before or after the
 commit.  You can find out with this:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$  git log --raw --abbrev=40 --pretty=oneline -- filename |
+$  git log --raw --abbrev=40 --pretty=oneline |
 	grep -B 1 `git hash-object filename`
 -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1490,7 +1495,7 @@ Ensuring good performance
 -------------------------
 
 On large repositories, git depends on compression to keep the history
-information from taking up to much space on disk or in memory.
+information from taking up too much space on disk or in memory.
 
 This compression is not performed automatically.  Therefore you
 should occasionally run gitlink:git-gc[1]:
@@ -1531,7 +1536,7 @@ dangling tree b24c2473f1fd3d91352a624795be026d64c8841f
 Dangling objects are not a problem.  At worst they may take up a little
 extra disk space.  They can sometimes provide a last-resort method for
 recovering lost work--see <<dangling-objects>> for details.  However, if
-you wish, you can remove them with gitlink:git-prune[1] or the --prune
+you wish, you can remove them with gitlink:git-prune[1] or the `--prune`
 option to gitlink:git-gc[1]:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -1550,7 +1555,7 @@ Recovering lost changes
 Reflogs
 ^^^^^^^
 
-Say you modify a branch with gitlink:git-reset[1] --hard, and then
+Say you modify a branch with `gitlink:git-reset[1] --hard`, and then
 realize that the branch was the only reference you had to that point in
 history.
 
@@ -1679,7 +1684,7 @@ $ git pull
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the
 branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in
-gitlink:git-config[1], and the discussion of the --track option in
+gitlink:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in
 gitlink:git-checkout[1], to learn how to control these defaults.
 
 In addition to saving you keystrokes, "git pull" also helps you by
@@ -1777,7 +1782,7 @@ $ git clone /path/to/repository
 $ git pull /path/to/other/repository
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-or an ssh url:
+or an ssh URL:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git clone ssh://yourhost/~you/repository
@@ -1838,7 +1843,7 @@ Exporting a git repository via the git protocol
 This is the preferred method.
 
 If someone else administers the server, they should tell you what
-directory to put the repository in, and what git:// url it will appear
+directory to put the repository in, and what git:// URL it will appear
 at.  You can then skip to the section
 "<<pushing-changes-to-a-public-repository,Pushing changes to a public
 repository>>", below.
@@ -1875,8 +1880,8 @@ $ chmod a+x hooks/post-update
 gitlink:git-update-server-info[1], and the documentation
 link:hooks.html[Hooks used by git].)
 
-Advertise the url of proj.git.  Anybody else should then be able to
-clone or pull from that url, for example with a command line like:
+Advertise the URL of proj.git.  Anybody else should then be able to
+clone or pull from that URL, for example with a command line like:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git clone http://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git
@@ -1915,7 +1920,7 @@ As with git-fetch, git-push will complain if this does not result in
 a <<fast-forwards,fast forward>>.  Normally this is a sign of
 something wrong.  However, if you are sure you know what you're
 doing, you may force git-push to perform the update anyway by
-proceeding the branch name by a plus sign:
+preceding the branch name by a plus sign:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git push ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git +master
@@ -2035,7 +2040,7 @@ $ git branch --track test origin/master
 $ git branch --track release origin/master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-These can be easily kept up to date using gitlink:git-pull[1]
+These can be easily kept up to date using gitlink:git-pull[1].
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git checkout test && git pull
@@ -2127,7 +2132,7 @@ changes are in a specific branch, use:
 $ git log linux..branchname | git-shortlog
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-To see whether it has already been merged into the test or release branches
+To see whether it has already been merged into the test or release branches,
 use:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -2140,12 +2145,12 @@ or
 $ git log release..branchname
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-(If this branch has not yet been merged you will see some log entries.
+(If this branch has not yet been merged, you will see some log entries.
 If it has been merged, then there will be no output.)
 
 Once a patch completes the great cycle (moving from test to release,
 then pulled by Linus, and finally coming back into your local
-"origin/master" branch) the branch for this change is no longer needed.
+"origin/master" branch), the branch for this change is no longer needed.
 You detect this when the output from:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -2189,9 +2194,9 @@ test|release)
 	git checkout $1 && git pull . origin
 	;;
 origin)
-	before=$(cat .git/refs/remotes/origin/master)
+	before=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master)
 	git fetch origin
-	after=$(cat .git/refs/remotes/origin/master)
+	after=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master)
 	if [ $before != $after ]
 	then
 		git log $before..$after | git shortlog
@@ -2216,11 +2221,10 @@ usage()
 	exit 1
 }
 
-if [ ! -f .git/refs/heads/"$1" ]
-then
+git show-ref -q --verify -- refs/heads/"$1" || {
 	echo "Can't see branch <$1>" 1>&2
 	usage
-fi
+}
 
 case "$2" in
 test|release)
@@ -2251,7 +2255,7 @@ then
 	git log test..release
 fi
 
-for branch in `ls .git/refs/heads`
+for branch in `git show-ref --heads | sed 's|^.*/||'`
 do
 	if [ $branch = test -o $branch = release ]
 	then
@@ -2408,7 +2412,7 @@ $ git rebase --continue
 
 and git will continue applying the rest of the patches.
 
-At any point you may use the --abort option to abort this process and
+At any point you may use the `--abort` option to abort this process and
 return mywork to the state it had before you started the rebase:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -2475,9 +2479,9 @@ $ git checkout -b mywork-new origin
 $ gitk origin..mywork &
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-And browse through the list of patches in the mywork branch using gitk,
+and browse through the list of patches in the mywork branch using gitk,
 applying them (possibly in a different order) to mywork-new using
-cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using commit --amend.
+cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using `commit --amend`.
 The gitlink:git-gui[1] command may also help as it allows you to
 individually select diff hunks for inclusion in the index (by
 right-clicking on the diff hunk and choosing "Stage Hunk for Commit").
@@ -2735,7 +2739,7 @@ others:
 
 - Git can quickly determine whether two objects are identical or not,
   just by comparing names.
-- Since object names are computed the same way in ever repository, the
+- Since object names are computed the same way in every repository, the
   same content stored in two repositories will always be stored under
   the same name.
 - Git can detect errors when it reads an object, by checking that the
@@ -2752,7 +2756,7 @@ There are four different types of objects: "blob", "tree", "commit", and
   "blob" objects into a directory structure. In addition, a tree object
   can refer to other tree objects, thus creating a directory hierarchy.
 - A <<def_commit_object,"commit" object>> ties such directory hierarchies
-  together into a <<def_DAG,directed acyclic graph>> of revisions - each
+  together into a <<def_DAG,directed acyclic graph>> of revisions--each
   commit contains the object name of exactly one tree designating the
   directory hierarchy at the time of the commit. In addition, a commit
   refers to "parent" commit objects that describe the history of how we
@@ -2852,8 +2856,7 @@ between two related tree objects, since it can ignore any entries with
 identical object names.
 
 (Note: in the presence of submodules, trees may also have commits as
-entries.   See gitlink:git-submodule[1] and gitlink:gitmodules.txt[1]
-for partial documentation.)
+entries.  See <<submodules>> for documentation.)
 
 Note that the files all have mode 644 or 755: git actually only pays
 attention to the executable bit.
@@ -2946,7 +2949,7 @@ nLE/L9aUXdWeTFPron96DLA=
 See the gitlink:git-tag[1] command to learn how to create and verify tag
 objects.  (Note that gitlink:git-tag[1] can also be used to create
 "lightweight tags", which are not tag objects at all, but just simple
-references in .git/refs/tags/).
+references whose names begin with "refs/tags/").
 
 [[pack-files]]
 How git stores objects efficiently: pack files
@@ -3026,7 +3029,7 @@ There are also other situations that cause dangling objects. For
 example, a "dangling blob" may arise because you did a "git add" of a
 file, but then, before you actually committed it and made it part of the
 bigger picture, you changed something else in that file and committed
-that *updated* thing - the old state that you added originally ends up
+that *updated* thing--the old state that you added originally ends up
 not being pointed to by any commit or tree, so it's now a dangling blob
 object.
 
@@ -3041,7 +3044,7 @@ up pointing to them, so they end up "dangling" in your repository.
 Generally, dangling objects aren't anything to worry about. They can
 even be very useful: if you screw something up, the dangling objects can
 be how you recover your old tree (say, you did a rebase, and realized
-that you really didn't want to - you can look at what dangling objects
+that you really didn't want to--you can look at what dangling objects
 you have, and decide to reset your head to some old dangling state).
 
 For commits, you can just use:
@@ -3085,10 +3088,10 @@ $ git prune
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 and they'll be gone. But you should only run "git prune" on a quiescent
-repository - it's kind of like doing a filesystem fsck recovery: you
+repository--it's kind of like doing a filesystem fsck recovery: you
 don't want to do that while the filesystem is mounted.
 
-(The same is true of "git-fsck" itself, btw - but since
+(The same is true of "git-fsck" itself, btw, but since
 git-fsck never actually *changes* the repository, it just reports
 on what it found, git-fsck itself is never "dangerous" to run.
 Running it while somebody is actually changing the repository can cause
@@ -3155,6 +3158,241 @@ a tree which you are in the process of working on.
 If you blow the index away entirely, you generally haven't lost any
 information as long as you have the name of the tree that it described.
 
+[[submodules]]
+Submodules
+==========
+
+Large projects are often composed of smaller, self-contained modules.  For
+example, an embedded Linux distribution's source tree would include every
+piece of software in the distribution with some local modifications; a movie
+player might need to build against a specific, known-working version of a
+decompression library; several independent programs might all share the same
+build scripts.
+
+With centralized revision control systems this is often accomplished by
+including every module in one single repository.  Developers can check out
+all modules or only the modules they need to work with.  They can even modify
+files across several modules in a single commit while moving things around
+or updating APIs and translations.
+
+Git does not allow partial checkouts, so duplicating this approach in Git
+would force developers to keep a local copy of modules they are not
+interested in touching.  Commits in an enormous checkout would be slower
+than you'd expect as Git would have to scan every directory for changes.
+If modules have a lot of local history, clones would take forever.
+
+On the plus side, distributed revision control systems can much better
+integrate with external sources.  In a centralized model, a single arbitrary
+snapshot of the external project is exported from its own revision control
+and then imported into the local revision control on a vendor branch.  All
+the history is hidden.  With distributed revision control you can clone the
+entire external history and much more easily follow development and re-merge
+local changes.
+
+Git's submodule support allows a repository to contain, as a subdirectory, a
+checkout of an external project.  Submodules maintain their own identity;
+the submodule support just stores the submodule repository location and
+commit ID, so other developers who clone the containing project
+("superproject") can easily clone all the submodules at the same revision.
+Partial checkouts of the superproject are possible: you can tell Git to
+clone none, some or all of the submodules.
+
+The gitlink:git-submodule[1] command is available since Git 1.5.3.  Users
+with Git 1.5.2 can look up the submodule commits in the repository and
+manually check them out; earlier versions won't recognize the submodules at
+all.
+
+To see how submodule support works, create (for example) four example
+repositories that can be used later as a submodule:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ mkdir ~/git
+$ cd ~/git
+$ for i in a b c d
+do
+	mkdir $i
+	cd $i
+	git init
+	echo "module $i" > $i.txt
+	git add $i.txt
+	git commit -m "Initial commit, submodule $i"
+	cd ..
+done
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Now create the superproject and add all the submodules:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ mkdir super
+$ cd super
+$ git init
+$ for i in a b c d
+do
+	git submodule add ~/git/$i
+done
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+NOTE: Do not use local URLs here if you plan to publish your superproject!
+
+See what files `git submodule` created:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ ls -a
+.  ..  .git  .gitmodules  a  b  c  d
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+The `git submodule add` command does a couple of things:
+
+- It clones the submodule under the current directory and by default checks out
+  the master branch.
+- It adds the submodule's clone path to the gitlink:gitmodules[5] file and
+  adds this file to the index, ready to be committed.
+- It adds the submodule's current commit ID to the index, ready to be
+  committed.
+
+Commit the superproject:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ git commit -m "Add submodules a, b, c and d."
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Now clone the superproject:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ cd ..
+$ git clone super cloned
+$ cd cloned
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+The submodule directories are there, but they're empty:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ ls -a a
+.  ..
+$ git submodule status
+-d266b9873ad50488163457f025db7cdd9683d88b a
+-e81d457da15309b4fef4249aba9b50187999670d b
+-c1536a972b9affea0f16e0680ba87332dc059146 c
+-d96249ff5d57de5de093e6baff9e0aafa5276a74 d
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+NOTE: The commit object names shown above would be different for you, but they
+should match the HEAD commit object names of your repositories.  You can check
+it by running `git ls-remote ../a`.
+
+Pulling down the submodules is a two-step process. First run `git submodule
+init` to add the submodule repository URLs to `.git/config`:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ git submodule init
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Now use `git submodule update` to clone the repositories and check out the
+commits specified in the superproject:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ git submodule update
+$ cd a
+$ ls -a
+.  ..  .git  a.txt
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+One major difference between `git submodule update` and `git submodule add` is
+that `git submodule update` checks out a specific commit, rather than the tip
+of a branch. It's like checking out a tag: the head is detached, so you're not
+working on a branch.
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ git branch
+* (no branch)
+  master
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+If you want to make a change within a submodule and you have a detached head,
+then you should create or checkout a branch, make your changes, publish the
+change within the submodule, and then update the superproject to reference the
+new commit:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ git checkout master
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+or
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ git checkout -b fix-up
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+then
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ echo "adding a line again" >> a.txt
+$ git commit -a -m "Updated the submodule from within the superproject."
+$ git push
+$ cd ..
+$ git diff
+diff --git a/a b/a
+index d266b98..261dfac 160000
+--- a/a
++++ b/a
+@@ -1 +1 @@
+-Subproject commit d266b9873ad50488163457f025db7cdd9683d88b
++Subproject commit 261dfac35cb99d380eb966e102c1197139f7fa24
+$ git add a
+$ git commit -m "Updated submodule a."
+$ git push
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+You have to run `git submodule update` after `git pull` if you want to update
+submodules, too.
+
+Pitfalls with submodules
+------------------------
+
+Always publish the submodule change before publishing the change to the
+superproject that references it. If you forget to publish the submodule change,
+others won't be able to clone the repository:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ cd ~/git/super/a
+$ echo i added another line to this file >> a.txt
+$ git commit -a -m "doing it wrong this time"
+$ cd ..
+$ git add a
+$ git commit -m "Updated submodule a again."
+$ git push
+$ cd ~/git/cloned
+$ git pull
+$ git submodule update
+error: pathspec '261dfac35cb99d380eb966e102c1197139f7fa24' did not match any file(s) known to git.
+Did you forget to 'git add'?
+Unable to checkout '261dfac35cb99d380eb966e102c1197139f7fa24' in submodule path 'a'
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+You also should not rewind branches in a submodule beyond commits that were
+ever recorded in any superproject.
+
+It's not safe to run `git submodule update` if you've made and committed
+changes within a submodule without checking out a branch first. They will be
+silently overwritten:
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+$ cat a.txt
+module a
+$ echo line added from private2 >> a.txt
+$ git commit -a -m "line added inside private2"
+$ cd ..
+$ git submodule update
+Submodule path 'a': checked out 'd266b9873ad50488163457f025db7cdd9683d88b'
+$ cd a
+$ cat a.txt
+module a
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+NOTE: The changes are still visible in the submodule's reflog.
+
+This is not the case if you did not commit your changes.
+
 [[low-level-operations]]
 Low-level git operations
 ========================
@@ -3187,9 +3425,10 @@ The Workflow
 ------------
 
 High-level operations such as gitlink:git-commit[1],
-gitlink:git-checkout[1] and git-reset[1] work by moving data between the
-working tree, the index, and the object database.  Git provides
-low-level operations which perform each of these steps individually.
+gitlink:git-checkout[1] and gitlink:git-reset[1] work by moving data
+between the working tree, the index, and the object database.  Git
+provides low-level operations which perform each of these steps
+individually.
 
 Generally, all "git" operations work on the index file. Some operations
 work *purely* on the index file (showing the current state of the
@@ -3244,7 +3483,7 @@ You write your current index file to a "tree" object with the program
 $ git write-tree
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-that doesn't come with any options - it will just write out the
+that doesn't come with any options--it will just write out the
 current index into the set of tree objects that describe that state,
 and it will return the name of the resulting top-level tree. You can
 use that tree to re-generate the index at any time by going in the
@@ -3255,7 +3494,7 @@ object database -> index
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 You read a "tree" file from the object database, and use that to
-populate (and overwrite - don't do this if your index contains any
+populate (and overwrite--don't do this if your index contains any
 unsaved state that you might want to restore later!) your current
 index.  Normal operation is just
 
@@ -3303,7 +3542,7 @@ Tying it all together
 
 To commit a tree you have instantiated with "git-write-tree", you'd
 create a "commit" object that refers to that tree and the history
-behind it - most notably the "parent" commits that preceded it in
+behind it--most notably the "parent" commits that preceded it in
 history.
 
 Normally a "commit" has one parent: the previous state of the tree
@@ -3446,7 +3685,7 @@ Once you know the three trees you are going to merge (the one "original"
 tree, aka the common tree, and the two "result" trees, aka the branches
 you want to merge), you do a "merge" read into the index. This will
 complain if it has to throw away your old index contents, so you should
-make sure that you've committed those - in fact you would normally
+make sure that you've committed those--in fact you would normally
 always do a merge against your last commit (which should thus match what
 you have in your current index anyway).
 
@@ -3466,7 +3705,7 @@ Merging multiple trees, continued
 ---------------------------------
 
 Sadly, many merges aren't trivial. If there are files that have
-been added.moved or removed, or if both branches have modified the
+been added, moved or removed, or if both branches have modified the
 same file, you will be left with an index tree that contains "merge
 entries" in it. Such an index tree can 'NOT' be written out to a tree
 object, and you will have to resolve any such merge clashes using
@@ -3718,7 +3957,7 @@ Two things are interesting here:
 
 - `get_sha1()` returns 0 on _success_.  This might surprise some new
   Git hackers, but there is a long tradition in UNIX to return different
-  negative numbers in case of different errors -- and 0 on success.
+  negative numbers in case of different errors--and 0 on success.
 
 - the variable `sha1` in the function signature of `get_sha1()` is `unsigned
   char \*`, but is actually expected to be a pointer to `unsigned
@@ -3823,7 +4062,7 @@ $ git branch new     # create branch "new" starting at current HEAD
 $ git branch -d new  # delete branch "new"
 -----------------------------------------------
 
-Instead of basing new branch on current HEAD (the default), use:
+Instead of basing a new branch on current HEAD (the default), use:
 
 -----------------------------------------------
 $ git branch new test    # branch named "test"
@@ -4071,5 +4310,3 @@ Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
 Alternates, clone -reference, etc.
 
 git unpack-objects -r for recovery
-
-submodules
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 289b046a44..f1eb4049b9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Issues of note:
 	- "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
 	  the barebone Porcelainish scripts.
 
+	- "cpio" is used by git-merge for saving and restoring the index,
+	  and by git-clone when doing a local (possibly hardlinked) clone.
+
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7dd212a19e..bb4873d754 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) \
 
 # ... and all the rest that could be moved out of bindir to gitexecdir
 PROGRAMS = \
-	git-convert-objects$X git-fetch-pack$X \
+	git-fetch-pack$X \
 	git-hash-object$X git-index-pack$X \
 	git-fast-import$X \
 	git-daemon$X \
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ perl/perl.mak: GIT-CFLAGS
 
 $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): % : %.perl
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
-	INSTLIBDIR=`$(MAKE) -C perl -s --no-print-directory instlibdir` && \
+	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C perl -s --no-print-directory instlibdir` && \
 	sed -e '1{' \
 	    -e '	s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e '	h' \
@@ -939,6 +939,10 @@ tags:
 	$(RM) tags
 	$(FIND) . -name '*.[hcS]' -print | xargs ctags -a
 
+cscope:
+	$(RM) cscope*
+	$(FIND) . -name '*.[hcS]' -print | xargs cscope -b
+
 ### Detect prefix changes
 TRACK_CFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(ALL_CFLAGS)):\
              $(bindir_SQ):$(gitexecdir_SQ):$(template_dir_SQ):$(prefix_SQ)
@@ -1080,14 +1084,17 @@ dist-doc:
 
 ### Cleaning rules
 
+distclean: clean
+	$(RM) configure
+
 clean:
 	$(RM) *.o mozilla-sha1/*.o arm/*.o ppc/*.o compat/*.o xdiff/*.o \
 		$(LIB_FILE) $(XDIFF_LIB)
 	$(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) git$X
 	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
-	$(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo common-cmds.h TAGS tags
+	$(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope*
 	$(RM) -r autom4te.cache
-	$(RM) configure config.log config.mak.autogen config.mak.append config.status config.cache
+	$(RM) config.log config.mak.autogen config.mak.append config.status config.cache
 	$(RM) -r $(GIT_TARNAME) .doc-tmp-dir
 	$(RM) $(GIT_TARNAME).tar.gz git-core_$(GIT_VERSION)-*.tar.gz
 	$(RM) $(htmldocs).tar.gz $(manpages).tar.gz
@@ -1103,7 +1110,7 @@ endif
 	$(RM) GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-CFLAGS GIT-GUI-VARS
 
 .PHONY: all install clean strip
-.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE TAGS tags .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
+.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE TAGS tags cscope .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
 
 ### Check documentation
 #
diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index c0d95dab0d..e1bced5609 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  */
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "tar.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "archive.h"
@@ -79,19 +78,6 @@ static void write_trailer(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void strbuf_append_string(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s)
-{
-	int slen = strlen(s);
-	int total = sb->len + slen;
-	if (total + 1 > sb->alloc) {
-		sb->buf = xrealloc(sb->buf, total + 1);
-		sb->alloc = total + 1;
-	}
-	memcpy(sb->buf + sb->len, s, slen);
-	sb->len = total;
-	sb->buf[total] = '\0';
-}
-
 /*
  * pax extended header records have the format "%u %s=%s\n".  %u contains
  * the size of the whole string (including the %u), the first %s is the
@@ -101,26 +87,17 @@ static void strbuf_append_string(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s)
 static void strbuf_append_ext_header(struct strbuf *sb, const char *keyword,
                                      const char *value, unsigned int valuelen)
 {
-	char *p;
-	int len, total, tmp;
+	int len, tmp;
 
 	/* "%u %s=%s\n" */
 	len = 1 + 1 + strlen(keyword) + 1 + valuelen + 1;
 	for (tmp = len; tmp > 9; tmp /= 10)
 		len++;
 
-	total = sb->len + len;
-	if (total > sb->alloc) {
-		sb->buf = xrealloc(sb->buf, total);
-		sb->alloc = total;
-	}
-
-	p = sb->buf;
-	p += sprintf(p, "%u %s=", len, keyword);
-	memcpy(p, value, valuelen);
-	p += valuelen;
-	*p = '\n';
-	sb->len = total;
+	strbuf_grow(sb, len);
+	strbuf_addf(sb, "%u %s=", len, keyword);
+	strbuf_add(sb, value, valuelen);
+	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 }
 
 static unsigned int ustar_header_chksum(const struct ustar_header *header)
@@ -154,8 +131,7 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 	struct strbuf ext_header;
 
 	memset(&header, 0, sizeof(header));
-	ext_header.buf = NULL;
-	ext_header.len = ext_header.alloc = 0;
+	strbuf_init(&ext_header, 0);
 
 	if (!sha1) {
 		*header.typeflag = TYPEFLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
@@ -167,7 +143,7 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 		sprintf(header.name, "%s.paxheader", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	} else {
 		if (verbose)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%.*s\n", path->len, path->buf);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%.*s\n", (int)path->len, path->buf);
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
 			*header.typeflag = TYPEFLAG_DIR;
 			mode = (mode | 0777) & ~tar_umask;
@@ -226,8 +202,8 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 
 	if (ext_header.len > 0) {
 		write_entry(sha1, NULL, 0, ext_header.buf, ext_header.len);
-		free(ext_header.buf);
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&ext_header);
 	write_blocked(&header, sizeof(header));
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) && buffer && size > 0)
 		write_blocked(buffer, size);
@@ -236,11 +212,11 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 static void write_global_extended_header(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct strbuf ext_header;
-	ext_header.buf = NULL;
-	ext_header.len = ext_header.alloc = 0;
+
+	strbuf_init(&ext_header, 0);
 	strbuf_append_ext_header(&ext_header, "comment", sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
 	write_entry(NULL, NULL, 0, ext_header.buf, ext_header.len);
-	free(ext_header.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&ext_header);
 }
 
 static int git_tar_config(const char *var, const char *value)
@@ -261,28 +237,17 @@ static int write_tar_entry(const unsigned char *sha1,
                            const char *base, int baselen,
                            const char *filename, unsigned mode, int stage)
 {
-	static struct strbuf path;
-	int filenamelen = strlen(filename);
+	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	void *buffer;
 	enum object_type type;
 	unsigned long size;
 
-	if (!path.alloc) {
-		path.buf = xmalloc(PATH_MAX);
-		path.alloc = PATH_MAX;
-		path.len = path.eof = 0;
-	}
-	if (path.alloc < baselen + filenamelen + 1) {
-		free(path.buf);
-		path.buf = xmalloc(baselen + filenamelen + 1);
-		path.alloc = baselen + filenamelen + 1;
-	}
-	memcpy(path.buf, base, baselen);
-	memcpy(path.buf + baselen, filename, filenamelen);
-	path.len = baselen + filenamelen;
-	path.buf[path.len] = '\0';
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
+	strbuf_grow(&path, PATH_MAX);
+	strbuf_add(&path, base, baselen);
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, filename);
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
-		strbuf_append_string(&path, "/");
+		strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
 		buffer = NULL;
 		size = 0;
 	} else {
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 129399310a..92704a3f61 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -160,12 +160,7 @@ static const char *parse_attr(const char *src, int lineno, const char *cp,
 		else if (!equals)
 			e->setto = ATTR__TRUE;
 		else {
-			char *value;
-			int vallen = ep - equals;
-			value = xmalloc(vallen);
-			memcpy(value, equals+1, vallen-1);
-			value[vallen-1] = 0;
-			e->setto = value;
+			e->setto = xmemdupz(equals + 1, ep - equals - 1);
 		}
 		e->attr = git_attr(cp, len);
 	}
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 0d7d0ce420..f9a65803d8 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -71,12 +71,8 @@ static void fill_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec,
 	baselen = common_prefix(pathspec);
 	path = ".";
 	base = "";
-	if (baselen) {
-		char *common = xmalloc(baselen + 1);
-		memcpy(common, *pathspec, baselen);
-		common[baselen] = 0;
-		path = base = common;
-	}
+	if (baselen)
+		path = base = xmemdupz(*pathspec, baselen);
 
 	/* Read the directory and prune it */
 	read_directory(dir, path, base, baselen, pathspec);
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 86d89a4a7e..05c6bc3592 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int apply_in_reverse;
 static int apply_with_reject;
 static int apply_verbosely;
 static int no_add;
-static int show_index_info;
+static const char *fake_ancestor;
 static int line_termination = '\n';
 static unsigned long p_context = ULONG_MAX;
 static const char apply_usage[] =
@@ -163,15 +163,14 @@ static void say_patch_name(FILE *output, const char *pre, struct patch *patch, c
 	fputs(pre, output);
 	if (patch->old_name && patch->new_name &&
 	    strcmp(patch->old_name, patch->new_name)) {
-		write_name_quoted(NULL, 0, patch->old_name, 1, output);
+		quote_c_style(patch->old_name, NULL, output, 0);
 		fputs(" => ", output);
-		write_name_quoted(NULL, 0, patch->new_name, 1, output);
-	}
-	else {
+		quote_c_style(patch->new_name, NULL, output, 0);
+	} else {
 		const char *n = patch->new_name;
 		if (!n)
 			n = patch->old_name;
-		write_name_quoted(NULL, 0, n, 1, output);
+		quote_c_style(n, NULL, output, 0);
 	}
 	fputs(post, output);
 }
@@ -179,36 +178,18 @@ static void say_patch_name(FILE *output, const char *pre, struct patch *patch, c
 #define CHUNKSIZE (8192)
 #define SLOP (16)
 
-static void *read_patch_file(int fd, unsigned long *sizep)
+static void read_patch_file(struct strbuf *sb, int fd)
 {
-	unsigned long size = 0, alloc = CHUNKSIZE;
-	void *buffer = xmalloc(alloc);
-
-	for (;;) {
-		ssize_t nr = alloc - size;
-		if (nr < 1024) {
-			alloc += CHUNKSIZE;
-			buffer = xrealloc(buffer, alloc);
-			nr = alloc - size;
-		}
-		nr = xread(fd, (char *) buffer + size, nr);
-		if (!nr)
-			break;
-		if (nr < 0)
-			die("git-apply: read returned %s", strerror(errno));
-		size += nr;
-	}
-	*sizep = size;
+	if (strbuf_read(sb, fd, 0) < 0)
+		die("git-apply: read returned %s", strerror(errno));
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that we have some slop in the buffer
 	 * so that we can do speculative "memcmp" etc, and
 	 * see to it that it is NUL-filled.
 	 */
-	if (alloc < size + SLOP)
-		buffer = xrealloc(buffer, size + SLOP);
-	memset((char *) buffer + size, 0, SLOP);
-	return buffer;
+	strbuf_grow(sb, SLOP);
+	memset(sb->buf + sb->len, 0, SLOP);
 }
 
 static unsigned long linelen(const char *buffer, unsigned long size)
@@ -244,35 +225,33 @@ static char *find_name(const char *line, char *def, int p_value, int terminate)
 {
 	int len;
 	const char *start = line;
-	char *name;
 
 	if (*line == '"') {
+		struct strbuf name;
+
 		/* Proposed "new-style" GNU patch/diff format; see
 		 * http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2
 		 */
-		name = unquote_c_style(line, NULL);
-		if (name) {
-			char *cp = name;
-			while (p_value) {
+		strbuf_init(&name, 0);
+		if (!unquote_c_style(&name, line, NULL)) {
+			char *cp;
+
+			for (cp = name.buf; p_value; p_value--) {
 				cp = strchr(cp, '/');
 				if (!cp)
 					break;
 				cp++;
-				p_value--;
 			}
 			if (cp) {
 				/* name can later be freed, so we need
 				 * to memmove, not just return cp
 				 */
-				memmove(name, cp, strlen(cp) + 1);
+				strbuf_remove(&name, 0, cp - name.buf);
 				free(def);
-				return name;
-			}
-			else {
-				free(name);
-				name = NULL;
+				return strbuf_detach(&name, NULL);
 			}
 		}
+		strbuf_release(&name);
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -304,13 +283,10 @@ static char *find_name(const char *line, char *def, int p_value, int terminate)
 		int deflen = strlen(def);
 		if (deflen < len && !strncmp(start, def, deflen))
 			return def;
+		free(def);
 	}
 
-	name = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	memcpy(name, start, len);
-	name[len] = 0;
-	free(def);
-	return name;
+	return xmemdupz(start, len);
 }
 
 static int count_slashes(const char *cp)
@@ -583,29 +559,30 @@ static const char *stop_at_slash(const char *line, int llen)
  */
 static char *git_header_name(char *line, int llen)
 {
-	int len;
 	const char *name;
 	const char *second = NULL;
+	size_t len;
 
 	line += strlen("diff --git ");
 	llen -= strlen("diff --git ");
 
 	if (*line == '"') {
 		const char *cp;
-		char *first = unquote_c_style(line, &second);
-		if (!first)
-			return NULL;
+		struct strbuf first;
+		struct strbuf sp;
+
+		strbuf_init(&first, 0);
+		strbuf_init(&sp, 0);
+
+		if (unquote_c_style(&first, line, &second))
+			goto free_and_fail1;
 
 		/* advance to the first slash */
-		cp = stop_at_slash(first, strlen(first));
-		if (!cp || cp == first) {
-			/* we do not accept absolute paths */
-		free_first_and_fail:
-			free(first);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		len = strlen(cp+1);
-		memmove(first, cp+1, len+1); /* including NUL */
+		cp = stop_at_slash(first.buf, first.len);
+		/* we do not accept absolute paths */
+		if (!cp || cp == first.buf)
+			goto free_and_fail1;
+		strbuf_remove(&first, 0, cp + 1 - first.buf);
 
 		/* second points at one past closing dq of name.
 		 * find the second name.
@@ -614,40 +591,40 @@ static char *git_header_name(char *line, int llen)
 			second++;
 
 		if (line + llen <= second)
-			goto free_first_and_fail;
+			goto free_and_fail1;
 		if (*second == '"') {
-			char *sp = unquote_c_style(second, NULL);
-			if (!sp)
-				goto free_first_and_fail;
-			cp = stop_at_slash(sp, strlen(sp));
-			if (!cp || cp == sp) {
-			free_both_and_fail:
-				free(sp);
-				goto free_first_and_fail;
-			}
+			if (unquote_c_style(&sp, second, NULL))
+				goto free_and_fail1;
+			cp = stop_at_slash(sp.buf, sp.len);
+			if (!cp || cp == sp.buf)
+				goto free_and_fail1;
 			/* They must match, otherwise ignore */
-			if (strcmp(cp+1, first))
-				goto free_both_and_fail;
-			free(sp);
-			return first;
+			if (strcmp(cp + 1, first.buf))
+				goto free_and_fail1;
+			strbuf_release(&sp);
+			return strbuf_detach(&first, NULL);
 		}
 
 		/* unquoted second */
 		cp = stop_at_slash(second, line + llen - second);
 		if (!cp || cp == second)
-			goto free_first_and_fail;
+			goto free_and_fail1;
 		cp++;
-		if (line + llen - cp != len + 1 ||
-		    memcmp(first, cp, len))
-			goto free_first_and_fail;
-		return first;
+		if (line + llen - cp != first.len + 1 ||
+		    memcmp(first.buf, cp, first.len))
+			goto free_and_fail1;
+		return strbuf_detach(&first, NULL);
+
+	free_and_fail1:
+		strbuf_release(&first);
+		strbuf_release(&sp);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* unquoted first name */
 	name = stop_at_slash(line, llen);
 	if (!name || name == line)
 		return NULL;
-
 	name++;
 
 	/* since the first name is unquoted, a dq if exists must be
@@ -655,28 +632,30 @@ static char *git_header_name(char *line, int llen)
 	 */
 	for (second = name; second < line + llen; second++) {
 		if (*second == '"') {
-			const char *cp = second;
+			struct strbuf sp;
 			const char *np;
-			char *sp = unquote_c_style(second, NULL);
-
-			if (!sp)
-				return NULL;
-			np = stop_at_slash(sp, strlen(sp));
-			if (!np || np == sp) {
-			free_second_and_fail:
-				free(sp);
-				return NULL;
-			}
+
+			strbuf_init(&sp, 0);
+			if (unquote_c_style(&sp, second, NULL))
+				goto free_and_fail2;
+
+			np = stop_at_slash(sp.buf, sp.len);
+			if (!np || np == sp.buf)
+				goto free_and_fail2;
 			np++;
-			len = strlen(np);
-			if (len < cp - name &&
+
+			len = sp.buf + sp.len - np;
+			if (len < second - name &&
 			    !strncmp(np, name, len) &&
 			    isspace(name[len])) {
 				/* Good */
-				memmove(sp, np, len + 1);
-				return sp;
+				strbuf_remove(&sp, 0, np - sp.buf);
+				return strbuf_detach(&sp, NULL);
 			}
-			goto free_second_and_fail;
+
+		free_and_fail2:
+			strbuf_release(&sp);
+			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -700,10 +679,7 @@ static char *git_header_name(char *line, int llen)
 					break;
 			}
 			if (second[len] == '\n' && !memcmp(name, second, len)) {
-				char *ret = xmalloc(len + 1);
-				memcpy(ret, name, len);
-				ret[len] = 0;
-				return ret;
+				return xmemdupz(name, len);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1397,96 +1373,66 @@ static const char minuses[]= "--------------------------------------------------
 
 static void show_stats(struct patch *patch)
 {
-	const char *prefix = "";
-	char *name = patch->new_name;
-	char *qname = NULL;
-	int len, max, add, del, total;
+	struct strbuf qname;
+	char *cp = patch->new_name ? patch->new_name : patch->old_name;
+	int max, add, del;
 
-	if (!name)
-		name = patch->old_name;
-
-	if (0 < (len = quote_c_style(name, NULL, NULL, 0))) {
-		qname = xmalloc(len + 1);
-		quote_c_style(name, qname, NULL, 0);
-		name = qname;
-	}
+	strbuf_init(&qname, 0);
+	quote_c_style(cp, &qname, NULL, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * "scale" the filename
 	 */
-	len = strlen(name);
 	max = max_len;
 	if (max > 50)
 		max = 50;
-	if (len > max) {
-		char *slash;
-		prefix = "...";
-		max -= 3;
-		name += len - max;
-		slash = strchr(name, '/');
-		if (slash)
-			name = slash;
+
+	if (qname.len > max) {
+		cp = strchr(qname.buf + qname.len + 3 - max, '/');
+		if (!cp)
+			cp = qname.buf + qname.len + 3 - max;
+		strbuf_splice(&qname, 0, cp - qname.buf, "...", 3);
 	}
-	len = max;
+
+	if (patch->is_binary) {
+		printf(" %-*s |  Bin\n", max, qname.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&qname);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	printf(" %-*s |", max, qname.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&qname);
 
 	/*
 	 * scale the add/delete
 	 */
-	max = max_change;
-	if (max + len > 70)
-		max = 70 - len;
-
+	max = max + max_change > 70 ? 70 - max : max_change;
 	add = patch->lines_added;
 	del = patch->lines_deleted;
-	total = add + del;
 
 	if (max_change > 0) {
-		total = (total * max + max_change / 2) / max_change;
+		int total = ((add + del) * max + max_change / 2) / max_change;
 		add = (add * max + max_change / 2) / max_change;
 		del = total - add;
 	}
-	if (patch->is_binary)
-		printf(" %s%-*s |  Bin\n", prefix, len, name);
-	else
-		printf(" %s%-*s |%5d %.*s%.*s\n", prefix,
-		       len, name, patch->lines_added + patch->lines_deleted,
-		       add, pluses, del, minuses);
-	free(qname);
+	printf("%5d %.*s%.*s\n", patch->lines_added + patch->lines_deleted,
+		add, pluses, del, minuses);
 }
 
-static int read_old_data(struct stat *st, const char *path, char **buf_p, unsigned long *alloc_p, unsigned long *size_p)
+static int read_old_data(struct stat *st, const char *path, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
-	int fd;
-	unsigned long got;
-	unsigned long nsize;
-	char *nbuf;
-	unsigned long size = *size_p;
-	char *buf = *buf_p;
-
 	switch (st->st_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFLNK:
-		return readlink(path, buf, size) != size;
+		strbuf_grow(buf, st->st_size);
+		if (readlink(path, buf->buf, st->st_size) != st->st_size)
+			return -1;
+		strbuf_setlen(buf, st->st_size);
+		return 0;
 	case S_IFREG:
-		fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-		if (fd < 0)
-			return error("unable to open %s", path);
-		got = 0;
-		for (;;) {
-			ssize_t ret = xread(fd, buf + got, size - got);
-			if (ret <= 0)
-				break;
-			got += ret;
-		}
-		close(fd);
-		nsize = got;
-		nbuf = convert_to_git(path, buf, &nsize);
-		if (nbuf) {
-			free(buf);
-			*buf_p = nbuf;
-			*alloc_p = nsize;
-			*size_p = nsize;
-		}
-		return got != size;
+		if (strbuf_read_file(buf, path, st->st_size) != st->st_size)
+			return error("unable to open or read %s", path);
+		convert_to_git(path, buf->buf, buf->len, buf);
+		return 0;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1591,12 +1537,6 @@ static void remove_last_line(const char **rbuf, int *rsize)
 	*rsize = offset + 1;
 }
 
-struct buffer_desc {
-	char *buffer;
-	unsigned long size;
-	unsigned long alloc;
-};
-
 static int apply_line(char *output, const char *patch, int plen)
 {
 	/* plen is number of bytes to be copied from patch,
@@ -1673,10 +1613,9 @@ static int apply_line(char *output, const char *patch, int plen)
 	return output + plen - buf;
 }
 
-static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag, int inaccurate_eof)
+static int apply_one_fragment(struct strbuf *buf, struct fragment *frag, int inaccurate_eof)
 {
 	int match_beginning, match_end;
-	char *buf = desc->buffer;
 	const char *patch = frag->patch;
 	int offset, size = frag->size;
 	char *old = xmalloc(size);
@@ -1787,24 +1726,17 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag, i
 	lines = 0;
 	pos = frag->newpos;
 	for (;;) {
-		offset = find_offset(buf, desc->size,
+		offset = find_offset(buf->buf, buf->len,
 				     oldlines, oldsize, pos, &lines);
-		if (match_end && offset + oldsize != desc->size)
+		if (match_end && offset + oldsize != buf->len)
 			offset = -1;
 		if (match_beginning && offset)
 			offset = -1;
 		if (offset >= 0) {
-			int diff;
-			unsigned long size, alloc;
-
 			if (new_whitespace == strip_whitespace &&
-			    (desc->size - oldsize - offset == 0)) /* end of file? */
+			    (buf->len - oldsize - offset == 0)) /* end of file? */
 				newsize -= new_blank_lines_at_end;
 
-			diff = newsize - oldsize;
-			size = desc->size + diff;
-			alloc = desc->alloc;
-
 			/* Warn if it was necessary to reduce the number
 			 * of context lines.
 			 */
@@ -1814,19 +1746,8 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag, i
 					" to apply fragment at %d\n",
 					leading, trailing, pos + lines);
 
-			if (size > alloc) {
-				alloc = size + 8192;
-				desc->alloc = alloc;
-				buf = xrealloc(buf, alloc);
-				desc->buffer = buf;
-			}
-			desc->size = size;
-			memmove(buf + offset + newsize,
-				buf + offset + oldsize,
-				size - offset - newsize);
-			memcpy(buf + offset, newlines, newsize);
+			strbuf_splice(buf, offset, oldsize, newlines, newsize);
 			offset = 0;
-
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -1862,12 +1783,11 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag, i
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int apply_binary_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
+static int apply_binary_fragment(struct strbuf *buf, struct patch *patch)
 {
-	unsigned long dst_size;
 	struct fragment *fragment = patch->fragments;
-	void *data;
-	void *result;
+	unsigned long len;
+	void *dst;
 
 	/* Binary patch is irreversible without the optional second hunk */
 	if (apply_in_reverse) {
@@ -1878,29 +1798,24 @@ static int apply_binary_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
 				     ? patch->new_name : patch->old_name);
 		fragment = fragment->next;
 	}
-	data = (void*) fragment->patch;
 	switch (fragment->binary_patch_method) {
 	case BINARY_DELTA_DEFLATED:
-		result = patch_delta(desc->buffer, desc->size,
-				     data,
-				     fragment->size,
-				     &dst_size);
-		free(desc->buffer);
-		desc->buffer = result;
-		break;
+		dst = patch_delta(buf->buf, buf->len, fragment->patch,
+				  fragment->size, &len);
+		if (!dst)
+			return -1;
+		/* XXX patch_delta NUL-terminates */
+		strbuf_attach(buf, dst, len, len + 1);
+		return 0;
 	case BINARY_LITERAL_DEFLATED:
-		free(desc->buffer);
-		desc->buffer = data;
-		dst_size = fragment->size;
-		break;
+		strbuf_reset(buf);
+		strbuf_add(buf, fragment->patch, fragment->size);
+		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!desc->buffer)
-		return -1;
-	desc->size = desc->alloc = dst_size;
-	return 0;
+	return -1;
 }
 
-static int apply_binary(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
+static int apply_binary(struct strbuf *buf, struct patch *patch)
 {
 	const char *name = patch->old_name ? patch->old_name : patch->new_name;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -1919,7 +1834,7 @@ static int apply_binary(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
 		/* See if the old one matches what the patch
 		 * applies to.
 		 */
-		hash_sha1_file(desc->buffer, desc->size, blob_type, sha1);
+		hash_sha1_file(buf->buf, buf->len, blob_type, sha1);
 		if (strcmp(sha1_to_hex(sha1), patch->old_sha1_prefix))
 			return error("the patch applies to '%s' (%s), "
 				     "which does not match the "
@@ -1928,16 +1843,14 @@ static int apply_binary(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
 	}
 	else {
 		/* Otherwise, the old one must be empty. */
-		if (desc->size)
+		if (buf->len)
 			return error("the patch applies to an empty "
 				     "'%s' but it is not empty", name);
 	}
 
 	get_sha1_hex(patch->new_sha1_prefix, sha1);
 	if (is_null_sha1(sha1)) {
-		free(desc->buffer);
-		desc->alloc = desc->size = 0;
-		desc->buffer = NULL;
+		strbuf_release(buf);
 		return 0; /* deletion patch */
 	}
 
@@ -1945,43 +1858,44 @@ static int apply_binary(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
 		/* We already have the postimage */
 		enum object_type type;
 		unsigned long size;
+		char *result;
 
-		free(desc->buffer);
-		desc->buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
-		if (!desc->buffer)
+		result = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+		if (!result)
 			return error("the necessary postimage %s for "
 				     "'%s' cannot be read",
 				     patch->new_sha1_prefix, name);
-		desc->alloc = desc->size = size;
-	}
-	else {
-		/* We have verified desc matches the preimage;
+		/* XXX read_sha1_file NUL-terminates */
+		strbuf_attach(buf, result, size, size + 1);
+	} else {
+		/* We have verified buf matches the preimage;
 		 * apply the patch data to it, which is stored
 		 * in the patch->fragments->{patch,size}.
 		 */
-		if (apply_binary_fragment(desc, patch))
+		if (apply_binary_fragment(buf, patch))
 			return error("binary patch does not apply to '%s'",
 				     name);
 
 		/* verify that the result matches */
-		hash_sha1_file(desc->buffer, desc->size, blob_type, sha1);
+		hash_sha1_file(buf->buf, buf->len, blob_type, sha1);
 		if (strcmp(sha1_to_hex(sha1), patch->new_sha1_prefix))
-			return error("binary patch to '%s' creates incorrect result (expecting %s, got %s)", name, patch->new_sha1_prefix, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+			return error("binary patch to '%s' creates incorrect result (expecting %s, got %s)",
+				name, patch->new_sha1_prefix, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int apply_fragments(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
+static int apply_fragments(struct strbuf *buf, struct patch *patch)
 {
 	struct fragment *frag = patch->fragments;
 	const char *name = patch->old_name ? patch->old_name : patch->new_name;
 
 	if (patch->is_binary)
-		return apply_binary(desc, patch);
+		return apply_binary(buf, patch);
 
 	while (frag) {
-		if (apply_one_fragment(desc, frag, patch->inaccurate_eof)) {
+		if (apply_one_fragment(buf, frag, patch->inaccurate_eof)) {
 			error("patch failed: %s:%ld", name, frag->oldpos);
 			if (!apply_with_reject)
 				return -1;
@@ -1992,76 +1906,56 @@ static int apply_fragments(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int read_file_or_gitlink(struct cache_entry *ce, char **buf_p,
-				unsigned long *size_p)
+static int read_file_or_gitlink(struct cache_entry *ce, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
 	if (!ce)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(ntohl(ce->ce_mode))) {
-		*buf_p = xmalloc(100);
-		*size_p = snprintf(*buf_p, 100,
-			"Subproject commit %s\n", sha1_to_hex(ce->sha1));
+		strbuf_grow(buf, 100);
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "Subproject commit %s\n", sha1_to_hex(ce->sha1));
 	} else {
 		enum object_type type;
-		*buf_p = read_sha1_file(ce->sha1, &type, size_p);
-		if (!*buf_p)
+		unsigned long sz;
+		char *result;
+
+		result = read_sha1_file(ce->sha1, &type, &sz);
+		if (!result)
 			return -1;
+		/* XXX read_sha1_file NUL-terminates */
+		strbuf_attach(buf, result, sz, sz + 1);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int apply_data(struct patch *patch, struct stat *st, struct cache_entry *ce)
 {
-	char *buf;
-	unsigned long size, alloc;
-	struct buffer_desc desc;
+	struct strbuf buf;
 
-	size = 0;
-	alloc = 0;
-	buf = NULL;
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
 	if (cached) {
-		if (read_file_or_gitlink(ce, &buf, &size))
+		if (read_file_or_gitlink(ce, &buf))
 			return error("read of %s failed", patch->old_name);
-		alloc = size;
 	} else if (patch->old_name) {
 		if (S_ISGITLINK(patch->old_mode)) {
-			if (ce)
-				read_file_or_gitlink(ce, &buf, &size);
-			else {
+			if (ce) {
+				read_file_or_gitlink(ce, &buf);
+			} else {
 				/*
 				 * There is no way to apply subproject
 				 * patch without looking at the index.
 				 */
 				patch->fragments = NULL;
-				size = 0;
 			}
-		}
-		else {
-			size = xsize_t(st->st_size);
-			alloc = size + 8192;
-			buf = xmalloc(alloc);
-			if (read_old_data(st, patch->old_name,
-					  &buf, &alloc, &size))
-				return error("read of %s failed",
-					     patch->old_name);
+		} else {
+			if (read_old_data(st, patch->old_name, &buf))
+				return error("read of %s failed", patch->old_name);
 		}
 	}
 
-	desc.size = size;
-	desc.alloc = alloc;
-	desc.buffer = buf;
-
-	if (apply_fragments(&desc, patch) < 0)
+	if (apply_fragments(&buf, patch) < 0)
 		return -1; /* note with --reject this succeeds. */
-
-	/* NUL terminate the result */
-	if (desc.alloc <= desc.size)
-		desc.buffer = xrealloc(desc.buffer, desc.size + 1);
-	desc.buffer[desc.size] = 0;
-
-	patch->result = desc.buffer;
-	patch->resultsize = desc.size;
+	patch->result = strbuf_detach(&buf, &patch->resultsize);
 
 	if (0 < patch->is_delete && patch->resultsize)
 		return error("removal patch leaves file contents");
@@ -2248,9 +2142,12 @@ static int get_current_sha1(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void show_index_list(struct patch *list)
+/* Build an index that contains the just the files needed for a 3way merge */
+static void build_fake_ancestor(struct patch *list, const char *filename)
 {
 	struct patch *patch;
+	struct index_state result = { 0 };
+	int fd;
 
 	/* Once we start supporting the reverse patch, it may be
 	 * worth showing the new sha1 prefix, but until then...
@@ -2258,11 +2155,12 @@ static void show_index_list(struct patch *list)
 	for (patch = list; patch; patch = patch->next) {
 		const unsigned char *sha1_ptr;
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
+		struct cache_entry *ce;
 		const char *name;
 
 		name = patch->old_name ? patch->old_name : patch->new_name;
 		if (0 < patch->is_new)
-			sha1_ptr = null_sha1;
+			continue;
 		else if (get_sha1(patch->old_sha1_prefix, sha1))
 			/* git diff has no index line for mode/type changes */
 			if (!patch->lines_added && !patch->lines_deleted) {
@@ -2277,13 +2175,16 @@ static void show_index_list(struct patch *list)
 		else
 			sha1_ptr = sha1;
 
-		printf("%06o %s	",patch->old_mode, sha1_to_hex(sha1_ptr));
-		if (line_termination && quote_c_style(name, NULL, NULL, 0))
-			quote_c_style(name, NULL, stdout, 0);
-		else
-			fputs(name, stdout);
-		putchar(line_termination);
+		ce = make_cache_entry(patch->old_mode, sha1_ptr, name, 0, 0);
+		if (add_index_entry(&result, ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD))
+			die ("Could not add %s to temporary index", name);
 	}
+
+	fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0666);
+	if (fd < 0 || write_index(&result, fd) || close(fd))
+		die ("Could not write temporary index to %s", filename);
+
+	discard_index(&result);
 }
 
 static void stat_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
@@ -2308,13 +2209,8 @@ static void numstat_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
 		if (patch->is_binary)
 			printf("-\t-\t");
 		else
-			printf("%d\t%d\t",
-			       patch->lines_added, patch->lines_deleted);
-		if (line_termination && quote_c_style(name, NULL, NULL, 0))
-			quote_c_style(name, NULL, stdout, 0);
-		else
-			fputs(name, stdout);
-		putchar(line_termination);
+			printf("%d\t%d\t", patch->lines_added, patch->lines_deleted);
+		write_name_quoted(name, stdout, line_termination);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2479,7 +2375,7 @@ static void add_index_file(const char *path, unsigned mode, void *buf, unsigned
 static int try_create_file(const char *path, unsigned int mode, const char *buf, unsigned long size)
 {
 	int fd;
-	char *nbuf;
+	struct strbuf nbuf;
 
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
 		struct stat st;
@@ -2498,23 +2394,16 @@ static int try_create_file(const char *path, unsigned int mode, const char *buf,
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	nbuf = convert_to_working_tree(path, buf, &size);
-	if (nbuf)
-		buf = nbuf;
-
-	while (size) {
-		int written = xwrite(fd, buf, size);
-		if (written < 0)
-			die("writing file %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
-		if (!written)
-			die("out of space writing file %s", path);
-		buf += written;
-		size -= written;
+	strbuf_init(&nbuf, 0);
+	if (convert_to_working_tree(path, buf, size, &nbuf)) {
+		size = nbuf.len;
+		buf  = nbuf.buf;
 	}
+	write_or_die(fd, buf, size);
+	strbuf_release(&nbuf);
+
 	if (close(fd) < 0)
 		die("closing file %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
-	if (nbuf)
-		free(nbuf);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2747,22 +2636,22 @@ static void prefix_patches(struct patch *p)
 
 static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof)
 {
-	unsigned long offset, size;
-	char *buffer = read_patch_file(fd, &size);
+	size_t offset;
+	struct strbuf buf;
 	struct patch *list = NULL, **listp = &list;
 	int skipped_patch = 0;
 
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
 	patch_input_file = filename;
-	if (!buffer)
-		return -1;
+	read_patch_file(&buf, fd);
 	offset = 0;
-	while (size > 0) {
+	while (offset < buf.len) {
 		struct patch *patch;
 		int nr;
 
 		patch = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*patch));
 		patch->inaccurate_eof = inaccurate_eof;
-		nr = parse_chunk(buffer + offset, size, patch);
+		nr = parse_chunk(buf.buf + offset, buf.len - offset, patch);
 		if (nr < 0)
 			break;
 		if (apply_in_reverse)
@@ -2780,7 +2669,6 @@ static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof)
 			skipped_patch++;
 		}
 		offset += nr;
-		size -= nr;
 	}
 
 	if (whitespace_error && (new_whitespace == error_on_whitespace))
@@ -2803,8 +2691,8 @@ static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof)
 	if (apply && write_out_results(list, skipped_patch))
 		exit(1);
 
-	if (show_index_info)
-		show_index_list(list);
+	if (fake_ancestor)
+		build_fake_ancestor(list, fake_ancestor);
 
 	if (diffstat)
 		stat_patch_list(list);
@@ -2815,7 +2703,7 @@ static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof)
 	if (summary)
 		summary_patch_list(list);
 
-	free(buffer);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2912,9 +2800,11 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 			apply = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--index-info")) {
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--build-fake-ancestor")) {
 			apply = 0;
-			show_index_info = 1;
+			if (++i >= argc)
+				die ("need a filename");
+			fake_ancestor = argv[i];
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-z")) {
diff --git a/builtin-archive.c b/builtin-archive.c
index a90c65ce54..04385dea05 100644
--- a/builtin-archive.c
+++ b/builtin-archive.c
@@ -81,95 +81,79 @@ static int run_remote_archiver(const char *remote, int argc,
 	return !!rv;
 }
 
-static void *format_subst(const struct commit *commit, const char *format,
-                          unsigned long *sizep)
+static void format_subst(const struct commit *commit,
+                         const char *src, size_t len,
+                         struct strbuf *buf)
 {
-	unsigned long len = *sizep, result_len = 0;
-	const char *a = format;
-	char *result = NULL;
+	char *to_free = NULL;
+	struct strbuf fmt;
 
+	if (src == buf->buf)
+		to_free = strbuf_detach(buf, NULL);
+	strbuf_init(&fmt, 0);
 	for (;;) {
 		const char *b, *c;
-		char *fmt, *formatted = NULL;
-		unsigned long a_len, fmt_len, formatted_len, allocated = 0;
 
-		b = memmem(a, len, "$Format:", 8);
-		if (!b || a + len < b + 9)
+		b = memmem(src, len, "$Format:", 8);
+		if (!b || src + len < b + 9)
 			break;
 		c = memchr(b + 8, '$', len - 8);
 		if (!c)
 			break;
 
-		a_len = b - a;
-		fmt_len = c - b - 8;
-		fmt = xmalloc(fmt_len + 1);
-		memcpy(fmt, b + 8, fmt_len);
-		fmt[fmt_len] = '\0';
-
-		formatted_len = format_commit_message(commit, fmt, &formatted,
-		                                      &allocated);
-		free(fmt);
-		result = xrealloc(result, result_len + a_len + formatted_len);
-		memcpy(result + result_len, a, a_len);
-		memcpy(result + result_len + a_len, formatted, formatted_len);
-		result_len += a_len + formatted_len;
-		len -= c + 1 - a;
-		a = c + 1;
-	}
+		strbuf_reset(&fmt);
+		strbuf_add(&fmt, b + 8, c - b - 8);
 
-	if (result && len) {
-		result = xrealloc(result, result_len + len);
-		memcpy(result + result_len, a, len);
-		result_len += len;
+		strbuf_add(buf, src, b - src);
+		format_commit_message(commit, fmt.buf, buf);
+		len -= c + 1 - src;
+		src  = c + 1;
 	}
-
-	*sizep = result_len;
-
-	return result;
+	strbuf_add(buf, src, len);
+	strbuf_release(&fmt);
+	free(to_free);
 }
 
-static void *convert_to_archive(const char *path,
-                                const void *src, unsigned long *sizep,
-                                const struct commit *commit)
+static int convert_to_archive(const char *path,
+                              const void *src, size_t len,
+                              struct strbuf *buf,
+                              const struct commit *commit)
 {
 	static struct git_attr *attr_export_subst;
 	struct git_attr_check check[1];
 
 	if (!commit)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
-        if (!attr_export_subst)
-                attr_export_subst = git_attr("export-subst", 12);
+	if (!attr_export_subst)
+		attr_export_subst = git_attr("export-subst", 12);
 
 	check[0].attr = attr_export_subst;
 	if (git_checkattr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check))
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 	if (!ATTR_TRUE(check[0].value))
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
-	return format_subst(commit, src, sizep);
+	format_subst(commit, src, len, buf);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 void *sha1_file_to_archive(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1,
                            unsigned int mode, enum object_type *type,
-                           unsigned long *size,
+                           unsigned long *sizep,
                            const struct commit *commit)
 {
-	void *buffer, *converted;
+	void *buffer;
 
-	buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, size);
+	buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, sizep);
 	if (buffer && S_ISREG(mode)) {
-		converted = convert_to_working_tree(path, buffer, size);
-		if (converted) {
-			free(buffer);
-			buffer = converted;
-		}
+		struct strbuf buf;
 
-		converted = convert_to_archive(path, buffer, size, commit);
-		if (converted) {
-			free(buffer);
-			buffer = converted;
-		}
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		strbuf_attach(&buf, buffer, *sizep, *sizep + 1);
+		convert_to_working_tree(path, buf.buf, buf.len, &buf);
+		convert_to_archive(path, buf.buf, buf.len, &buf, commit);
+		buffer = strbuf_detach(&buf, sizep);
 	}
 
 	return buffer;
diff --git a/builtin-blame.c b/builtin-blame.c
index dc88a953a5..e3112a2d5b 100644
--- a/builtin-blame.c
+++ b/builtin-blame.c
@@ -1430,8 +1430,7 @@ static void get_commit_info(struct commit *commit,
 static void write_filename_info(const char *path)
 {
 	printf("filename ");
-	write_name_quoted(NULL, 0, path, 1, stdout);
-	putchar('\n');
+	write_name_quoted(path, stdout, '\n');
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2001,11 +2000,9 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(const char *path, const char *con
 	struct commit *commit;
 	struct origin *origin;
 	unsigned char head_sha1[20];
-	char *buf;
+	struct strbuf buf;
 	const char *ident;
-	int fd;
 	time_t now;
-	unsigned long fin_size;
 	int size, len;
 	struct cache_entry *ce;
 	unsigned mode;
@@ -2023,9 +2020,11 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(const char *path, const char *con
 
 	origin = make_origin(commit, path);
 
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
 	if (!contents_from || strcmp("-", contents_from)) {
 		struct stat st;
 		const char *read_from;
+		unsigned long fin_size;
 
 		if (contents_from) {
 			if (stat(contents_from, &st) < 0)
@@ -2038,19 +2037,16 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(const char *path, const char *con
 			read_from = path;
 		}
 		fin_size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
-		buf = xmalloc(fin_size+1);
 		mode = canon_mode(st.st_mode);
 		switch (st.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case S_IFREG:
-			fd = open(read_from, O_RDONLY);
-			if (fd < 0)
-				die("cannot open %s", read_from);
-			if (read_in_full(fd, buf, fin_size) != fin_size)
-				die("cannot read %s", read_from);
+			if (strbuf_read_file(&buf, read_from, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
+				die("cannot open or read %s", read_from);
 			break;
 		case S_IFLNK:
-			if (readlink(read_from, buf, fin_size+1) != fin_size)
+			if (readlink(read_from, buf.buf, buf.alloc) != fin_size)
 				die("cannot readlink %s", read_from);
+			buf.len = fin_size;
 			break;
 		default:
 			die("unsupported file type %s", read_from);
@@ -2059,26 +2055,13 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(const char *path, const char *con
 	else {
 		/* Reading from stdin */
 		contents_from = "standard input";
-		buf = NULL;
-		fin_size = 0;
 		mode = 0;
-		while (1) {
-			ssize_t cnt = 8192;
-			buf = xrealloc(buf, fin_size + cnt);
-			cnt = xread(0, buf + fin_size, cnt);
-			if (cnt < 0)
-				die("read error %s from stdin",
-				    strerror(errno));
-			if (!cnt)
-				break;
-			fin_size += cnt;
-		}
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, fin_size + 1);
+		if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 0) < 0)
+			die("read error %s from stdin", strerror(errno));
 	}
-	buf[fin_size] = 0;
-	origin->file.ptr = buf;
-	origin->file.size = fin_size;
-	pretend_sha1_file(buf, fin_size, OBJ_BLOB, origin->blob_sha1);
+	origin->file.ptr = buf.buf;
+	origin->file.size = buf.len;
+	pretend_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, OBJ_BLOB, origin->blob_sha1);
 	commit->util = origin;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 5f5c1823cb..3da8b55b8f 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -268,23 +268,22 @@ static void print_ref_item(struct ref_item *item, int maxwidth, int verbose,
 	}
 
 	if (verbose) {
-		char *subject = NULL;
-		unsigned long subject_len = 0;
+		struct strbuf subject;
 		const char *sub = " **** invalid ref ****";
 
+		strbuf_init(&subject, 0);
+
 		commit = lookup_commit(item->sha1);
 		if (commit && !parse_commit(commit)) {
-			pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, ~0,
-					    &subject, &subject_len, 0,
-					    NULL, NULL, 0);
-			sub = subject;
+			pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit,
+					    &subject, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
+			sub = subject.buf;
 		}
 		printf("%c %s%-*s%s %s %s\n", c, branch_get_color(color),
 		       maxwidth, item->name,
 		       branch_get_color(COLOR_BRANCH_RESET),
 		       find_unique_abbrev(item->sha1, abbrev), sub);
-		if (subject)
-			free(subject);
+		strbuf_release(&subject);
 	} else {
 		printf("%c %s%s%s\n", c, branch_get_color(color), item->name,
 		       branch_get_color(COLOR_BRANCH_RESET));
diff --git a/builtin-check-attr.c b/builtin-check-attr.c
index d94973379c..6afdfa10a1 100644
--- a/builtin-check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin-check-attr.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			else if (ATTR_UNSET(value))
 				value = "unspecified";
 
-			write_name_quoted("", 0, argv[i], 1, stdout);
+			quote_c_style(argv[i], NULL, stdout, 0);
 			printf(": %s: %s\n", argv[j+1], value);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/builtin-checkout-index.c b/builtin-checkout-index.c
index 75377b9cab..70d619da8d 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout-index.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 
@@ -67,9 +66,7 @@ static void write_tempfile_record(const char *name, int prefix_length)
 		fputs(topath[checkout_stage], stdout);
 
 	putchar('\t');
-	write_name_quoted("", 0, name + prefix_length,
-		line_termination, stdout);
-	putchar(line_termination);
+	write_name_quoted(name + prefix_length, stdout, line_termination);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		topath[i][0] = 0;
@@ -271,28 +268,28 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (read_from_stdin) {
-		struct strbuf buf;
+		struct strbuf buf, nbuf;
+
 		if (all)
 			die("git-checkout-index: don't mix '--all' and '--stdin'");
-		strbuf_init(&buf);
-		while (1) {
-			char *path_name;
-			const char *p;
 
-			read_line(&buf, stdin, line_termination);
-			if (buf.eof)
-				break;
-			if (line_termination && buf.buf[0] == '"')
-				path_name = unquote_c_style(buf.buf, NULL);
-			else
-				path_name = buf.buf;
-			p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, path_name);
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		strbuf_init(&nbuf, 0);
+		while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) {
+			const char *p;
+			if (line_termination && buf.buf[0] == '"') {
+				strbuf_reset(&nbuf);
+				if (unquote_c_style(&nbuf, buf.buf, NULL))
+					die("line is badly quoted");
+				strbuf_swap(&buf, &nbuf);
+			}
+			p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, buf.buf);
 			checkout_file(p, prefix_length);
-			if (p < path_name || p > path_name + strlen(path_name))
+			if (p < buf.buf || p > buf.buf + buf.len)
 				free((char *)p);
-			if (path_name != buf.buf)
-				free(path_name);
 		}
+		strbuf_release(&nbuf);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	}
 
 	if (all)
diff --git a/builtin-commit-tree.c b/builtin-commit-tree.c
index ccbcbe30da..88b0ab36eb 100644
--- a/builtin-commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-commit-tree.c
@@ -14,36 +14,6 @@
 /*
  * FIXME! Share the code with "write-tree.c"
  */
-static void init_buffer(char **bufp, unsigned int *sizep)
-{
-	*bufp = xmalloc(BLOCKING);
-	*sizep = 0;
-}
-
-static void add_buffer(char **bufp, unsigned int *sizep, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	char one_line[2048];
-	va_list args;
-	int len;
-	unsigned long alloc, size, newsize;
-	char *buf;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	len = vsnprintf(one_line, sizeof(one_line), fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
-	size = *sizep;
-	newsize = size + len + 1;
-	alloc = (size + 32767) & ~32767;
-	buf = *bufp;
-	if (newsize > alloc) {
-		alloc = (newsize + 32767) & ~32767;
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, alloc);
-		*bufp = buf;
-	}
-	*sizep = newsize - 1;
-	memcpy(buf + size, one_line, len);
-}
-
 static void check_valid(unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type expect)
 {
 	enum object_type type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
@@ -87,9 +57,7 @@ int cmd_commit_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int parents = 0;
 	unsigned char tree_sha1[20];
 	unsigned char commit_sha1[20];
-	char comment[1000];
-	char *buffer;
-	unsigned int size;
+	struct strbuf buffer;
 	int encoding_is_utf8;
 
 	git_config(git_default_config);
@@ -118,8 +86,8 @@ int cmd_commit_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	/* Not having i18n.commitencoding is the same as having utf-8 */
 	encoding_is_utf8 = is_encoding_utf8(git_commit_encoding);
 
-	init_buffer(&buffer, &size);
-	add_buffer(&buffer, &size, "tree %s\n", sha1_to_hex(tree_sha1));
+	strbuf_init(&buffer, 8192); /* should avoid reallocs for the headers */
+	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "tree %s\n", sha1_to_hex(tree_sha1));
 
 	/*
 	 * NOTE! This ordering means that the same exact tree merged with a
@@ -127,26 +95,24 @@ int cmd_commit_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * if everything else stays the same.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < parents; i++)
-		add_buffer(&buffer, &size, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(parent_sha1[i]));
+		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(parent_sha1[i]));
 
 	/* Person/date information */
-	add_buffer(&buffer, &size, "author %s\n", git_author_info(1));
-	add_buffer(&buffer, &size, "committer %s\n", git_committer_info(1));
+	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "author %s\n", git_author_info(1));
+	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "committer %s\n", git_committer_info(1));
 	if (!encoding_is_utf8)
-		add_buffer(&buffer, &size,
-				"encoding %s\n", git_commit_encoding);
-	add_buffer(&buffer, &size, "\n");
+		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "encoding %s\n", git_commit_encoding);
+	strbuf_addch(&buffer, '\n');
 
 	/* And add the comment */
-	while (fgets(comment, sizeof(comment), stdin) != NULL)
-		add_buffer(&buffer, &size, "%s", comment);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buffer, 0, 0) < 0)
+		die("git-commit-tree: read returned %s", strerror(errno));
 
 	/* And check the encoding */
-	buffer[size] = '\0';
-	if (encoding_is_utf8 && !is_utf8(buffer))
+	if (encoding_is_utf8 && !is_utf8(buffer.buf))
 		fprintf(stderr, commit_utf8_warn);
 
-	if (!write_sha1_file(buffer, size, commit_type, commit_sha1)) {
+	if (!write_sha1_file(buffer.buf, buffer.len, commit_type, commit_sha1)) {
 		printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit_sha1));
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index 0a605e01ac..d98b6c2c4c 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -165,15 +165,18 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int nongit = 0;
 	char* value;
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	const char *file = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
 
 	while (1 < argc) {
 		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--int"))
 			type = T_INT;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--bool"))
 			type = T_BOOL;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l"))
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l")) {
+			if (argc != 2)
+				usage(git_config_set_usage);
 			return git_config(show_all_config);
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--global")) {
 			char *home = getenv("HOME");
 			if (home) {
@@ -189,7 +192,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--file") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-f")) {
 			if (argc < 3)
 				usage(git_config_set_usage);
-			setenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT, argv[2], 1);
+			if (!is_absolute_path(argv[2]) && file)
+				file = prefix_filename(file, strlen(file),
+						       argv[2]);
+			else
+				file = argv[2];
+			setenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT, file, 1);
 			argc--;
 			argv++;
 		}
diff --git a/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index 24c7e6f7db..1e43d79221 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -3,26 +3,14 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 
-#define CHUNK_SIZE 1024
-
 static char *get_stdin(void)
 {
-	size_t offset = 0;
-	char *data = xmalloc(CHUNK_SIZE);
-
-	while (1) {
-		ssize_t cnt = xread(0, data + offset, CHUNK_SIZE);
-		if (cnt < 0)
-			die("error reading standard input: %s",
-			    strerror(errno));
-		if (cnt == 0) {
-			data[offset] = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-		offset += cnt;
-		data = xrealloc(data, offset + CHUNK_SIZE);
+	struct strbuf buf;
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 1024) < 0) {
+		die("error reading standard input: %s", strerror(errno));
 	}
-	return data;
+	return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 }
 
 static void show_new(enum object_type type, unsigned char *sha1_new)
@@ -234,19 +222,15 @@ static char *find_local_name(const char *remote_name, const char *refs,
 		}
 		if (!strncmp(remote_name, ref, len) && ref[len] == ':') {
 			const char *local_part = ref + len + 1;
-			char *ret;
 			int retlen;
 
 			if (!next)
 				retlen = strlen(local_part);
 			else
 				retlen = next - local_part;
-			ret = xmalloc(retlen + 1);
-			memcpy(ret, local_part, retlen);
-			ret[retlen] = 0;
 			*force_p = single_force;
 			*not_for_merge_p = not_for_merge;
-			return ret;
+			return xmemdupz(local_part, retlen);
 		}
 		ref = next;
 	}
diff --git a/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
index ae60fccea7..8a3c962f89 100644
--- a/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -140,12 +140,10 @@ static int handle_line(char *line)
 	if (!strcmp(".", src) || !strcmp(src, origin)) {
 		int len = strlen(origin);
 		if (origin[0] == '\'' && origin[len - 1] == '\'') {
-			char *new_origin = xmalloc(len - 1);
-			memcpy(new_origin, origin + 1, len - 2);
-			new_origin[len - 2] = 0;
-			origin = new_origin;
-		} else
+			origin = xmemdupz(origin + 1, len - 2);
+		} else {
 			origin = xstrdup(origin);
+		}
 	} else {
 		char *new_origin = xmalloc(strlen(origin) + strlen(src) + 5);
 		sprintf(new_origin, "%s of %s", origin, src);
@@ -211,14 +209,11 @@ static void shortlog(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1,
 
 		bol += 2;
 		eol = strchr(bol, '\n');
-
 		if (eol) {
-			int len = eol - bol;
-			oneline = xmalloc(len + 1);
-			memcpy(oneline, bol, len);
-			oneline[len] = 0;
-		} else
+			oneline = xmemdupz(bol, eol - bol);
+		} else {
 			oneline = xstrdup(bol);
+		}
 		append_to_list(&subjects, oneline, NULL);
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin-for-each-ref.c b/builtin-for-each-ref.c
index 0afa1c5c41..c74ef2800c 100644
--- a/builtin-for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-for-each-ref.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "objectsize", FIELD_ULONG },
 	{ "objectname" },
 	{ "tree" },
-	{ "parent" }, /* NEEDSWORK: how to address 2nd and later parents? */
+	{ "parent" },
 	{ "numparent", FIELD_ULONG },
 	{ "object" },
 	{ "type" },
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ static int used_atom_cnt, sort_atom_limit, need_tagged;
 static int parse_atom(const char *atom, const char *ep)
 {
 	const char *sp;
-	char *n;
 	int i, at;
 
 	sp = atom;
@@ -106,7 +105,16 @@ static int parse_atom(const char *atom, const char *ep)
 	/* Is the atom a valid one? */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_atom); i++) {
 		int len = strlen(valid_atom[i].name);
-		if (len == ep - sp && !memcmp(valid_atom[i].name, sp, len))
+		/*
+		 * If the atom name has a colon, strip it and everything after
+		 * it off - it specifies the format for this entry, and
+		 * shouldn't be used for checking against the valid_atom
+		 * table.
+		 */
+		const char *formatp = strchr(sp, ':');
+		if (!formatp || ep < formatp)
+			formatp = ep;
+		if (len == formatp - sp && !memcmp(valid_atom[i].name, sp, len))
 			break;
 	}
 
@@ -120,10 +128,7 @@ static int parse_atom(const char *atom, const char *ep)
 			     (sizeof *used_atom) * used_atom_cnt);
 	used_atom_type = xrealloc(used_atom_type,
 				  (sizeof(*used_atom_type) * used_atom_cnt));
-	n = xmalloc(ep - atom + 1);
-	memcpy(n, atom, ep - atom);
-	n[ep-atom] = 0;
-	used_atom[at] = n;
+	used_atom[at] = xmemdupz(atom, ep - atom);
 	used_atom_type[at] = valid_atom[i].cmp_type;
 	return at;
 }
@@ -262,24 +267,26 @@ static void grab_commit_values(struct atom_value *val, int deref, struct object
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(name, "numparent")) {
 			char *s = xmalloc(40);
+			v->ul = num_parents(commit);
 			sprintf(s, "%lu", v->ul);
 			v->s = s;
-			v->ul = num_parents(commit);
 		}
 		else if (!strcmp(name, "parent")) {
 			int num = num_parents(commit);
 			int i;
 			struct commit_list *parents;
-			char *s = xmalloc(42 * num);
+			char *s = xmalloc(41 * num + 1);
 			v->s = s;
 			for (i = 0, parents = commit->parents;
 			     parents;
-			     parents = parents->next, i = i + 42) {
+			     parents = parents->next, i = i + 41) {
 				struct commit *parent = parents->item;
 				strcpy(s+i, sha1_to_hex(parent->object.sha1));
 				if (parents->next)
 					s[i+40] = ' ';
 			}
+			if (!i)
+				*s = '\0';
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -305,54 +312,50 @@ static const char *find_wholine(const char *who, int wholen, const char *buf, un
 static const char *copy_line(const char *buf)
 {
 	const char *eol = strchr(buf, '\n');
-	char *line;
-	int len;
 	if (!eol)
 		return "";
-	len = eol - buf;
-	line = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	memcpy(line, buf, len);
-	line[len] = 0;
-	return line;
+	return xmemdupz(buf, eol - buf);
 }
 
 static const char *copy_name(const char *buf)
 {
-	const char *eol = strchr(buf, '\n');
-	const char *eoname = strstr(buf, " <");
-	char *line;
-	int len;
-	if (!(eoname && eol && eoname < eol))
-		return "";
-	len = eoname - buf;
-	line = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	memcpy(line, buf, len);
-	line[len] = 0;
-	return line;
+	const char *cp;
+	for (cp = buf; *cp && *cp != '\n'; cp++) {
+		if (!strncmp(cp, " <", 2))
+			return xmemdupz(buf, cp - buf);
+	}
+	return "";
 }
 
 static const char *copy_email(const char *buf)
 {
 	const char *email = strchr(buf, '<');
 	const char *eoemail = strchr(email, '>');
-	char *line;
-	int len;
 	if (!email || !eoemail)
 		return "";
-	eoemail++;
-	len = eoemail - email;
-	line = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	memcpy(line, email, len);
-	line[len] = 0;
-	return line;
+	return xmemdupz(email, eoemail + 1 - email);
 }
 
-static void grab_date(const char *buf, struct atom_value *v)
+static void grab_date(const char *buf, struct atom_value *v, const char *atomname)
 {
 	const char *eoemail = strstr(buf, "> ");
 	char *zone;
 	unsigned long timestamp;
 	long tz;
+	enum date_mode date_mode = DATE_NORMAL;
+	const char *formatp;
+
+	/*
+	 * We got here because atomname ends in "date" or "date<something>";
+	 * it's not possible that <something> is not ":<format>" because
+	 * parse_atom() wouldn't have allowed it, so we can assume that no
+	 * ":" means no format is specified, and use the default.
+	 */
+	formatp = strchr(atomname, ':');
+	if (formatp != NULL) {
+		formatp++;
+		date_mode = parse_date_format(formatp);
+	}
 
 	if (!eoemail)
 		goto bad;
@@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ static void grab_date(const char *buf, struct atom_value *v)
 	tz = strtol(zone, NULL, 10);
 	if ((tz == LONG_MIN || tz == LONG_MAX) && errno == ERANGE)
 		goto bad;
-	v->s = xstrdup(show_date(timestamp, tz, 0));
+	v->s = xstrdup(show_date(timestamp, tz, date_mode));
 	v->ul = timestamp;
 	return;
  bad:
@@ -389,7 +392,7 @@ static void grab_person(const char *who, struct atom_value *val, int deref, stru
 		if (name[wholen] != 0 &&
 		    strcmp(name + wholen, "name") &&
 		    strcmp(name + wholen, "email") &&
-		    strcmp(name + wholen, "date"))
+		    prefixcmp(name + wholen, "date"))
 			continue;
 		if (!wholine)
 			wholine = find_wholine(who, wholen, buf, sz);
@@ -401,8 +404,8 @@ static void grab_person(const char *who, struct atom_value *val, int deref, stru
 			v->s = copy_name(wholine);
 		else if (!strcmp(name + wholen, "email"))
 			v->s = copy_email(wholine);
-		else if (!strcmp(name + wholen, "date"))
-			grab_date(wholine, v);
+		else if (!prefixcmp(name + wholen, "date"))
+			grab_date(wholine, v, name);
 	}
 
 	/* For a tag or a commit object, if "creator" or "creatordate" is
@@ -422,8 +425,8 @@ static void grab_person(const char *who, struct atom_value *val, int deref, stru
 		if (deref)
 			name++;
 
-		if (!strcmp(name, "creatordate"))
-			grab_date(wholine, v);
+		if (!prefixcmp(name, "creatordate"))
+			grab_date(wholine, v, name);
 		else if (!strcmp(name, "creator"))
 			v->s = copy_line(wholine);
 	}
diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
index 9397482610..956c32d1af 100644
--- a/builtin-gc.c
+++ b/builtin-gc.c
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ static const char builtin_gc_usage[] = "git-gc [--prune] [--aggressive]";
 
 static int pack_refs = 1;
 static int aggressive_window = -1;
+static int gc_auto_threshold = 6700;
+static int gc_auto_pack_limit = 20;
 
 #define MAX_ADD 10
 static const char *argv_pack_refs[] = {"pack-refs", "--all", "--prune", NULL};
 static const char *argv_reflog[] = {"reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL};
-static const char *argv_repack[MAX_ADD] = {"repack", "-a", "-d", "-l", NULL};
+static const char *argv_repack[MAX_ADD] = {"repack", "-d", "-l", NULL};
 static const char *argv_prune[] = {"prune", NULL};
 static const char *argv_rerere[] = {"rerere", "gc", NULL};
 
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@ static int gc_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		aggressive_window = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.auto")) {
+		gc_auto_threshold = git_config_int(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.autopacklimit")) {
+		gc_auto_pack_limit = git_config_int(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
@@ -57,10 +67,107 @@ static void append_option(const char **cmd, const char *opt, int max_length)
 	cmd[i] = NULL;
 }
 
+static int too_many_loose_objects(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Quickly check if a "gc" is needed, by estimating how
+	 * many loose objects there are.  Because SHA-1 is evenly
+	 * distributed, we can check only one and get a reasonable
+	 * estimate.
+	 */
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
+	DIR *dir;
+	struct dirent *ent;
+	int auto_threshold;
+	int num_loose = 0;
+	int needed = 0;
+
+	if (gc_auto_threshold <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (sizeof(path) <= snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/17", objdir)) {
+		warning("insanely long object directory %.*s", 50, objdir);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	dir = opendir(path);
+	if (!dir)
+		return 0;
+
+	auto_threshold = (gc_auto_threshold + 255) / 256;
+	while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		if (strspn(ent->d_name, "0123456789abcdef") != 38 ||
+		    ent->d_name[38] != '\0')
+			continue;
+		if (++num_loose > auto_threshold) {
+			needed = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	closedir(dir);
+	return needed;
+}
+
+static int too_many_packs(void)
+{
+	struct packed_git *p;
+	int cnt;
+
+	if (gc_auto_pack_limit <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	prepare_packed_git();
+	for (cnt = 0, p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
+		char path[PATH_MAX];
+		size_t len;
+		int keep;
+
+		if (!p->pack_local)
+			continue;
+		len = strlen(p->pack_name);
+		if (PATH_MAX <= len + 1)
+			continue; /* oops, give up */
+		memcpy(path, p->pack_name, len-5);
+		memcpy(path + len - 5, ".keep", 6);
+		keep = access(p->pack_name, F_OK) && (errno == ENOENT);
+		if (keep)
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * Perhaps check the size of the pack and count only
+		 * very small ones here?
+		 */
+		cnt++;
+	}
+	return gc_auto_pack_limit <= cnt;
+}
+
+static int need_to_gc(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Setting gc.auto and gc.autopacklimit to 0 or negative can
+	 * disable the automatic gc.
+	 */
+	if (gc_auto_threshold <= 0 && gc_auto_pack_limit <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there are too many loose objects, but not too many
+	 * packs, we run "repack -d -l".  If there are too many packs,
+	 * we run "repack -A -d -l".  Otherwise we tell the caller
+	 * there is no need.
+	 */
+	if (too_many_packs())
+		append_option(argv_repack, "-A", MAX_ADD);
+	else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i;
 	int prune = 0;
+	int auto_gc = 0;
 	char buf[80];
 
 	git_config(gc_config);
@@ -82,12 +189,34 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
-		/* perhaps other parameters later... */
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--auto")) {
+			auto_gc = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	if (i != argc)
 		usage(builtin_gc_usage);
 
+	if (auto_gc) {
+		/*
+		 * Auto-gc should be least intrusive as possible.
+		 */
+		prune = 0;
+		if (!need_to_gc())
+			return 0;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Use safer (for shared repos) "-A" option to
+		 * repack when not pruning. Auto-gc makes its
+		 * own decision.
+		 */
+		if (prune)
+			append_option(argv_repack, "-a", MAX_ADD);
+		else
+			append_option(argv_repack, "-A", MAX_ADD);
+	}
+
 	if (pack_refs && run_command_v_opt(argv_pack_refs, RUN_GIT_CMD))
 		return error(FAILED_RUN, argv_pack_refs[0]);
 
@@ -103,5 +232,9 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (run_command_v_opt(argv_rerere, RUN_GIT_CMD))
 		return error(FAILED_RUN, argv_rerere[0]);
 
+	if (auto_gc && too_many_loose_objects())
+		warning("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
+			"run 'git prune' to remove them.");
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index c6cc3aef52..e8b982db7c 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ static const char *clean_message_id(const char *msg_id)
 {
 	char ch;
 	const char *a, *z, *m;
-	char *n;
-	size_t len;
 
 	m = msg_id;
 	while ((ch = *m) && (isspace(ch) || (ch == '<')))
@@ -458,11 +456,7 @@ static const char *clean_message_id(const char *msg_id)
 		die("insane in-reply-to: %s", msg_id);
 	if (++z == m)
 		return a;
-	len = z - a;
-	n = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	memcpy(n, a, len);
-	n[len] = 0;
-	return n;
+	return xmemdupz(a, z - a);
 }
 
 int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -541,9 +535,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			endpos = strchr(committer, '>');
 			if (!endpos)
 				die("bogos committer info %s\n", committer);
-			add_signoff = xmalloc(endpos - committer + 2);
-			memcpy(add_signoff, committer, endpos - committer + 1);
-			add_signoff[endpos - committer + 1] = 0;
+			add_signoff = xmemdupz(committer, endpos - committer + 1);
 		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--attach")) {
 			rev.mime_boundary = git_version_string;
@@ -792,13 +784,13 @@ int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			sign = '-';
 
 		if (verbose) {
-			char *buf = NULL;
-			unsigned long buflen = 0;
-			pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, ~0,
-			                    &buf, &buflen, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
+			struct strbuf buf;
+			strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+			pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit,
+			                    &buf, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
 			printf("%c %s %s\n", sign,
-			       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), buf);
-			free(buf);
+			       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), buf.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&buf);
 		}
 		else {
 			printf("%c %s\n", sign,
diff --git a/builtin-ls-files.c b/builtin-ls-files.c
index 6c1db86e80..b70da1863b 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-files.c
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ static void show_dir_entry(const char *tag, struct dir_entry *ent)
 		return;
 
 	fputs(tag, stdout);
-	write_name_quoted("", 0, ent->name + offset, line_terminator, stdout);
-	putchar(line_terminator);
+	write_name_quoted(ent->name + offset, stdout, line_terminator);
 }
 
 static void show_other_files(struct dir_struct *dir)
@@ -208,21 +207,15 @@ static void show_ce_entry(const char *tag, struct cache_entry *ce)
 
 	if (!show_stage) {
 		fputs(tag, stdout);
-		write_name_quoted("", 0, ce->name + offset,
-				  line_terminator, stdout);
-		putchar(line_terminator);
-	}
-	else {
+	} else {
 		printf("%s%06o %s %d\t",
 		       tag,
 		       ntohl(ce->ce_mode),
 		       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(ce->sha1,abbrev)
 				: sha1_to_hex(ce->sha1),
 		       ce_stage(ce));
-		write_name_quoted("", 0, ce->name + offset,
-				  line_terminator, stdout);
-		putchar(line_terminator);
 	}
+	write_name_quoted(ce->name + offset, stdout, line_terminator);
 }
 
 static void show_files(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *prefix)
@@ -280,7 +273,8 @@ static void prune_cache(const char *prefix)
 
 	if (pos < 0)
 		pos = -pos-1;
-	active_cache += pos;
+	memmove(active_cache, active_cache + pos,
+		(active_nr - pos) * sizeof(struct cache_entry *));
 	active_nr -= pos;
 	first = 0;
 	last = active_nr;
@@ -299,7 +293,6 @@ static void prune_cache(const char *prefix)
 static const char *verify_pathspec(const char *prefix)
 {
 	const char **p, *n, *prev;
-	char *real_prefix;
 	unsigned long max;
 
 	prev = NULL;
@@ -326,14 +319,8 @@ static const char *verify_pathspec(const char *prefix)
 	if (prefix_offset > max || memcmp(prev, prefix, prefix_offset))
 		die("git-ls-files: cannot generate relative filenames containing '..'");
 
-	real_prefix = NULL;
 	prefix_len = max;
-	if (max) {
-		real_prefix = xmalloc(max + 1);
-		memcpy(real_prefix, prev, max);
-		real_prefix[max] = 0;
-	}
-	return real_prefix;
+	return max ? xmemdupz(prev, max) : NULL;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/builtin-ls-tree.c b/builtin-ls-tree.c
index cb4be4fabb..7abe333ce9 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-tree.c
@@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ static int show_tree(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
 			       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(sha1, abbrev)
 			              : sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	}
-	write_name_quoted(base + chomp_prefix, baselen - chomp_prefix,
-			  pathname,
-			  line_termination, stdout);
-	putchar(line_termination);
+	write_name_quotedpfx(base + chomp_prefix, baselen - chomp_prefix,
+			  pathname, stdout, line_termination);
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin-mv.c b/builtin-mv.c
index b95b7d286a..b944651691 100644
--- a/builtin-mv.c
+++ b/builtin-mv.c
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ static const char **copy_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec,
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		int length = strlen(result[i]);
 		if (length > 0 && result[i][length - 1] == '/') {
-			char *without_slash = xmalloc(length);
-			memcpy(without_slash, result[i], length - 1);
-			without_slash[length - 1] = '\0';
-			result[i] = without_slash;
+			result[i] = xmemdupz(result[i], length - 1);
 		}
 		if (base_name) {
 			const char *last_slash = strrchr(result[i], '/');
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index a15906bdb2..0be539ed7f 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }] \n\
 	[--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N] \n\
 	[--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset] \n\
 	[--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--reflog] \n\
-	[--stdout | base-name] [<ref-list | <object-list]";
+	[--stdout | base-name] [--keep-unreachable] [<ref-list | <object-list]";
 
 struct object_entry {
 	struct pack_idx_entry idx;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static struct object_entry **written_list;
 static uint32_t nr_objects, nr_alloc, nr_result, nr_written;
 
 static int non_empty;
-static int no_reuse_delta, no_reuse_object;
+static int no_reuse_delta, no_reuse_object, keep_unreachable;
 static int local;
 static int incremental;
 static int allow_ofs_delta;
@@ -1807,15 +1807,19 @@ static void read_object_list_from_stdin(void)
 	}
 }
 
+#define OBJECT_ADDED (1u<<20)
+
 static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 {
 	add_object_entry(commit->object.sha1, OBJ_COMMIT, NULL, 0);
+	commit->object.flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
 }
 
 static void show_object(struct object_array_entry *p)
 {
 	add_preferred_base_object(p->name);
 	add_object_entry(p->item->sha1, p->item->type, p->name, 0);
+	p->item->flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
 }
 
 static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
@@ -1823,6 +1827,86 @@ static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
 	add_preferred_base(commit->object.sha1);
 }
 
+struct in_pack_object {
+	off_t offset;
+	struct object *object;
+};
+
+struct in_pack {
+	int alloc;
+	int nr;
+	struct in_pack_object *array;
+};
+
+static void mark_in_pack_object(struct object *object, struct packed_git *p, struct in_pack *in_pack)
+{
+	in_pack->array[in_pack->nr].offset = find_pack_entry_one(object->sha1, p);
+	in_pack->array[in_pack->nr].object = object;
+	in_pack->nr++;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Compare the objects in the offset order, in order to emulate the
+ * "git-rev-list --objects" output that produced the pack originally.
+ */
+static int ofscmp(const void *a_, const void *b_)
+{
+	struct in_pack_object *a = (struct in_pack_object *)a_;
+	struct in_pack_object *b = (struct in_pack_object *)b_;
+
+	if (a->offset < b->offset)
+		return -1;
+	else if (a->offset > b->offset)
+		return 1;
+	else
+		return hashcmp(a->object->sha1, b->object->sha1);
+}
+
+static void add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+	struct packed_git *p;
+	struct in_pack in_pack;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	memset(&in_pack, 0, sizeof(in_pack));
+
+	for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
+		const unsigned char *sha1;
+		struct object *o;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < revs->num_ignore_packed; i++) {
+			if (matches_pack_name(p, revs->ignore_packed[i]))
+				break;
+		}
+		if (revs->num_ignore_packed <= i)
+			continue;
+		if (open_pack_index(p))
+			die("cannot open pack index");
+
+		ALLOC_GROW(in_pack.array,
+			   in_pack.nr + p->num_objects,
+			   in_pack.alloc);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < p->num_objects; i++) {
+			sha1 = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, i);
+			o = lookup_unknown_object(sha1);
+			if (!(o->flags & OBJECT_ADDED))
+				mark_in_pack_object(o, p, &in_pack);
+			o->flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (in_pack.nr) {
+		qsort(in_pack.array, in_pack.nr, sizeof(in_pack.array[0]),
+		      ofscmp);
+		for (i = 0; i < in_pack.nr; i++) {
+			struct object *o = in_pack.array[i].object;
+			add_object_entry(o->sha1, o->type, "", 0);
+		}
+	}
+	free(in_pack.array);
+}
+
 static void get_object_list(int ac, const char **av)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
@@ -1854,6 +1938,9 @@ static void get_object_list(int ac, const char **av)
 	prepare_revision_walk(&revs);
 	mark_edges_uninteresting(revs.commits, &revs, show_edge);
 	traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object);
+
+	if (keep_unreachable)
+		add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(&revs);
 }
 
 static int adjust_perm(const char *path, mode_t mode)
@@ -1983,6 +2070,10 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			use_internal_rev_list = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp("--keep-unreachable", arg)) {
+			keep_unreachable = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp("--unpacked", arg) ||
 		    !prefixcmp(arg, "--unpacked=") ||
 		    !strcmp("--reflog", arg) ||
diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index 4ee36c292d..a552f0dac6 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
-static const char push_usage[] = "git-push [--all] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]";
+static const char push_usage[] = "git-push [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]";
 
 static int all, thin, verbose;
 static const char *receivepack;
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			flags |= TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--dry-run")) {
+			flags |= TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--tags")) {
 			add_refspec("refs/tags/*");
 			continue;
diff --git a/builtin-rerere.c b/builtin-rerere.c
index 29d057c98c..b8206744c1 100644
--- a/builtin-rerere.c
+++ b/builtin-rerere.c
@@ -66,40 +66,15 @@ static int write_rr(struct path_list *rr, int out_fd)
 	return commit_lock_file(&write_lock);
 }
 
-struct buffer {
-	char *ptr;
-	int nr, alloc;
-};
-
-static void append_line(struct buffer *buffer, const char *line)
-{
-	int len = strlen(line);
-
-	if (buffer->nr + len > buffer->alloc) {
-		buffer->alloc = alloc_nr(buffer->nr + len);
-		buffer->ptr = xrealloc(buffer->ptr, buffer->alloc);
-	}
-	memcpy(buffer->ptr + buffer->nr, line, len);
-	buffer->nr += len;
-}
-
-static void clear_buffer(struct buffer *buffer)
-{
-	free(buffer->ptr);
-	buffer->ptr = NULL;
-	buffer->nr = buffer->alloc = 0;
-}
-
 static int handle_file(const char *path,
 	 unsigned char *sha1, const char *output)
 {
 	SHA_CTX ctx;
 	char buf[1024];
 	int hunk = 0, hunk_no = 0;
-	struct buffer minus = { NULL, 0, 0 }, plus = { NULL, 0, 0 };
-	struct buffer *one = &minus, *two = &plus;
+	struct strbuf one, two;
 	FILE *f = fopen(path, "r");
-	FILE *out;
+	FILE *out = NULL;
 
 	if (!f)
 		return error("Could not open %s", path);
@@ -110,51 +85,50 @@ static int handle_file(const char *path,
 			fclose(f);
 			return error("Could not write %s", output);
 		}
-	} else
-		out = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (sha1)
 		SHA1_Init(&ctx);
 
+	strbuf_init(&one, 0);
+	strbuf_init(&two,  0);
 	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
 		if (!prefixcmp(buf, "<<<<<<< "))
 			hunk = 1;
 		else if (!prefixcmp(buf, "======="))
 			hunk = 2;
 		else if (!prefixcmp(buf, ">>>>>>> ")) {
-			int one_is_longer = (one->nr > two->nr);
-			int common_len = one_is_longer ? two->nr : one->nr;
-			int cmp = memcmp(one->ptr, two->ptr, common_len);
+			int cmp = strbuf_cmp(&one, &two);
 
 			hunk_no++;
 			hunk = 0;
-			if ((cmp > 0) || ((cmp == 0) && one_is_longer)) {
-				struct buffer *swap = one;
-				one = two;
-				two = swap;
+			if (cmp > 0) {
+				strbuf_swap(&one, &two);
 			}
 			if (out) {
 				fputs("<<<<<<<\n", out);
-				fwrite(one->ptr, one->nr, 1, out);
+				fwrite(one.buf, one.len, 1, out);
 				fputs("=======\n", out);
-				fwrite(two->ptr, two->nr, 1, out);
+				fwrite(two.buf, two.len, 1, out);
 				fputs(">>>>>>>\n", out);
 			}
 			if (sha1) {
-				SHA1_Update(&ctx, one->ptr, one->nr);
-				SHA1_Update(&ctx, "\0", 1);
-				SHA1_Update(&ctx, two->ptr, two->nr);
-				SHA1_Update(&ctx, "\0", 1);
+				SHA1_Update(&ctx, one.buf ? one.buf : "",
+					    one.len + 1);
+				SHA1_Update(&ctx, two.buf ? two.buf : "",
+					    two.len + 1);
 			}
-			clear_buffer(one);
-			clear_buffer(two);
+			strbuf_reset(&one);
+			strbuf_reset(&two);
 		} else if (hunk == 1)
-			append_line(one, buf);
+			strbuf_addstr(&one, buf);
 		else if (hunk == 2)
-			append_line(two, buf);
+			strbuf_addstr(&two, buf);
 		else if (out)
 			fputs(buf, out);
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&one);
+	strbuf_release(&two);
 
 	fclose(f);
 	if (out)
diff --git a/builtin-rev-list.c b/builtin-rev-list.c
index 899a31d09a..33726b8d84 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-list.c
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		putchar('\n');
 
 	if (revs.verbose_header) {
-		char *buf = NULL;
-		unsigned long buflen = 0;
-		pretty_print_commit(revs.commit_format, commit, ~0,
-				    &buf, &buflen,
-				    revs.abbrev, NULL, NULL, revs.date_mode);
-		printf("%s%c", buf, hdr_termination);
-		free(buf);
+		struct strbuf buf;
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		pretty_print_commit(revs.commit_format, commit,
+					&buf, revs.abbrev, NULL, NULL, revs.date_mode);
+		if (buf.len)
+			printf("%s%c", buf.buf, hdr_termination);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	}
 	maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "stdout");
 	if (commit->parents) {
@@ -436,10 +436,10 @@ static struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
 	/* Do the real work of finding bisection commit. */
 	best = do_find_bisection(list, nr, weights);
 
-	if (best)
+	if (best) {
 		best->next = NULL;
-
-	*reaches = weight(best);
+		*reaches = weight(best);
+	}
 	free(weights);
 
 	return best;
diff --git a/builtin-revert.c b/builtin-revert.c
index 499bbe7343..a655c8ee2a 100644
--- a/builtin-revert.c
+++ b/builtin-revert.c
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ static void set_author_ident_env(const char *message)
 			char *line, *pend, *email, *timestamp;
 
 			p += 7;
-			line = xmalloc(eol + 1 - p);
-			memcpy(line, p, eol - p);
-			line[eol - p] = '\0';
+			line = xmemdupz(p, eol - p);
 			email = strchr(line, '<');
 			if (!email)
 				die ("Could not extract author email from %s",
diff --git a/builtin-shortlog.c b/builtin-shortlog.c
index 16af6199ab..3fe754677d 100644
--- a/builtin-shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin-shortlog.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ static void insert_author_oneline(struct path_list *list,
 	while (authorlen > 0 && isspace(author[authorlen - 1]))
 		authorlen--;
 
-	buffer = xmalloc(authorlen + 1);
-	memcpy(buffer, author, authorlen);
-	buffer[authorlen] = '\0';
-
+	buffer = xmemdupz(author, authorlen);
 	item = path_list_insert(buffer, list);
 	if (item->util == NULL)
 		item->util = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct path_list));
@@ -66,13 +63,9 @@ static void insert_author_oneline(struct path_list *list,
 		oneline++;
 		onelinelen--;
 	}
-
 	while (onelinelen > 0 && isspace(oneline[onelinelen - 1]))
 		onelinelen--;
-
-	buffer = xmalloc(onelinelen + 1);
-	memcpy(buffer, oneline, onelinelen);
-	buffer[onelinelen] = '\0';
+	buffer = xmemdupz(oneline, onelinelen);
 
 	if (dot3) {
 		int dot3len = strlen(dot3);
diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c
index 4fa87f6081..07a0c2316b 100644
--- a/builtin-show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-show-branch.c
@@ -259,16 +259,15 @@ static void join_revs(struct commit_list **list_p,
 
 static void show_one_commit(struct commit *commit, int no_name)
 {
-	char *pretty = NULL;
+	struct strbuf pretty;
 	const char *pretty_str = "(unavailable)";
-	unsigned long pretty_len = 0;
 	struct commit_name *name = commit->util;
 
+	strbuf_init(&pretty, 0);
 	if (commit->object.parsed) {
-		pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, ~0,
-				    &pretty, &pretty_len,
-				    0, NULL, NULL, 0);
-		pretty_str = pretty;
+		pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit,
+					&pretty, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		pretty_str = pretty.buf;
 	}
 	if (!prefixcmp(pretty_str, "[PATCH] "))
 		pretty_str += 8;
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ static void show_one_commit(struct commit *commit, int no_name)
 			       find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, 7));
 	}
 	puts(pretty_str);
-	free(pretty);
+	strbuf_release(&pretty);
 }
 
 static char *ref_name[MAX_REVS + 1];
diff --git a/builtin-stripspace.c b/builtin-stripspace.c
index 916355ca5d..c0b21301ba 100644
--- a/builtin-stripspace.c
+++ b/builtin-stripspace.c
@@ -8,17 +8,13 @@
  */
 static size_t cleanup(char *line, size_t len)
 {
-	if (len) {
-		if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
-			len--;
-
-		while (len) {
-			unsigned char c = line[len - 1];
-			if (!isspace(c))
-				break;
-			len--;
-		}
+	while (len) {
+		unsigned char c = line[len - 1];
+		if (!isspace(c))
+			break;
+		len--;
 	}
+
 	return len;
 }
 
@@ -34,66 +30,60 @@ static size_t cleanup(char *line, size_t len)
  * If the input has only empty lines and spaces,
  * no output will be produced.
  *
- * If last line has a newline at the end, it will be removed.
+ * If last line does not have a newline at the end, one is added.
  *
  * Enable skip_comments to skip every line starting with "#".
  */
-size_t stripspace(char *buffer, size_t length, int skip_comments)
+void stripspace(struct strbuf *sb, int skip_comments)
 {
-	int empties = -1;
+	int empties = 0;
 	size_t i, j, len, newlen;
 	char *eol;
 
-	for (i = j = 0; i < length; i += len, j += newlen) {
-		eol = memchr(buffer + i, '\n', length - i);
-		len = eol ? eol - (buffer + i) + 1 : length - i;
+	/* We may have to add a newline. */
+	strbuf_grow(sb, 1);
+
+	for (i = j = 0; i < sb->len; i += len, j += newlen) {
+		eol = memchr(sb->buf + i, '\n', sb->len - i);
+		len = eol ? eol - (sb->buf + i) + 1 : sb->len - i;
 
-		if (skip_comments && len && buffer[i] == '#') {
+		if (skip_comments && len && sb->buf[i] == '#') {
 			newlen = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
-		newlen = cleanup(buffer + i, len);
+		newlen = cleanup(sb->buf + i, len);
 
 		/* Not just an empty line? */
 		if (newlen) {
-			if (empties != -1)
-				buffer[j++] = '\n';
-			if (empties > 0)
-				buffer[j++] = '\n';
+			if (empties > 0 && j > 0)
+				sb->buf[j++] = '\n';
 			empties = 0;
-			memmove(buffer + j, buffer + i, newlen);
-			continue;
+			memmove(sb->buf + j, sb->buf + i, newlen);
+			sb->buf[newlen + j++] = '\n';
+		} else {
+			empties++;
 		}
-		if (empties < 0)
-			continue;
-		empties++;
 	}
 
-	return j;
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, j);
 }
 
 int cmd_stripspace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	char *buffer;
-	unsigned long size;
+	struct strbuf buf;
 	int strip_comments = 0;
 
 	if (argc > 1 && (!strcmp(argv[1], "-s") ||
 				!strcmp(argv[1], "--strip-comments")))
 		strip_comments = 1;
 
-	size = 1024;
-	buffer = xmalloc(size);
-	if (read_fd(0, &buffer, &size)) {
-		free(buffer);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 1024) < 0)
 		die("could not read the input");
-	}
 
-	size = stripspace(buffer, size, strip_comments);
-	write_or_die(1, buffer, size);
-	if (size)
-		putc('\n', stdout);
+	stripspace(&buf, strip_comments);
 
-	free(buffer);
+	write_or_die(1, buf.buf, buf.len);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
index 3a9d2eea71..66e5a58307 100644
--- a/builtin-tag.c
+++ b/builtin-tag.c
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ static const char builtin_tag_usage[] =
 
 static char signingkey[1000];
 
-static void launch_editor(const char *path, char **buffer, unsigned long *len)
+static void launch_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer)
 {
 	const char *editor, *terminal;
 	struct child_process child;
 	const char *args[3];
-	int fd;
 
 	editor = getenv("GIT_EDITOR");
 	if (!editor && editor_program)
@@ -52,15 +51,9 @@ static void launch_editor(const char *path, char **buffer, unsigned long *len)
 	if (run_command(&child))
 		die("There was a problem with the editor %s.", editor);
 
-	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		die("could not open '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
-	if (read_fd(fd, buffer, len)) {
-		free(*buffer);
+	if (strbuf_read_file(buffer, path, 0) < 0)
 		die("could not read message file '%s': %s",
-						path, strerror(errno));
-	}
-	close(fd);
+		    path, strerror(errno));
 }
 
 struct tag_filter {
@@ -184,7 +177,7 @@ static int verify_tag(const char *name, const char *ref,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static ssize_t do_sign(char *buffer, size_t size, size_t max)
+static int do_sign(struct strbuf *buffer)
 {
 	struct child_process gpg;
 	const char *args[4];
@@ -216,22 +209,22 @@ static ssize_t do_sign(char *buffer, size_t size, size_t max)
 	if (start_command(&gpg))
 		return error("could not run gpg.");
 
-	if (write_in_full(gpg.in, buffer, size) != size) {
+	if (write_in_full(gpg.in, buffer->buf, buffer->len) != buffer->len) {
 		close(gpg.in);
 		finish_command(&gpg);
 		return error("gpg did not accept the tag data");
 	}
 	close(gpg.in);
 	gpg.close_in = 0;
-	len = read_in_full(gpg.out, buffer + size, max - size);
+	len = strbuf_read(buffer, gpg.out, 1024);
 
 	if (finish_command(&gpg) || !len || len < 0)
 		return error("gpg failed to sign the tag");
 
-	if (len == max - size)
+	if (len < 0)
 		return error("could not read the entire signature from gpg.");
 
-	return size + len;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const char tag_template[] =
@@ -254,15 +247,13 @@ static int git_tag_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
-#define MAX_SIGNATURE_LENGTH 1024
-/* message must be NULL or allocated, it will be reallocated and freed */
 static void create_tag(const unsigned char *object, const char *tag,
-		       char *message, int sign, unsigned char *result)
+		       struct strbuf *buf, int message, int sign,
+			   unsigned char *result)
 {
 	enum object_type type;
-	char header_buf[1024], *buffer = NULL;
-	int header_len, max_size;
-	unsigned long size = 0;
+	char header_buf[1024];
+	int header_len;
 
 	type = sha1_object_info(object, NULL);
 	if (type <= OBJ_NONE)
@@ -294,53 +285,37 @@ static void create_tag(const unsigned char *object, const char *tag,
 		write_or_die(fd, tag_template, strlen(tag_template));
 		close(fd);
 
-		launch_editor(path, &buffer, &size);
+		launch_editor(path, buf);
 
 		unlink(path);
 		free(path);
 	}
-	else {
-		buffer = message;
-		size = strlen(message);
-	}
 
-	size = stripspace(buffer, size, 1);
+	stripspace(buf, 1);
 
-	if (!message && !size)
+	if (!message && !buf->len)
 		die("no tag message?");
 
-	/* insert the header and add the '\n' if needed: */
-	max_size = header_len + size + (sign ? MAX_SIGNATURE_LENGTH : 0) + 1;
-	buffer = xrealloc(buffer, max_size);
-	if (size)
-		buffer[size++] = '\n';
-	memmove(buffer + header_len, buffer, size);
-	memcpy(buffer, header_buf, header_len);
-	size += header_len;
-
-	if (sign) {
-		ssize_t r = do_sign(buffer, size, max_size);
-		if (r < 0)
-			die("unable to sign the tag");
-		size = r;
-	}
+	strbuf_insert(buf, 0, header_buf, header_len);
 
-	if (write_sha1_file(buffer, size, tag_type, result) < 0)
+	if (sign && do_sign(buf) < 0)
+		die("unable to sign the tag");
+	if (write_sha1_file(buf->buf, buf->len, tag_type, result) < 0)
 		die("unable to write tag file");
-	free(buffer);
 }
 
 int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	struct strbuf buf;
 	unsigned char object[20], prev[20];
-	int annotate = 0, sign = 0, force = 0, lines = 0;
-	char *message = NULL;
+	int annotate = 0, sign = 0, force = 0, lines = 0, message = 0;
 	char ref[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *object_ref, *tag;
 	int i;
 	struct ref_lock *lock;
 
 	git_config(git_tag_config);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
 
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
@@ -376,13 +351,11 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				die("option -m needs an argument.");
 			if (message)
 				die("only one -F or -m option is allowed.");
-			message = xstrdup(argv[i]);
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, argv[i]);
+			message = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-F")) {
-			unsigned long len;
-			int fd;
-
 			annotate = 1;
 			i++;
 			if (i == argc)
@@ -390,20 +363,15 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (message)
 				die("only one -F or -m option is allowed.");
 
-			if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-"))
-				fd = 0;
-			else {
-				fd = open(argv[i], O_RDONLY);
-				if (fd < 0)
-					die("could not open '%s': %s",
+			if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-")) {
+				if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 1024) < 0)
+					die("cannot read %s", argv[i]);
+			} else {
+				if (strbuf_read_file(&buf, argv[i], 1024) < 0)
+					die("could not open or read '%s': %s",
 						argv[i], strerror(errno));
 			}
-			len = 1024;
-			message = xmalloc(len);
-			if (read_fd(fd, &message, &len)) {
-				free(message);
-				die("cannot read %s", argv[i]);
-			}
+			message = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-u")) {
@@ -451,7 +419,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die("tag '%s' already exists", tag);
 
 	if (annotate)
-		create_tag(object, tag, message, sign, object);
+		create_tag(object, tag, &buf, message, sign, object);
 
 	lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, prev, 0);
 	if (!lock)
@@ -459,5 +427,6 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (write_ref_sha1(lock, object, NULL) < 0)
 		die("%s: cannot update the ref", ref);
 
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 55fb679d68..e1a938d897 100644
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
@@ -296,8 +295,11 @@ static void update_one(const char *path, const char *prefix, int prefix_length)
 static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf;
-	strbuf_init(&buf);
-	while (1) {
+	struct strbuf uq;
+
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	strbuf_init(&uq, 0);
+	while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) {
 		char *ptr, *tab;
 		char *path_name;
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -321,10 +323,6 @@ static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 		 * This format is to put higher order stages into the
 		 * index file and matches git-ls-files --stage output.
 		 */
-		read_line(&buf, stdin, line_termination);
-		if (buf.eof)
-			break;
-
 		errno = 0;
 		ul = strtoul(buf.buf, &ptr, 8);
 		if (ptr == buf.buf || *ptr != ' '
@@ -349,15 +347,17 @@ static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 		if (get_sha1_hex(tab - 40, sha1) || tab[-41] != ' ')
 			goto bad_line;
 
-		if (line_termination && ptr[0] == '"')
-			path_name = unquote_c_style(ptr, NULL);
-		else
-			path_name = ptr;
+		path_name = ptr;
+		if (line_termination && path_name[0] == '"') {
+			strbuf_reset(&uq);
+			if (unquote_c_style(&uq, path_name, NULL)) {
+				die("git-update-index: bad quoting of path name");
+			}
+			path_name = uq.buf;
+		}
 
 		if (!verify_path(path_name)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring path %s\n", path_name);
-			if (path_name != ptr)
-				free(path_name);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -377,13 +377,13 @@ static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 				die("git-update-index: unable to update %s",
 				    path_name);
 		}
-		if (path_name != ptr)
-			free(path_name);
 		continue;
 
 	bad_line:
 		die("malformed index info %s", buf.buf);
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	strbuf_release(&uq);
 }
 
 static const char update_index_usage[] =
@@ -706,27 +706,27 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			free((char*)p);
 	}
 	if (read_from_stdin) {
-		struct strbuf buf;
-		strbuf_init(&buf);
-		while (1) {
-			char *path_name;
+		struct strbuf buf, nbuf;
+
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		strbuf_init(&nbuf, 0);
+		while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) {
 			const char *p;
-			read_line(&buf, stdin, line_termination);
-			if (buf.eof)
-				break;
-			if (line_termination && buf.buf[0] == '"')
-				path_name = unquote_c_style(buf.buf, NULL);
-			else
-				path_name = buf.buf;
-			p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, path_name);
+			if (line_termination && buf.buf[0] == '"') {
+				strbuf_reset(&nbuf);
+				if (unquote_c_style(&nbuf, buf.buf, NULL))
+					die("line is badly quoted");
+				strbuf_swap(&buf, &nbuf);
+			}
+			p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, buf.buf);
 			update_one(p, NULL, 0);
 			if (set_executable_bit)
 				chmod_path(set_executable_bit, p);
-			if (p < path_name || p > path_name + strlen(path_name))
-				free((char*) p);
-			if (path_name != buf.buf)
-				free(path_name);
+			if (p < buf.buf || p > buf.buf + buf.len)
+				free((char *)p);
 		}
+		strbuf_release(&nbuf);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	}
 
  finish:
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index a20cb6ba97..65cc0fb34a 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ extern const char git_version_string[];
 extern const char git_usage_string[];
 
 extern void help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd);
-extern size_t stripspace(char *buffer, size_t length, int skip_comments);
 extern int write_tree(unsigned char *sha1, int missing_ok, const char *prefix);
 extern void prune_packed_objects(int);
 
diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
index 077f034369..50b35264fd 100644
--- a/cache-tree.c
+++ b/cache-tree.c
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 		      int missing_ok,
 		      int dryrun)
 {
-	unsigned long size, offset;
-	char *buffer;
+	struct strbuf buffer;
 	int i;
 
 	if (0 <= it->entry_count && has_sha1_file(it->sha1))
@@ -293,9 +292,7 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 	/*
 	 * Then write out the tree object for this level.
 	 */
-	size = 8192;
-	buffer = xmalloc(size);
-	offset = 0;
+	strbuf_init(&buffer, 8192);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
 		struct cache_entry *ce = cache[i];
@@ -332,15 +329,9 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 		if (!ce->ce_mode)
 			continue; /* entry being removed */
 
-		if (size < offset + entlen + 100) {
-			size = alloc_nr(offset + entlen + 100);
-			buffer = xrealloc(buffer, size);
-		}
-		offset += sprintf(buffer + offset,
-				  "%o %.*s", mode, entlen, path + baselen);
-		buffer[offset++] = 0;
-		hashcpy((unsigned char*)buffer + offset, sha1);
-		offset += 20;
+		strbuf_grow(&buffer, entlen + 100);
+		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "%o %.*s%c", mode, entlen, path + baselen, '\0');
+		strbuf_add(&buffer, sha1, 20);
 
 #if DEBUG
 		fprintf(stderr, "cache-tree update-one %o %.*s\n",
@@ -349,10 +340,10 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 	}
 
 	if (dryrun)
-		hash_sha1_file(buffer, offset, tree_type, it->sha1);
+		hash_sha1_file(buffer.buf, buffer.len, tree_type, it->sha1);
 	else
-		write_sha1_file(buffer, offset, tree_type, it->sha1);
-	free(buffer);
+		write_sha1_file(buffer.buf, buffer.len, tree_type, it->sha1);
+	strbuf_release(&buffer);
 	it->entry_count = i;
 #if DEBUG
 	fprintf(stderr, "cache-tree update-one (%d ent, %d subtree) %s\n",
@@ -378,12 +369,8 @@ int cache_tree_update(struct cache_tree *it,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void *write_one(struct cache_tree *it,
-		       char *path,
-		       int pathlen,
-		       char *buffer,
-		       unsigned long *size,
-		       unsigned long *offset)
+static void write_one(struct strbuf *buffer, struct cache_tree *it,
+                      const char *path, int pathlen)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -393,13 +380,9 @@ static void *write_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 	 * tree-sha1 (missing if invalid)
 	 * subtree_nr "cache-tree" entries for subtrees.
 	 */
-	if (*size < *offset + pathlen + 100) {
-		*size = alloc_nr(*offset + pathlen + 100);
-		buffer = xrealloc(buffer, *size);
-	}
-	*offset += sprintf(buffer + *offset, "%.*s%c%d %d\n",
-			   pathlen, path, 0,
-			   it->entry_count, it->subtree_nr);
+	strbuf_grow(buffer, pathlen + 100);
+	strbuf_add(buffer, path, pathlen);
+	strbuf_addf(buffer, "%c%d %d\n", 0, it->entry_count, it->subtree_nr);
 
 #if DEBUG
 	if (0 <= it->entry_count)
@@ -412,8 +395,7 @@ static void *write_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 #endif
 
 	if (0 <= it->entry_count) {
-		hashcpy((unsigned char*)buffer + *offset, it->sha1);
-		*offset += 20;
+		strbuf_add(buffer, it->sha1, 20);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < it->subtree_nr; i++) {
 		struct cache_tree_sub *down = it->down[i];
@@ -423,21 +405,13 @@ static void *write_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 					     prev->name, prev->namelen) <= 0)
 				die("fatal - unsorted cache subtree");
 		}
-		buffer = write_one(down->cache_tree, down->name, down->namelen,
-				   buffer, size, offset);
+		write_one(buffer, down->cache_tree, down->name, down->namelen);
 	}
-	return buffer;
 }
 
-void *cache_tree_write(struct cache_tree *root, unsigned long *size_p)
+void cache_tree_write(struct strbuf *sb, struct cache_tree *root)
 {
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	unsigned long size = 8192;
-	char *buffer = xmalloc(size);
-
-	*size_p = 0;
-	path[0] = 0;
-	return write_one(root, path, 0, buffer, &size, size_p);
+	write_one(sb, root, "", 0);
 }
 
 static struct cache_tree *read_one(const char **buffer, unsigned long *size_p)
diff --git a/cache-tree.h b/cache-tree.h
index 119407e3a1..8243228e49 100644
--- a/cache-tree.h
+++ b/cache-tree.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void cache_tree_free(struct cache_tree **);
 void cache_tree_invalidate_path(struct cache_tree *, const char *);
 struct cache_tree_sub *cache_tree_sub(struct cache_tree *, const char *);
 
-void *cache_tree_write(struct cache_tree *root, unsigned long *size_p);
+void cache_tree_write(struct strbuf *, struct cache_tree *root);
 struct cache_tree *cache_tree_read(const char *buffer, unsigned long size);
 
 int cache_tree_fully_valid(struct cache_tree *);
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 16bdbb2591..27485d36c2 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CACHE_H
 
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 #include SHA1_HEADER
 #include <zlib.h>
@@ -270,7 +271,6 @@ extern int ie_match_stat(struct index_state *, struct cache_entry *, struct stat
 extern int ie_modified(struct index_state *, struct cache_entry *, struct stat *, int);
 extern int ce_path_match(const struct cache_entry *ce, const char **pathspec);
 extern int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st, int write_object, enum object_type type, const char *path);
-extern int read_fd(int fd, char **return_buf, unsigned long *return_size);
 extern int index_pipe(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, const char *type, int write_object);
 extern int index_path(unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, struct stat *st, int write_object);
 extern void fill_stat_cache_info(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st);
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int timezone, enum date_mode mode);
 int parse_date(const char *date, char *buf, int bufsize);
 void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize);
 unsigned long approxidate(const char *);
+enum date_mode parse_date_format(const char *format);
 
 extern const char *git_author_info(int);
 extern const char *git_committer_info(int);
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@ extern void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *, off_t, enum object_type *, unsign
 extern unsigned long unpack_object_header_gently(const unsigned char *buf, unsigned long len, enum object_type *type, unsigned long *sizep);
 extern unsigned long get_size_from_delta(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t);
 extern const char *packed_object_info_detail(struct packed_git *, off_t, unsigned long *, unsigned long *, unsigned int *, unsigned char *);
+extern int matches_pack_name(struct packed_git *p, const char *name);
 
 /* Dumb servers support */
 extern int update_server_info(int);
@@ -586,14 +588,13 @@ extern void *alloc_object_node(void);
 extern void alloc_report(void);
 
 /* trace.c */
-extern int nfasprintf(char **str, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern int nfvasprintf(char **str, const char *fmt, va_list va);
 extern void trace_printf(const char *format, ...);
 extern void trace_argv_printf(const char **argv, int count, const char *format, ...);
 
 /* convert.c */
-extern char *convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep);
-extern char *convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep);
+/* returns 1 if *dst was used */
+extern int convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len, struct strbuf *dst);
+extern int convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len, struct strbuf *dst);
 
 /* diff.c */
 extern int diff_auto_refresh_index;
diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index ef622340a5..fe5a2a1953 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -650,10 +650,7 @@ static void dump_quoted_path(const char *prefix, const char *path,
 			     const char *c_meta, const char *c_reset)
 {
 	printf("%s%s", c_meta, prefix);
-	if (quote_c_style(path, NULL, NULL, 0))
-		quote_c_style(path, NULL, stdout, 0);
-	else
-		printf("%s", path);
+	quote_c_style(path, NULL, stdout, 0);
 	printf("%s\n", c_reset);
 }
 
@@ -900,16 +897,7 @@ static void show_raw_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p, int num_parent, struct re
 		putchar(inter_name_termination);
 	}
 
-	if (line_termination) {
-		if (quote_c_style(p->path, NULL, NULL, 0))
-			quote_c_style(p->path, NULL, stdout, 0);
-		else
-			printf("%s", p->path);
-		putchar(line_termination);
-	}
-	else {
-		printf("%s%c", p->path, line_termination);
-	}
+	write_name_quoted(p->path, stdout, line_termination);
 }
 
 void show_combined_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p,
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 99f65cee0e..ac24266e93 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -441,28 +441,33 @@ struct commit *pop_most_recent_commit(struct commit_list **list,
 
 void clear_commit_marks(struct commit *commit, unsigned int mark)
 {
-	struct commit_list *parents;
+	while (commit) {
+		struct commit_list *parents;
 
-	commit->object.flags &= ~mark;
-	parents = commit->parents;
-	while (parents) {
-		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
+		if (!(mark & commit->object.flags))
+			return;
 
-		/* Have we already cleared this? */
-		if (mark & parent->object.flags)
-			clear_commit_marks(parent, mark);
-		parents = parents->next;
+		commit->object.flags &= ~mark;
+
+		parents = commit->parents;
+		if (!parents)
+			return;
+
+		while ((parents = parents->next))
+			clear_commit_marks(parents->item, mark);
+
+		commit = commit->parents->item;
 	}
 }
 
 /*
  * Generic support for pretty-printing the header
  */
-static int get_one_line(const char *msg, unsigned long len)
+static int get_one_line(const char *msg)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	while (len--) {
+	for (;;) {
 		char c = *msg++;
 		if (!c)
 			break;
@@ -485,31 +490,25 @@ static int is_rfc2047_special(char ch)
 	return (non_ascii(ch) || (ch == '=') || (ch == '?') || (ch == '_'));
 }
 
-static int add_rfc2047(char *buf, const char *line, int len,
+static void add_rfc2047(struct strbuf *sb, const char *line, int len,
 		       const char *encoding)
 {
-	char *bp = buf;
-	int i, needquote;
-	char q_encoding[128];
-	const char *q_encoding_fmt = "=?%s?q?";
+	int i, last;
 
-	for (i = needquote = 0; !needquote && i < len; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 		int ch = line[i];
 		if (non_ascii(ch))
-			needquote++;
-		if ((i + 1 < len) &&
-		    (ch == '=' && line[i+1] == '?'))
-			needquote++;
+			goto needquote;
+		if ((i + 1 < len) && (ch == '=' && line[i+1] == '?'))
+			goto needquote;
 	}
-	if (!needquote)
-		return sprintf(buf, "%.*s", len, line);
-
-	i = snprintf(q_encoding, sizeof(q_encoding), q_encoding_fmt, encoding);
-	if (sizeof(q_encoding) < i)
-		die("Insanely long encoding name %s", encoding);
-	memcpy(bp, q_encoding, i);
-	bp += i;
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+	strbuf_add(sb, line, len);
+	return;
+
+needquote:
+	strbuf_grow(sb, len * 3 + strlen(encoding) + 100);
+	strbuf_addf(sb, "=?%s?q?", encoding);
+	for (i = last = 0; i < len; i++) {
 		unsigned ch = line[i] & 0xFF;
 		/*
 		 * We encode ' ' using '=20' even though rfc2047
@@ -518,40 +517,30 @@ static int add_rfc2047(char *buf, const char *line, int len,
 		 * leave the underscore in place.
 		 */
 		if (is_rfc2047_special(ch) || ch == ' ') {
-			sprintf(bp, "=%02X", ch);
-			bp += 3;
+			strbuf_add(sb, line + last, i - last);
+			strbuf_addf(sb, "=%02X", ch);
+			last = i + 1;
 		}
-		else
-			*bp++ = ch;
 	}
-	memcpy(bp, "?=", 2);
-	bp += 2;
-	return bp - buf;
+	strbuf_add(sb, line + last, len - last);
+	strbuf_addstr(sb, "?=");
 }
 
-static unsigned long bound_rfc2047(unsigned long len, const char *encoding)
-{
-	/* upper bound of q encoded string of length 'len' */
-	unsigned long elen = strlen(encoding);
-
-	return len * 3 + elen + 100;
-}
-
-static int add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf,
+static void add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, struct strbuf *sb,
 			 const char *line, enum date_mode dmode,
 			 const char *encoding)
 {
 	char *date;
 	int namelen;
 	unsigned long time;
-	int tz, ret;
+	int tz;
 	const char *filler = "    ";
 
 	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	date = strchr(line, '>');
 	if (!date)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	namelen = ++date - line;
 	time = strtoul(date, &date, 10);
 	tz = strtol(date, NULL, 10);
@@ -560,42 +549,34 @@ static int add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf,
 		char *name_tail = strchr(line, '<');
 		int display_name_length;
 		if (!name_tail)
-			return 0;
+			return;
 		while (line < name_tail && isspace(name_tail[-1]))
 			name_tail--;
 		display_name_length = name_tail - line;
 		filler = "";
-		strcpy(buf, "From: ");
-		ret = strlen(buf);
-		ret += add_rfc2047(buf + ret, line, display_name_length,
-				   encoding);
-		memcpy(buf + ret, name_tail, namelen - display_name_length);
-		ret += namelen - display_name_length;
-		buf[ret++] = '\n';
-	}
-	else {
-		ret = sprintf(buf, "%s: %.*s%.*s\n", what,
+		strbuf_addstr(sb, "From: ");
+		add_rfc2047(sb, line, display_name_length, encoding);
+		strbuf_add(sb, name_tail, namelen - display_name_length);
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+	} else {
+		strbuf_addf(sb, "%s: %.*s%.*s\n", what,
 			      (fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULLER) ? 4 : 0,
 			      filler, namelen, line);
 	}
 	switch (fmt) {
 	case CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM:
-		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "Date:   %s\n",
-			       show_date(time, tz, dmode));
+		strbuf_addf(sb, "Date:   %s\n", show_date(time, tz, dmode));
 		break;
 	case CMIT_FMT_EMAIL:
-		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "Date: %s\n",
-			       show_date(time, tz, DATE_RFC2822));
+		strbuf_addf(sb, "Date: %s\n", show_date(time, tz, DATE_RFC2822));
 		break;
 	case CMIT_FMT_FULLER:
-		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "%sDate: %s\n", what,
-			       show_date(time, tz, dmode));
+		strbuf_addf(sb, "%sDate: %s\n", what, show_date(time, tz, dmode));
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* notin' */
 		break;
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int is_empty_line(const char *line, int *len_p)
@@ -607,16 +588,16 @@ static int is_empty_line(const char *line, int *len_p)
 	return !len;
 }
 
-static int add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const struct commit *commit, int abbrev)
+static void add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, struct strbuf *sb,
+			const struct commit *commit, int abbrev)
 {
 	struct commit_list *parent = commit->parents;
-	int offset;
 
 	if ((fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) || (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) ||
 	    !parent || !parent->next)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
-	offset = sprintf(buf, "Merge:");
+	strbuf_addstr(sb, "Merge:");
 
 	while (parent) {
 		struct commit *p = parent->item;
@@ -629,10 +610,9 @@ static int add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const struct commit *com
 		dots = (abbrev && strlen(hex) != 40) ?  "..." : "";
 		parent = parent->next;
 
-		offset += sprintf(buf + offset, " %s%s", hex, dots);
+		strbuf_addf(sb, " %s%s", hex, dots);
 	}
-	buf[offset++] = '\n';
-	return offset;
+	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 }
 
 static char *get_header(const struct commit *commit, const char *key)
@@ -653,11 +633,7 @@ static char *get_header(const struct commit *commit, const char *key)
 		if (eol - line > key_len &&
 		    !strncmp(line, key, key_len) &&
 		    line[key_len] == ' ') {
-			int len = eol - line - key_len;
-			char *ret = xmalloc(len);
-			memcpy(ret, line + key_len + 1, len - 1);
-			ret[len - 1] = '\0';
-			return ret;
+			return xmemdupz(line + key_len + 1, eol - line - key_len - 1);
 		}
 		line = next;
 	}
@@ -665,47 +641,34 @@ static char *get_header(const struct commit *commit, const char *key)
 
 static char *replace_encoding_header(char *buf, const char *encoding)
 {
-	char *encoding_header = strstr(buf, "\nencoding ");
-	char *header_end = strstr(buf, "\n\n");
-	char *end_of_encoding_header;
-	int encoding_header_pos;
-	int encoding_header_len;
-	int new_len;
-	int need_len;
-	int buflen = strlen(buf) + 1;
-
-	if (!header_end)
-		header_end = buf + buflen;
-	if (!encoding_header || encoding_header >= header_end)
-		return buf;
-	encoding_header++;
-	end_of_encoding_header = strchr(encoding_header, '\n');
-	if (!end_of_encoding_header)
+	struct strbuf tmp;
+	size_t start, len;
+	char *cp = buf;
+
+	/* guess if there is an encoding header before a \n\n */
+	while (strncmp(cp, "encoding ", strlen("encoding "))) {
+		cp = strchr(cp, '\n');
+		if (!cp || *++cp == '\n')
+			return buf;
+	}
+	start = cp - buf;
+	cp = strchr(cp, '\n');
+	if (!cp)
 		return buf; /* should not happen but be defensive */
-	end_of_encoding_header++;
-
-	encoding_header_len = end_of_encoding_header - encoding_header;
-	encoding_header_pos = encoding_header - buf;
+	len = cp + 1 - (buf + start);
 
+	strbuf_init(&tmp, 0);
+	strbuf_attach(&tmp, buf, strlen(buf), strlen(buf) + 1);
 	if (is_encoding_utf8(encoding)) {
 		/* we have re-coded to UTF-8; drop the header */
-		memmove(encoding_header, end_of_encoding_header,
-			buflen - (encoding_header_pos + encoding_header_len));
-		return buf;
-	}
-	new_len = strlen(encoding);
-	need_len = new_len + strlen("encoding \n");
-	if (encoding_header_len < need_len) {
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, buflen + (need_len - encoding_header_len));
-		encoding_header = buf + encoding_header_pos;
-		end_of_encoding_header = encoding_header + encoding_header_len;
+		strbuf_remove(&tmp, start, len);
+	} else {
+		/* just replaces XXXX in 'encoding XXXX\n' */
+		strbuf_splice(&tmp, start + strlen("encoding "),
+					  len - strlen("encoding \n"),
+					  encoding, strlen(encoding));
 	}
-	memmove(end_of_encoding_header + (need_len - encoding_header_len),
-		end_of_encoding_header,
-		buflen - (encoding_header_pos + encoding_header_len));
-	memcpy(encoding_header + 9, encoding, strlen(encoding));
-	encoding_header[9 + new_len] = '\n';
-	return buf;
+	return strbuf_detach(&tmp, NULL);
 }
 
 static char *logmsg_reencode(const struct commit *commit,
@@ -747,7 +710,7 @@ static void fill_person(struct interp *table, const char *msg, int len)
 	start = end + 1;
 	while (end > 0 && isspace(msg[end - 1]))
 		end--;
-	table[0].value = xstrndup(msg, end);
+	table[0].value = xmemdupz(msg, end);
 
 	if (start >= len)
 		return;
@@ -759,7 +722,7 @@ static void fill_person(struct interp *table, const char *msg, int len)
 	if (end >= len)
 		return;
 
-	table[1].value = xstrndup(msg + start, end - start);
+	table[1].value = xmemdupz(msg + start, end - start);
 
 	/* parse date */
 	for (start = end + 1; start < len && isspace(msg[start]); start++)
@@ -770,7 +733,7 @@ static void fill_person(struct interp *table, const char *msg, int len)
 	if (msg + start == ep)
 		return;
 
-	table[5].value = xstrndup(msg + start, ep - (msg + start));
+	table[5].value = xmemdupz(msg + start, ep - (msg + start));
 
 	/* parse tz */
 	for (start = ep - msg + 1; start < len && isspace(msg[start]); start++)
@@ -787,8 +750,8 @@ static void fill_person(struct interp *table, const char *msg, int len)
 	interp_set_entry(table, 6, show_date(date, tz, DATE_ISO8601));
 }
 
-long format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit, const void *format,
-                           char **buf_p, unsigned long *space_p)
+void format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit,
+                           const void *format, struct strbuf *sb)
 {
 	struct interp table[] = {
 		{ "%H" },	/* commit hash */
@@ -841,6 +804,7 @@ long format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit, const void *format,
 	};
 	struct commit_list *p;
 	char parents[1024];
+	unsigned long len;
 	int i;
 	enum { HEADER, SUBJECT, BODY } state;
 	const char *msg = commit->buffer;
@@ -896,7 +860,7 @@ long format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit, const void *format,
 			; /* do nothing */
 
 		if (state == SUBJECT) {
-			table[ISUBJECT].value = xstrndup(msg + i, eol - i);
+			table[ISUBJECT].value = xmemdupz(msg + i, eol - i);
 			i = eol;
 		}
 		if (i == eol) {
@@ -912,30 +876,21 @@ long format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit, const void *format,
 					msg + i + 10, eol - i - 10);
 		else if (!prefixcmp(msg + i, "encoding "))
 			table[IENCODING].value =
-				xstrndup(msg + i + 9, eol - i - 9);
+				xmemdupz(msg + i + 9, eol - i - 9);
 		i = eol;
 	}
 	if (msg[i])
 		table[IBODY].value = xstrdup(msg + i);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(table); i++)
-		if (!table[i].value)
-			interp_set_entry(table, i, "<unknown>");
-
-	do {
-		char *buf = *buf_p;
-		unsigned long space = *space_p;
 
-		space = interpolate(buf, space, format,
-				    table, ARRAY_SIZE(table));
-		if (!space)
-			break;
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, space);
-		*buf_p = buf;
-		*space_p = space;
-	} while (1);
+	len = interpolate(sb->buf + sb->len, strbuf_avail(sb),
+				format, table, ARRAY_SIZE(table));
+	if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
+		strbuf_grow(sb, len);
+		interpolate(sb->buf + sb->len, strbuf_avail(sb) + 1,
+					format, table, ARRAY_SIZE(table));
+	}
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
 	interp_clear_table(table, ARRAY_SIZE(table));
-
-	return strlen(*buf_p);
 }
 
 static void pp_header(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
@@ -944,34 +899,24 @@ static void pp_header(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 		      const char *encoding,
 		      const struct commit *commit,
 		      const char **msg_p,
-		      unsigned long *len_p,
-		      unsigned long *ofs_p,
-		      char **buf_p,
-		      unsigned long *space_p)
+		      struct strbuf *sb)
 {
 	int parents_shown = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		const char *line = *msg_p;
-		char *dst;
-		int linelen = get_one_line(*msg_p, *len_p);
-		unsigned long len;
+		int linelen = get_one_line(*msg_p);
 
 		if (!linelen)
 			return;
 		*msg_p += linelen;
-		*len_p -= linelen;
 
 		if (linelen == 1)
 			/* End of header */
 			return;
 
-		ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, linelen + *ofs_p + 20, *space_p);
-		dst = *buf_p + *ofs_p;
-
 		if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_RAW) {
-			memcpy(dst, line, linelen);
-			*ofs_p += linelen;
+			strbuf_add(sb, line, linelen);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -989,10 +934,8 @@ static void pp_header(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 			     parent = parent->next, num++)
 				;
 			/* with enough slop */
-			num = *ofs_p + num * 50 + 20;
-			ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, num, *space_p);
-			dst = *buf_p + *ofs_p;
-			*ofs_p += add_merge_info(fmt, dst, commit, abbrev);
+			strbuf_grow(sb, num * 50 + 20);
+			add_merge_info(fmt, sb, commit, abbrev);
 			parents_shown = 1;
 		}
 
@@ -1002,129 +945,82 @@ static void pp_header(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 		 * FULLER shows both authors and dates.
 		 */
 		if (!memcmp(line, "author ", 7)) {
-			len = linelen;
-			if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
-				len = bound_rfc2047(linelen, encoding);
-			ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, *ofs_p + len + 80, *space_p);
-			dst = *buf_p + *ofs_p;
-			*ofs_p += add_user_info("Author", fmt, dst,
-						line + 7, dmode, encoding);
+			strbuf_grow(sb, linelen + 80);
+			add_user_info("Author", fmt, sb, line + 7, dmode, encoding);
 		}
-
 		if (!memcmp(line, "committer ", 10) &&
 		    (fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULL || fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULLER)) {
-			len = linelen;
-			if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
-				len = bound_rfc2047(linelen, encoding);
-			ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, *ofs_p + len + 80, *space_p);
-			dst = *buf_p + *ofs_p;
-			*ofs_p += add_user_info("Commit", fmt, dst,
-						line + 10, dmode, encoding);
+			strbuf_grow(sb, linelen + 80);
+			add_user_info("Commit", fmt, sb, line + 10, dmode, encoding);
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 static void pp_title_line(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 			  const char **msg_p,
-			  unsigned long *len_p,
-			  unsigned long *ofs_p,
-			  char **buf_p,
-			  unsigned long *space_p,
-			  int indent,
+			  struct strbuf *sb,
 			  const char *subject,
 			  const char *after_subject,
 			  const char *encoding,
 			  int plain_non_ascii)
 {
-	char *title;
-	unsigned long title_alloc, title_len;
-	unsigned long len;
+	struct strbuf title;
+
+	strbuf_init(&title, 80);
 
-	title_len = 0;
-	title_alloc = 80;
-	title = xmalloc(title_alloc);
 	for (;;) {
 		const char *line = *msg_p;
-		int linelen = get_one_line(line, *len_p);
-		*msg_p += linelen;
-		*len_p -= linelen;
+		int linelen = get_one_line(line);
 
+		*msg_p += linelen;
 		if (!linelen || is_empty_line(line, &linelen))
 			break;
 
-		if (title_alloc <= title_len + linelen + 2) {
-			title_alloc = title_len + linelen + 80;
-			title = xrealloc(title, title_alloc);
-		}
-		len = 0;
-		if (title_len) {
+		strbuf_grow(&title, linelen + 2);
+		if (title.len) {
 			if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) {
-				len++;
-				title[title_len++] = '\n';
+				strbuf_addch(&title, '\n');
 			}
-			len++;
-			title[title_len++] = ' ';
+			strbuf_addch(&title, ' ');
 		}
-		memcpy(title + title_len, line, linelen);
-		title_len += linelen;
+		strbuf_add(&title, line, linelen);
 	}
 
-	/* Enough slop for the MIME header and rfc2047 */
-	len = bound_rfc2047(title_len, encoding)+ 1000;
-	if (subject)
-		len += strlen(subject);
-	if (after_subject)
-		len += strlen(after_subject);
-	if (encoding)
-		len += strlen(encoding);
-	ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, title_len + *ofs_p + len, *space_p);
-
+	strbuf_grow(sb, title.len + 1024);
 	if (subject) {
-		len = strlen(subject);
-		memcpy(*buf_p + *ofs_p, subject, len);
-		*ofs_p += len;
-		*ofs_p += add_rfc2047(*buf_p + *ofs_p,
-				      title, title_len, encoding);
+		strbuf_addstr(sb, subject);
+		add_rfc2047(sb, title.buf, title.len, encoding);
 	} else {
-		memcpy(*buf_p + *ofs_p, title, title_len);
-		*ofs_p += title_len;
+		strbuf_addbuf(sb, &title);
 	}
-	(*buf_p)[(*ofs_p)++] = '\n';
+	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+
 	if (plain_non_ascii) {
 		const char *header_fmt =
 			"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 			"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=%s\n"
 			"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
-		*ofs_p += snprintf(*buf_p + *ofs_p,
-				   *space_p - *ofs_p,
-				   header_fmt, encoding);
+		strbuf_addf(sb, header_fmt, encoding);
 	}
 	if (after_subject) {
-		len = strlen(after_subject);
-		memcpy(*buf_p + *ofs_p, after_subject, len);
-		*ofs_p += len;
+		strbuf_addstr(sb, after_subject);
 	}
-	free(title);
 	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) {
-		ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, *ofs_p + 20, *space_p);
-		(*buf_p)[(*ofs_p)++] = '\n';
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&title);
 }
 
 static void pp_remainder(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 			 const char **msg_p,
-			 unsigned long *len_p,
-			 unsigned long *ofs_p,
-			 char **buf_p,
-			 unsigned long *space_p,
+			 struct strbuf *sb,
 			 int indent)
 {
 	int first = 1;
 	for (;;) {
 		const char *line = *msg_p;
-		int linelen = get_one_line(line, *len_p);
+		int linelen = get_one_line(line);
 		*msg_p += linelen;
-		*len_p -= linelen;
 
 		if (!linelen)
 			break;
@@ -1137,36 +1033,32 @@ static void pp_remainder(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 		}
 		first = 0;
 
-		ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, *ofs_p + linelen + indent + 20, *space_p);
+		strbuf_grow(sb, linelen + indent + 20);
 		if (indent) {
-			memset(*buf_p + *ofs_p, ' ', indent);
-			*ofs_p += indent;
+			memset(sb->buf + sb->len, ' ', indent);
+			strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + indent);
 		}
-		memcpy(*buf_p + *ofs_p, line, linelen);
-		*ofs_p += linelen;
-		(*buf_p)[(*ofs_p)++] = '\n';
+		strbuf_add(sb, line, linelen);
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 	}
 }
 
-unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
-				  const struct commit *commit,
-				  unsigned long len,
-				  char **buf_p, unsigned long *space_p,
-				  int abbrev, const char *subject,
-				  const char *after_subject,
+void pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit,
+				  struct strbuf *sb, int abbrev,
+				  const char *subject, const char *after_subject,
 				  enum date_mode dmode)
 {
-	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	unsigned long beginning_of_body;
 	int indent = 4;
 	const char *msg = commit->buffer;
 	int plain_non_ascii = 0;
 	char *reencoded;
 	const char *encoding;
-	char *buf;
 
-	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT)
-		return format_commit_message(commit, user_format, buf_p, space_p);
+	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT) {
+		format_commit_message(commit, user_format, sb);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	encoding = (git_log_output_encoding
 		    ? git_log_output_encoding
@@ -1176,7 +1068,6 @@ unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 	reencoded = logmsg_reencode(commit, encoding);
 	if (reencoded) {
 		msg = reencoded;
-		len = strlen(reencoded);
 	}
 
 	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE || fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
@@ -1191,14 +1082,13 @@ unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL && !after_subject) {
 		int i, ch, in_body;
 
-		for (in_body = i = 0; (ch = msg[i]) && i < len; i++) {
+		for (in_body = i = 0; (ch = msg[i]); i++) {
 			if (!in_body) {
 				/* author could be non 7-bit ASCII but
 				 * the log may be so; skip over the
 				 * header part first.
 				 */
-				if (ch == '\n' &&
-				    i + 1 < len && msg[i+1] == '\n')
+				if (ch == '\n' && msg[i+1] == '\n')
 					in_body = 1;
 			}
 			else if (non_ascii(ch)) {
@@ -1208,59 +1098,44 @@ unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt,
 		}
 	}
 
-	pp_header(fmt, abbrev, dmode, encoding,
-		  commit, &msg, &len,
-		  &offset, buf_p, space_p);
+	pp_header(fmt, abbrev, dmode, encoding, commit, &msg, sb);
 	if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE && !subject) {
-		ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, offset + 20, *space_p);
-		(*buf_p)[offset++] = '\n';
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 	}
 
 	/* Skip excess blank lines at the beginning of body, if any... */
 	for (;;) {
-		int linelen = get_one_line(msg, len);
+		int linelen = get_one_line(msg);
 		int ll = linelen;
 		if (!linelen)
 			break;
 		if (!is_empty_line(msg, &ll))
 			break;
 		msg += linelen;
-		len -= linelen;
 	}
 
 	/* These formats treat the title line specially. */
-	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE
-	    || fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
-		pp_title_line(fmt, &msg, &len, &offset,
-			      buf_p, space_p, indent,
-			      subject, after_subject, encoding,
-			      plain_non_ascii);
-
-	beginning_of_body = offset;
-	if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-		pp_remainder(fmt, &msg, &len, &offset,
-			     buf_p, space_p, indent);
-
-	while (offset && isspace((*buf_p)[offset-1]))
-		offset--;
+	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE || fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
+		pp_title_line(fmt, &msg, sb, subject,
+			      after_subject, encoding, plain_non_ascii);
 
-	ALLOC_GROW(*buf_p, offset + 20, *space_p);
-	buf = *buf_p;
+	beginning_of_body = sb->len;
+	if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+		pp_remainder(fmt, &msg, sb, indent);
+	strbuf_rtrim(sb);
 
 	/* Make sure there is an EOLN for the non-oneline case */
 	if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
-		buf[offset++] = '\n';
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 
 	/*
 	 * The caller may append additional body text in e-mail
 	 * format.  Make sure we did not strip the blank line
 	 * between the header and the body.
 	 */
-	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL && offset <= beginning_of_body)
-		buf[offset++] = '\n';
-	buf[offset] = '\0';
+	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL && sb->len <= beginning_of_body)
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 	free(reencoded);
-	return offset;
 }
 
 struct commit *pop_commit(struct commit_list **stack)
@@ -1339,12 +1214,12 @@ void sort_in_topological_order_fn(struct commit_list ** list, int lifo,
 		next=next->next;
 	}
 	/*
-         * find the tips
-         *
-         * tips are nodes not reachable from any other node in the list
-         *
-         * the tips serve as a starting set for the work queue.
-         */
+	 * find the tips
+	 *
+	 * tips are nodes not reachable from any other node in the list
+	 *
+	 * the tips serve as a starting set for the work queue.
+	 */
 	next=*list;
 	insert = &work;
 	while (next) {
@@ -1371,9 +1246,9 @@ void sort_in_topological_order_fn(struct commit_list ** list, int lifo,
 			if (pn) {
 				/*
 				 * parents are only enqueued for emission
-                                 * when all their children have been emitted thereby
-                                 * guaranteeing topological order.
-                                 */
+				 * when all their children have been emitted thereby
+				 * guaranteeing topological order.
+				 */
 				pn->indegree--;
 				if (!pn->indegree) {
 					if (!lifo)
@@ -1385,9 +1260,9 @@ void sort_in_topological_order_fn(struct commit_list ** list, int lifo,
 			parents=parents->next;
 		}
 		/*
-                 * work_item is a commit all of whose children
-                 * have already been emitted. we can emit it now.
-                 */
+		 * work_item is a commit all of whose children
+		 * have already been emitted. we can emit it now.
+		 */
 		*pptr = work_node->list_item;
 		pptr = &(*pptr)->next;
 		*pptr = NULL;
@@ -1483,8 +1358,7 @@ static struct commit_list *merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
 }
 
 struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one,
-				    struct commit *two,
-                                    int cleanup)
+					struct commit *two, int cleanup)
 {
 	struct commit_list *list;
 	struct commit **rslt;
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index a8d76616d2..b779de8cbc 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "object.h"
 #include "tree.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "decorate.h"
 
 struct commit_list {
@@ -61,8 +62,12 @@ enum cmit_fmt {
 };
 
 extern enum cmit_fmt get_commit_format(const char *arg);
-extern long format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit, const void *template, char **buf_p, unsigned long *space_p);
-extern unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *, unsigned long len, char **buf_p, unsigned long *space_p, int abbrev, const char *subject, const char *after_subject, enum date_mode dmode);
+extern void format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit,
+                                  const void *format, struct strbuf *sb);
+extern void pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit*,
+                                struct strbuf *,
+                                int abbrev, const char *subject,
+                                const char *after_subject, enum date_mode);
 
 /** Removes the first commit from a list sorted by date, and adds all
  * of its parents.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 84fd7f1e1f..ed7cc895d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for programs])
 #
 AC_PROG_CC([cc gcc])
 #AC_PROG_INSTALL		# needs install-sh or install.sh in sources
-AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, :)
+AC_CHECK_TOOLS(AR, [gar ar], :)
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(TAR, [gtar tar])
 # TCLTK_PATH will be set to some value if we want Tcl/Tk
 # or will be empty otherwise.
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index aee78ff206..3d5c4ab755 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -393,9 +393,7 @@ static int git_proxy_command_options(const char *var, const char *value)
 			if (matchlen == 4 &&
 			    !memcmp(value, "none", 4))
 				matchlen = 0;
-			git_proxy_command = xmalloc(matchlen + 1);
-			memcpy(git_proxy_command, value, matchlen);
-			git_proxy_command[matchlen] = 0;
+			git_proxy_command = xmemdupz(value, matchlen);
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -579,16 +577,13 @@ pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags)
 	if (pid < 0)
 		die("unable to fork");
 	if (!pid) {
-		char command[MAX_CMD_LEN];
-		char *posn = command;
-		int size = MAX_CMD_LEN;
-		int of = 0;
+		struct strbuf cmd;
 
-		of |= add_to_string(&posn, &size, prog, 0);
-		of |= add_to_string(&posn, &size, " ", 0);
-		of |= add_to_string(&posn, &size, path, 1);
-
-		if (of)
+		strbuf_init(&cmd, MAX_CMD_LEN);
+		strbuf_addstr(&cmd, prog);
+		strbuf_addch(&cmd, ' ');
+		sq_quote_buf(&cmd, path);
+		if (cmd.len >= MAX_CMD_LEN)
 			die("command line too long");
 
 		dup2(pipefd[1][0], 0);
@@ -608,10 +603,10 @@ pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags)
 				ssh_basename++;
 
 			if (!port)
-				execlp(ssh, ssh_basename, host, command, NULL);
+				execlp(ssh, ssh_basename, host, cmd.buf, NULL);
 			else
 				execlp(ssh, ssh_basename, "-p", port, host,
-				       command, NULL);
+				       cmd.buf, NULL);
 		}
 		else {
 			unsetenv(ALTERNATE_DB_ENVIRONMENT);
@@ -620,7 +615,7 @@ pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags)
 			unsetenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT);
 			unsetenv(GRAFT_ENVIRONMENT);
 			unsetenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT);
-			execlp("sh", "sh", "-c", command, NULL);
+			execlp("sh", "sh", "-c", cmd.buf, NULL);
 		}
 		die("exec failed");
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index cad842af45..e760930740 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ __git_commands ()
 		check-attr)       : plumbing;;
 		check-ref-format) : plumbing;;
 		commit-tree)      : plumbing;;
-		convert-objects)  : plumbing;;
 		cvsexportcommit)  : export;;
 		cvsimport)        : import;;
 		cvsserver)        : daemon;;
diff --git a/convert-objects.c b/contrib/convert-objects/convert-objects.c
similarity index 100%
rename from convert-objects.c
rename to contrib/convert-objects/convert-objects.c
diff --git a/Documentation/git-convert-objects.txt b/contrib/convert-objects/git-convert-objects.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/git-convert-objects.txt
rename to contrib/convert-objects/git-convert-objects.txt
diff --git a/contrib/emacs/git.el b/contrib/emacs/git.el
index 2d77fd47ec..4286d160a0 100644
--- a/contrib/emacs/git.el
+++ b/contrib/emacs/git.el
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 ;; TODO
 ;;  - portability to XEmacs
 ;;  - better handling of subprocess errors
-;;  - hook into file save (after-save-hook)
 ;;  - diff against other branch
 ;;  - renaming files from the status buffer
 ;;  - creating tags
@@ -220,22 +219,15 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
     (message "Running git %s...done" (car args))
     buffer))
 
-(defun git-run-command (buffer env &rest args)
-  (message "Running git %s..." (car args))
-  (apply #'git-call-process-env buffer env args)
-  (message "Running git %s...done" (car args)))
-
 (defun git-run-command-region (buffer start end env &rest args)
   "Run a git command with specified buffer region as input."
-  (message "Running git %s..." (car args))
   (unless (eq 0 (if env
                     (git-run-process-region
                      buffer start end "env"
                      (append (git-get-env-strings env) (list "git") args))
                   (git-run-process-region
                    buffer start end "git" args)))
-    (error "Failed to run \"git %s\":\n%s" (mapconcat (lambda (x) x) args " ") (buffer-string)))
-  (message "Running git %s...done" (car args)))
+    (error "Failed to run \"git %s\":\n%s" (mapconcat (lambda (x) x) args " ") (buffer-string))))
 
 (defun git-run-hook (hook env &rest args)
   "Run a git hook and display its output if any."
@@ -312,6 +304,13 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
               "\"")
     name))
 
+(defun git-success-message (text files)
+  "Print a success message after having handled FILES."
+  (let ((n (length files)))
+    (if (equal n 1)
+        (message "%s %s" text (car files))
+      (message "%s %d files" text n))))
+
 (defun git-get-top-dir (dir)
   "Retrieve the top-level directory of a git tree."
   (let ((cdup (with-output-to-string
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
     (sort-lines nil (point-min) (point-max))
     (save-buffer))
   (when created
-    (git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--add" "--" (file-relative-name ignore-name)))
+    (git-call-process-env nil nil "update-index" "--add" "--" (file-relative-name ignore-name)))
   (git-update-status-files (list (file-relative-name ignore-name)) 'unknown)))
 
 ; propertize definition for XEmacs, stolen from erc-compat
@@ -485,33 +484,34 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
   "Remove everything from the status list."
   (ewoc-filter status (lambda (info) nil)))
 
-(defun git-set-files-state (files state)
-  "Set the state of a list of files."
-  (dolist (info files)
-    (unless (eq (git-fileinfo->state info) state)
-      (setf (git-fileinfo->state info) state)
-      (setf (git-fileinfo->rename-state info) nil)
-      (setf (git-fileinfo->orig-name info) nil)
-      (setf (git-fileinfo->needs-refresh info) t))))
-
-(defun git-set-filenames-state (status files state)
-  "Set the state of a list of named files."
+(defun git-set-fileinfo-state (info state)
+  "Set the state of a file info."
+  (unless (eq (git-fileinfo->state info) state)
+    (setf (git-fileinfo->state info) state
+          (git-fileinfo->old-perm info) 0
+          (git-fileinfo->new-perm info) 0
+          (git-fileinfo->rename-state info) nil
+          (git-fileinfo->orig-name info) nil
+          (git-fileinfo->needs-refresh info) t)))
+
+(defun git-status-filenames-map (status func files &rest args)
+  "Apply FUNC to the status files names in the FILES list."
   (when files
     (setq files (sort files #'string-lessp))
     (let ((file (pop files))
           (node (ewoc-nth status 0)))
       (while (and file node)
         (let ((info (ewoc-data node)))
-          (cond ((string-lessp (git-fileinfo->name info) file)
-                 (setq node (ewoc-next status node)))
-                ((string-equal (git-fileinfo->name info) file)
-                 (unless (eq (git-fileinfo->state info) state)
-                   (setf (git-fileinfo->state info) state)
-                   (setf (git-fileinfo->rename-state info) nil)
-                   (setf (git-fileinfo->orig-name info) nil)
-                   (setf (git-fileinfo->needs-refresh info) t))
-                 (setq file (pop files)))
-                (t (setq file (pop files)))))))
+          (if (string-lessp (git-fileinfo->name info) file)
+              (setq node (ewoc-next status node))
+            (if (string-equal (git-fileinfo->name info) file)
+                (apply func info args))
+            (setq file (pop files))))))))
+
+(defun git-set-filenames-state (status files state)
+  "Set the state of a list of named files."
+  (when files
+    (git-status-filenames-map status #'git-set-fileinfo-state files state)
     (unless state  ;; delete files whose state has been set to nil
       (ewoc-filter status (lambda (info) (git-fileinfo->state info))))))
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ and returns the process output as a string."
 Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
   (let (infolist)
     (with-temp-buffer
-      (apply #'git-run-command t nil "diff-index" "-z" "-M" "HEAD" "--" files)
+      (apply #'git-call-process-env t nil "diff-index" "-z" "-M" "HEAD" "--" files)
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (while (re-search-forward
               ":\\([0-7]\\{6\\}\\) \\([0-7]\\{6\\}\\) [0-9a-f]\\{40\\} [0-9a-f]\\{40\\} \\(\\([ADMU]\\)\0\\([^\0]+\\)\\|\\([CR]\\)[0-9]*\0\\([^\0]+\\)\0\\([^\0]+\\)\\)\0"
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
 Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
   (let (infolist)
     (with-temp-buffer
-      (apply #'git-run-command t nil "ls-files" "-z" (append options (list "--") files))
+      (apply #'git-call-process-env t nil "ls-files" "-z" (append options (list "--") files))
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (while (re-search-forward "\\([^\0]*\\)\0" nil t 1)
         (let ((name (match-string 1)))
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
 (defun git-run-ls-unmerged (status files)
   "Run git-ls-files -u on FILES and parse the results into STATUS."
   (with-temp-buffer
-    (apply #'git-run-command t nil "ls-files" "-z" "-u" "--" files)
+    (apply #'git-call-process-env t nil "ls-files" "-z" "-u" "--" files)
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (let (unmerged-files)
       (while (re-search-forward "[0-7]\\{6\\} [0-9a-f]\\{40\\} [123]\t\\([^\0]+\\)\0" nil t)
@@ -747,11 +747,11 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
         ('deleted (push info deleted))
         ('modified (push info modified))))
     (when added
-      (apply #'git-run-command nil env "update-index" "--add" "--" (git-get-filenames added)))
+      (apply #'git-call-process-env nil env "update-index" "--add" "--" (git-get-filenames added)))
     (when deleted
-      (apply #'git-run-command nil env "update-index" "--remove" "--" (git-get-filenames deleted)))
+      (apply #'git-call-process-env nil env "update-index" "--remove" "--" (git-get-filenames deleted)))
     (when modified
-      (apply #'git-run-command nil env "update-index" "--" (git-get-filenames modified)))))
+      (apply #'git-call-process-env nil env "update-index" "--" (git-get-filenames modified)))))
 
 (defun git-run-pre-commit-hook ()
   "Run the pre-commit hook if any."
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
                       head-tree (git-rev-parse "HEAD^{tree}")))
               (if files
                   (progn
+                    (message "Running git commit...")
                     (git-read-tree head-tree index-file)
                     (git-update-index nil files)         ;update both the default index
                     (git-update-index index-file files)  ;and the temporary one
@@ -793,8 +794,8 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
                             (condition-case nil (delete-file ".git/MERGE_HEAD") (error nil))
                             (condition-case nil (delete-file ".git/MERGE_MSG") (error nil))
                             (with-current-buffer buffer (erase-buffer))
-                            (git-set-files-state files 'uptodate)
-                            (git-run-command nil nil "rerere")
+                            (dolist (info files) (git-set-fileinfo-state info 'uptodate))
+                            (git-call-process-env nil nil "rerere")
                             (git-refresh-files)
                             (git-refresh-ewoc-hf git-status)
                             (message "Committed %s." commit)
@@ -905,8 +906,9 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
   (let ((files (git-get-filenames (git-marked-files-state 'unknown 'ignored))))
     (unless files
       (push (file-relative-name (read-file-name "File to add: " nil nil t)) files))
-    (apply #'git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--add" "--" files)
-    (git-update-status-files files 'uptodate)))
+    (apply #'git-call-process-env nil nil "update-index" "--add" "--" files)
+    (git-update-status-files files 'uptodate)
+    (git-success-message "Added" files)))
 
 (defun git-ignore-file ()
   "Add marked file(s) to the ignore list."
@@ -915,7 +917,8 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
     (unless files
       (push (file-relative-name (read-file-name "File to ignore: " nil nil t)) files))
     (dolist (f files) (git-append-to-ignore f))
-    (git-update-status-files files 'ignored)))
+    (git-update-status-files files 'ignored)
+    (git-success-message "Ignored" files)))
 
 (defun git-remove-file ()
   "Remove the marked file(s)."
@@ -928,8 +931,9 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
         (progn
           (dolist (name files)
             (when (file-exists-p name) (delete-file name)))
-          (apply #'git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--remove" "--" files)
-          (git-update-status-files files nil))
+          (apply #'git-call-process-env nil nil "update-index" "--remove" "--" files)
+          (git-update-status-files files nil)
+          (git-success-message "Removed" files))
       (message "Aborting"))))
 
 (defun git-revert-file ()
@@ -947,18 +951,20 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
           ('unmerged (push (git-fileinfo->name info) modified))
           ('modified (push (git-fileinfo->name info) modified))))
       (when added
-        (apply #'git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--force-remove" "--" added))
+        (apply #'git-call-process-env nil nil "update-index" "--force-remove" "--" added))
       (when modified
-        (apply #'git-run-command nil nil "checkout" "HEAD" modified))
-      (git-update-status-files (append added modified) 'uptodate))))
+        (apply #'git-call-process-env nil nil "checkout" "HEAD" modified))
+      (git-update-status-files (append added modified) 'uptodate)
+      (git-success-message "Reverted" files))))
 
 (defun git-resolve-file ()
   "Resolve conflicts in marked file(s)."
   (interactive)
   (let ((files (git-get-filenames (git-marked-files-state 'unmerged))))
     (when files
-      (apply #'git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--" files)
-      (git-update-status-files files 'uptodate))))
+      (apply #'git-call-process-env nil nil "update-index" "--" files)
+      (git-update-status-files files 'uptodate)
+      (git-success-message "Resolved" files))))
 
 (defun git-remove-handled ()
   "Remove handled files from the status list."
@@ -985,9 +991,11 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
   (interactive)
   (if (setq git-show-ignored (not git-show-ignored))
       (progn
+        (message "Inserting ignored files...")
         (git-run-ls-files-with-excludes git-status nil 'ignored "-o" "-i")
         (git-refresh-files)
-        (git-refresh-ewoc-hf git-status))
+        (git-refresh-ewoc-hf git-status)
+        (message "Inserting ignored files...done"))
     (git-remove-handled)))
 
 (defun git-toggle-show-unknown ()
@@ -995,9 +1003,11 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
   (interactive)
   (if (setq git-show-unknown (not git-show-unknown))
       (progn
+        (message "Inserting unknown files...")
         (git-run-ls-files-with-excludes git-status nil 'unknown "-o")
         (git-refresh-files)
-        (git-refresh-ewoc-hf git-status))
+        (git-refresh-ewoc-hf git-status)
+        (message "Inserting unknown files...done"))
     (git-remove-handled)))
 
 (defun git-setup-diff-buffer (buffer)
@@ -1197,12 +1207,23 @@ Return the list of files that haven't been handled."
   (interactive)
   (let* ((status git-status)
          (pos (ewoc-locate status))
+         (marked-files (git-get-filenames (ewoc-collect status (lambda (info) (git-fileinfo->marked info)))))
          (cur-name (and pos (git-fileinfo->name (ewoc-data pos)))))
     (unless status (error "Not in git-status buffer."))
-    (git-run-command nil nil "update-index" "--refresh")
+    (message "Refreshing git status...")
+    (git-call-process-env nil nil "update-index" "--refresh")
     (git-clear-status status)
     (git-update-status-files nil)
+    ; restore file marks
+    (when marked-files
+      (git-status-filenames-map status
+                                (lambda (info)
+                                        (setf (git-fileinfo->marked info) t)
+                                        (setf (git-fileinfo->needs-refresh info) t))
+                                marked-files)
+      (git-refresh-files))
     ; move point to the current file name if any
+    (message "Refreshing git status...done")
     (let ((node (and cur-name (git-find-status-file status cur-name))))
       (when node (ewoc-goto-node status node)))))
 
@@ -1324,9 +1345,24 @@ Commands:
         (cd dir)
         (git-status-mode)
         (git-refresh-status)
-        (goto-char (point-min)))
+        (goto-char (point-min))
+        (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'git-update-saved-file))
     (message "%s is not a git working tree." dir)))
 
+(defun git-update-saved-file ()
+  "Update the corresponding git-status buffer when a file is saved.
+Meant to be used in `after-save-hook'."
+  (let* ((file (expand-file-name buffer-file-name))
+         (dir (condition-case nil (git-get-top-dir (file-name-directory file))))
+         (buffer (and dir (git-find-status-buffer dir))))
+    (when buffer
+      (with-current-buffer buffer
+        (let ((filename (file-relative-name file dir)))
+          ; skip files located inside the .git directory
+          (unless (string-match "^\\.git/" filename)
+            (git-call-process-env nil nil "add" "--refresh" "--" filename)
+            (git-update-status-files (list filename) 'uptodate)))))))
+
 (defun git-help ()
   "Display help for Git mode."
   (interactive)
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh b/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh
index c3a200120d..e44af2c86d 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ shallow_depth=
 no_progress=
 test -t 1 || no_progress=--no-progress
 quiet=
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-a|--a|--ap|--app|--appe|--appen|--append)
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-gc.sh b/contrib/examples/git-gc.sh
index 2ae235b081..1597e9f33f 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-gc.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-gc.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 . git-sh-setup
 
 no_prune=:
-while case $# in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--prune)
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh b/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh
index 1dc606fbd3..bafeb52cd1 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_work_tree
 update= reset_type=--mixed
 unset rev
 
-while case $# in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--mixed | --soft | --hard)
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-tag.sh b/contrib/examples/git-tag.sh
index 5ee3f50a3c..ae7c531666 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-tag.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-tag.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ username=
 list=
 verify=
 LINES=0
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
     case "$1" in
     -a)
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-verify-tag.sh b/contrib/examples/git-verify-tag.sh
index 37b0023b27..0902a5c21a 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-verify-tag.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-verify-tag.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_OK='Yes'
 . git-sh-setup
 
 verbose=
-while case $# in 0) break;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-v|--v|--ve|--ver|--verb|--verbo|--verbos|--verbose)
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index adaaae6633..52cd2a46ba 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ def system(cmd):
     if os.system(cmd) != 0:
         die("command failed: %s" % cmd)
 
+def isP4Exec(kind):
+    """Determine if a Perforce 'kind' should have execute permission
+
+    'p4 help filetypes' gives a list of the types.  If it starts with 'x',
+    or x follows one of a few letters.  Otherwise, if there is an 'x' after
+    a plus sign, it is also executable"""
+    return (re.search(r"(^[cku]?x)|\+.*x", kind) != None)
+
 def p4CmdList(cmd, stdin=None, stdin_mode='w+b'):
     cmd = "p4 -G %s" % cmd
     if verbose:
@@ -932,7 +940,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
                 data = file['data']
 
                 mode = "644"
-                if file["type"].startswith("x"):
+                if isP4Exec(file["type"]):
                     mode = "755"
                 elif file["type"] == "symlink":
                     mode = "120000"
@@ -1643,6 +1651,7 @@ def printUsage(commands):
 commands = {
     "debug" : P4Debug,
     "submit" : P4Submit,
+    "commit" : P4Submit,
     "sync" : P4Sync,
     "rebase" : P4Rebase,
     "clone" : P4Clone,
diff --git a/contrib/gitview/gitview b/contrib/gitview/gitview
index 5931766620..449ee69bf4 100755
--- a/contrib/gitview/gitview
+++ b/contrib/gitview/gitview
@@ -27,12 +27,20 @@ import math
 import string
 import fcntl
 
+try:
+    import gtksourceview2
+    have_gtksourceview2 = True
+except ImportError:
+    have_gtksourceview2 = False
+
 try:
     import gtksourceview
     have_gtksourceview = True
 except ImportError:
     have_gtksourceview = False
-    print "Running without gtksourceview module"
+
+if not have_gtksourceview2 and not have_gtksourceview:
+    print "Running without gtksourceview2 or gtksourceview module"
 
 re_ident = re.compile('(author|committer) (?P<ident>.*) (?P<epoch>\d+) (?P<tz>[+-]\d{4})')
 
@@ -58,6 +66,26 @@ def show_date(epoch, tz):
 
 	return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(secs))
 
+def get_source_buffer_and_view():
+	if have_gtksourceview2:
+		buffer = gtksourceview2.Buffer()
+		slm = gtksourceview2.LanguageManager()
+		gsl = slm.get_language("diff")
+		buffer.set_highlight_syntax(True)
+		buffer.set_language(gsl)
+		view = gtksourceview2.View(buffer)
+	elif have_gtksourceview:
+		buffer = gtksourceview.SourceBuffer()
+		slm = gtksourceview.SourceLanguagesManager()
+		gsl = slm.get_language_from_mime_type("text/x-patch")
+		buffer.set_highlight(True)
+		buffer.set_language(gsl)
+		view = gtksourceview.SourceView(buffer)
+	else:
+		buffer = gtk.TextBuffer()
+		view = gtk.TextView(buffer)
+	return (buffer, view)
+
 
 class CellRendererGraph(gtk.GenericCellRenderer):
 	"""Cell renderer for directed graph.
@@ -582,17 +610,7 @@ class DiffWindow(object):
 		hpan.pack1(scrollwin, True, True)
 		scrollwin.show()
 
-		if have_gtksourceview:
-			self.buffer = gtksourceview.SourceBuffer()
-			slm = gtksourceview.SourceLanguagesManager()
-			gsl = slm.get_language_from_mime_type("text/x-patch")
-			self.buffer.set_highlight(True)
-			self.buffer.set_language(gsl)
-			sourceview = gtksourceview.SourceView(self.buffer)
-		else:
-			self.buffer = gtk.TextBuffer()
-			sourceview = gtk.TextView(self.buffer)
-
+		(self.buffer, sourceview) = get_source_buffer_and_view()
 
 		sourceview.set_editable(False)
 		sourceview.modify_font(pango.FontDescription("Monospace"))
@@ -956,16 +974,7 @@ class GitView(object):
 		vbox.pack_start(scrollwin, expand=True, fill=True)
 		scrollwin.show()
 
-		if have_gtksourceview:
-			self.message_buffer = gtksourceview.SourceBuffer()
-			slm = gtksourceview.SourceLanguagesManager()
-			gsl = slm.get_language_from_mime_type("text/x-patch")
-			self.message_buffer.set_highlight(True)
-			self.message_buffer.set_language(gsl)
-			sourceview = gtksourceview.SourceView(self.message_buffer)
-		else:
-			self.message_buffer = gtk.TextBuffer()
-			sourceview = gtk.TextView(self.message_buffer)
+		(self.message_buffer, sourceview) = get_source_buffer_and_view()
 
 		sourceview.set_editable(False)
 		sourceview.modify_font(pango.FontDescription("Monospace"))
diff --git a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
index 37337ff01f..7a1c3e497f 100755
--- a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
+++ b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ hgvers = {}
 hgchildren = {}
 # Current branch for each hg revision
 hgbranch = {}
+# Number of new changesets converted from hg
+hgnewcsets = 0
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ def usage():
 options:
     -s, --gitstate=FILE: name of the state to be saved/read
                          for incrementals
+    -n, --nrepack=INT:   number of changesets that will trigger
+                         a repack (default=0, -1 to deactivate)
 
 required:
     hgprj:  name of the HG project to import (directory)
@@ -68,14 +72,16 @@ def getgitenv(user, date):
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 state = ''
+opt_nrepack = 0
 
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 's:t:', ['gitstate=', 'tempdir='])
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 's:t:n:', ['gitstate=', 'tempdir=', 'nrepack='])
     for o, a in opts:
         if o in ('-s', '--gitstate'):
             state = a
             state = os.path.abspath(state)
-
+        if o in ('-n', '--nrepack'):
+            opt_nrepack = int(a)
     if len(args) != 1:
         raise('params')
 except:
@@ -138,6 +144,7 @@ for cset in range(int(tip) + 1):
     # incremental, already seen
     if hgvers.has_key(str(cset)):
         continue
+    hgnewcsets += 1
 
     # get info
     prnts = os.popen('hg log -r %d | grep ^parent: | cut -f 2 -d :' % cset).readlines()
@@ -222,7 +229,8 @@ for cset in range(int(tip) + 1):
     print 'record', cset, '->', vvv
     hgvers[str(cset)] = vvv
 
-os.system('git-repack -a -d')
+if hgnewcsets >= opt_nrepack and opt_nrepack != -1:
+    os.system('git-repack -a -d')
 
 # write the state for incrementals
 if state:
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
index c589a39a0c..b188aa3d67 100644
--- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
+++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@ generate_email()
 
 	# Check if we've got anyone to send to
 	if [ -z "$recipients" ]; then
-		echo >&2 "*** hooks.recipients is not set so no email will be sent"
+		case "$refname_type" in
+			"annotated tag")
+				config_name="hooks.announcelist"
+				;;
+			*)
+				config_name="hooks.mailinglist"
+				;;
+		esac
+		echo >&2 "*** $config_name is not set so no email will be sent"
 		echo >&2 "*** for $refname update $oldrev->$newrev"
 		exit 0
 	fi
@@ -177,7 +185,6 @@ generate_email_header()
 	# --- Email (all stdout will be the email)
 	# Generate header
 	cat <<-EOF
-	From: $committer
 	To: $recipients
 	Subject: ${EMAILPREFIX}$projectdesc $refname_type, $short_refname, ${change_type}d. $describe
 	X-Git-Refname: $refname
@@ -571,6 +578,15 @@ generate_delete_general_email()
 	echo $LOGEND
 }
 
+send_mail()
+{
+	if [ -n "$envelopesender" ]; then
+		/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f "$envelopesender"
+	else
+		/usr/sbin/sendmail -t
+	fi
+}
+
 # ---------------------------- main()
 
 # --- Constants
@@ -607,13 +623,8 @@ if [ -n "$1" -a -n "$2" -a -n "$3" ]; then
 	# resend an email; they could redirect the output to sendmail themselves
 	PAGER= generate_email $2 $3 $1
 else
-	if [ -n "$envelopesender" ]; then
-		envelopesender="-f '$envelopesender'"
-	fi
-
 	while read oldrev newrev refname
 	do
-		generate_email $oldrev $newrev $refname |
-		/usr/sbin/sendmail -t $envelopesender
+		generate_email $oldrev $newrev $refname | send_mail
 	done
 fi
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dab7c8e3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Josh England
+#
+# This script can be used to save/restore full permissions and ownership data
+# within a git working tree.
+#
+# To save permissions/ownership data, place this script in your .git/hooks
+# directory and enable a `pre-commit` hook with the following lines:
+#      #!/bin/sh
+#     SUBDIRECTORY_OK=1 . git-sh-setup
+#     $GIT_DIR/hooks/setgitperms.perl -r
+#
+# To restore permissions/ownership data, place this script in your .git/hooks
+# directory and enable a `post-merge` and `post-checkout` hook with the
+# following lines:
+#      #!/bin/sh
+#     SUBDIRECTORY_OK=1 . git-sh-setup
+#     $GIT_DIR/hooks/setgitperms.perl -w
+#
+use strict;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use File::Find;
+use File::Basename;
+
+my $usage =
+"Usage: setgitperms.perl [OPTION]... <--read|--write>
+This program uses a file `.gitmeta` to store/restore permissions and uid/gid
+info for all files/dirs tracked by git in the repository.
+
+---------------------------------Read Mode-------------------------------------
+-r,  --read         Reads perms/etc from working dir into a .gitmeta file
+-s,  --stdout       Output to stdout instead of .gitmeta
+-d,  --diff         Show unified diff of perms file (XOR with --stdout)
+
+---------------------------------Write Mode------------------------------------
+-w,  --write        Modify perms/etc in working dir to match the .gitmeta file
+-v,  --verbose      Be verbose
+
+\n";
+
+my ($stdout, $showdiff, $verbose, $read_mode, $write_mode);
+
+if ((@ARGV < 0) || !GetOptions(
+			       "stdout",         \$stdout,
+			       "diff",           \$showdiff,
+			       "read",           \$read_mode,
+			       "write",          \$write_mode,
+			       "verbose",        \$verbose,
+			      )) { die $usage; }
+die $usage unless ($read_mode xor $write_mode);
+
+my $topdir = `git-rev-parse --show-cdup` or die "\n"; chomp $topdir;
+my $gitdir = $topdir . '.git';
+my $gitmeta = $topdir . '.gitmeta';
+
+if ($write_mode) {
+    # Update the working dir permissions/ownership based on data from .gitmeta
+    open (IN, "<$gitmeta") or die "Could not open $gitmeta for reading: $!\n";
+    while (defined ($_ = <IN>)) {
+	chomp;
+	if (/^(.*)  mode=(\S+)\s+uid=(\d+)\s+gid=(\d+)/) {
+	    # Compare recorded perms to actual perms in the working dir
+	    my ($path, $mode, $uid, $gid) = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
+	    my $fullpath = $topdir . $path;
+	    my (undef,undef,$wmode,undef,$wuid,$wgid) = lstat($fullpath);
+	    $wmode = sprintf "%04o", $wmode & 07777;
+	    if ($mode ne $wmode) {
+		$verbose && print "Updating permissions on $path: old=$wmode, new=$mode\n";
+		chmod oct($mode), $fullpath;
+	    }
+	    if ($uid != $wuid || $gid != $wgid) {
+		if ($verbose) {
+		    # Print out user/group names instead of uid/gid
+		    my $pwname  = getpwuid($uid);
+		    my $grpname  = getgrgid($gid);
+		    my $wpwname  = getpwuid($wuid);
+		    my $wgrpname  = getgrgid($wgid);
+		    $pwname = $uid if !defined $pwname;
+		    $grpname = $gid if !defined $grpname;
+		    $wpwname = $wuid if !defined $wpwname;
+		    $wgrpname = $wgid if !defined $wgrpname;
+
+		    print "Updating uid/gid on $path: old=$wpwname/$wgrpname, new=$pwname/$grpname\n";
+		}
+		chown $uid, $gid, $fullpath;
+	    }
+	}
+	else {
+	    warn "Invalid input format in $gitmeta:\n\t$_\n";
+	}
+    }
+    close IN;
+}
+elsif ($read_mode) {
+    # Handle merge conflicts in the .gitperms file
+    if (-e "$gitdir/MERGE_MSG") {
+	if (`grep ====== $gitmeta`) {
+	    # Conflict not resolved -- abort the commit
+	    print "PERMISSIONS/OWNERSHIP CONFLICT\n";
+	    print "    Resolve the conflict in the $gitmeta file and then run\n";
+	    print "    `.git/hooks/setgitperms.perl --write` to reconcile.\n";
+	    exit 1;
+	}
+	elsif (`grep $gitmeta $gitdir/MERGE_MSG`) {
+	    # A conflict in .gitmeta has been manually resolved. Verify that
+	    # the working dir perms matches the current .gitmeta perms for
+	    # each file/dir that conflicted.
+	    # This is here because a `setgitperms.perl --write` was not
+	    # performed due to a merge conflict, so permissions/ownership
+	    # may not be consistent with the manually merged .gitmeta file.
+	    my @conflict_diff = `git show \$(cat $gitdir/MERGE_HEAD)`;
+	    my @conflict_files;
+	    my $metadiff = 0;
+
+	    # Build a list of files that conflicted from the .gitmeta diff
+	    foreach my $line (@conflict_diff) {
+		if ($line =~ m|^diff --git a/$gitmeta b/$gitmeta|) {
+		    $metadiff = 1;
+		}
+		elsif ($line =~ /^diff --git/) {
+		    $metadiff = 0;
+		}
+		elsif ($metadiff && $line =~ /^\+(.*)  mode=/) {
+		    push @conflict_files, $1;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	    # Verify that each conflict file now has permissions consistent
+	    # with the .gitmeta file
+	    foreach my $file (@conflict_files) {
+		my $absfile = $topdir . $file;
+		my $gm_entry = `grep "^$file  mode=" $gitmeta`;
+		if ($gm_entry =~ /mode=(\d+)  uid=(\d+)  gid=(\d+)/) {
+		    my ($gm_mode, $gm_uid, $gm_gid) = ($1, $2, $3);
+		    my (undef,undef,$mode,undef,$uid,$gid) = lstat("$absfile");
+		    $mode = sprintf("%04o", $mode & 07777);
+		    if (($gm_mode ne $mode) || ($gm_uid != $uid)
+			|| ($gm_gid != $gid)) {
+			print "PERMISSIONS/OWNERSHIP CONFLICT\n";
+			print "    Mismatch found for file: $file\n";
+			print "    Run `.git/hooks/setgitperms.perl --write` to reconcile.\n";
+			exit 1;
+		    }
+		}
+		else {
+		    print "Warning! Permissions/ownership no longer being tracked for file: $file\n";
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    # No merge conflicts -- write out perms/ownership data to .gitmeta file
+    unless ($stdout) {
+	open (OUT, ">$gitmeta.tmp") or die "Could not open $gitmeta.tmp for writing: $!\n";
+    }
+
+    my @files = `git-ls-files`;
+    my %dirs;
+
+    foreach my $path (@files) {
+	chomp $path;
+	# We have to manually add stats for parent directories
+	my $parent = dirname($path);
+	while (!exists $dirs{$parent}) {
+	    $dirs{$parent} = 1;
+	    next if $parent eq '.';
+	    printstats($parent);
+	    $parent = dirname($parent);
+	}
+	# Now the git-tracked file
+	printstats($path);
+    }
+
+    # diff the temporary metadata file to see if anything has changed
+    # If no metadata has changed, don't overwrite the real file
+    # This is just so `git commit -a` doesn't try to commit a bogus update
+    unless ($stdout) {
+	if (! -e $gitmeta) {
+	    rename "$gitmeta.tmp", $gitmeta;
+	}
+	else {
+	    my $diff = `diff -U 0 $gitmeta $gitmeta.tmp`;
+	    if ($diff ne '') {
+		rename "$gitmeta.tmp", $gitmeta;
+	    }
+	    else {
+		unlink "$gitmeta.tmp";
+	    }
+	    if ($showdiff) {
+		print $diff;
+	    }
+	}
+	close OUT;
+    }
+    # Make sure the .gitmeta file is tracked
+    system("git add $gitmeta");
+}
+
+
+sub printstats {
+    my $path = $_[0];
+    $path =~ s/@/\@/g;
+    my (undef,undef,$mode,undef,$uid,$gid) = lstat($path);
+    $path =~ s/%/\%/g;
+    if ($stdout) {
+	print $path;
+	printf "  mode=%04o  uid=$uid  gid=$gid\n", $mode & 07777;
+    }
+    else {
+	print OUT $path;
+	printf OUT "  mode=%04o  uid=$uid  gid=$gid\n", $mode & 07777;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index d77c8eb8b2..aa95834eb3 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -80,24 +80,19 @@ static int is_binary(unsigned long size, struct text_stat *stats)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static char *crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep, int action)
+static int crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
+                       struct strbuf *buf, int action)
 {
-	char *buffer, *dst;
-	unsigned long size, nsize;
 	struct text_stat stats;
+	char *dst;
 
-	if ((action == CRLF_BINARY) || !auto_crlf)
-		return NULL;
-
-	size = *sizep;
-	if (!size)
-		return NULL;
-
-	gather_stats(src, size, &stats);
+	if ((action == CRLF_BINARY) || !auto_crlf || !len)
+		return 0;
 
+	gather_stats(src, len, &stats);
 	/* No CR? Nothing to convert, regardless. */
 	if (!stats.cr)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (action == CRLF_GUESS) {
 		/*
@@ -106,24 +101,19 @@ static char *crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep
 		 * stuff?
 		 */
 		if (stats.cr != stats.crlf)
-			return NULL;
+			return 0;
 
 		/*
 		 * And add some heuristics for binary vs text, of course...
 		 */
-		if (is_binary(size, &stats))
-			return NULL;
+		if (is_binary(len, &stats))
+			return 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Ok, allocate a new buffer, fill it in, and return it
-	 * to let the caller know that we switched buffers.
-	 */
-	nsize = size - stats.crlf;
-	buffer = xmalloc(nsize);
-	*sizep = nsize;
-
-	dst = buffer;
+	/* only grow if not in place */
+	if (strbuf_avail(buf) + buf->len < len)
+		strbuf_grow(buf, len - buf->len);
+	dst = buf->buf;
 	if (action == CRLF_GUESS) {
 		/*
 		 * If we guessed, we already know we rejected a file with
@@ -134,71 +124,72 @@ static char *crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep
 			unsigned char c = *src++;
 			if (c != '\r')
 				*dst++ = c;
-		} while (--size);
+		} while (--len);
 	} else {
 		do {
 			unsigned char c = *src++;
-			if (! (c == '\r' && (1 < size && *src == '\n')))
+			if (! (c == '\r' && (1 < len && *src == '\n')))
 				*dst++ = c;
-		} while (--size);
+		} while (--len);
 	}
-
-	return buffer;
+	strbuf_setlen(buf, dst - buf->buf);
+	return 1;
 }
 
-static char *crlf_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep, int action)
+static int crlf_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
+                            struct strbuf *buf, int action)
 {
-	char *buffer, *dst;
-	unsigned long size, nsize;
+	char *to_free = NULL;
 	struct text_stat stats;
-	unsigned char last;
 
 	if ((action == CRLF_BINARY) || (action == CRLF_INPUT) ||
 	    auto_crlf <= 0)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
-	size = *sizep;
-	if (!size)
-		return NULL;
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
 
-	gather_stats(src, size, &stats);
+	gather_stats(src, len, &stats);
 
 	/* No LF? Nothing to convert, regardless. */
 	if (!stats.lf)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Was it already in CRLF format? */
 	if (stats.lf == stats.crlf)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (action == CRLF_GUESS) {
 		/* If we have any bare CR characters, we're not going to touch it */
 		if (stats.cr != stats.crlf)
-			return NULL;
+			return 0;
 
-		if (is_binary(size, &stats))
-			return NULL;
+		if (is_binary(len, &stats))
+			return 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Ok, allocate a new buffer, fill it in, and return it
-	 * to let the caller know that we switched buffers.
-	 */
-	nsize = size + stats.lf - stats.crlf;
-	buffer = xmalloc(nsize);
-	*sizep = nsize;
-	last = 0;
-
-	dst = buffer;
-	do {
-		unsigned char c = *src++;
-		if (c == '\n' && last != '\r')
-			*dst++ = '\r';
-		*dst++ = c;
-		last = c;
-	} while (--size);
-
-	return buffer;
+	/* are we "faking" in place editing ? */
+	if (src == buf->buf)
+		to_free = strbuf_detach(buf, NULL);
+
+	strbuf_grow(buf, len + stats.lf - stats.crlf);
+	for (;;) {
+		const char *nl = memchr(src, '\n', len);
+		if (!nl)
+			break;
+		if (nl > src && nl[-1] == '\r') {
+			strbuf_add(buf, src, nl + 1 - src);
+		} else {
+			strbuf_add(buf, src, nl - src);
+			strbuf_addstr(buf, "\r\n");
+		}
+		len -= nl + 1 - src;
+		src  = nl + 1;
+	}
+	strbuf_add(buf, src, len);
+
+	free(to_free);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static int filter_buffer(const char *path, const char *src,
@@ -246,8 +237,8 @@ static int filter_buffer(const char *path, const char *src,
 	return (write_err || status);
 }
 
-static char *apply_filter(const char *path, const char *src,
-			  unsigned long *sizep, const char *cmd)
+static int apply_filter(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
+                        struct strbuf *dst, const char *cmd)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Create a pipeline to have the command filter the buffer's
@@ -255,21 +246,19 @@ static char *apply_filter(const char *path, const char *src,
 	 *
 	 * (child --> cmd) --> us
 	 */
-	const int SLOP = 4096;
 	int pipe_feed[2];
-	int status;
-	char *dst;
-	unsigned long dstsize, dstalloc;
+	int status, ret = 1;
 	struct child_process child_process;
+	struct strbuf nbuf;
 
 	if (!cmd)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
 	memset(&child_process, 0, sizeof(child_process));
 
 	if (pipe(pipe_feed) < 0) {
 		error("cannot create pipe to run external filter %s", cmd);
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	fflush(NULL);
@@ -278,54 +267,36 @@ static char *apply_filter(const char *path, const char *src,
 		error("cannot fork to run external filter %s", cmd);
 		close(pipe_feed[0]);
 		close(pipe_feed[1]);
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!child_process.pid) {
 		dup2(pipe_feed[1], 1);
 		close(pipe_feed[0]);
 		close(pipe_feed[1]);
-		exit(filter_buffer(path, src, *sizep, cmd));
+		exit(filter_buffer(path, src, len, cmd));
 	}
 	close(pipe_feed[1]);
 
-	dstalloc = *sizep;
-	dst = xmalloc(dstalloc);
-	dstsize = 0;
-
-	while (1) {
-		ssize_t numread = xread(pipe_feed[0], dst + dstsize,
-					dstalloc - dstsize);
-
-		if (numread <= 0) {
-			if (!numread)
-				break;
-			error("read from external filter %s failed", cmd);
-			free(dst);
-			dst = NULL;
-			break;
-		}
-		dstsize += numread;
-		if (dstalloc <= dstsize + SLOP) {
-			dstalloc = dstsize + SLOP;
-			dst = xrealloc(dst, dstalloc);
-		}
+	strbuf_init(&nbuf, 0);
+	if (strbuf_read(&nbuf, pipe_feed[0], len) < 0) {
+		error("read from external filter %s failed", cmd);
+		ret = 0;
 	}
 	if (close(pipe_feed[0])) {
 		error("read from external filter %s failed", cmd);
-		free(dst);
-		dst = NULL;
+		ret = 0;
 	}
-
 	status = finish_command(&child_process);
 	if (status) {
 		error("external filter %s failed %d", cmd, -status);
-		free(dst);
-		dst = NULL;
+		ret = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (dst)
-		*sizep = dstsize;
-	return dst;
+	if (ret) {
+		strbuf_swap(dst, &nbuf);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&nbuf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct convert_driver {
@@ -353,13 +324,8 @@ static int read_convert_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		if (!strncmp(drv->name, name, namelen) && !drv->name[namelen])
 			break;
 	if (!drv) {
-		char *namebuf;
 		drv = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct convert_driver));
-		namebuf = xmalloc(namelen + 1);
-		memcpy(namebuf, name, namelen);
-		namebuf[namelen] = 0;
-		drv->name = namebuf;
-		drv->next = NULL;
+		drv->name = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
 		*user_convert_tail = drv;
 		user_convert_tail = &(drv->next);
 	}
@@ -449,137 +415,106 @@ static int count_ident(const char *cp, unsigned long size)
 	return cnt;
 }
 
-static char *ident_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep, int ident)
+static int ident_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
+                        struct strbuf *buf, int ident)
 {
-	int cnt;
-	unsigned long size;
-	char *dst, *buf;
+	char *dst, *dollar;
 
-	if (!ident)
-		return NULL;
-	size = *sizep;
-	cnt = count_ident(src, size);
-	if (!cnt)
-		return NULL;
-	buf = xmalloc(size);
-
-	for (dst = buf; size; size--) {
-		char ch = *src++;
-		*dst++ = ch;
-		if ((ch == '$') && (3 <= size) &&
-		    !memcmp("Id:", src, 3)) {
-			unsigned long rem = size - 3;
-			const char *cp = src + 3;
-			do {
-				ch = *cp++;
-				if (ch == '$')
-					break;
-				rem--;
-			} while (rem);
-			if (!rem)
-				continue;
+	if (!ident || !count_ident(src, len))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* only grow if not in place */
+	if (strbuf_avail(buf) + buf->len < len)
+		strbuf_grow(buf, len - buf->len);
+	dst = buf->buf;
+	for (;;) {
+		dollar = memchr(src, '$', len);
+		if (!dollar)
+			break;
+		memcpy(dst, src, dollar + 1 - src);
+		dst += dollar + 1 - src;
+		len -= dollar + 1 - src;
+		src  = dollar + 1;
+
+		if (len > 3 && !memcmp(src, "Id:", 3)) {
+			dollar = memchr(src + 3, '$', len - 3);
+			if (!dollar)
+				break;
 			memcpy(dst, "Id$", 3);
 			dst += 3;
-			size -= (cp - src);
-			src = cp;
+			len -= dollar + 1 - src;
+			src  = dollar + 1;
 		}
 	}
-
-	*sizep = dst - buf;
-	return buf;
+	memcpy(dst, src, len);
+	strbuf_setlen(buf, dst + len - buf->buf);
+	return 1;
 }
 
-static char *ident_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep, int ident)
+static int ident_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
+                             struct strbuf *buf, int ident)
 {
-	int cnt;
-	unsigned long size;
-	char *dst, *buf;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char *to_free = NULL, *dollar;
+	int cnt;
 
 	if (!ident)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
-	size = *sizep;
-	cnt = count_ident(src, size);
+	cnt = count_ident(src, len);
 	if (!cnt)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
-	hash_sha1_file(src, size, "blob", sha1);
-	buf = xmalloc(size + cnt * 43);
-
-	for (dst = buf; size; size--) {
-		const char *cp;
-		/* Fetch next source character, move the pointer on */
-		char ch = *src++;
-		/* Copy the current character to the destination */
-		*dst++ = ch;
-		/* If the current character is "$" or there are less than three
-		 * remaining bytes or the two bytes following this one are not
-		 * "Id", then simply read the next character */
-		if ((ch != '$') || (size < 3) || memcmp("Id", src, 2))
-			continue;
-		/*
-		 * Here when
-		 *  - There are more than 2 bytes remaining
-		 *  - The current three bytes are "$Id"
-		 * with
-		 *  - ch == "$"
-		 *  - src[0] == "I"
-		 */
+	/* are we "faking" in place editing ? */
+	if (src == buf->buf)
+		to_free = strbuf_detach(buf, NULL);
+	hash_sha1_file(src, len, "blob", sha1);
 
-		/*
-		 * It's possible that an expanded Id has crept its way into the
-		 * repository, we cope with that by stripping the expansion out
-		 */
-		if (src[2] == ':') {
-			/* Expanded keywords have "$Id:" at the front */
+	strbuf_grow(buf, len + cnt * 43);
+	for (;;) {
+		/* step 1: run to the next '$' */
+		dollar = memchr(src, '$', len);
+		if (!dollar)
+			break;
+		strbuf_add(buf, src, dollar + 1 - src);
+		len -= dollar + 1 - src;
+		src  = dollar + 1;
 
-			/* discard up to but not including the closing $ */
-			unsigned long rem = size - 3;
-			/* Point at first byte after the ":" */
-			cp = src + 3;
-			/*
-			 * Throw away characters until either
-			 *  - we reach a "$"
-			 *  - we run out of bytes (rem == 0)
-			 */
-			do {
-				ch = *cp;
-				if (ch == '$')
-					break;
-				cp++;
-				rem--;
-			} while (rem);
-			/* If the above finished because it ran out of characters, then
-			 * this is an incomplete keyword, so don't run the expansion */
-			if (!rem)
-				continue;
-		} else if (src[2] == '$')
-			cp = src + 2;
-		else
-			/* Anything other than "$Id:XXX$" or $Id$ and we skip the
-			 * expansion */
+		/* step 2: does it looks like a bit like Id:xxx$ or Id$ ? */
+		if (len < 3 || memcmp("Id", src, 2))
 			continue;
 
-		/* cp is now pointing at the last $ of the keyword */
-
-		memcpy(dst, "Id: ", 4);
-		dst += 4;
-		memcpy(dst, sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
-		dst += 40;
-		*dst++ = ' ';
+		/* step 3: skip over Id$ or Id:xxxxx$ */
+		if (src[2] == '$') {
+			src += 3;
+			len -= 3;
+		} else if (src[2] == ':') {
+			/*
+			 * It's possible that an expanded Id has crept its way into the
+			 * repository, we cope with that by stripping the expansion out
+			 */
+			dollar = memchr(src + 3, '$', len - 3);
+			if (!dollar) {
+				/* incomplete keyword, no more '$', so just quit the loop */
+				break;
+			}
 
-		/* Adjust for the characters we've discarded */
-		size -= (cp - src);
-		src = cp;
+			len -= dollar + 1 - src;
+			src  = dollar + 1;
+		} else {
+			/* it wasn't a "Id$" or "Id:xxxx$" */
+			continue;
+		}
 
-		/* Copy the final "$" */
-		*dst++ = *src++;
-		size--;
+		/* step 4: substitute */
+		strbuf_addstr(buf, "Id: ");
+		strbuf_add(buf, sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
+		strbuf_addstr(buf, " $");
 	}
+	strbuf_add(buf, src, len);
 
-	*sizep = dst - buf;
-	return buf;
+	free(to_free);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static int git_path_check_crlf(const char *path, struct git_attr_check *check)
@@ -618,13 +553,12 @@ static int git_path_check_ident(const char *path, struct git_attr_check *check)
 	return !!ATTR_TRUE(value);
 }
 
-char *convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep)
+int convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len, struct strbuf *dst)
 {
 	struct git_attr_check check[3];
 	int crlf = CRLF_GUESS;
-	int ident = 0;
+	int ident = 0, ret = 0;
 	char *filter = NULL;
-	char *buf, *buf2;
 
 	setup_convert_check(check);
 	if (!git_checkattr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check)) {
@@ -636,30 +570,25 @@ char *convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep)
 			filter = drv->clean;
 	}
 
-	buf = apply_filter(path, src, sizep, filter);
-
-	buf2 = crlf_to_git(path, buf ? buf : src, sizep, crlf);
-	if (buf2) {
-		free(buf);
-		buf = buf2;
+	ret |= apply_filter(path, src, len, dst, filter);
+	if (ret) {
+		src = dst->buf;
+		len = dst->len;
 	}
-
-	buf2 = ident_to_git(path, buf ? buf : src, sizep, ident);
-	if (buf2) {
-		free(buf);
-		buf = buf2;
+	ret |= crlf_to_git(path, src, len, dst, crlf);
+	if (ret) {
+		src = dst->buf;
+		len = dst->len;
 	}
-
-	return buf;
+	return ret | ident_to_git(path, src, len, dst, ident);
 }
 
-char *convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *sizep)
+int convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len, struct strbuf *dst)
 {
 	struct git_attr_check check[3];
 	int crlf = CRLF_GUESS;
-	int ident = 0;
+	int ident = 0, ret = 0;
 	char *filter = NULL;
-	char *buf, *buf2;
 
 	setup_convert_check(check);
 	if (!git_checkattr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check)) {
@@ -671,19 +600,15 @@ char *convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, unsigned long *
 			filter = drv->smudge;
 	}
 
-	buf = ident_to_worktree(path, src, sizep, ident);
-
-	buf2 = crlf_to_worktree(path, buf ? buf : src, sizep, crlf);
-	if (buf2) {
-		free(buf);
-		buf = buf2;
+	ret |= ident_to_worktree(path, src, len, dst, ident);
+	if (ret) {
+		src = dst->buf;
+		len = dst->len;
 	}
-
-	buf2 = apply_filter(path, buf ? buf : src, sizep, filter);
-	if (buf2) {
-		free(buf);
-		buf = buf2;
+	ret |= crlf_to_worktree(path, src, len, dst, crlf);
+	if (ret) {
+		src = dst->buf;
+		len = dst->len;
 	}
-
-	return buf;
+	return ret | apply_filter(path, src, len, dst, filter);
 }
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 93bef6efbe..8f70500270 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -584,6 +584,26 @@ int parse_date(const char *date, char *result, int maxlen)
 	return date_string(then, offset, result, maxlen);
 }
 
+enum date_mode parse_date_format(const char *format)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(format, "relative"))
+		return DATE_RELATIVE;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "iso8601") ||
+		 !strcmp(format, "iso"))
+		return DATE_ISO8601;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "rfc2822") ||
+		 !strcmp(format, "rfc"))
+		return DATE_RFC2822;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "short"))
+		return DATE_SHORT;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "local"))
+		return DATE_LOCAL;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "default"))
+		return DATE_NORMAL;
+	else
+		die("unknown date format %s", format);
+}
+
 void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize)
 {
 	time_t now;
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 0ee9ea1c1b..6648e01521 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -83,13 +83,8 @@ static int parse_lldiff_command(const char *var, const char *ep, const char *val
 		if (!strncmp(drv->name, name, namelen) && !drv->name[namelen])
 			break;
 	if (!drv) {
-		char *namebuf;
 		drv = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ll_diff_driver));
-		namebuf = xmalloc(namelen + 1);
-		memcpy(namebuf, name, namelen);
-		namebuf[namelen] = 0;
-		drv->name = namebuf;
-		drv->next = NULL;
+		drv->name = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
 		if (!user_diff_tail)
 			user_diff_tail = &user_diff;
 		*user_diff_tail = drv;
@@ -126,12 +121,8 @@ static int parse_funcname_pattern(const char *var, const char *ep, const char *v
 		if (!strncmp(pp->name, name, namelen) && !pp->name[namelen])
 			break;
 	if (!pp) {
-		char *namebuf;
 		pp = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*pp));
-		namebuf = xmalloc(namelen + 1);
-		memcpy(namebuf, name, namelen);
-		namebuf[namelen] = 0;
-		pp->name = namebuf;
+		pp->name = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
 		pp->next = funcname_pattern_list;
 		funcname_pattern_list = pp;
 	}
@@ -190,44 +181,23 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
-static char *quote_one(const char *str)
-{
-	int needlen;
-	char *xp;
-
-	if (!str)
-		return NULL;
-	needlen = quote_c_style(str, NULL, NULL, 0);
-	if (!needlen)
-		return xstrdup(str);
-	xp = xmalloc(needlen + 1);
-	quote_c_style(str, xp, NULL, 0);
-	return xp;
-}
-
 static char *quote_two(const char *one, const char *two)
 {
 	int need_one = quote_c_style(one, NULL, NULL, 1);
 	int need_two = quote_c_style(two, NULL, NULL, 1);
-	char *xp;
+	struct strbuf res;
 
+	strbuf_init(&res, 0);
 	if (need_one + need_two) {
-		if (!need_one) need_one = strlen(one);
-		if (!need_two) need_one = strlen(two);
-
-		xp = xmalloc(need_one + need_two + 3);
-		xp[0] = '"';
-		quote_c_style(one, xp + 1, NULL, 1);
-		quote_c_style(two, xp + need_one + 1, NULL, 1);
-		strcpy(xp + need_one + need_two + 1, "\"");
-		return xp;
+		strbuf_addch(&res, '"');
+		quote_c_style(one, &res, NULL, 1);
+		quote_c_style(two, &res, NULL, 1);
+		strbuf_addch(&res, '"');
+	} else {
+		strbuf_addstr(&res, one);
+		strbuf_addstr(&res, two);
 	}
-	need_one = strlen(one);
-	need_two = strlen(two);
-	xp = xmalloc(need_one + need_two + 1);
-	strcpy(xp, one);
-	strcpy(xp + need_one, two);
-	return xp;
+	return strbuf_detach(&res, NULL);
 }
 
 static const char *external_diff(void)
@@ -679,27 +649,20 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
 {
 	const char *old = a;
 	const char *new = b;
-	char *name = NULL;
+	struct strbuf name;
 	int pfx_length, sfx_length;
 	int len_a = strlen(a);
 	int len_b = strlen(b);
+	int a_midlen, b_midlen;
 	int qlen_a = quote_c_style(a, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	int qlen_b = quote_c_style(b, NULL, NULL, 0);
 
+	strbuf_init(&name, 0);
 	if (qlen_a || qlen_b) {
-		if (qlen_a) len_a = qlen_a;
-		if (qlen_b) len_b = qlen_b;
-		name = xmalloc( len_a + len_b + 5 );
-		if (qlen_a)
-			quote_c_style(a, name, NULL, 0);
-		else
-			memcpy(name, a, len_a);
-		memcpy(name + len_a, " => ", 4);
-		if (qlen_b)
-			quote_c_style(b, name + len_a + 4, NULL, 0);
-		else
-			memcpy(name + len_a + 4, b, len_b + 1);
-		return name;
+		quote_c_style(a, &name, NULL, 0);
+		strbuf_addstr(&name, " => ");
+		quote_c_style(b, &name, NULL, 0);
+		return strbuf_detach(&name, NULL);
 	}
 
 	/* Find common prefix */
@@ -728,24 +691,26 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
 	 * pfx{sfx-a => sfx-b}
 	 * name-a => name-b
 	 */
+	a_midlen = len_a - pfx_length - sfx_length;
+	b_midlen = len_b - pfx_length - sfx_length;
+	if (a_midlen < 0)
+		a_midlen = 0;
+	if (b_midlen < 0)
+		b_midlen = 0;
+
+	strbuf_grow(&name, pfx_length + a_midlen + b_midlen + sfx_length + 7);
 	if (pfx_length + sfx_length) {
-		int a_midlen = len_a - pfx_length - sfx_length;
-		int b_midlen = len_b - pfx_length - sfx_length;
-		if (a_midlen < 0) a_midlen = 0;
-		if (b_midlen < 0) b_midlen = 0;
-
-		name = xmalloc(pfx_length + a_midlen + b_midlen + sfx_length + 7);
-		sprintf(name, "%.*s{%.*s => %.*s}%s",
-			pfx_length, a,
-			a_midlen, a + pfx_length,
-			b_midlen, b + pfx_length,
-			a + len_a - sfx_length);
+		strbuf_add(&name, a, pfx_length);
+		strbuf_addch(&name, '{');
 	}
-	else {
-		name = xmalloc(len_a + len_b + 5);
-		sprintf(name, "%s => %s", a, b);
+	strbuf_add(&name, a + pfx_length, a_midlen);
+	strbuf_addstr(&name, " => ");
+	strbuf_add(&name, b + pfx_length, b_midlen);
+	if (pfx_length + sfx_length) {
+		strbuf_addch(&name, '}');
+		strbuf_add(&name, a + len_a - sfx_length, sfx_length);
 	}
-	return name;
+	return strbuf_detach(&name, NULL);
 }
 
 struct diffstat_t {
@@ -858,12 +823,13 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t* data, struct diff_options *options)
 		int change = file->added + file->deleted;
 
 		if (!file->is_renamed) {  /* renames are already quoted by pprint_rename */
-			len = quote_c_style(file->name, NULL, NULL, 0);
-			if (len) {
-				char *qname = xmalloc(len + 1);
-				quote_c_style(file->name, qname, NULL, 0);
+			struct strbuf buf;
+			strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+			if (quote_c_style(file->name, &buf, NULL, 0)) {
 				free(file->name);
-				file->name = qname;
+				file->name = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+			} else {
+				strbuf_release(&buf);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1001,12 +967,12 @@ static void show_numstat(struct diffstat_t* data, struct diff_options *options)
 			printf("-\t-\t");
 		else
 			printf("%d\t%d\t", file->added, file->deleted);
-		if (options->line_termination && !file->is_renamed &&
-		    quote_c_style(file->name, NULL, NULL, 0))
-			quote_c_style(file->name, NULL, stdout, 0);
-		else
+		if (!file->is_renamed) {
+			write_name_quoted(file->name, stdout, options->line_termination);
+		} else {
 			fputs(file->name, stdout);
-		putchar(options->line_termination);
+			putchar(options->line_termination);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1545,26 +1511,15 @@ static int reuse_worktree_file(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1, int
 
 static int populate_from_stdin(struct diff_filespec *s)
 {
-#define INCREMENT 1024
-	char *buf;
-	unsigned long size;
-	ssize_t got;
-
-	size = 0;
-	buf = NULL;
-	while (1) {
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, size + INCREMENT);
-		got = xread(0, buf + size, INCREMENT);
-		if (!got)
-			break; /* EOF */
-		if (got < 0)
-			return error("error while reading from stdin %s",
+	struct strbuf buf;
+
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 0) < 0)
+		return error("error while reading from stdin %s",
 				     strerror(errno));
-		size += got;
-	}
+
 	s->should_munmap = 0;
-	s->data = buf;
-	s->size = size;
+	s->data = strbuf_detach(&buf, &s->size);
 	s->should_free = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1609,10 +1564,9 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 
 	if (!s->sha1_valid ||
 	    reuse_worktree_file(s->path, s->sha1, 0)) {
+		struct strbuf buf;
 		struct stat st;
 		int fd;
-		char *buf;
-		unsigned long size;
 
 		if (!strcmp(s->path, "-"))
 			return populate_from_stdin(s);
@@ -1653,13 +1607,11 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 		/*
 		 * Convert from working tree format to canonical git format
 		 */
-		size = s->size;
-		buf = convert_to_git(s->path, s->data, &size);
-		if (buf) {
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		if (convert_to_git(s->path, s->data, s->size, &buf)) {
 			munmap(s->data, s->size);
 			s->should_munmap = 0;
-			s->data = buf;
-			s->size = size;
+			s->data = strbuf_detach(&buf, &s->size);
 			s->should_free = 1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1675,7 +1627,7 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void diff_free_filespec_data(struct diff_filespec *s)
+void diff_free_filespec_blob(struct diff_filespec *s)
 {
 	if (s->should_free)
 		free(s->data);
@@ -1686,6 +1638,11 @@ void diff_free_filespec_data(struct diff_filespec *s)
 		s->should_free = s->should_munmap = 0;
 		s->data = NULL;
 	}
+}
+
+void diff_free_filespec_data(struct diff_filespec *s)
+{
+	diff_free_filespec_blob(s);
 	free(s->cnt_data);
 	s->cnt_data = NULL;
 }
@@ -1962,50 +1919,46 @@ static int similarity_index(struct diff_filepair *p)
 static void run_diff(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o)
 {
 	const char *pgm = external_diff();
-	char msg[PATH_MAX*2+300], *xfrm_msg;
-	struct diff_filespec *one;
-	struct diff_filespec *two;
+	struct strbuf msg;
+	char *xfrm_msg;
+	struct diff_filespec *one = p->one;
+	struct diff_filespec *two = p->two;
 	const char *name;
 	const char *other;
-	char *name_munged, *other_munged;
 	int complete_rewrite = 0;
-	int len;
+
 
 	if (DIFF_PAIR_UNMERGED(p)) {
-		/* unmerged */
 		run_diff_cmd(pgm, p->one->path, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, o, 0);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	name = p->one->path;
+	name  = p->one->path;
 	other = (strcmp(name, p->two->path) ? p->two->path : NULL);
-	name_munged = quote_one(name);
-	other_munged = quote_one(other);
-	one = p->one; two = p->two;
-
 	diff_fill_sha1_info(one);
 	diff_fill_sha1_info(two);
 
-	len = 0;
+	strbuf_init(&msg, PATH_MAX * 2 + 300);
 	switch (p->status) {
 	case DIFF_STATUS_COPIED:
-		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
-				"similarity index %d%%\n"
-				"copy from %s\n"
-				"copy to %s\n",
-				similarity_index(p), name_munged, other_munged);
+		strbuf_addf(&msg, "similarity index %d%%", similarity_index(p));
+		strbuf_addstr(&msg, "\ncopy from ");
+		quote_c_style(name, &msg, NULL, 0);
+		strbuf_addstr(&msg, "\ncopy to ");
+		quote_c_style(other, &msg, NULL, 0);
+		strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
 		break;
 	case DIFF_STATUS_RENAMED:
-		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
-				"similarity index %d%%\n"
-				"rename from %s\n"
-				"rename to %s\n",
-				similarity_index(p), name_munged, other_munged);
+		strbuf_addf(&msg, "similarity index %d%%", similarity_index(p));
+		strbuf_addstr(&msg, "\nrename from ");
+		quote_c_style(name, &msg, NULL, 0);
+		strbuf_addstr(&msg, "\nrename to ");
+		quote_c_style(other, &msg, NULL, 0);
+		strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
 		break;
 	case DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED:
 		if (p->score) {
-			len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
-					"dissimilarity index %d%%\n",
+			strbuf_addf(&msg, "dissimilarity index %d%%\n",
 					similarity_index(p));
 			complete_rewrite = 1;
 			break;
@@ -2025,19 +1978,17 @@ static void run_diff(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o)
 			    (!fill_mmfile(&mf, two) && diff_filespec_is_binary(two)))
 				abbrev = 40;
 		}
-		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
-				"index %.*s..%.*s",
+		strbuf_addf(&msg, "index %.*s..%.*s",
 				abbrev, sha1_to_hex(one->sha1),
 				abbrev, sha1_to_hex(two->sha1));
 		if (one->mode == two->mode)
-			len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
-					" %06o", one->mode);
-		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len, "\n");
+			strbuf_addf(&msg, " %06o", one->mode);
+		strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
 	}
 
-	if (len)
-		msg[--len] = 0;
-	xfrm_msg = len ? msg : NULL;
+	if (msg.len)
+		strbuf_setlen(&msg, msg.len - 1);
+	xfrm_msg = msg.len ? msg.buf : NULL;
 
 	if (!pgm &&
 	    DIFF_FILE_VALID(one) && DIFF_FILE_VALID(two) &&
@@ -2056,8 +2007,7 @@ static void run_diff(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o)
 		run_diff_cmd(pgm, name, other, one, two, xfrm_msg, o,
 			     complete_rewrite);
 
-	free(name_munged);
-	free(other_munged);
+	strbuf_release(&msg);
 }
 
 static void run_diffstat(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o,
@@ -2513,72 +2463,30 @@ const char *diff_unique_abbrev(const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
 	return sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 }
 
-static void diff_flush_raw(struct diff_filepair *p,
-			   struct diff_options *options)
+static void diff_flush_raw(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *opt)
 {
-	int two_paths;
-	char status[10];
-	int abbrev = options->abbrev;
-	const char *path_one, *path_two;
-	int inter_name_termination = '\t';
-	int line_termination = options->line_termination;
-
-	if (!line_termination)
-		inter_name_termination = 0;
+	int line_termination = opt->line_termination;
+	int inter_name_termination = line_termination ? '\t' : '\0';
 
-	path_one = p->one->path;
-	path_two = p->two->path;
-	if (line_termination) {
-		path_one = quote_one(path_one);
-		path_two = quote_one(path_two);
+	if (!(opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS)) {
+		printf(":%06o %06o %s ", p->one->mode, p->two->mode,
+		       diff_unique_abbrev(p->one->sha1, opt->abbrev));
+		printf("%s ", diff_unique_abbrev(p->two->sha1, opt->abbrev));
 	}
-
-	if (p->score)
-		sprintf(status, "%c%03d", p->status, similarity_index(p));
-	else {
-		status[0] = p->status;
-		status[1] = 0;
-	}
-	switch (p->status) {
-	case DIFF_STATUS_COPIED:
-	case DIFF_STATUS_RENAMED:
-		two_paths = 1;
-		break;
-	case DIFF_STATUS_ADDED:
-	case DIFF_STATUS_DELETED:
-		two_paths = 0;
-		break;
-	default:
-		two_paths = 0;
-		break;
-	}
-	if (!(options->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS)) {
-		printf(":%06o %06o %s ",
-		       p->one->mode, p->two->mode,
-		       diff_unique_abbrev(p->one->sha1, abbrev));
-		printf("%s ",
-		       diff_unique_abbrev(p->two->sha1, abbrev));
+	if (p->score) {
+		printf("%c%03d%c", p->status, similarity_index(p),
+			   inter_name_termination);
+	} else {
+		printf("%c%c", p->status, inter_name_termination);
 	}
-	printf("%s%c%s", status, inter_name_termination,
-			two_paths || p->one->mode ?  path_one : path_two);
-	if (two_paths)
-		printf("%c%s", inter_name_termination, path_two);
-	putchar(line_termination);
-	if (path_one != p->one->path)
-		free((void*)path_one);
-	if (path_two != p->two->path)
-		free((void*)path_two);
-}
-
-static void diff_flush_name(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *opt)
-{
-	char *path = p->two->path;
 
-	if (opt->line_termination)
-		path = quote_one(p->two->path);
-	printf("%s%c", path, opt->line_termination);
-	if (p->two->path != path)
-		free(path);
+	if (p->status == DIFF_STATUS_COPIED || p->status == DIFF_STATUS_RENAMED) {
+		write_name_quoted(p->one->path, stdout, inter_name_termination);
+		write_name_quoted(p->two->path, stdout, line_termination);
+	} else {
+		const char *path = p->one->mode ? p->one->path : p->two->path;
+		write_name_quoted(path, stdout, line_termination);
+	}
 }
 
 int diff_unmodified_pair(struct diff_filepair *p)
@@ -2588,14 +2496,11 @@ int diff_unmodified_pair(struct diff_filepair *p)
 	 * let transformers to produce diff_filepairs any way they want,
 	 * and filter and clean them up here before producing the output.
 	 */
-	struct diff_filespec *one, *two;
+	struct diff_filespec *one = p->one, *two = p->two;
 
 	if (DIFF_PAIR_UNMERGED(p))
 		return 0; /* unmerged is interesting */
 
-	one = p->one;
-	two = p->two;
-
 	/* deletion, addition, mode or type change
 	 * and rename are all interesting.
 	 */
@@ -2784,32 +2689,27 @@ static void flush_one_pair(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *opt)
 	else if (fmt & (DIFF_FORMAT_RAW | DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS))
 		diff_flush_raw(p, opt);
 	else if (fmt & DIFF_FORMAT_NAME)
-		diff_flush_name(p, opt);
+		write_name_quoted(p->two->path, stdout, opt->line_termination);
 }
 
 static void show_file_mode_name(const char *newdelete, struct diff_filespec *fs)
 {
-	char *name = quote_one(fs->path);
 	if (fs->mode)
-		printf(" %s mode %06o %s\n", newdelete, fs->mode, name);
+		printf(" %s mode %06o ", newdelete, fs->mode);
 	else
-		printf(" %s %s\n", newdelete, name);
-	free(name);
+		printf(" %s ", newdelete);
+	write_name_quoted(fs->path, stdout, '\n');
 }
 
 
 static void show_mode_change(struct diff_filepair *p, int show_name)
 {
 	if (p->one->mode && p->two->mode && p->one->mode != p->two->mode) {
+		printf(" mode change %06o => %06o%c", p->one->mode, p->two->mode,
+			show_name ? ' ' : '\n');
 		if (show_name) {
-			char *name = quote_one(p->two->path);
-			printf(" mode change %06o => %06o %s\n",
-			       p->one->mode, p->two->mode, name);
-			free(name);
+			write_name_quoted(p->two->path, stdout, '\n');
 		}
-		else
-			printf(" mode change %06o => %06o\n",
-			       p->one->mode, p->two->mode);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2839,12 +2739,11 @@ static void diff_summary(struct diff_filepair *p)
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (p->score) {
-			char *name = quote_one(p->two->path);
-			printf(" rewrite %s (%d%%)\n", name,
-			       similarity_index(p));
-			free(name);
-			show_mode_change(p, 0);
-		} else	show_mode_change(p, 1);
+			puts(" rewrite ");
+			write_name_quoted(p->two->path, stdout, ' ');
+			printf("(%d%%)\n", similarity_index(p));
+		}
+		show_mode_change(p, !p->score);
 		break;
 	}
 }
@@ -2858,14 +2757,14 @@ struct patch_id_t {
 static int remove_space(char *line, int len)
 {
 	int i;
-        char *dst = line;
-        unsigned char c;
+	char *dst = line;
+	unsigned char c;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-                if (!isspace((c = line[i])))
-                        *dst++ = c;
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+		if (!isspace((c = line[i])))
+			*dst++ = c;
 
-        return dst - line;
+	return dst - line;
 }
 
 static void patch_id_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len)
diff --git a/diffcore-order.c b/diffcore-order.c
index 2a4bd8232e..23e93852d8 100644
--- a/diffcore-order.c
+++ b/diffcore-order.c
@@ -48,11 +48,8 @@ static void prepare_order(const char *orderfile)
 				if (*ep == '\n') {
 					*ep = 0;
 					order[cnt] = cp;
-				}
-				else {
-					order[cnt] = xmalloc(ep-cp+1);
-					memcpy(order[cnt], cp, ep-cp);
-					order[cnt][ep-cp] = 0;
+				} else {
+					order[cnt] = xmemdupz(cp, ep - cp);
 				}
 				cnt++;
 			}
diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index 41b35c3a9e..142e5376dd 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ static int estimate_similarity(struct diff_filespec *src,
 	if (base_size * (MAX_SCORE-minimum_score) < delta_size * MAX_SCORE)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (diff_populate_filespec(src, 0) || diff_populate_filespec(dst, 0))
+	if ((!src->cnt_data && diff_populate_filespec(src, 0))
+		|| (!dst->cnt_data && diff_populate_filespec(dst, 0)))
 		return 0; /* error but caught downstream */
 
 
@@ -377,10 +378,10 @@ void diffcore_rename(struct diff_options *options)
 			m->score = estimate_similarity(one, two,
 						       minimum_score);
 			m->name_score = basename_same(one, two);
-			diff_free_filespec_data(one);
+			diff_free_filespec_blob(one);
 		}
 		/* We do not need the text anymore */
-		diff_free_filespec_data(two);
+		diff_free_filespec_blob(two);
 		dst_cnt++;
 	}
 	/* cost matrix sorted by most to least similar pair */
diff --git a/diffcore.h b/diffcore.h
index eef17c4ca2..eb618b1ec0 100644
--- a/diffcore.h
+++ b/diffcore.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ extern void fill_filespec(struct diff_filespec *, const unsigned char *,
 
 extern int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *, int);
 extern void diff_free_filespec_data(struct diff_filespec *);
+extern void diff_free_filespec_blob(struct diff_filespec *);
 extern int diff_filespec_is_binary(struct diff_filespec *);
 
 struct diff_filepair {
diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c
index fc3a506ece..98f5f6d4ec 100644
--- a/entry.c
+++ b/entry.c
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, char *path, const struct checkout
 	long wrote;
 
 	switch (ntohl(ce->ce_mode) & S_IFMT) {
-		char *buf, *new;
+		char *new;
+		struct strbuf buf;
 		unsigned long size;
 
 	case S_IFREG:
@@ -116,10 +117,10 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, char *path, const struct checkout
 		/*
 		 * Convert from git internal format to working tree format
 		 */
-		buf = convert_to_working_tree(ce->name, new, &size);
-		if (buf) {
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		if (convert_to_working_tree(ce->name, new, size, &buf)) {
 			free(new);
-			new = buf;
+			new = strbuf_detach(&buf, &size);
 		}
 
 		if (to_tempfile) {
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 078079d404..e9c80be4cd 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ Format of STDIN stream:
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "csum-file.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
 #define PACK_ID_BITS 16
@@ -183,11 +182,10 @@ struct mark_set
 
 struct last_object
 {
-	void *data;
-	unsigned long len;
+	struct strbuf data;
 	uint32_t offset;
 	unsigned int depth;
-	unsigned no_free:1;
+	unsigned no_swap : 1;
 };
 
 struct mem_pool
@@ -251,12 +249,6 @@ struct tag
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 };
 
-struct dbuf
-{
-	void *buffer;
-	size_t capacity;
-};
-
 struct hash_list
 {
 	struct hash_list *next;
@@ -317,15 +309,15 @@ static struct mark_set *marks;
 static const char* mark_file;
 
 /* Our last blob */
-static struct last_object last_blob;
+static struct last_object last_blob = { STRBUF_INIT, 0, 0, 0 };
 
 /* Tree management */
 static unsigned int tree_entry_alloc = 1000;
 static void *avail_tree_entry;
 static unsigned int avail_tree_table_sz = 100;
 static struct avail_tree_content **avail_tree_table;
-static struct dbuf old_tree;
-static struct dbuf new_tree;
+static struct strbuf old_tree = STRBUF_INIT;
+static struct strbuf new_tree = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 /* Branch data */
 static unsigned long max_active_branches = 5;
@@ -340,14 +332,14 @@ static struct tag *last_tag;
 
 /* Input stream parsing */
 static whenspec_type whenspec = WHENSPEC_RAW;
-static struct strbuf command_buf;
+static struct strbuf command_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 static int unread_command_buf;
 static struct recent_command cmd_hist = {&cmd_hist, &cmd_hist, NULL};
 static struct recent_command *cmd_tail = &cmd_hist;
 static struct recent_command *rc_free;
 static unsigned int cmd_save = 100;
 static uintmax_t next_mark;
-static struct dbuf new_data;
+static struct strbuf new_data = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 static void write_branch_report(FILE *rpt, struct branch *b)
 {
@@ -567,17 +559,6 @@ static char *pool_strdup(const char *s)
 	return r;
 }
 
-static void size_dbuf(struct dbuf *b, size_t maxlen)
-{
-	if (b->buffer) {
-		if (b->capacity >= maxlen)
-			return;
-		free(b->buffer);
-	}
-	b->capacity = ((maxlen / 1024) + 1) * 1024;
-	b->buffer = xmalloc(b->capacity);
-}
-
 static void insert_mark(uintmax_t idnum, struct object_entry *oe)
 {
 	struct mark_set *s = marks;
@@ -968,9 +949,7 @@ static void end_packfile(void)
 	free(old_p);
 
 	/* We can't carry a delta across packfiles. */
-	free(last_blob.data);
-	last_blob.data = NULL;
-	last_blob.len = 0;
+	strbuf_release(&last_blob.data);
 	last_blob.offset = 0;
 	last_blob.depth = 0;
 }
@@ -1006,8 +985,7 @@ static size_t encode_header(
 
 static int store_object(
 	enum object_type type,
-	void *dat,
-	size_t datlen,
+	struct strbuf *dat,
 	struct last_object *last,
 	unsigned char *sha1out,
 	uintmax_t mark)
@@ -1021,10 +999,10 @@ static int store_object(
 	z_stream s;
 
 	hdrlen = sprintf((char*)hdr,"%s %lu", typename(type),
-		(unsigned long)datlen) + 1;
+		(unsigned long)dat->len) + 1;
 	SHA1_Init(&c);
 	SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, hdrlen);
-	SHA1_Update(&c, dat, datlen);
+	SHA1_Update(&c, dat->buf, dat->len);
 	SHA1_Final(sha1, &c);
 	if (sha1out)
 		hashcpy(sha1out, sha1);
@@ -1043,11 +1021,11 @@ static int store_object(
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (last && last->data && last->depth < max_depth) {
-		delta = diff_delta(last->data, last->len,
-			dat, datlen,
+	if (last && last->data.buf && last->depth < max_depth) {
+		delta = diff_delta(last->data.buf, last->data.len,
+			dat->buf, dat->len,
 			&deltalen, 0);
-		if (delta && deltalen >= datlen) {
+		if (delta && deltalen >= dat->len) {
 			free(delta);
 			delta = NULL;
 		}
@@ -1060,8 +1038,8 @@ static int store_object(
 		s.next_in = delta;
 		s.avail_in = deltalen;
 	} else {
-		s.next_in = dat;
-		s.avail_in = datlen;
+		s.next_in = (void *)dat->buf;
+		s.avail_in = dat->len;
 	}
 	s.avail_out = deflateBound(&s, s.avail_in);
 	s.next_out = out = xmalloc(s.avail_out);
@@ -1084,8 +1062,8 @@ static int store_object(
 
 			memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
 			deflateInit(&s, zlib_compression_level);
-			s.next_in = dat;
-			s.avail_in = datlen;
+			s.next_in = (void *)dat->buf;
+			s.avail_in = dat->len;
 			s.avail_out = deflateBound(&s, s.avail_in);
 			s.next_out = out = xrealloc(out, s.avail_out);
 			while (deflate(&s, Z_FINISH) == Z_OK)
@@ -1119,7 +1097,7 @@ static int store_object(
 	} else {
 		if (last)
 			last->depth = 0;
-		hdrlen = encode_header(type, datlen, hdr);
+		hdrlen = encode_header(type, dat->len, hdr);
 		write_or_die(pack_data->pack_fd, hdr, hdrlen);
 		pack_size += hdrlen;
 	}
@@ -1130,11 +1108,12 @@ static int store_object(
 	free(out);
 	free(delta);
 	if (last) {
-		if (!last->no_free)
-			free(last->data);
-		last->data = dat;
+		if (last->no_swap) {
+			last->data = *dat;
+		} else {
+			strbuf_swap(&last->data, dat);
+		}
 		last->offset = e->offset;
-		last->len = datlen;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1230,14 +1209,10 @@ static int tecmp1 (const void *_a, const void *_b)
 		b->name->str_dat, b->name->str_len, b->versions[1].mode);
 }
 
-static void mktree(struct tree_content *t,
-	int v,
-	unsigned long *szp,
-	struct dbuf *b)
+static void mktree(struct tree_content *t, int v, struct strbuf *b)
 {
 	size_t maxlen = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
-	char *c;
 
 	if (!v)
 		qsort(t->entries,t->entry_count,sizeof(t->entries[0]),tecmp0);
@@ -1249,28 +1224,23 @@ static void mktree(struct tree_content *t,
 			maxlen += t->entries[i]->name->str_len + 34;
 	}
 
-	size_dbuf(b, maxlen);
-	c = b->buffer;
+	strbuf_reset(b);
+	strbuf_grow(b, maxlen);
 	for (i = 0; i < t->entry_count; i++) {
 		struct tree_entry *e = t->entries[i];
 		if (!e->versions[v].mode)
 			continue;
-		c += sprintf(c, "%o", (unsigned int)e->versions[v].mode);
-		*c++ = ' ';
-		strcpy(c, e->name->str_dat);
-		c += e->name->str_len + 1;
-		hashcpy((unsigned char*)c, e->versions[v].sha1);
-		c += 20;
+		strbuf_addf(b, "%o %s%c", (unsigned int)e->versions[v].mode,
+					e->name->str_dat, '\0');
+		strbuf_add(b, e->versions[v].sha1, 20);
 	}
-	*szp = c - (char*)b->buffer;
 }
 
 static void store_tree(struct tree_entry *root)
 {
 	struct tree_content *t = root->tree;
 	unsigned int i, j, del;
-	unsigned long new_len;
-	struct last_object lo;
+	struct last_object lo = { STRBUF_INIT, 0, 0, /* no_swap */ 1 };
 	struct object_entry *le;
 
 	if (!is_null_sha1(root->versions[1].sha1))
@@ -1282,23 +1252,15 @@ static void store_tree(struct tree_entry *root)
 	}
 
 	le = find_object(root->versions[0].sha1);
-	if (!S_ISDIR(root->versions[0].mode)
-		|| !le
-		|| le->pack_id != pack_id) {
-		lo.data = NULL;
-		lo.depth = 0;
-		lo.no_free = 0;
-	} else {
-		mktree(t, 0, &lo.len, &old_tree);
-		lo.data = old_tree.buffer;
+	if (S_ISDIR(root->versions[0].mode) && le && le->pack_id == pack_id) {
+		mktree(t, 0, &old_tree);
+		lo.data = old_tree;
 		lo.offset = le->offset;
 		lo.depth = t->delta_depth;
-		lo.no_free = 1;
 	}
 
-	mktree(t, 1, &new_len, &new_tree);
-	store_object(OBJ_TREE, new_tree.buffer, new_len,
-		&lo, root->versions[1].sha1, 0);
+	mktree(t, 1, &new_tree);
+	store_object(OBJ_TREE, &new_tree, &lo, root->versions[1].sha1, 0);
 
 	t->delta_depth = lo.depth;
 	for (i = 0, j = 0, del = 0; i < t->entry_count; i++) {
@@ -1585,20 +1547,25 @@ static void dump_marks(void)
 			mark_file, strerror(errno));
 }
 
-static void read_next_command(void)
+static int read_next_command(void)
 {
+	static int stdin_eof = 0;
+
+	if (stdin_eof) {
+		unread_command_buf = 0;
+		return EOF;
+	}
+
 	do {
 		if (unread_command_buf) {
 			unread_command_buf = 0;
-			if (command_buf.eof)
-				return;
 		} else {
 			struct recent_command *rc;
 
-			command_buf.buf = NULL;
-			read_line(&command_buf, stdin, '\n');
-			if (command_buf.eof)
-				return;
+			strbuf_detach(&command_buf, NULL);
+			stdin_eof = strbuf_getline(&command_buf, stdin, '\n');
+			if (stdin_eof)
+				return EOF;
 
 			rc = rc_free;
 			if (rc)
@@ -1617,6 +1584,8 @@ static void read_next_command(void)
 			cmd_tail = rc;
 		}
 	} while (command_buf.buf[0] == '#');
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void skip_optional_lf(void)
@@ -1636,42 +1605,35 @@ static void cmd_mark(void)
 		next_mark = 0;
 }
 
-static void *cmd_data (size_t *size)
+static void cmd_data(struct strbuf *sb)
 {
-	size_t length;
-	char *buffer;
+	strbuf_reset(sb);
 
 	if (prefixcmp(command_buf.buf, "data "))
 		die("Expected 'data n' command, found: %s", command_buf.buf);
 
 	if (!prefixcmp(command_buf.buf + 5, "<<")) {
 		char *term = xstrdup(command_buf.buf + 5 + 2);
-		size_t sz = 8192, term_len = command_buf.len - 5 - 2;
-		length = 0;
-		buffer = xmalloc(sz);
-		command_buf.buf = NULL;
+		size_t term_len = command_buf.len - 5 - 2;
+
 		for (;;) {
-			read_line(&command_buf, stdin, '\n');
-			if (command_buf.eof)
+			if (strbuf_getline(&command_buf, stdin, '\n') == EOF)
 				die("EOF in data (terminator '%s' not found)", term);
 			if (term_len == command_buf.len
 				&& !strcmp(term, command_buf.buf))
 				break;
-			ALLOC_GROW(buffer, length + command_buf.len, sz);
-			memcpy(buffer + length,
-				command_buf.buf,
-				command_buf.len - 1);
-			length += command_buf.len - 1;
-			buffer[length++] = '\n';
+			strbuf_addbuf(sb, &command_buf);
+			strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 		}
 		free(term);
 	}
 	else {
-		size_t n = 0;
+		size_t n = 0, length;
+
 		length = strtoul(command_buf.buf + 5, NULL, 10);
-		buffer = xmalloc(length);
+
 		while (n < length) {
-			size_t s = fread(buffer + n, 1, length - n, stdin);
+			size_t s = strbuf_fread(sb, length - n, stdin);
 			if (!s && feof(stdin))
 				die("EOF in data (%lu bytes remaining)",
 					(unsigned long)(length - n));
@@ -1680,8 +1642,6 @@ static void *cmd_data (size_t *size)
 	}
 
 	skip_optional_lf();
-	*size = length;
-	return buffer;
 }
 
 static int validate_raw_date(const char *src, char *result, int maxlen)
@@ -1744,15 +1704,12 @@ static char *parse_ident(const char *buf)
 
 static void cmd_new_blob(void)
 {
-	size_t l;
-	void *d;
+	static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	read_next_command();
 	cmd_mark();
-	d = cmd_data(&l);
-
-	if (store_object(OBJ_BLOB, d, l, &last_blob, NULL, next_mark))
-		free(d);
+	cmd_data(&buf);
+	store_object(OBJ_BLOB, &buf, &last_blob, NULL, next_mark);
 }
 
 static void unload_one_branch(void)
@@ -1802,7 +1759,7 @@ static void load_branch(struct branch *b)
 static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 {
 	const char *p = command_buf.buf + 2;
-	char *p_uq;
+	static struct strbuf uq = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *endp;
 	struct object_entry *oe = oe;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -1840,22 +1797,23 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 	if (*p++ != ' ')
 		die("Missing space after SHA1: %s", command_buf.buf);
 
-	p_uq = unquote_c_style(p, &endp);
-	if (p_uq) {
+	strbuf_reset(&uq);
+	if (!unquote_c_style(&uq, p, &endp)) {
 		if (*endp)
 			die("Garbage after path in: %s", command_buf.buf);
-		p = p_uq;
+		p = uq.buf;
 	}
 
 	if (inline_data) {
-		size_t l;
-		void *d;
-		if (!p_uq)
-			p = p_uq = xstrdup(p);
+		static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		if (p != uq.buf) {
+			strbuf_addstr(&uq, p);
+			p = uq.buf;
+		}
 		read_next_command();
-		d = cmd_data(&l);
-		if (store_object(OBJ_BLOB, d, l, &last_blob, sha1, 0))
-			free(d);
+		cmd_data(&buf);
+		store_object(OBJ_BLOB, &buf, &last_blob, sha1, 0);
 	} else if (oe) {
 		if (oe->type != OBJ_BLOB)
 			die("Not a blob (actually a %s): %s",
@@ -1870,58 +1828,54 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 	}
 
 	tree_content_set(&b->branch_tree, p, sha1, S_IFREG | mode, NULL);
-	free(p_uq);
 }
 
 static void file_change_d(struct branch *b)
 {
 	const char *p = command_buf.buf + 2;
-	char *p_uq;
+	static struct strbuf uq = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *endp;
 
-	p_uq = unquote_c_style(p, &endp);
-	if (p_uq) {
+	strbuf_reset(&uq);
+	if (!unquote_c_style(&uq, p, &endp)) {
 		if (*endp)
 			die("Garbage after path in: %s", command_buf.buf);
-		p = p_uq;
+		p = uq.buf;
 	}
 	tree_content_remove(&b->branch_tree, p, NULL);
-	free(p_uq);
 }
 
 static void file_change_cr(struct branch *b, int rename)
 {
 	const char *s, *d;
-	char *s_uq, *d_uq;
+	static struct strbuf s_uq = STRBUF_INIT;
+	static struct strbuf d_uq = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *endp;
 	struct tree_entry leaf;
 
 	s = command_buf.buf + 2;
-	s_uq = unquote_c_style(s, &endp);
-	if (s_uq) {
+	strbuf_reset(&s_uq);
+	if (!unquote_c_style(&s_uq, s, &endp)) {
 		if (*endp != ' ')
 			die("Missing space after source: %s", command_buf.buf);
-	}
-	else {
+	} else {
 		endp = strchr(s, ' ');
 		if (!endp)
 			die("Missing space after source: %s", command_buf.buf);
-		s_uq = xmalloc(endp - s + 1);
-		memcpy(s_uq, s, endp - s);
-		s_uq[endp - s] = 0;
+		strbuf_add(&s_uq, s, endp - s);
 	}
-	s = s_uq;
+	s = s_uq.buf;
 
 	endp++;
 	if (!*endp)
 		die("Missing dest: %s", command_buf.buf);
 
 	d = endp;
-	d_uq = unquote_c_style(d, &endp);
-	if (d_uq) {
+	strbuf_reset(&d_uq);
+	if (!unquote_c_style(&d_uq, d, &endp)) {
 		if (*endp)
 			die("Garbage after dest in: %s", command_buf.buf);
-		d = d_uq;
+		d = d_uq.buf;
 	}
 
 	memset(&leaf, 0, sizeof(leaf));
@@ -1935,9 +1889,6 @@ static void file_change_cr(struct branch *b, int rename)
 		leaf.versions[1].sha1,
 		leaf.versions[1].mode,
 		leaf.tree);
-
-	free(s_uq);
-	free(d_uq);
 }
 
 static void file_change_deleteall(struct branch *b)
@@ -2062,9 +2013,8 @@ static struct hash_list *cmd_merge(unsigned int *count)
 
 static void cmd_new_commit(void)
 {
+	static struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct branch *b;
-	void *msg;
-	size_t msglen;
 	char *sp;
 	char *author = NULL;
 	char *committer = NULL;
@@ -2089,7 +2039,7 @@ static void cmd_new_commit(void)
 	}
 	if (!committer)
 		die("Expected committer but didn't get one");
-	msg = cmd_data(&msglen);
+	cmd_data(&msg);
 	read_next_command();
 	cmd_from(b);
 	merge_list = cmd_merge(&merge_count);
@@ -2101,7 +2051,7 @@ static void cmd_new_commit(void)
 	}
 
 	/* file_change* */
-	while (!command_buf.eof && command_buf.len > 1) {
+	while (command_buf.len > 0) {
 		if (!prefixcmp(command_buf.buf, "M "))
 			file_change_m(b);
 		else if (!prefixcmp(command_buf.buf, "D "))
@@ -2116,53 +2066,47 @@ static void cmd_new_commit(void)
 			unread_command_buf = 1;
 			break;
 		}
-		read_next_command();
+		if (read_next_command() == EOF)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	/* build the tree and the commit */
 	store_tree(&b->branch_tree);
 	hashcpy(b->branch_tree.versions[0].sha1,
 		b->branch_tree.versions[1].sha1);
-	size_dbuf(&new_data, 114 + msglen
-		+ merge_count * 49
-		+ (author
-			? strlen(author) + strlen(committer)
-			: 2 * strlen(committer)));
-	sp = new_data.buffer;
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "tree %s\n",
+
+	strbuf_reset(&new_data);
+	strbuf_addf(&new_data, "tree %s\n",
 		sha1_to_hex(b->branch_tree.versions[1].sha1));
 	if (!is_null_sha1(b->sha1))
-		sp += sprintf(sp, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(b->sha1));
+		strbuf_addf(&new_data, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(b->sha1));
 	while (merge_list) {
 		struct hash_list *next = merge_list->next;
-		sp += sprintf(sp, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(merge_list->sha1));
+		strbuf_addf(&new_data, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(merge_list->sha1));
 		free(merge_list);
 		merge_list = next;
 	}
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "author %s\n", author ? author : committer);
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "committer %s\n", committer);
-	*sp++ = '\n';
-	memcpy(sp, msg, msglen);
-	sp += msglen;
+	strbuf_addf(&new_data,
+		"author %s\n"
+		"committer %s\n"
+		"\n",
+		author ? author : committer, committer);
+	strbuf_addbuf(&new_data, &msg);
 	free(author);
 	free(committer);
-	free(msg);
 
-	if (!store_object(OBJ_COMMIT,
-		new_data.buffer, sp - (char*)new_data.buffer,
-		NULL, b->sha1, next_mark))
+	if (!store_object(OBJ_COMMIT, &new_data, NULL, b->sha1, next_mark))
 		b->pack_id = pack_id;
 	b->last_commit = object_count_by_type[OBJ_COMMIT];
 }
 
 static void cmd_new_tag(void)
 {
+	static struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 	char *sp;
 	const char *from;
 	char *tagger;
 	struct branch *s;
-	void *msg;
-	size_t msglen;
 	struct tag *t;
 	uintmax_t from_mark = 0;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -2213,24 +2157,21 @@ static void cmd_new_tag(void)
 
 	/* tag payload/message */
 	read_next_command();
-	msg = cmd_data(&msglen);
+	cmd_data(&msg);
 
 	/* build the tag object */
-	size_dbuf(&new_data, 67+strlen(t->name)+strlen(tagger)+msglen);
-	sp = new_data.buffer;
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "object %s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "type %s\n", commit_type);
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "tag %s\n", t->name);
-	sp += sprintf(sp, "tagger %s\n", tagger);
-	*sp++ = '\n';
-	memcpy(sp, msg, msglen);
-	sp += msglen;
+	strbuf_reset(&new_data);
+	strbuf_addf(&new_data,
+		"object %s\n"
+		"type %s\n"
+		"tag %s\n"
+		"tagger %s\n"
+		"\n",
+		sha1_to_hex(sha1), commit_type, t->name, tagger);
+	strbuf_addbuf(&new_data, &msg);
 	free(tagger);
-	free(msg);
 
-	if (store_object(OBJ_TAG, new_data.buffer,
-		sp - (char*)new_data.buffer,
-		NULL, t->sha1, 0))
+	if (store_object(OBJ_TAG, &new_data, NULL, t->sha1, 0))
 		t->pack_id = MAX_PACK_ID;
 	else
 		t->pack_id = pack_id;
@@ -2256,7 +2197,7 @@ static void cmd_reset_branch(void)
 	else
 		b = new_branch(sp);
 	read_next_command();
-	if (!cmd_from(b) && command_buf.len > 1)
+	if (!cmd_from(b) && command_buf.len > 0)
 		unread_command_buf = 1;
 }
 
@@ -2273,7 +2214,7 @@ static void cmd_checkpoint(void)
 
 static void cmd_progress(void)
 {
-	fwrite(command_buf.buf, 1, command_buf.len - 1, stdout);
+	fwrite(command_buf.buf, 1, command_buf.len, stdout);
 	fputc('\n', stdout);
 	fflush(stdout);
 	skip_optional_lf();
@@ -2323,7 +2264,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	git_config(git_default_config);
 	alloc_objects(object_entry_alloc);
-	strbuf_init(&command_buf);
+	strbuf_init(&command_buf, 0);
 	atom_table = xcalloc(atom_table_sz, sizeof(struct atom_str*));
 	branch_table = xcalloc(branch_table_sz, sizeof(struct branch*));
 	avail_tree_table = xcalloc(avail_tree_table_sz, sizeof(struct avail_tree_content*));
@@ -2381,11 +2322,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	prepare_packed_git();
 	start_packfile();
 	set_die_routine(die_nicely);
-	for (;;) {
-		read_next_command();
-		if (command_buf.eof)
-			break;
-		else if (!strcmp("blob", command_buf.buf))
+	while (read_next_command() != EOF) {
+		if (!strcmp("blob", command_buf.buf))
 			cmd_new_blob();
 		else if (!prefixcmp(command_buf.buf, "commit "))
 			cmd_new_commit();
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 7921cde8cb..ac598f88e6 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -213,9 +213,13 @@ sub list_and_choose {
 			print ">> ";
 		}
 		my $line = <STDIN>;
-		last if (!$line);
+		if (!$line) {
+			print "\n";
+			$opts->{ON_EOF}->() if $opts->{ON_EOF};
+			last;
+		}
 		chomp $line;
-		my $donesomething = 0;
+		last if $line eq '';
 		for my $choice (split(/[\s,]+/, $line)) {
 			my $choose = 1;
 			my ($bottom, $top);
@@ -247,12 +251,11 @@ sub list_and_choose {
 				next TOPLOOP;
 			}
 			for ($i = $bottom-1; $i <= $top-1; $i++) {
-				next if (@stuff <= $i);
+				next if (@stuff <= $i || $i < 0);
 				$chosen[$i] = $choose;
-				$donesomething++;
 			}
 		}
-		last if (!$donesomething || $opts->{IMMEDIATE});
+		last if ($opts->{IMMEDIATE});
 	}
 	for ($i = 0; $i < @stuff; $i++) {
 		if ($chosen[$i]) {
@@ -357,7 +360,9 @@ sub hunk_splittable {
 sub parse_hunk_header {
 	my ($line) = @_;
 	my ($o_ofs, $o_cnt, $n_ofs, $n_cnt) =
-	    $line =~ /^@@ -(\d+)(?:,(\d+)) \+(\d+)(?:,(\d+)) @@/;
+	    $line =~ /^@@ -(\d+)(?:,(\d+))? \+(\d+)(?:,(\d+))? @@/;
+	$o_cnt = 1 unless defined $o_cnt;
+	$n_cnt = 1 unless defined $n_cnt;
 	return ($o_ofs, $o_cnt, $n_ofs, $n_cnt);
 }
 
@@ -369,9 +374,8 @@ sub split_hunk {
 	# it can be split, but we would need to take care of
 	# overlaps later.
 
-	my ($o_ofs, $o_cnt, $n_ofs, $n_cnt) = parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
+	my ($o_ofs, undef, $n_ofs) = parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
 	my $hunk_start = 1;
-	my $next_hunk_start;
 
       OUTER:
 	while (1) {
@@ -438,8 +442,8 @@ sub split_hunk {
 	for my $hunk (@split) {
 		$o_ofs = $hunk->{OLD};
 		$n_ofs = $hunk->{NEW};
-		$o_cnt = $hunk->{OCNT};
-		$n_cnt = $hunk->{NCNT};
+		my $o_cnt = $hunk->{OCNT};
+		my $n_cnt = $hunk->{NCNT};
 
 		my $head = ("@@ -$o_ofs" .
 			    (($o_cnt != 1) ? ",$o_cnt" : '') .
@@ -454,7 +458,7 @@ sub split_hunk {
 sub find_last_o_ctx {
 	my ($it) = @_;
 	my $text = $it->{TEXT};
-	my ($o_ofs, $o_cnt, $n_ofs, $n_cnt) = parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
+	my ($o_ofs, $o_cnt) = parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
 	my $i = @{$text};
 	my $last_o_ctx = $o_ofs + $o_cnt;
 	while (0 < --$i) {
@@ -526,8 +530,7 @@ sub coalesce_overlapping_hunks {
 
 	for (grep { $_->{USE} } @in) {
 		my $text = $_->{TEXT};
-		my ($o_ofs, $o_cnt, $n_ofs, $n_cnt) =
-		    parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
+		my ($o_ofs) = parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
 		if (defined $last_o_ctx &&
 		    $o_ofs <= $last_o_ctx) {
 			merge_hunk($out[-1], $_);
@@ -694,7 +697,7 @@ sub patch_update_cmd {
 
 	@hunk = coalesce_overlapping_hunks(@hunk);
 
-	my ($o_lofs, $n_lofs) = (0, 0);
+	my $n_lofs = 0;
 	my @result = ();
 	for (@hunk) {
 		my $text = $_->{TEXT};
@@ -702,9 +705,6 @@ sub patch_update_cmd {
 		    parse_hunk_header($text->[0]);
 
 		if (!$_->{USE}) {
-			if (!defined $o_cnt) { $o_cnt = 1; }
-			if (!defined $n_cnt) { $n_cnt = 1; }
-
 			# We would have added ($n_cnt - $o_cnt) lines
 			# to the postimage if we were to use this hunk,
 			# but we didn't.  So the line number that the next
@@ -716,10 +716,10 @@ sub patch_update_cmd {
 			if ($n_lofs) {
 				$n_ofs += $n_lofs;
 				$text->[0] = ("@@ -$o_ofs" .
-					      ((defined $o_cnt)
+					      (($o_cnt != 1)
 					       ? ",$o_cnt" : '') .
 					      " +$n_ofs" .
-					      ((defined $n_cnt)
+					      (($n_cnt != 1)
 					       ? ",$n_cnt" : '') .
 					      " @@\n");
 			}
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ sub main_loop {
 					     SINGLETON => 1,
 					     LIST_FLAT => 4,
 					     HEADER => '*** Commands ***',
+					     ON_EOF => \&quit_cmd,
 					     IMMEDIATE => 1 }, @cmd);
 		if ($it) {
 			eval {
@@ -803,8 +804,6 @@ sub main_loop {
 	}
 }
 
-my @z;
-
 refresh();
 status_cmd();
 main_loop();
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 6809aa07f6..b02ae6a76f 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -62,10 +62,8 @@ fall_back_3way () {
     mkdir "$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-dir"
 
     # First see if the patch records the index info that we can use.
-    git apply -z --index-info "$dotest/patch" \
-	>"$dotest/patch-merge-index-info" &&
-    GIT_INDEX_FILE="$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-index" \
-    git update-index -z --index-info <"$dotest/patch-merge-index-info" &&
+    git apply --build-fake-ancestor "$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-index" \
+	"$dotest/patch" &&
     GIT_INDEX_FILE="$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-index" \
     git write-tree >"$dotest/patch-merge-base+" ||
     cannot_fallback "Repository lacks necessary blobs to fall back on 3-way merge."
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ dotest=.dotest sign= utf8=t keep= skip= interactive= resolved= binary=
 resolvemsg= resume=
 git_apply_opt=
 
-while case "$#" in 0) break;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-d=*|--d=*|--do=*|--dot=*|--dote=*|--dotes=*|--dotest=*)
@@ -466,6 +464,8 @@ do
 		"$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-applypatch
 	fi
 
+	git gc --auto
+
 	go_next
 done
 
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 17f43927aa..8993920673 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?"
 	git ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
 	git ls-files -- "$@" |
 	git checkout-index -f -u --stdin
+
+        # Run a post-checkout hook -- the HEAD does not change so the
+        # current HEAD is passed in for both args
+	if test -x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-checkout; then
+	    "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-checkout $old $old 0
+	fi
+
 	exit $?
 else
 	# Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath
@@ -284,3 +291,8 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
 else
 	exit 1
 fi
+
+# Run a post-checkout hook
+if test -x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-checkout; then
+        "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-checkout $old $new 1
+fi
diff --git a/git-clean.sh b/git-clean.sh
index a5cfd9f07a..4491738186 100755
--- a/git-clean.sh
+++ b/git-clean.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rmrf="rm -rf --"
 rm_refuse="echo Not removing"
 echo1="echo"
 
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-d)
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 3e46dbba74..fcb8443bdf 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ refuse_partial () {
 	exit 1
 }
 
+TMP_INDEX=
 THIS_INDEX="$GIT_DIR/index"
 NEXT_INDEX="$GIT_DIR/next-index$$"
 rm -f "$NEXT_INDEX"
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ force_author=
 only_include_assumed=
 untracked_files=
 templatefile="`git config commit.template`"
-while case "$#" in 0) break;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-F|--F|-f|--f|--fi|--fil|--file)
@@ -611,6 +612,7 @@ git rerere
 
 if test "$ret" = 0
 then
+	git gc --auto
 	if test -x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-commit
 	then
 		"$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-commit
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 1bfbdeb94f..f23d934f66 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -211,19 +211,20 @@ static inline void *xmalloc(size_t size)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline char *xstrndup(const char *str, size_t len)
+static inline void *xmemdupz(const void *data, size_t len)
 {
-	char *p;
-
-	p = memchr(str, '\0', len);
-	if (p)
-		len = p - str;
-	p = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	memcpy(p, str, len);
+	char *p = xmalloc(len + 1);
+	memcpy(p, data, len);
 	p[len] = '\0';
 	return p;
 }
 
+static inline char *xstrndup(const char *str, size_t len)
+{
+	char *p = memchr(str, '\0', len);
+	return xmemdupz(str, p ? p - str : len);
+}
+
 static inline void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
 	void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index a4b6577bd4..a12f6c2d4c 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ filter_tag_name=
 filter_subdir=
 orig_namespace=refs/original/
 force=
-while case "$#" in 0) usage;; esac
+while :
 do
+	test $# = 0 && usage
 	case "$1" in
 	--)
 		shift
diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index b79c6b6a42..2e4eeccace 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ start_httpd () {
 	else
 		# many httpds are installed in /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin
 		# these days and those are not in most users $PATHs
-		for i in /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin
+		# in addition, we may have generated a server script
+		# in $fqgitdir/gitweb.
+		for i in /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
 		do
 			if test -x "$i/$httpd_only"
 			then
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ stop_httpd () {
 	test -f "$fqgitdir/pid" && kill `cat "$fqgitdir/pid"`
 }
 
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--stop|stop)
@@ -137,6 +139,43 @@ GIT_DIR="$fqgitdir"
 export GIT_EXEC_PATH GIT_DIR
 
 
+webrick_conf () {
+	# generate a standalone server script in $fqgitdir/gitweb.
+	cat >"$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd.rb" <<EOF
+require 'webrick'
+require 'yaml'
+options = YAML::load_file(ARGV[0])
+options[:StartCallback] = proc do
+  File.open(options[:PidFile],"w") do |f|
+    f.puts Process.pid
+  end
+end
+options[:ServerType] = WEBrick::Daemon
+server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(options)
+['INT', 'TERM'].each do |signal|
+  trap(signal) {server.shutdown}
+end
+server.start
+EOF
+	# generate a shell script to invoke the above ruby script,
+	# which assumes _ruby_ is in the user's $PATH. that's _one_
+	# portable way to run ruby, which could be installed anywhere,
+	# really.
+	cat >"$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd" <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec ruby "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd.rb" \$*
+EOF
+	chmod +x "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd"
+
+	cat >"$conf" <<EOF
+:Port: $port
+:DocumentRoot: "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
+:DirectoryIndex: ["gitweb.cgi"]
+:PidFile: "$fqgitdir/pid"
+EOF
+	test "$local" = true && echo ':BindAddress: "127.0.0.1"' >> "$conf"
+}
+
 lighttpd_conf () {
 	cat > "$conf" <<EOF
 server.document-root = "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
@@ -237,6 +276,9 @@ case "$httpd" in
 *apache2*)
 	apache2_conf
 	;;
+webrick)
+	webrick_conf
+	;;
 *)
 	echo "Unknown httpd specified: $httpd"
 	exit 1
diff --git a/git-ls-remote.sh b/git-ls-remote.sh
index b7e5d04584..d56cf92ebf 100755
--- a/git-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/git-ls-remote.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ die () {
 }
 
 exec=
-while case "$#" in 0) break;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
   case "$1" in
   -h|--h|--he|--hea|--head|--heads)
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 3a01db0d75..c2092a2040 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 #
 
-USAGE='[-n] [--summary] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>] [-m=<merge-message>] <commit>+'
+USAGE='[-n] [--summary] [--[no-]commit] [--[no-]squash] [--[no-]ff] [-s <strategy>] [-m=<merge-message>] <commit>+'
 
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 . git-sh-setup
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ finish_up_to_date () {
 squash_message () {
 	echo Squashed commit of the following:
 	echo
-	git log --no-merges ^"$head" $remote
+	git log --no-merges ^"$head" $remoteheads
 }
 
 finish () {
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ finish () {
 			;;
 		*)
 			git update-ref -m "$rlogm" HEAD "$1" "$head" || exit 1
+			git gc --auto
 			;;
 		esac
 		;;
@@ -97,6 +98,19 @@ finish () {
 		fi
 		;;
 	esac
+
+	# Run a post-merge hook
+        if test -x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-merge
+        then
+	    case "$squash" in
+	    t)
+                "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-merge 1
+		;;
+	    '')
+                "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-merge 0
+		;;
+	    esac
+        fi
 }
 
 merge_name () {
@@ -119,11 +133,7 @@ merge_name () {
 	fi
 }
 
-case "$#" in 0) usage ;; esac
-
-have_message=
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
-do
+parse_option () {
 	case "$1" in
 	-n|--n|--no|--no-|--no-s|--no-su|--no-sum|--no-summ|\
 		--no-summa|--no-summar|--no-summary)
@@ -131,9 +141,17 @@ do
 	--summary)
 		show_diffstat=t ;;
 	--sq|--squ|--squa|--squas|--squash)
-		squash=t no_commit=t ;;
+		allow_fast_forward=t squash=t no_commit=t ;;
+	--no-sq|--no-squ|--no-squa|--no-squas|--no-squash)
+		allow_fast_forward=t squash= no_commit= ;;
+	--c|--co|--com|--comm|--commi|--commit)
+		allow_fast_forward=t squash= no_commit= ;;
 	--no-c|--no-co|--no-com|--no-comm|--no-commi|--no-commit)
-		no_commit=t ;;
+		allow_fast_forward=t squash= no_commit=t ;;
+	--ff)
+		allow_fast_forward=t squash= no_commit= ;;
+	--no-ff)
+		allow_fast_forward=false squash= no_commit= ;;
 	-s=*|--s=*|--st=*|--str=*|--stra=*|--strat=*|--strate=*|\
 		--strateg=*|--strategy=*|\
 	-s|--s|--st|--str|--stra|--strat|--strate|--strateg|--strategy)
@@ -166,9 +184,42 @@ do
 		have_message=t
 		;;
 	-*)	usage ;;
-	*)	break ;;
+	*)	return 1 ;;
 	esac
 	shift
+	args_left=$#
+}
+
+parse_config () {
+	while test $# -gt 0
+	do
+		parse_option "$@" || usage
+		while test $args_left -lt $#
+		do
+			shift
+		done
+	done
+}
+
+test $# != 0 || usage
+
+have_message=
+
+if branch=$(git-symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
+then
+	mergeopts=$(git config "branch.${branch#refs/heads/}.mergeoptions")
+	if test -n "$mergeopts"
+	then
+		parse_config $mergeopts
+	fi
+fi
+
+while parse_option "$@"
+do
+	while test $args_left -lt $#
+	do
+		shift
+	done
 done
 
 if test -z "$show_diffstat"; then
@@ -444,7 +495,13 @@ done
 # auto resolved the merge cleanly.
 if test '' != "$result_tree"
 then
-    parents=$(git show-branch --independent "$head" "$@" | sed -e 's/^/-p /')
+    if test "$allow_fast_forward" = "t"
+    then
+        parents=$(git show-branch --independent "$head" "$@")
+    else
+        parents=$(git rev-parse "$head" "$@")
+    fi
+    parents=$(echo "$parents" | sed -e 's/^/-p /')
     result_commit=$(printf '%s\n' "$merge_msg" | git commit-tree $result_tree $parents) || exit
     finish "$result_commit" "Merge made by $wt_strategy."
     dropsave
diff --git a/git-mergetool.sh b/git-mergetool.sh
index 47a80553ad..9f4f3134b6 100755
--- a/git-mergetool.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ USAGE='[--tool=tool] [file to merge] ...'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 . git-sh-setup
 require_work_tree
+prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)
 
 # Returns true if the mode reflects a symlink
 is_symlink () {
@@ -162,9 +163,9 @@ merge_file () {
     local_mode=`git ls-files -u -- "$path" | awk '{if ($3==2) print $1;}'`
     remote_mode=`git ls-files -u -- "$path" | awk '{if ($3==3) print $1;}'`
 
-    base_present   && git cat-file blob ":1:$path" > "$BASE" 2>/dev/null
-    local_present  && git cat-file blob ":2:$path" > "$LOCAL" 2>/dev/null
-    remote_present && git cat-file blob ":3:$path" > "$REMOTE" 2>/dev/null
+    base_present   && git cat-file blob ":1:$prefix$path" >"$BASE" 2>/dev/null
+    local_present  && git cat-file blob ":2:$prefix$path" >"$LOCAL" 2>/dev/null
+    remote_present && git cat-file blob ":3:$prefix$path" >"$REMOTE" 2>/dev/null
 
     if test -z "$local_mode" -o -z "$remote_mode"; then
 	echo "Deleted merge conflict for '$path':"
@@ -191,10 +192,10 @@ merge_file () {
     case "$merge_tool" in
 	kdiff3)
 	    if base_present ; then
-		(kdiff3 --auto --L1 "$path (Base)" -L2 "$path (Local)" --L3 "$path (Remote)" \
+		(kdiff3 --auto --L1 "$path (Base)" --L2 "$path (Local)" --L3 "$path (Remote)" \
 		    -o "$path" -- "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" > /dev/null 2>&1)
 	    else
-		(kdiff3 --auto -L1 "$path (Local)" --L2 "$path (Remote)" \
+		(kdiff3 --auto --L1 "$path (Local)" --L2 "$path (Remote)" \
 		    -o "$path" -- "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" > /dev/null 2>&1)
 	    fi
 	    status=$?
@@ -251,9 +252,9 @@ merge_file () {
 	    ;;
 	emerge)
 	    if base_present ; then
-		emacs -f emerge-files-with-ancestor-command "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" "$path"
+		emacs -f emerge-files-with-ancestor-command "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" "$(basename "$path")"
 	    else
-		emacs -f emerge-files-command "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$path"
+		emacs -f emerge-files-command "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$(basename "$path")"
 	    fi
 	    status=$?
 	    save_backup
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ merge_file () {
     cleanup_temp_files
 }
 
-while case $# in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
     case "$1" in
 	-t|--tool*)
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 5e96d1f228..74bfc16744 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test -z "$(git ls-files -u)" ||
 	die "You are in the middle of a conflicted merge."
 
 strategy_args= no_summary= no_commit= squash=
-while case "$#,$1" in 0) break ;; *,-*) ;; *) break ;; esac
+while :
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-n|--n|--no|--no-|--no-s|--no-su|--no-sum|--no-summ|\
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ do
 	-h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
 		usage
 		;;
-	-*)
-		# Pass thru anything that is meant for fetch.
+	*)
+		# Pass thru anything that may be meant for fetch.
 		break
 		;;
 	esac
@@ -97,10 +97,24 @@ case "$merge_head" in
 	esac
 	curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
 
-	echo >&2 "Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option
-         \"branch.${curr_branch}.merge\" does not match any remote branch fetched."
-	echo >&2 "No changes."
-	exit 0
+	echo >&2 "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
+	echo >&2 "want to merge with, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
+	echo >&2 "your configuration file does not tell me either.  Please"
+	echo >&2 "name which branch you want to merge on the command line and"
+	echo >&2 "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
+	echo >&2 "See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec."
+	echo >&2
+	echo >&2 "If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to"
+	echo >&2 "configure the following variables in your configuration"
+	echo >&2 "file:"
+	echo >&2
+	echo >&2 "    branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
+	echo >&2 "    branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
+	echo >&2 "    remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
+	echo >&2 "    remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
+	echo >&2
+	echo >&2 "See git-config(1) for details."
+	exit 1
 	;;
 ?*' '?*)
 	if test -z "$orig_head"
diff --git a/git-quiltimport.sh b/git-quiltimport.sh
index 9de54d19fb..880c81d121 100755
--- a/git-quiltimport.sh
+++ b/git-quiltimport.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_ON=Yes
 
 dry_run=""
 quilt_author=""
-while case "$#" in 0) break;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--au=*|--aut=*|--auth=*|--autho=*|--author=*)
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 mkdir $tmp_dir || exit 2
 for patch_name in $(grep -v '^#' < "$QUILT_PATCHES/series" ); do
+	if ! [ -f "$QUILT_PATCHES/$patch_name" ] ; then
+		echo "$patch_name doesn't exist. Skipping."
+		continue
+	fi
 	echo $patch_name
 	git mailinfo "$tmp_msg" "$tmp_patch" \
 		<"$QUILT_PATCHES/$patch_name" >"$tmp_info" || exit 3
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index abc2b1c3e0..df4cedb859 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ warn () {
 output () {
 	case "$VERBOSE" in
 	'')
-		"$@" > "$DOTEST"/output 2>&1
+		output=$("$@" 2>&1 )
 		status=$?
-		test $status != 0 &&
-			cat "$DOTEST"/output
+		test $status != 0 && printf "%s\n" "$output"
 		return $status
-	;;
+		;;
 	*)
 		"$@"
+		;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ comment_for_reflog () {
 	''|rebase*)
 		GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="rebase -i ($1)"
 		export GIT_REFLOG_ACTION
+		;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -70,22 +71,23 @@ mark_action_done () {
 	sed -e 1q < "$TODO" >> "$DONE"
 	sed -e 1d < "$TODO" >> "$TODO".new
 	mv -f "$TODO".new "$TODO"
-	count=$(($(wc -l < "$DONE")))
-	total=$(($count+$(wc -l < "$TODO")))
+	count=$(($(grep -ve '^$' -e '^#' < "$DONE" | wc -l)))
+	total=$(($count+$(grep -ve '^$' -e '^#' < "$TODO" | wc -l)))
 	printf "Rebasing (%d/%d)\r" $count $total
 	test -z "$VERBOSE" || echo
 }
 
 make_patch () {
-	parent_sha1=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1"^ 2> /dev/null)
-	git diff "$parent_sha1".."$1" > "$DOTEST"/patch
+	parent_sha1=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1"^) ||
+		die "Cannot get patch for $1^"
+	git diff-tree -p "$parent_sha1".."$1" > "$DOTEST"/patch
+	test -f "$DOTEST"/message ||
+		git cat-file commit "$1" | sed "1,/^$/d" > "$DOTEST"/message
+	test -f "$DOTEST"/author-script ||
+		get_author_ident_from_commit "$1" > "$DOTEST"/author-script
 }
 
 die_with_patch () {
-	test -f "$DOTEST"/message ||
-		git cat-file commit $sha1 | sed "1,/^$/d" > "$DOTEST"/message
-	test -f "$DOTEST"/author-script ||
-		get_author_ident_from_commit $sha1 > "$DOTEST"/author-script
 	make_patch "$1"
 	die "$2"
 }
@@ -95,13 +97,18 @@ die_abort () {
 	die "$1"
 }
 
+has_action () {
+	grep -vqe '^$' -e '^#' "$1"
+}
+
 pick_one () {
 	no_ff=
 	case "$1" in -n) sha1=$2; no_ff=t ;; *) sha1=$1 ;; esac
 	output git rev-parse --verify $sha1 || die "Invalid commit name: $sha1"
 	test -d "$REWRITTEN" &&
 		pick_one_preserving_merges "$@" && return
-	parent_sha1=$(git rev-parse --verify $sha1^ 2>/dev/null)
+	parent_sha1=$(git rev-parse --verify $sha1^) ||
+		die "Could not get the parent of $sha1"
 	current_sha1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
 	if test $no_ff$current_sha1 = $parent_sha1; then
 		output git reset --hard $sha1
@@ -129,7 +136,7 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 	fast_forward=t
 	preserve=t
 	new_parents=
-	for p in $(git rev-list --parents -1 $sha1 | cut -d\  -f2-)
+	for p in $(git rev-list --parents -1 $sha1 | cut -d' ' -f2-)
 	do
 		if test -f "$REWRITTEN"/$p
 		then
@@ -141,41 +148,47 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 				;; # do nothing; that parent is already there
 			*)
 				new_parents="$new_parents $new_p"
+				;;
 			esac
 		fi
 	done
 	case $fast_forward in
 	t)
 		output warn "Fast forward to $sha1"
-		test $preserve=f && echo $sha1 > "$REWRITTEN"/$sha1
+		test $preserve = f || echo $sha1 > "$REWRITTEN"/$sha1
 		;;
 	f)
 		test "a$1" = a-n && die "Refusing to squash a merge: $sha1"
 
-		first_parent=$(expr "$new_parents" : " \([^ ]*\)")
+		first_parent=$(expr "$new_parents" : ' \([^ ]*\)')
 		# detach HEAD to current parent
 		output git checkout $first_parent 2> /dev/null ||
 			die "Cannot move HEAD to $first_parent"
 
 		echo $sha1 > "$DOTEST"/current-commit
 		case "$new_parents" in
-		\ *\ *)
+		' '*' '*)
 			# redo merge
 			author_script=$(get_author_ident_from_commit $sha1)
 			eval "$author_script"
-			msg="$(git cat-file commit $sha1 | \
-				sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e "s/[\"\\]/\\\\&/g")"
+			msg="$(git cat-file commit $sha1 | sed -e '1,/^$/d')"
 			# NEEDSWORK: give rerere a chance
-			if ! output git merge $STRATEGY -m "$msg" $new_parents
+			if ! GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" \
+				GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" \
+				GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" \
+				output git merge $STRATEGY -m "$msg" \
+					$new_parents
 			then
-				echo "$msg" > "$GIT_DIR"/MERGE_MSG
+				printf "%s\n" "$msg" > "$GIT_DIR"/MERGE_MSG
 				die Error redoing merge $sha1
 			fi
 			;;
 		*)
 			output git cherry-pick $STRATEGY "$@" ||
 				die_with_patch $sha1 "Could not pick $sha1"
+			;;
 		esac
+		;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -212,27 +225,28 @@ peek_next_command () {
 }
 
 do_next () {
-	test -f "$DOTEST"/message && rm "$DOTEST"/message
-	test -f "$DOTEST"/author-script && rm "$DOTEST"/author-script
+	rm -f "$DOTEST"/message "$DOTEST"/author-script \
+		"$DOTEST"/amend || exit
 	read command sha1 rest < "$TODO"
 	case "$command" in
-	\#|'')
+	'#'*|'')
 		mark_action_done
 		;;
-	pick)
+	pick|p)
 		comment_for_reflog pick
 
 		mark_action_done
 		pick_one $sha1 ||
 			die_with_patch $sha1 "Could not apply $sha1... $rest"
 		;;
-	edit)
+	edit|e)
 		comment_for_reflog edit
 
 		mark_action_done
 		pick_one $sha1 ||
 			die_with_patch $sha1 "Could not apply $sha1... $rest"
 		make_patch $sha1
+		: > "$DOTEST"/amend
 		warn
 		warn "You can amend the commit now, with"
 		warn
@@ -240,36 +254,39 @@ do_next () {
 		warn
 		exit 0
 		;;
-	squash)
+	squash|s)
 		comment_for_reflog squash
 
-		test -z "$(grep -ve '^$' -e '^#' < $DONE)" &&
+		has_action "$DONE" ||
 			die "Cannot 'squash' without a previous commit"
 
 		mark_action_done
 		make_squash_message $sha1 > "$MSG"
 		case "$(peek_next_command)" in
-		squash)
+		squash|s)
 			EDIT_COMMIT=
 			USE_OUTPUT=output
 			cp "$MSG" "$SQUASH_MSG"
-		;;
+			;;
 		*)
 			EDIT_COMMIT=-e
 			USE_OUTPUT=
-			test -f "$SQUASH_MSG" && rm "$SQUASH_MSG"
+			rm -f "$SQUASH_MSG" || exit
+			;;
 		esac
 
 		failed=f
+		author_script=$(get_author_ident_from_commit HEAD)
 		output git reset --soft HEAD^
 		pick_one -n $sha1 || failed=t
-		author_script=$(get_author_ident_from_commit $sha1)
 		echo "$author_script" > "$DOTEST"/author-script
 		case $failed in
 		f)
 			# This is like --amend, but with a different message
 			eval "$author_script"
-			export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
+			GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" \
+			GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" \
+			GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" \
 			$USE_OUTPUT git commit -F "$MSG" $EDIT_COMMIT
 			;;
 		t)
@@ -277,11 +294,13 @@ do_next () {
 			warn
 			warn "Could not apply $sha1... $rest"
 			die_with_patch $sha1 ""
+			;;
 		esac
 		;;
 	*)
 		warn "Unknown command: $command $sha1 $rest"
 		die_with_patch $sha1 "Please fix this in the file $TODO."
+		;;
 	esac
 	test -s "$TODO" && return
 
@@ -298,13 +317,18 @@ do_next () {
 	else
 		NEWHEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 	fi &&
-	message="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $HEADNAME onto $SHORTONTO)" &&
-	git update-ref -m "$message" $HEADNAME $NEWHEAD $OLDHEAD &&
-	git symbolic-ref HEAD $HEADNAME && {
+	case $HEADNAME in
+	refs/*)
+		message="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $HEADNAME onto $SHORTONTO)" &&
+		git update-ref -m "$message" $HEADNAME $NEWHEAD $OLDHEAD &&
+		git symbolic-ref HEAD $HEADNAME
+		;;
+	esac && {
 		test ! -f "$DOTEST"/verbose ||
-			git diff --stat $(cat "$DOTEST"/head)..HEAD
+			git diff-tree --stat $(cat "$DOTEST"/head)..HEAD
 	} &&
 	rm -rf "$DOTEST" &&
+	git gc --auto &&
 	warn "Successfully rebased and updated $HEADNAME."
 
 	exit
@@ -317,7 +341,7 @@ do_rest () {
 	done
 }
 
-while case $# in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--continue)
@@ -330,7 +354,9 @@ do
 		git update-index --refresh &&
 		git diff-files --quiet &&
 		! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD &&
-		. "$DOTEST"/author-script &&
+		. "$DOTEST"/author-script && {
+			test ! -f "$DOTEST"/amend || git reset --soft HEAD^
+		} &&
 		export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_DATE &&
 		git commit -F "$DOTEST"/message -e
 
@@ -344,7 +370,11 @@ do
 
 		HEADNAME=$(cat "$DOTEST"/head-name)
 		HEAD=$(cat "$DOTEST"/head)
-		git symbolic-ref HEAD $HEADNAME &&
+		case $HEADNAME in
+		refs/*)
+			git symbolic-ref HEAD $HEADNAME
+			;;
+		esac &&
 		output git reset --hard $HEAD &&
 		rm -rf "$DOTEST"
 		exit
@@ -406,7 +436,6 @@ do
 
 		require_clean_work_tree
 
-		mkdir "$DOTEST" || die "Could not create temporary $DOTEST"
 		if test ! -z "$2"
 		then
 			output git show-ref --verify --quiet "refs/heads/$2" ||
@@ -418,11 +447,13 @@ do
 		HEAD=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) || die "No HEAD?"
 		UPSTREAM=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") || die "Invalid base"
 
+		mkdir "$DOTEST" || die "Could not create temporary $DOTEST"
+
 		test -z "$ONTO" && ONTO=$UPSTREAM
 
 		: > "$DOTEST"/interactive || die "Could not mark as interactive"
-		git symbolic-ref HEAD > "$DOTEST"/head-name ||
-			die "Could not get HEAD"
+		git symbolic-ref HEAD > "$DOTEST"/head-name 2> /dev/null ||
+			echo "detached HEAD" > "$DOTEST"/head-name
 
 		echo $HEAD > "$DOTEST"/head
 		echo $UPSTREAM > "$DOTEST"/upstream
@@ -468,17 +499,18 @@ EOF
 			$UPSTREAM...$HEAD | \
 			sed -n "s/^>/pick /p" >> "$TODO"
 
-		test -z "$(grep -ve '^$' -e '^#' < $TODO)" &&
+		has_action "$TODO" ||
 			die_abort "Nothing to do"
 
 		cp "$TODO" "$TODO".backup
 		git_editor "$TODO" ||
 			die "Could not execute editor"
 
-		test -z "$(grep -ve '^$' -e '^#' < $TODO)" &&
+		has_action "$TODO" ||
 			die_abort "Nothing to do"
 
 		output git checkout $ONTO && do_rest
+		;;
 	esac
 	shift
 done
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index c9942f2400..1583402a06 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -122,15 +122,14 @@ finish_rb_merge () {
 
 is_interactive () {
 	test -f "$dotest"/interactive ||
-	while case $#,"$1" in 0,|*,-i|*,--interactive) break ;; esac
-	do
+	while :; do case $#,"$1" in 0,|*,-i|*,--interactive) break ;; esac
 		shift
 	done && test -n "$1"
 }
 
 is_interactive "$@" && exec git-rebase--interactive "$@"
 
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--continue)
diff --git a/git-remote.perl b/git-remote.perl
index f6f283ea4f..9ca3e7ef37 100755
--- a/git-remote.perl
+++ b/git-remote.perl
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ sub prune_remote {
 	my ($name, $ls_remote) = @_;
 	if (!exists $remote->{$name}) {
 		print STDERR "No such remote $name\n";
-		return;
+		return 1;
 	}
 	my $info = $remote->{$name};
 	update_ls_remote($ls_remote, $info);
@@ -229,13 +229,14 @@ sub prune_remote {
 		my @v = $git->command(qw(rev-parse --verify), "$prefix/$to_prune");
 		$git->command(qw(update-ref -d), "$prefix/$to_prune", $v[0]);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 sub show_remote {
 	my ($name, $ls_remote) = @_;
 	if (!exists $remote->{$name}) {
 		print STDERR "No such remote $name\n";
-		return;
+		return 1;
 	}
 	my $info = $remote->{$name};
 	update_ls_remote($ls_remote, $info);
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ sub show_remote {
 		print "  Local branch(es) pushed with 'git push'\n";
 		print "    @pushed\n";
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 sub add_remote {
@@ -316,6 +318,34 @@ sub update_remote {
 	}
 }
 
+sub rm_remote {
+	my ($name) = @_;
+	if (!exists $remote->{$name}) {
+		print STDERR "No such remote $name\n";
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	$git->command('config', '--remove-section', "remote.$name");
+
+	eval {
+	    my @trackers = $git->command('config', '--get-regexp',
+			'branch.*.remote', $name);
+		for (@trackers) {
+			/^branch\.(.*)?\.remote/;
+			$git->config('--unset', "branch.$1.remote");
+			$git->config('--unset', "branch.$1.merge");
+		}
+	};
+
+	my @refs = $git->command('for-each-ref',
+		'--format=%(refname) %(objectname)', "refs/remotes/$name");
+	for (@refs) {
+		($ref, $object) = split;
+		$git->command(qw(update-ref -d), $ref, $object);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 sub add_usage {
 	print STDERR "Usage: git remote add [-f] [-t track]* [-m master] <name> <url>\n";
 	exit(1);
@@ -353,9 +383,11 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'show') {
 		print STDERR "Usage: git remote show <remote>\n";
 		exit(1);
 	}
+	my $status = 0;
 	for (; $i < @ARGV; $i++) {
-		show_remote($ARGV[$i], $ls_remote);
+		$status |= show_remote($ARGV[$i], $ls_remote);
 	}
+	exit($status);
 }
 elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'update') {
 	if (@ARGV <= 1) {
@@ -381,9 +413,11 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'prune') {
 		print STDERR "Usage: git remote prune <remote>\n";
 		exit(1);
 	}
+	my $status = 0;
 	for (; $i < @ARGV; $i++) {
-		prune_remote($ARGV[$i], $ls_remote);
+		$status |= prune_remote($ARGV[$i], $ls_remote);
 	}
+        exit($status);
 }
 elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'add') {
 	my %opts = ();
@@ -422,9 +456,17 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'add') {
 	}
 	add_remote($ARGV[1], $ARGV[2], \%opts);
 }
+elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'rm') {
+	if (@ARGV <= 1) {
+		print STDERR "Usage: git remote rm <remote>\n";
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	exit(rm_remote($ARGV[1]));
+}
 else {
 	print STDERR "Usage: git remote\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote add <name> <url>\n";
+	print STDERR "       git remote rm <name>\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote show <name>\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote prune <name>\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote update [group]\n";
diff --git a/git-repack.sh b/git-repack.sh
index 156c5e8f4a..e72adc4d91 100755
--- a/git-repack.sh
+++ b/git-repack.sh
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 #
 
-USAGE='[-a] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--max-pack-size=N] [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N]'
+USAGE='[-a|-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--max-pack-size=N] [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N]'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK='Yes'
 . git-sh-setup
 
-no_update_info= all_into_one= remove_redundant=
+no_update_info= all_into_one= remove_redundant= keep_unreachable=
 local= quiet= no_reuse= extra=
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-n)	no_update_info=t ;;
 	-a)	all_into_one=t ;;
+	-A)	all_into_one=t
+		keep_unreachable=--keep-unreachable ;;
 	-d)	remove_redundant=t ;;
 	-q)	quiet=-q ;;
 	-f)	no_reuse=--no-reuse-object ;;
@@ -59,7 +61,13 @@ case ",$all_into_one," in
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
-	[ -z "$args" ] && args='--unpacked --incremental'
+	if test -z "$args"
+	then
+		args='--unpacked --incremental'
+	elif test -n "$keep_unreachable"
+	then
+		args="$args $keep_unreachable"
+	fi
 	;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 4031e86b86..62e1429733 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ Options:
                   the default section.
 
    --smtp-server  If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.
-                  Defaults to localhost.
+                  Defaults to localhost.  Port number can be specified here with
+                  hostname:port format or by using --smtp-server-port option.
+
+   --smtp-server-port Specify a port on the outgoing SMTP server to connect to.
 
    --smtp-user    The username for SMTP-AUTH.
 
@@ -172,8 +175,8 @@ my ($quiet, $dry_run) = (0, 0);
 
 # Variables with corresponding config settings
 my ($thread, $chain_reply_to, $suppress_from, $signed_off_cc, $cc_cmd);
-my ($smtp_server, $smtp_authuser, $smtp_authpass, $smtp_ssl);
-my ($identity, $aliasfiletype, @alias_files);
+my ($smtp_server, $smtp_server_port, $smtp_authuser, $smtp_authpass, $smtp_ssl);
+my ($identity, $aliasfiletype, @alias_files, @smtp_host_parts);
 
 my %config_bool_settings = (
     "thread" => [\$thread, 1],
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ my %config_bool_settings = (
 
 my %config_settings = (
     "smtpserver" => \$smtp_server,
+    "smtpserverport" => \$smtp_server_port,
     "smtpuser" => \$smtp_authuser,
     "smtppass" => \$smtp_authpass,
     "cccmd" => \$cc_cmd,
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ my $rc = GetOptions("sender|from=s" => \$sender,
 		    "bcc=s" => \@bcclist,
 		    "chain-reply-to!" => \$chain_reply_to,
 		    "smtp-server=s" => \$smtp_server,
+		    "smtp-server-port=s" => \$smtp_server_port,
 		    "smtp-user=s" => \$smtp_authuser,
 		    "smtp-pass=s" => \$smtp_authpass,
 		    "smtp-ssl!" => \$smtp_ssl,
@@ -602,16 +607,30 @@ X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion
 		print $sm "$header\n$message";
 		close $sm or die $?;
 	} else {
+
+		if (!defined $smtp_server) {
+			die "The required SMTP server is not properly defined."
+		}
+
 		if ($smtp_ssl) {
+			$smtp_server_port ||= 465; # ssmtp
 			require Net::SMTP::SSL;
-			$smtp ||= Net::SMTP::SSL->new( $smtp_server, Port => 465 );
+			$smtp ||= Net::SMTP::SSL->new($smtp_server, Port => $smtp_server_port);
 		}
 		else {
 			require Net::SMTP;
-			$smtp ||= Net::SMTP->new( $smtp_server );
+			$smtp ||= Net::SMTP->new((defined $smtp_server_port)
+						 ? "$smtp_server:$smtp_server_port"
+						 : $smtp_server);
+		}
+
+		if (!$smtp) {
+			die "Unable to initialize SMTP properly.  Is there something wrong with your config?";
+		}
+
+		if ((defined $smtp_authuser) && (defined $smtp_authpass)) {
+			$smtp->auth( $smtp_authuser, $smtp_authpass ) or die $smtp->message;
 		}
-		$smtp->auth( $smtp_authuser, $smtp_authpass )
-			or die $smtp->message if (defined $smtp_authuser);
 		$smtp->mail( $raw_from ) or die $smtp->message;
 		$smtp->to( @recipients ) or die $smtp->message;
 		$smtp->data or die $smtp->message;
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 3320998c76..4aaaaab0d8 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,32 @@ get_repo_base() {
 	) 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+# Resolve relative url by appending to parent's url
+resolve_relative_url ()
+{
+	branch="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)"
+	remote="$(git config branch.${branch#refs/heads/}.remote)"
+	remote="${remote:-origin}"
+	remoteurl="$(git config remote.$remote.url)" ||
+		die "remote ($remote) does not have a url in .git/config"
+	url="$1"
+	while test -n "$url"
+	do
+		case "$url" in
+		../*)
+			url="${url#../}"
+			remoteurl="${remoteurl%/*}"
+			;;
+		./*)
+			url="${url#./}"
+			;;
+		*)
+			break;;
+		esac
+	done
+	echo "$remoteurl/$url"
+}
+
 #
 # Map submodule path to submodule name
 #
@@ -103,11 +129,19 @@ module_add()
 		usage
 	fi
 
-	# Turn the source into an absolute path if
-	# it is local
-	if base=$(get_repo_base "$repo"); then
-		repo="$base"
-	fi
+	case "$repo" in
+	./*|../*)
+		# dereference source url relative to parent's url
+		realrepo="$(resolve_relative_url $repo)" ;;
+	*)
+		# Turn the source into an absolute path if
+		# it is local
+		if base=$(get_repo_base "$repo"); then
+			repo="$base"
+		fi
+		realrepo=$repo
+		;;
+	esac
 
 	# Guess path from repo if not specified or strip trailing slashes
 	if test -z "$path"; then
@@ -122,7 +156,7 @@ module_add()
 	git ls-files --error-unmatch "$path" > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
 	die "'$path' already exists in the index"
 
-	module_clone "$path" "$repo" || exit
+	module_clone "$path" "$realrepo" || exit
 	(unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" && git checkout -q ${branch:+-b "$branch" "origin/$branch"}) ||
 	die "Unable to checkout submodule '$path'"
 	git add "$path" ||
@@ -153,6 +187,13 @@ modules_init()
 		test -z "$url" &&
 		die "No url found for submodule path '$path' in .gitmodules"
 
+		# Possibly a url relative to parent
+		case "$url" in
+		./*|../*)
+			url="$(resolve_relative_url "$url")"
+			;;
+		esac
+
 		git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
 		die "Failed to register url for submodule path '$path'"
 
@@ -251,7 +292,7 @@ modules_list()
 	done
 }
 
-while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	add)
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 288d32cb16..2c8a1580f8 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1847,6 +1847,16 @@ sub find_parent_branch {
 			$gs->ra->gs_do_switch($r0, $rev, $gs,
 					      $self->full_url, $ed)
 			  or die "SVN connection failed somewhere...\n";
+		} elsif ($self->ra->trees_match($new_url, $r0,
+			                        $self->full_url, $rev)) {
+			print STDERR "Trees match:\n",
+			             "  $new_url\@$r0\n",
+			             "  ${\$self->full_url}\@$rev\n",
+				     "Following parent with no changes\n";
+			$self->tmp_index_do(sub {
+			    command_noisy('read-tree', $parent);
+			});
+			$self->{last_commit} = $parent;
 		} else {
 			print STDERR "Following parent with do_update\n";
 			$ed = SVN::Git::Fetcher->new($self);
@@ -3027,30 +3037,57 @@ BEGIN {
 	}
 }
 
+sub _auth_providers () {
+	[
+	  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::simple, 2),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_file_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert, 2),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert_pw, 2),
+	  SVN::Client::get_username_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_server_trust),
+	  SVN::Client::get_username_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::username, 2)
+	]
+}
+
 sub new {
 	my ($class, $url) = @_;
 	$url =~ s!/+$!!;
 	return $RA if ($RA && $RA->{url} eq $url);
 
 	SVN::_Core::svn_config_ensure($config_dir, undef);
-	my ($baton, $callbacks) = SVN::Core::auth_open_helper([
-	    SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
-	    SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider(),
-	    SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(
-	      \&Git::SVN::Prompt::simple, 2),
-	    SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_file_provider(),
-	    SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_prompt_provider(
-	      \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert, 2),
-	    SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_prompt_provider(
-	      \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert_pw, 2),
-	    SVN::Client::get_username_provider(),
-	    SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_prompt_provider(
-	      \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_server_trust),
-	    SVN::Client::get_username_prompt_provider(
-	      \&Git::SVN::Prompt::username, 2),
-	  ]);
+	my ($baton, $callbacks) = SVN::Core::auth_open_helper(_auth_providers);
 	my $config = SVN::Core::config_get_config($config_dir);
 	$RA = undef;
+	my $dont_store_passwords = 1;
+	my $conf_t = ${$config}{'config'};
+	{
+		# The usage of $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_* variables
+		# produces warnings that variables are used only once.
+		# I had not found the better way to shut them up, so
+		# warnings are disabled in this block.
+		no warnings;
+		if (SVN::_Core::svn_config_get_bool($conf_t,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_AUTH,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_STORE_PASSWORDS,
+		    1) == 0) {
+			SVN::_Core::svn_auth_set_parameter($baton,
+			    $SVN::_Core::SVN_AUTH_PARAM_DONT_STORE_PASSWORDS,
+			    bless (\$dont_store_passwords, "_p_void"));
+		}
+		if (SVN::_Core::svn_config_get_bool($conf_t,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_AUTH,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_STORE_AUTH_CREDS,
+		    1) == 0) {
+			$Git::SVN::Prompt::_no_auth_cache = 1;
+		}
+	}
 	my $self = SVN::Ra->new(url => $url, auth => $baton,
 	                      config => $config,
 			      pool => SVN::Pool->new,
@@ -3112,6 +3149,24 @@ sub get_log {
 	$ret;
 }
 
+sub trees_match {
+	my ($self, $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2) = @_;
+	my $ctx = SVN::Client->new(auth => _auth_providers);
+	my $out = IO::File->new_tmpfile;
+
+	# older SVN (1.1.x) doesn't take $pool as the last parameter for
+	# $ctx->diff(), so we'll create a default one
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new_default_sub;
+
+	$ra_invalid = 1; # this will open a new SVN::Ra connection to $url1
+	$ctx->diff([], $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2, 1, 1, 0, $out, $out);
+	$out->flush;
+	my $ret = (($out->stat)[7] == 0);
+	close $out or croak $!;
+
+	$ret;
+}
+
 sub get_commit_editor {
 	my ($self, $log, $cb, $pool) = @_;
 	my @lock = $SVN::Core::VERSION ge '1.2.0' ? (undef, 0) : ();
@@ -3578,7 +3633,7 @@ sub config_pager {
 }
 
 sub run_pager {
-	return unless -t *STDOUT;
+	return unless -t *STDOUT && defined $pager;
 	pipe my $rfd, my $wfd or return;
 	defined(my $pid = fork) or ::fatal "Can't fork: $!\n";
 	if (!$pid) {
diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
index aa5b3b2c97..ea8c1b2f60 100755
--- a/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ my $branch_name = $opt_b || "branches";
 my $project_name = $opt_P || "";
 $project_name = "/" . $project_name if ($project_name);
 my $repack_after = $opt_R || 1000;
+my $root_pool = SVN::Pool->new_default;
 
 @ARGV == 1 or @ARGV == 2 or usage();
 
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ sub conn {
 	my $auth = SVN::Core::auth_open ([SVN::Client::get_simple_provider,
 			  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider,
 			  SVN::Client::get_username_provider]);
-	my $s = SVN::Ra->new(url => $repo, auth => $auth);
+	my $s = SVN::Ra->new(url => $repo, auth => $auth, pool => $root_pool);
 	die "SVN connection to $repo: $!\n" unless defined $s;
 	$self->{'svn'} = $s;
 	$self->{'repo'} = $repo;
@@ -147,11 +148,10 @@ sub file {
 
 	print "... $rev $path ...\n" if $opt_v;
 	my (undef, $properties);
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new();
 	$path =~ s#^/*##;
+	my $subpool = SVN::Pool::new_default_sub;
 	eval { (undef, $properties)
-		   = $self->{'svn'}->get_file($path,$rev,$fh,$pool); };
-	$pool->clear;
+		   = $self->{'svn'}->get_file($path,$rev,$fh); };
 	if($@) {
 		return undef if $@ =~ /Attempted to get checksum/;
 		die $@;
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ sub ignore {
 
 	print "... $rev $path ...\n" if $opt_v;
 	$path =~ s#^/*##;
+	my $subpool = SVN::Pool::new_default_sub;
 	my (undef,undef,$properties)
 	    = $self->{'svn'}->get_dir($path,$rev,undef);
 	if (exists $properties->{'svn:ignore'}) {
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ sub ignore {
 sub dir_list {
 	my($self,$path,$rev) = @_;
 	$path =~ s#^/*##;
+	my $subpool = SVN::Pool::new_default_sub;
 	my ($dirents,undef,$properties)
 	    = $self->{'svn'}->get_dir($path,$rev,undef);
 	return $dirents;
@@ -358,10 +360,9 @@ open BRANCHES,">>", "$git_dir/svn2git";
 
 sub node_kind($$) {
 	my ($svnpath, $revision) = @_;
-	my $pool=SVN::Pool->new;
 	$svnpath =~ s#^/*##;
-	my $kind = $svn->{'svn'}->check_path($svnpath,$revision,$pool);
-	$pool->clear;
+	my $subpool = SVN::Pool::new_default_sub;
+	my $kind = $svn->{'svn'}->check_path($svnpath,$revision);
 	return $kind;
 }
 
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ sub commit_all {
 	# Recursive use of the SVN connection does not work
 	local $svn = $svn2;
 
-	my ($changed_paths, $revision, $author, $date, $message, $pool) = @_;
+	my ($changed_paths, $revision, $author, $date, $message) = @_;
 	my %p;
 	while(my($path,$action) = each %$changed_paths) {
 		$p{$path} = [ $action->action,$action->copyfrom_path, $action->copyfrom_rev, $path ];
@@ -925,14 +926,14 @@ print "Processing from $current_rev to $opt_l ...\n" if $opt_v;
 my $from_rev;
 my $to_rev = $current_rev - 1;
 
+my $subpool = SVN::Pool::new_default_sub;
 while ($to_rev < $opt_l) {
+	$subpool->clear;
 	$from_rev = $to_rev + 1;
 	$to_rev = $from_rev + $repack_after;
 	$to_rev = $opt_l if $opt_l < $to_rev;
 	print "Fetching from $from_rev to $to_rev ...\n" if $opt_v;
-	my $pool=SVN::Pool->new;
-	$svn->{'svn'}->get_log("/",$from_rev,$to_rev,0,1,1,\&commit_all,$pool);
-	$pool->clear;
+	$svn->{'svn'}->get_log("/",$from_rev,$to_rev,0,1,1,\&commit_all);
 	my $pid = fork();
 	die "Fork: $!\n" unless defined $pid;
 	unless($pid) {
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 6773c12a14..d7c6bcaed6 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -187,19 +187,13 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 	if (alias_string) {
 		if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
 			if (*argcp > 1) {
-				int i, sz = PATH_MAX;
-				char *s = xmalloc(sz), *new_alias = s;
+				struct strbuf buf;
 
-				add_to_string(&s, &sz, alias_string, 0);
+				strbuf_init(&buf, PATH_MAX);
+				strbuf_addstr(&buf, alias_string);
+				sq_quote_argv(&buf, (*argv) + 1, *argcp - 1, PATH_MAX);
 				free(alias_string);
-				alias_string = new_alias;
-				for (i = 1; i < *argcp &&
-					!add_to_string(&s, &sz, " ", 0) &&
-					!add_to_string(&s, &sz, (*argv)[i], 1)
-					; i++)
-					; /* do nothing */
-				if (!sz)
-					die("Too many or long arguments");
+				alias_string = buf.buf;
 			}
 			trace_printf("trace: alias to shell cmd: %s => %s\n",
 				     alias_command, alias_string + 1);
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index b2bae1b250..3064298f28 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ sub git_difftree_body {
 	      "diff_tree\">\n";
 
 	# header only for combined diff in 'commitdiff' view
-	my $has_header = @parents > 1 && $action eq 'commitdiff';
+	my $has_header = @$difftree && @parents > 1 && $action eq 'commitdiff';
 	if ($has_header) {
 		# table header
 		print "<thead><tr>\n" .
@@ -3191,44 +3191,10 @@ sub git_patchset_body {
 				}
 			} until (!defined $to_name || $to_name eq $diffinfo->{'to_file'} ||
 			         $patch_idx > $#$difftree);
+
 			# modifies %from, %to hashes
 			parse_from_to_diffinfo($diffinfo, \%from, \%to, @hash_parents);
-			if ($diffinfo->{'nparents'}) {
-				# combined diff
-				$from{'file'} = [];
-				$from{'href'} = [];
-				fill_from_file_info($diffinfo, @hash_parents)
-					unless exists $diffinfo->{'from_file'};
-				for (my $i = 0; $i < $diffinfo->{'nparents'}; $i++) {
-					$from{'file'}[$i] = $diffinfo->{'from_file'}[$i] || $diffinfo->{'to_file'};
-					if ($diffinfo->{'status'}[$i] ne "A") { # not new (added) file
-						$from{'href'}[$i] = href(action=>"blob",
-						                         hash_base=>$hash_parents[$i],
-						                         hash=>$diffinfo->{'from_id'}[$i],
-						                         file_name=>$from{'file'}[$i]);
-					} else {
-						$from{'href'}[$i] = undef;
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				$from{'file'} = $diffinfo->{'from_file'} || $diffinfo->{'file'};
-				if ($diffinfo->{'status'} ne "A") { # not new (added) file
-					$from{'href'} = href(action=>"blob", hash_base=>$hash_parent,
-					                     hash=>$diffinfo->{'from_id'},
-					                     file_name=>$from{'file'});
-				} else {
-					delete $from{'href'};
-				}
-			}
 
-			$to{'file'} = $diffinfo->{'to_file'} || $diffinfo->{'file'};
-			if (!is_deleted($diffinfo)) { # file exists in result
-				$to{'href'} = href(action=>"blob", hash_base=>$hash,
-				                   hash=>$diffinfo->{'to_id'},
-				                   file_name=>$to{'file'});
-			} else {
-				delete $to{'href'};
-			}
 			# this is first patch for raw difftree line with $patch_idx index
 			# we index @$difftree array from 0, but number patches from 1
 			print "<div class=\"patch\" id=\"patch". ($patch_idx+1) ."\">\n";
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 8e1fdfddf5..a035919764 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1259,10 +1259,7 @@ xml_cdata(void *userData, const XML_Char *s, int len)
 {
 	struct xml_ctx *ctx = (struct xml_ctx *)userData;
 	free(ctx->cdata);
-	ctx->cdata = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	/* NB: 's' is not null-terminated, can not use strlcpy here */
-	memcpy(ctx->cdata, s, len);
-	ctx->cdata[len] = '\0';
+	ctx->cdata = xmemdupz(s, len);
 }
 
 static struct remote_lock *lock_remote(const char *path, long timeout)
@@ -2160,9 +2157,7 @@ static void fetch_symref(const char *path, char **symref, unsigned char *sha1)
 
 	/* If it's a symref, set the refname; otherwise try for a sha1 */
 	if (!prefixcmp((char *)buffer.buffer, "ref: ")) {
-		*symref = xmalloc(buffer.posn - 5);
-		memcpy(*symref, (char *)buffer.buffer + 5, buffer.posn - 6);
-		(*symref)[buffer.posn - 6] = '\0';
+		*symref = xmemdupz((char *)buffer.buffer + 5, buffer.posn - 6);
 	} else {
 		get_sha1_hex(buffer.buffer, sha1);
 	}
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index a5a0696084..a429a76a63 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ static void free_generic_messages( message_t * );
 
 static int nfsnprintf( char *buf, int blen, const char *fmt, ... );
 
+static int nfvasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	int len;
+	char tmp[8192];
+
+	len = vsnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), fmt, ap);
+	if (len < 0)
+		die("Fatal: Out of memory\n");
+	if (len >= sizeof(tmp))
+		die("imap command overflow !\n");
+	*strp = xmemdupz(tmp, len);
+	return len;
+}
 
 static void arc4_init( void );
 static unsigned char arc4_getbyte( void );
@@ -623,9 +636,7 @@ parse_imap_list_l( imap_t *imap, char **sp, list_t **curp, int level )
 					goto bail;
 			cur->len = s - p;
 			s++;
-			cur->val = xmalloc( cur->len + 1 );
-			memcpy( cur->val, p, cur->len );
-			cur->val[cur->len] = 0;
+			cur->val = xmemdupz(p, cur->len);
 		} else {
 			/* atom */
 			p = s;
@@ -633,12 +644,10 @@ parse_imap_list_l( imap_t *imap, char **sp, list_t **curp, int level )
 				if (level && *s == ')')
 					break;
 			cur->len = s - p;
-			if (cur->len == 3 && !memcmp ("NIL", p, 3))
+			if (cur->len == 3 && !memcmp ("NIL", p, 3)) {
 				cur->val = NIL;
-			else {
-				cur->val = xmalloc( cur->len + 1 );
-				memcpy( cur->val, p, cur->len );
-				cur->val[cur->len] = 0;
+			} else {
+				cur->val = xmemdupz(p, cur->len);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1160,28 +1169,18 @@ imap_store_msg( store_t *gctx, msg_data_t *data, int *uid )
 static int
 read_message( FILE *f, msg_data_t *msg )
 {
-	int len, r;
+	struct strbuf buf;
 
-	memset( msg, 0, sizeof *msg );
-	len = CHUNKSIZE;
-	msg->data = xmalloc( len+1 );
-	msg->data[0] = 0;
-
-	while(!feof( f )) {
-		if (msg->len >= len) {
-			void *p;
-			len += CHUNKSIZE;
-			p = xrealloc(msg->data, len+1);
-			if (!p)
-				break;
-			msg->data = p;
-		}
-		r = fread( &msg->data[msg->len], 1, len - msg->len, f );
-		if (r <= 0)
+	memset(msg, 0, sizeof(*msg));
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+
+	do {
+		if (strbuf_fread(&buf, CHUNKSIZE, f) <= 0)
 			break;
-		msg->len += r;
-	}
-	msg->data[msg->len] = 0;
+	} while (!feof(f));
+
+	msg->len  = buf.len;
+	msg->data = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 	return msg->len;
 }
 
@@ -1231,13 +1230,7 @@ split_msg( msg_data_t *all_msgs, msg_data_t *msg, int *ofs )
 	if (p)
 		msg->len = &p[1] - data;
 
-	msg->data = xmalloc( msg->len + 1 );
-	if (!msg->data)
-		return 0;
-
-	memcpy( msg->data, data, msg->len );
-	msg->data[ msg->len ] = 0;
-
+	msg->data = xmemdupz(data, msg->len);
 	*ofs += msg->len;
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/interpolate.c b/interpolate.c
index 00826778fc..6ef53f2465 100644
--- a/interpolate.c
+++ b/interpolate.c
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ void interp_clear_table(struct interp *table, int ninterps)
  *        { "%%", "%"},
  *    }
  *
- * Returns 0 on a successful substitution pass that fits in result,
- * Returns a number of bytes needed to hold the full substituted
- * string otherwise.
+ * Returns the length of the substituted string (not including the final \0).
+ * Like with snprintf, if the result is >= reslen, then it overflowed.
  */
 
 unsigned long interpolate(char *result, unsigned long reslen,
@@ -61,8 +60,6 @@ unsigned long interpolate(char *result, unsigned long reslen,
 	int i;
 	char c;
 
-        memset(result, 0, reslen);
-
 	while ((c = *src)) {
 		if (c == '%') {
 			/* Try to match an interpolation string. */
@@ -76,11 +73,15 @@ unsigned long interpolate(char *result, unsigned long reslen,
 			/* Check for valid interpolation. */
 			if (i < ninterps) {
 				value = interps[i].value;
-				valuelen = strlen(value);
+				if (!value) {
+					src += namelen;
+					continue;
+				}
 
-				if (newlen + valuelen + 1 < reslen) {
+				valuelen = strlen(value);
+				if (newlen + valuelen < reslen) {
 					/* Substitute. */
-					strncpy(dest, value, valuelen);
+					memcpy(dest, value, valuelen);
 					dest += valuelen;
 				}
 				newlen += valuelen;
@@ -95,8 +96,9 @@ unsigned long interpolate(char *result, unsigned long reslen,
 		newlen++;
 	}
 
-	if (newlen + 1 < reslen)
-		return 0;
-	else
-		return newlen + 2;
+	/* XXX: the previous loop always keep room for the ending NUL,
+	   we just need to check if there was room for a NUL in the first place */
+	if (reslen > 0)
+		*dest = '\0';
+	return newlen;
 }
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index a6423718e7..62edd34455 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -79,25 +79,14 @@ static int detect_any_signoff(char *letter, int size)
 	return seen_head && seen_name;
 }
 
-static unsigned long append_signoff(char **buf_p, unsigned long *buf_sz_p,
-				    unsigned long at, const char *signoff)
+static void append_signoff(struct strbuf *sb, const char *signoff)
 {
 	static const char signed_off_by[] = "Signed-off-by: ";
 	size_t signoff_len = strlen(signoff);
 	int has_signoff = 0;
 	char *cp;
-	char *buf;
-	unsigned long buf_sz;
-
-	buf = *buf_p;
-	buf_sz = *buf_sz_p;
-	if (buf_sz <= at + strlen(signed_off_by) + signoff_len + 3) {
-		buf_sz += strlen(signed_off_by) + signoff_len + 3;
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, buf_sz);
-		*buf_p = buf;
-		*buf_sz_p = buf_sz;
-	}
-	cp = buf;
+
+	cp = sb->buf;
 
 	/* First see if we already have the sign-off by the signer */
 	while ((cp = strstr(cp, signed_off_by))) {
@@ -105,29 +94,25 @@ static unsigned long append_signoff(char **buf_p, unsigned long *buf_sz_p,
 		has_signoff = 1;
 
 		cp += strlen(signed_off_by);
-		if (cp + signoff_len >= buf + at)
+		if (cp + signoff_len >= sb->buf + sb->len)
 			break;
 		if (strncmp(cp, signoff, signoff_len))
 			continue;
 		if (!isspace(cp[signoff_len]))
 			continue;
 		/* we already have him */
-		return at;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if (!has_signoff)
-		has_signoff = detect_any_signoff(buf, at);
+		has_signoff = detect_any_signoff(sb->buf, sb->len);
 
 	if (!has_signoff)
-		buf[at++] = '\n';
-
-	strcpy(buf + at, signed_off_by);
-	at += strlen(signed_off_by);
-	strcpy(buf + at, signoff);
-	at += signoff_len;
-	buf[at++] = '\n';
-	buf[at] = 0;
-	return at;
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+
+	strbuf_addstr(sb, signed_off_by);
+	strbuf_add(sb, signoff, signoff_len);
+	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 }
 
 static unsigned int digits_in_number(unsigned int number)
@@ -142,14 +127,12 @@ static unsigned int digits_in_number(unsigned int number)
 
 void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, const char *sep)
 {
-	char *msgbuf = NULL;
-	unsigned long msgbuf_len = 0;
+	struct strbuf msgbuf;
 	struct log_info *log = opt->loginfo;
 	struct commit *commit = log->commit, *parent = log->parent;
 	int abbrev = opt->diffopt.abbrev;
 	int abbrev_commit = opt->abbrev_commit ? opt->abbrev : 40;
 	const char *extra;
-	int len;
 	const char *subject = NULL, *extra_headers = opt->extra_headers;
 
 	opt->loginfo = NULL;
@@ -288,18 +271,18 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, const char *sep)
 	/*
 	 * And then the pretty-printed message itself
 	 */
-	len = pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, ~0u,
-				  &msgbuf, &msgbuf_len, abbrev, subject,
-				  extra_headers, opt->date_mode);
+	strbuf_init(&msgbuf, 0);
+	pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, &msgbuf,
+				  abbrev, subject, extra_headers, opt->date_mode);
 
 	if (opt->add_signoff)
-		len = append_signoff(&msgbuf, &msgbuf_len, len,
-				     opt->add_signoff);
+		append_signoff(&msgbuf, opt->add_signoff);
 	if (opt->show_log_size)
-		printf("log size %i\n", len);
+		printf("log size %i\n", (int)msgbuf.len);
 
-	printf("%s%s%s", msgbuf, extra, sep);
-	free(msgbuf);
+	if (msgbuf.len)
+		printf("%s%s%s", msgbuf.buf, extra, sep);
+	strbuf_release(&msgbuf);
 }
 
 int log_tree_diff_flush(struct rev_info *opt)
@@ -321,7 +304,8 @@ int log_tree_diff_flush(struct rev_info *opt)
 		 * output for readability.
 		 */
 		show_log(opt, opt->diffopt.msg_sep);
-		if (opt->verbose_header &&
+		if ((opt->diffopt.output_format & ~DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT) &&
+		    opt->verbose_header &&
 		    opt->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) {
 			int pch = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT | DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 			if ((pch & opt->diffopt.output_format) == pch)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 19d5f3b287..4a5c77c3b6 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -85,63 +85,59 @@ struct stage_data
 	unsigned processed:1;
 };
 
-struct output_buffer
-{
-	struct output_buffer *next;
-	char *str;
-};
-
 static struct path_list current_file_set = {NULL, 0, 0, 1};
 static struct path_list current_directory_set = {NULL, 0, 0, 1};
 
 static int call_depth = 0;
 static int verbosity = 2;
+static int rename_limit = -1;
 static int buffer_output = 1;
-static struct output_buffer *output_list, *output_end;
+static struct strbuf obuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-static int show (int v)
+static int show(int v)
 {
 	return (!call_depth && verbosity >= v) || verbosity >= 5;
 }
 
-static void output(int v, const char *fmt, ...)
+static void flush_output(void)
 {
-	va_list args;
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	if (buffer_output && show(v)) {
-		struct output_buffer *b = xmalloc(sizeof(*b));
-		nfvasprintf(&b->str, fmt, args);
-		b->next = NULL;
-		if (output_end)
-			output_end->next = b;
-		else
-			output_list = b;
-		output_end = b;
-	} else if (show(v)) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = call_depth; i--;)
-			fputs("  ", stdout);
-		vfprintf(stdout, fmt, args);
-		fputc('\n', stdout);
+	if (obuf.len) {
+		fputs(obuf.buf, stdout);
+		strbuf_reset(&obuf);
 	}
-	va_end(args);
 }
 
-static void flush_output(void)
+static void output(int v, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	struct output_buffer *b, *n;
-	for (b = output_list; b; b = n) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = call_depth; i--;)
-			fputs("  ", stdout);
-		fputs(b->str, stdout);
-		fputc('\n', stdout);
-		n = b->next;
-		free(b->str);
-		free(b);
+	int len;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	if (!show(v))
+		return;
+
+	strbuf_grow(&obuf, call_depth * 2 + 2);
+	memset(obuf.buf + obuf.len, ' ', call_depth * 2);
+	strbuf_setlen(&obuf, obuf.len + call_depth * 2);
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = vsnprintf(obuf.buf + obuf.len, strbuf_avail(&obuf), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	if (len < 0)
+		len = 0;
+	if (len >= strbuf_avail(&obuf)) {
+		strbuf_grow(&obuf, len + 2);
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		len = vsnprintf(obuf.buf + obuf.len, strbuf_avail(&obuf), fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+		if (len >= strbuf_avail(&obuf)) {
+			die("this should not happen, your snprintf is broken");
+		}
 	}
-	output_list = NULL;
-	output_end = NULL;
+	strbuf_setlen(&obuf, obuf.len + len);
+	strbuf_add(&obuf, "\n", 1);
+	if (!buffer_output)
+		flush_output();
 }
 
 static void output_commit_title(struct commit *commit)
@@ -372,6 +368,7 @@ static struct path_list *get_renames(struct tree *tree,
 	diff_setup(&opts);
 	opts.recursive = 1;
 	opts.detect_rename = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
+	opts.rename_limit = rename_limit;
 	opts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
 	if (diff_setup_done(&opts) < 0)
 		die("diff setup failed");
@@ -432,19 +429,15 @@ static int update_stages(const char *path, struct diff_filespec *o,
 
 static int remove_path(const char *name)
 {
-	int ret, len;
+	int ret;
 	char *slash, *dirs;
 
 	ret = unlink(name);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	len = strlen(name);
-	dirs = xmalloc(len+1);
-	memcpy(dirs, name, len);
-	dirs[len] = '\0';
+	dirs = xstrdup(name);
 	while ((slash = strrchr(name, '/'))) {
 		*slash = '\0';
-		len = slash - name;
 		if (rmdir(name) != 0)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -578,9 +571,7 @@ static void update_file_flags(const unsigned char *sha,
 			flush_buffer(fd, buf, size);
 			close(fd);
 		} else if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
-			char *lnk = xmalloc(size + 1);
-			memcpy(lnk, buf, size);
-			lnk[size] = '\0';
+			char *lnk = xmemdupz(buf, size);
 			mkdir_p(path, 0777);
 			unlink(path);
 			symlink(lnk, path);
@@ -872,14 +863,9 @@ static int read_merge_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		if (!strncmp(fn->name, name, namelen) && !fn->name[namelen])
 			break;
 	if (!fn) {
-		char *namebuf;
 		fn = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ll_merge_driver));
-		namebuf = xmalloc(namelen + 1);
-		memcpy(namebuf, name, namelen);
-		namebuf[namelen] = 0;
-		fn->name = namebuf;
+		fn->name = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
 		fn->fn = ll_ext_merge;
-		fn->next = NULL;
 		*ll_user_merge_tail = fn;
 		ll_user_merge_tail = &(fn->next);
 	}
@@ -1693,6 +1679,10 @@ static int merge_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		verbosity = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcasecmp(var, "diff.renamelimit")) {
+		rename_limit = git_config_int(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
diff --git a/mktag.c b/mktag.c
index 38acd5a295..b05260c83f 100644
--- a/mktag.c
+++ b/mktag.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static int verify_tag(char *buffer, unsigned long size)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	unsigned long size = 4096;
-	char *buffer = xmalloc(size);
+	struct strbuf buf;
 	unsigned char result_sha1[20];
 
 	if (argc != 1)
@@ -120,21 +119,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	setup_git_directory();
 
-	if (read_fd(0, &buffer, &size)) {
-		free(buffer);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 4096) < 0) {
 		die("could not read from stdin");
 	}
 
 	/* Verify it for some basic sanity: it needs to start with
 	   "object <sha1>\ntype\ntagger " */
-	if (verify_tag(buffer, size) < 0)
+	if (verify_tag(buf.buf, buf.len) < 0)
 		die("invalid tag signature file");
 
-	if (write_sha1_file(buffer, size, tag_type, result_sha1) < 0)
+	if (write_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, tag_type, result_sha1) < 0)
 		die("unable to write tag file");
 
-	free(buffer);
-
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(result_sha1));
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mktree.c b/mktree.c
index d86dde89d6..e0da110a98 100644
--- a/mktree.c
+++ b/mktree.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) Junio C Hamano, 2006
  */
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 
@@ -44,30 +43,22 @@ static int ent_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_)
 
 static void write_tree(unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	char *buffer;
-	unsigned long size, offset;
+	struct strbuf buf;
+	size_t size;
 	int i;
 
 	qsort(entries, used, sizeof(*entries), ent_compare);
 	for (size = i = 0; i < used; i++)
 		size += 32 + entries[i]->len;
-	buffer = xmalloc(size);
-	offset = 0;
 
+	strbuf_init(&buf, size);
 	for (i = 0; i < used; i++) {
 		struct treeent *ent = entries[i];
-
-		if (offset + ent->len + 100 < size) {
-			size = alloc_nr(offset + ent->len + 100);
-			buffer = xrealloc(buffer, size);
-		}
-		offset += sprintf(buffer + offset, "%o ", ent->mode);
-		offset += sprintf(buffer + offset, "%s", ent->name);
-		buffer[offset++] = 0;
-		hashcpy((unsigned char*)buffer + offset, ent->sha1);
-		offset += 20;
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, "%o %s%c", ent->mode, ent->name, '\0');
+		strbuf_add(&buf, ent->sha1, 20);
 	}
-	write_sha1_file(buffer, offset, tree_type, sha1);
+
+	write_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, tree_type, sha1);
 }
 
 static const char mktree_usage[] = "git-mktree [-z]";
@@ -75,6 +66,7 @@ static const char mktree_usage[] = "git-mktree [-z]";
 int main(int ac, char **av)
 {
 	struct strbuf sb;
+	struct strbuf p_uq;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	int line_termination = '\n';
 
@@ -90,18 +82,14 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		av++;
 	}
 
-	strbuf_init(&sb);
-	while (1) {
-		int len;
+	strbuf_init(&sb, 0);
+	strbuf_init(&p_uq, 0);
+	while (strbuf_getline(&sb, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) {
 		char *ptr, *ntr;
 		unsigned mode;
 		enum object_type type;
 		char *path;
 
-		read_line(&sb, stdin, line_termination);
-		if (sb.eof)
-			break;
-		len = sb.len;
 		ptr = sb.buf;
 		/* Input is non-recursive ls-tree output format
 		 * mode SP type SP sha1 TAB name
@@ -111,7 +99,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 			die("input format error: %s", sb.buf);
 		ptr = ntr + 1; /* type */
 		ntr = strchr(ptr, ' ');
-		if (!ntr || sb.buf + len <= ntr + 41 ||
+		if (!ntr || sb.buf + sb.len <= ntr + 40 ||
 		    ntr[41] != '\t' ||
 		    get_sha1_hex(ntr + 1, sha1))
 			die("input format error: %s", sb.buf);
@@ -121,17 +109,21 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		*ntr++ = 0; /* now at the beginning of SHA1 */
 		if (type != type_from_string(ptr))
 			die("object type %s mismatch (%s)", ptr, typename(type));
-		ntr += 41; /* at the beginning of name */
-		if (line_termination && ntr[0] == '"')
-			path = unquote_c_style(ntr, NULL);
-		else
-			path = ntr;
 
-		append_to_tree(mode, sha1, path);
+		path = ntr + 41;  /* at the beginning of name */
+		if (line_termination && path[0] == '"') {
+			strbuf_reset(&p_uq);
+			if (unquote_c_style(&p_uq, path, NULL)) {
+				die("invalid quoting");
+			}
+			path = p_uq.buf;
+		}
 
-		if (path != ntr)
-			free(path);
+		append_to_tree(mode, sha1, path);
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&p_uq);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+
 	write_tree(sha1);
 	puts(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	exit(0);
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index d88bf75159..482be05b7a 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -12,37 +12,31 @@
  *  a'b      ==> a'\''b    ==> 'a'\''b'
  *  a!b      ==> a'\!'b    ==> 'a'\!'b'
  */
-#undef EMIT
-#define EMIT(x) do { if (++len < n) *bp++ = (x); } while(0)
-
 static inline int need_bs_quote(char c)
 {
 	return (c == '\'' || c == '!');
 }
 
-static size_t sq_quote_buf(char *dst, size_t n, const char *src)
+void sq_quote_buf(struct strbuf *dst, const char *src)
 {
-	char c;
-	char *bp = dst;
-	size_t len = 0;
-
-	EMIT('\'');
-	while ((c = *src++)) {
-		if (need_bs_quote(c)) {
-			EMIT('\'');
-			EMIT('\\');
-			EMIT(c);
-			EMIT('\'');
-		} else {
-			EMIT(c);
+	char *to_free = NULL;
+
+	if (dst->buf == src)
+		to_free = strbuf_detach(dst, NULL);
+
+	strbuf_addch(dst, '\'');
+	while (*src) {
+		size_t len = strcspn(src, "'\\");
+		strbuf_add(dst, src, len);
+		src += len;
+		while (need_bs_quote(*src)) {
+			strbuf_addstr(dst, "'\\");
+			strbuf_addch(dst, *src++);
+			strbuf_addch(dst, '\'');
 		}
 	}
-	EMIT('\'');
-
-	if ( n )
-		*bp = 0;
-
-	return len;
+	strbuf_addch(dst, '\'');
+	free(to_free);
 }
 
 void sq_quote_print(FILE *stream, const char *src)
@@ -62,11 +56,10 @@ void sq_quote_print(FILE *stream, const char *src)
 	fputc('\'', stream);
 }
 
-char *sq_quote_argv(const char** argv, int count)
+void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char** argv, int count,
+                   size_t maxlen)
 {
-	char *buf, *to;
 	int i;
-	size_t len = 0;
 
 	/* Count argv if needed. */
 	if (count < 0) {
@@ -74,53 +67,14 @@ char *sq_quote_argv(const char** argv, int count)
 			; /* just counting */
 	}
 
-	/* Special case: no argv. */
-	if (!count)
-		return xcalloc(1,1);
-
-	/* Get destination buffer length. */
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		len += sq_quote_buf(NULL, 0, argv[i]) + 1;
-
-	/* Alloc destination buffer. */
-	to = buf = xmalloc(len + 1);
-
 	/* Copy into destination buffer. */
+	strbuf_grow(dst, 32 * count);
 	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-		*to++ = ' ';
-		to += sq_quote_buf(to, len, argv[i]);
+		strbuf_addch(dst, ' ');
+		sq_quote_buf(dst, argv[i]);
+		if (maxlen && dst->len > maxlen)
+			die("Too many or long arguments");
 	}
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
-/*
- * Append a string to a string buffer, with or without shell quoting.
- * Return true if the buffer overflowed.
- */
-int add_to_string(char **ptrp, int *sizep, const char *str, int quote)
-{
-	char *p = *ptrp;
-	int size = *sizep;
-	int oc;
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (quote)
-		oc = sq_quote_buf(p, size, str);
-	else {
-		oc = strlen(str);
-		memcpy(p, str, (size <= oc) ? size - 1 : oc);
-	}
-
-	if (size <= oc) {
-		err = 1;
-		oc = size - 1;
-	}
-
-	*ptrp += oc;
-	**ptrp = '\0';
-	*sizep -= oc;
-	return err;
 }
 
 char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
@@ -157,186 +111,213 @@ char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
 	}
 }
 
+/* 1 means: quote as octal
+ * 0 means: quote as octal if (quote_path_fully)
+ * -1 means: never quote
+ * c: quote as "\\c"
+ */
+#define X8(x)   x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x
+#define X16(x)  X8(x), X8(x)
+static signed char const sq_lookup[256] = {
+	/*           0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7 */
+	/* 0x00 */   1,   1,   1,   1,   1,   1,   1, 'a',
+	/* 0x08 */ 'b', 't', 'n', 'v', 'f', 'r',   1,   1,
+	/* 0x10 */ X16(1),
+	/* 0x20 */  -1,  -1, '"',  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,
+	/* 0x28 */ X16(-1), X16(-1), X16(-1),
+	/* 0x58 */  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,'\\',  -1,  -1,  -1,
+	/* 0x60 */ X16(-1), X8(-1),
+	/* 0x78 */  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,  -1,   1,
+	/* 0x80 */ /* set to 0 */
+};
+
+static inline int sq_must_quote(char c) {
+	return sq_lookup[(unsigned char)c] + quote_path_fully > 0;
+}
+
+/* returns the longest prefix not needing a quote up to maxlen if positive.
+   This stops at the first \0 because it's marked as a character needing an
+   escape */
+static size_t next_quote_pos(const char *s, ssize_t maxlen)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	if (maxlen < 0) {
+		for (len = 0; !sq_must_quote(s[len]); len++);
+	} else {
+		for (len = 0; len < maxlen && !sq_must_quote(s[len]); len++);
+	}
+	return len;
+}
+
 /*
  * C-style name quoting.
  *
- * Does one of three things:
- *
- * (1) if outbuf and outfp are both NULL, inspect the input name and
- *     counts the number of bytes that are needed to hold c_style
- *     quoted version of name, counting the double quotes around
- *     it but not terminating NUL, and returns it.  However, if name
- *     does not need c_style quoting, it returns 0.
- *
- * (2) if outbuf is not NULL, it must point at a buffer large enough
- *     to hold the c_style quoted version of name, enclosing double
- *     quotes, and terminating NUL.  Fills outbuf with c_style quoted
- *     version of name enclosed in double-quote pair.  Return value
- *     is undefined.
+ * (1) if sb and fp are both NULL, inspect the input name and counts the
+ *     number of bytes that are needed to hold c_style quoted version of name,
+ *     counting the double quotes around it but not terminating NUL, and
+ *     returns it.
+ *     However, if name does not need c_style quoting, it returns 0.
  *
- * (3) if outfp is not NULL, outputs c_style quoted version of name,
- *     but not enclosed in double-quote pair.  Return value is undefined.
+ * (2) if sb or fp are not NULL, it emits the c_style quoted version
+ *     of name, enclosed with double quotes if asked and needed only.
+ *     Return value is the same as in (1).
  */
-
-static int quote_c_style_counted(const char *name, int namelen,
-				 char *outbuf, FILE *outfp, int no_dq)
+static size_t quote_c_style_counted(const char *name, ssize_t maxlen,
+                                    struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int no_dq)
 {
 #undef EMIT
-#define EMIT(c) \
-	(outbuf ? (*outbuf++ = (c)) : outfp ? fputc(c, outfp) : (count++))
-
-#define EMITQ() EMIT('\\')
+#define EMIT(c)                                 \
+	do {                                        \
+		if (sb) strbuf_addch(sb, (c));          \
+		if (fp) fputc((c), fp);                 \
+		count++;                                \
+	} while (0)
+#define EMITBUF(s, l)                           \
+	do {                                        \
+		if (sb) strbuf_add(sb, (s), (l));       \
+		if (fp) fwrite((s), (l), 1, fp);        \
+		count += (l);                           \
+	} while (0)
+
+	size_t len, count = 0;
+	const char *p = name;
 
-	const char *sp;
-	unsigned char ch;
-	int count = 0, needquote = 0;
+	for (;;) {
+		int ch;
 
-	if (!no_dq)
-		EMIT('"');
-	for (sp = name; sp < name + namelen; sp++) {
-		ch = *sp;
-		if (!ch)
+		len = next_quote_pos(p, maxlen);
+		if (len == maxlen || !p[len])
 			break;
-		if ((ch < ' ') || (ch == '"') || (ch == '\\') ||
-		    (quote_path_fully && (ch >= 0177))) {
-			needquote = 1;
-			switch (ch) {
-			case '\a': EMITQ(); ch = 'a'; break;
-			case '\b': EMITQ(); ch = 'b'; break;
-			case '\f': EMITQ(); ch = 'f'; break;
-			case '\n': EMITQ(); ch = 'n'; break;
-			case '\r': EMITQ(); ch = 'r'; break;
-			case '\t': EMITQ(); ch = 't'; break;
-			case '\v': EMITQ(); ch = 'v'; break;
-
-			case '\\': /* fallthru */
-			case '"': EMITQ(); break;
-			default:
-				/* octal */
-				EMITQ();
-				EMIT(((ch >> 6) & 03) + '0');
-				EMIT(((ch >> 3) & 07) + '0');
-				ch = (ch & 07) + '0';
-				break;
-			}
+
+		if (!no_dq && p == name)
+			EMIT('"');
+
+		EMITBUF(p, len);
+		EMIT('\\');
+		p += len;
+		ch = (unsigned char)*p++;
+		if (sq_lookup[ch] >= ' ') {
+			EMIT(sq_lookup[ch]);
+		} else {
+			EMIT(((ch >> 6) & 03) + '0');
+			EMIT(((ch >> 3) & 07) + '0');
+			EMIT(((ch >> 0) & 07) + '0');
 		}
-		EMIT(ch);
 	}
+
+	EMITBUF(p, len);
+	if (p == name)   /* no ending quote needed */
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!no_dq)
 		EMIT('"');
-	if (outbuf)
-		*outbuf = 0;
+	return count;
+}
 
-	return needquote ? count : 0;
+size_t quote_c_style(const char *name, struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int nodq)
+{
+	return quote_c_style_counted(name, -1, sb, fp, nodq);
 }
 
-int quote_c_style(const char *name, char *outbuf, FILE *outfp, int no_dq)
+void write_name_quoted(const char *name, FILE *fp, int terminator)
 {
-	int cnt = strlen(name);
-	return quote_c_style_counted(name, cnt, outbuf, outfp, no_dq);
+	if (terminator) {
+		quote_c_style(name, NULL, fp, 0);
+	} else {
+		fputs(name, fp);
+	}
+	fputc(terminator, fp);
+}
+
+extern void write_name_quotedpfx(const char *pfx, size_t pfxlen,
+                                 const char *name, FILE *fp, int terminator)
+{
+	int needquote = 0;
+
+	if (terminator) {
+		needquote = next_quote_pos(pfx, pfxlen) < pfxlen
+			|| name[next_quote_pos(name, -1)];
+	}
+	if (needquote) {
+		fputc('"', fp);
+		quote_c_style_counted(pfx, pfxlen, NULL, fp, 1);
+		quote_c_style(name, NULL, fp, 1);
+		fputc('"', fp);
+	} else {
+		fwrite(pfx, pfxlen, 1, fp);
+		fputs(name, fp);
+	}
+	fputc(terminator, fp);
 }
 
 /*
  * C-style name unquoting.
  *
- * Quoted should point at the opening double quote.  Returns
- * an allocated memory that holds unquoted name, which the caller
- * should free when done.  Updates endp pointer to point at
- * one past the ending double quote if given.
+ * Quoted should point at the opening double quote.
+ * + Returns 0 if it was able to unquote the string properly, and appends the
+ *   result in the strbuf `sb'.
+ * + Returns -1 in case of error, and doesn't touch the strbuf. Though note
+ *   that this function will allocate memory in the strbuf, so calling
+ *   strbuf_release is mandatory whichever result unquote_c_style returns.
+ *
+ * Updates endp pointer to point at one past the ending double quote if given.
  */
-
-char *unquote_c_style(const char *quoted, const char **endp)
+int unquote_c_style(struct strbuf *sb, const char *quoted, const char **endp)
 {
-	const char *sp;
-	char *name = NULL, *outp = NULL;
-	int count = 0, ch, ac;
-
-#undef EMIT
-#define EMIT(c) (outp ? (*outp++ = (c)) : (count++))
+	size_t oldlen = sb->len, len;
+	int ch, ac;
 
 	if (*quoted++ != '"')
-		return NULL;
+		return -1;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		len = strcspn(quoted, "\"\\");
+		strbuf_add(sb, quoted, len);
+		quoted += len;
+
+		switch (*quoted++) {
+		  case '"':
+			if (endp)
+				*endp = quoted + 1;
+			return 0;
+		  case '\\':
+			break;
+		  default:
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		switch ((ch = *quoted++)) {
+		case 'a': ch = '\a'; break;
+		case 'b': ch = '\b'; break;
+		case 'f': ch = '\f'; break;
+		case 'n': ch = '\n'; break;
+		case 'r': ch = '\r'; break;
+		case 't': ch = '\t'; break;
+		case 'v': ch = '\v'; break;
 
-	while (1) {
-		/* first pass counts and allocates, second pass fills */
-		for (sp = quoted; (ch = *sp++) != '"'; ) {
-			if (ch == '\\') {
-				switch (ch = *sp++) {
-				case 'a': ch = '\a'; break;
-				case 'b': ch = '\b'; break;
-				case 'f': ch = '\f'; break;
-				case 'n': ch = '\n'; break;
-				case 'r': ch = '\r'; break;
-				case 't': ch = '\t'; break;
-				case 'v': ch = '\v'; break;
-
-				case '\\': case '"':
-					break; /* verbatim */
-
-				case '0':
-				case '1':
-				case '2':
-				case '3':
-				case '4':
-				case '5':
-				case '6':
-				case '7':
-					/* octal */
+		case '\\': case '"':
+			break; /* verbatim */
+
+		/* octal values with first digit over 4 overflow */
+		case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3':
 					ac = ((ch - '0') << 6);
-					if ((ch = *sp++) < '0' || '7' < ch)
-						return NULL;
+			if ((ch = *quoted++) < '0' || '7' < ch)
+				goto error;
 					ac |= ((ch - '0') << 3);
-					if ((ch = *sp++) < '0' || '7' < ch)
-						return NULL;
+			if ((ch = *quoted++) < '0' || '7' < ch)
+				goto error;
 					ac |= (ch - '0');
 					ch = ac;
 					break;
 				default:
-					return NULL; /* malformed */
-				}
+			goto error;
 			}
-			EMIT(ch);
+		strbuf_addch(sb, ch);
 		}
 
-		if (name) {
-			*outp = 0;
-			if (endp)
-				*endp = sp;
-			return name;
-		}
-		outp = name = xmalloc(count + 1);
-	}
-}
-
-void write_name_quoted(const char *prefix, int prefix_len,
-		       const char *name, int quote, FILE *out)
-{
-	int needquote;
-
-	if (!quote) {
-	no_quote:
-		if (prefix_len)
-			fprintf(out, "%.*s", prefix_len, prefix);
-		fputs(name, out);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	needquote = 0;
-	if (prefix_len)
-		needquote = quote_c_style_counted(prefix, prefix_len,
-						  NULL, NULL, 0);
-	if (!needquote)
-		needquote = quote_c_style(name, NULL, NULL, 0);
-	if (needquote) {
-		fputc('"', out);
-		if (prefix_len)
-			quote_c_style_counted(prefix, prefix_len,
-					      NULL, out, 1);
-		quote_c_style(name, NULL, out, 1);
-		fputc('"', out);
-	}
-	else
-		goto no_quote;
+  error:
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, oldlen);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /* quoting as a string literal for other languages */
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index 8a59cc55d1..4287990998 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@
  */
 
 extern void sq_quote_print(FILE *stream, const char *src);
-extern char *sq_quote_argv(const char** argv, int count);
 
-/*
- * Append a string to a string buffer, with or without shell quoting.
- * Return true if the buffer overflowed.
- */
-extern int add_to_string(char **ptrp, int *sizep, const char *str, int quote);
+extern void sq_quote_buf(struct strbuf *, const char *src);
+extern void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *, const char **argv, int count,
+                          size_t maxlen);
 
 /* This unwraps what sq_quote() produces in place, but returns
  * NULL if the input does not look like what sq_quote would have
@@ -43,12 +40,12 @@ extern int add_to_string(char **ptrp, int *sizep, const char *str, int quote);
  */
 extern char *sq_dequote(char *);
 
-extern int quote_c_style(const char *name, char *outbuf, FILE *outfp,
-			 int nodq);
-extern char *unquote_c_style(const char *quoted, const char **endp);
+extern int unquote_c_style(struct strbuf *, const char *quoted, const char **endp);
+extern size_t quote_c_style(const char *name, struct strbuf *, FILE *, int no_dq);
 
-extern void write_name_quoted(const char *prefix, int prefix_len,
-			      const char *name, int quote, FILE *out);
+extern void write_name_quoted(const char *name, FILE *, int terminator);
+extern void write_name_quotedpfx(const char *pfx, size_t pfxlen,
+                                 const char *name, FILE *, int terminator);
 
 /* quoting as a string literal for other languages */
 extern void perl_quote_print(FILE *stream, const char *src);
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 2e40a34420..56202d13df 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
 {
 	SHA_CTX c;
 	struct cache_header hdr;
-	int i, removed;
+	int i, err, removed;
 	struct cache_entry **cache = istate->cache;
 	int entries = istate->cache_nr;
 
@@ -1165,16 +1165,15 @@ int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
 
 	/* Write extension data here */
 	if (istate->cache_tree) {
-		unsigned long sz;
-		void *data = cache_tree_write(istate->cache_tree, &sz);
-		if (data &&
-		    !write_index_ext_header(&c, newfd, CACHE_EXT_TREE, sz) &&
-		    !ce_write(&c, newfd, data, sz))
-			free(data);
-		else {
-			free(data);
+		struct strbuf sb;
+
+		strbuf_init(&sb, 0);
+		cache_tree_write(&sb, istate->cache_tree);
+		err = write_index_ext_header(&c, newfd, CACHE_EXT_TREE, sb.len) < 0
+			|| ce_write(&c, newfd, sb.buf, sb.len) < 0;
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+		if (err)
 			return -1;
-		}
 	}
 	return ce_flush(&c, newfd);
 }
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 0dc5678079..aff02cd09d 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1213,15 +1213,11 @@ int create_symref(const char *ref_target, const char *refs_heads_master,
 static char *ref_msg(const char *line, const char *endp)
 {
 	const char *ep;
-	char *msg;
-
 	line += 82;
-	for (ep = line; ep < endp && *ep != '\n'; ep++)
-		;
-	msg = xmalloc(ep - line + 1);
-	memcpy(msg, line, ep - line);
-	msg[ep - line] = 0;
-	return msg;
+	ep = memchr(line, '\n', endp - line);
+	if (!ep)
+		ep = endp;
+	return xmemdupz(line, ep - line);
 }
 
 int read_ref_at(const char *ref, unsigned long at_time, int cnt, unsigned char *sha1, char **msg, unsigned long *cutoff_time, int *cutoff_tz, int *cutoff_cnt)
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 33d092c3c4..e76da0d448 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1134,22 +1134,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strncmp(arg, "--date=", 7)) {
-				if (!strcmp(arg + 7, "relative"))
-					revs->date_mode = DATE_RELATIVE;
-				else if (!strcmp(arg + 7, "iso8601") ||
-					 !strcmp(arg + 7, "iso"))
-					revs->date_mode = DATE_ISO8601;
-				else if (!strcmp(arg + 7, "rfc2822") ||
-					 !strcmp(arg + 7, "rfc"))
-					revs->date_mode = DATE_RFC2822;
-				else if (!strcmp(arg + 7, "short"))
-					revs->date_mode = DATE_SHORT;
-				else if (!strcmp(arg + 7, "local"))
-					revs->date_mode = DATE_LOCAL;
-				else if (!strcmp(arg + 7, "default"))
-					revs->date_mode = DATE_NORMAL;
-				else
-					die("unknown date format %s", arg);
+				revs->date_mode = parse_date_format(arg + 7);
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--log-size")) {
@@ -1209,8 +1194,6 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 
 			opts = diff_opt_parse(&revs->diffopt, argv+i, argc-i);
 			if (opts > 0) {
-				if (strcmp(argv[i], "-z"))
-					revs->diff = 1;
 				i += opts - 1;
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -1254,6 +1237,14 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 		add_pending_object_with_mode(revs, object, def, mode);
 	}
 
+	/* Did the user ask for any diff output? Run the diff! */
+	if (revs->diffopt.output_format & ~DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT)
+		revs->diff = 1;
+
+	/* Pickaxe and rename following needs diffs */
+	if (revs->diffopt.pickaxe || revs->diffopt.follow_renames)
+		revs->diff = 1;
+
 	if (revs->topo_order)
 		revs->limited = 1;
 
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 4533d1bf8e..7b776243e6 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 
 static const char send_pack_usage[] =
-"git-send-pack [--all] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]\n"
+"git-send-pack [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]\n"
 "  --all and explicit <ref> specification are mutually exclusive.";
 static const char *receivepack = "git-receive-pack";
 static int verbose;
 static int send_all;
 static int force_update;
 static int use_thin_pack;
+static int dry_run;
 
 /*
  * Make a pack stream and spit it out into file descriptor fd
@@ -282,16 +283,18 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 		strcpy(old_hex, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
 		new_hex = sha1_to_hex(ref->new_sha1);
 
-		if (ask_for_status_report) {
-			packet_write(out, "%s %s %s%c%s",
-				     old_hex, new_hex, ref->name, 0,
-				     "report-status");
-			ask_for_status_report = 0;
-			expect_status_report = 1;
+		if (!dry_run) {
+			if (ask_for_status_report) {
+				packet_write(out, "%s %s %s%c%s",
+					old_hex, new_hex, ref->name, 0,
+					"report-status");
+				ask_for_status_report = 0;
+				expect_status_report = 1;
+			}
+			else
+				packet_write(out, "%s %s %s",
+					old_hex, new_hex, ref->name);
 		}
-		else
-			packet_write(out, "%s %s %s",
-				     old_hex, new_hex, ref->name);
 		if (will_delete_ref)
 			fprintf(stderr, "deleting '%s'\n", ref->name);
 		else {
@@ -302,7 +305,7 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 			fprintf(stderr, "\n  from %s\n  to   %s\n",
 				old_hex, new_hex);
 		}
-		if (remote) {
+		if (remote && !dry_run) {
 			struct refspec rs;
 			rs.src = ref->name;
 			rs.dst = NULL;
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 	}
 
 	packet_flush(out);
-	if (new_refs)
+	if (new_refs && !dry_run)
 		ret = pack_objects(out, remote_refs);
 	close(out);
 
@@ -390,6 +393,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				send_all = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--dry-run")) {
+				dry_run = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--force")) {
 				force_update = 1;
 				continue;
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 9978a58da6..83a06a7aed 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1491,11 +1491,8 @@ found_cache_entry:
 		ent->lru.next->prev = ent->lru.prev;
 		ent->lru.prev->next = ent->lru.next;
 		delta_base_cached -= ent->size;
-	}
-	else {
-		ret = xmalloc(ent->size + 1);
-		memcpy(ret, ent->data, ent->size);
-		((char *)ret)[ent->size] = 0;
+	} else {
+		ret = xmemdupz(ent->data, ent->size);
 	}
 	*type = ent->type;
 	*base_size = ent->size;
@@ -1684,22 +1681,22 @@ off_t find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int matches_pack_name(struct packed_git *p, const char *ig)
+int matches_pack_name(struct packed_git *p, const char *name)
 {
 	const char *last_c, *c;
 
-	if (!strcmp(p->pack_name, ig))
-		return 0;
+	if (!strcmp(p->pack_name, name))
+		return 1;
 
 	for (c = p->pack_name, last_c = c; *c;)
 		if (*c == '/')
 			last_c = ++c;
 		else
 			++c;
-	if (!strcmp(last_c, ig))
-		return 0;
+	if (!strcmp(last_c, name))
+		return 1;
 
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int find_pack_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct pack_entry *e, const char **ignore_packed)
@@ -1717,7 +1714,7 @@ static int find_pack_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct pack_entry *e, cons
 		if (ignore_packed) {
 			const char **ig;
 			for (ig = ignore_packed; *ig; ig++)
-				if (!matches_pack_name(p, *ig))
+				if (matches_pack_name(p, *ig))
 					break;
 			if (*ig)
 				goto next;
@@ -1872,12 +1869,9 @@ void *read_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type *type,
 
 	co = find_cached_object(sha1);
 	if (co) {
-		buf = xmalloc(co->size + 1);
-		memcpy(buf, co->buf, co->size);
-		((char*)buf)[co->size] = 0;
 		*type = co->type;
 		*size = co->size;
-		return buf;
+		return xmemdupz(co->buf, co->size);
 	}
 
 	buf = read_packed_sha1(sha1, type, size);
@@ -2302,68 +2296,25 @@ int has_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	return find_sha1_file(sha1, &st) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * reads from fd as long as possible into a supplied buffer of size bytes.
- * If necessary the buffer's size is increased using realloc()
- *
- * returns 0 if anything went fine and -1 otherwise
- *
- * The buffer is always NUL-terminated, not including it in returned size.
- *
- * NOTE: both buf and size may change, but even when -1 is returned
- * you still have to free() it yourself.
- */
-int read_fd(int fd, char **return_buf, unsigned long *return_size)
-{
-	char *buf = *return_buf;
-	unsigned long size = *return_size;
-	ssize_t iret;
-	unsigned long off = 0;
-
-	if (!buf || size <= 1) {
-		size = 1024;
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, size);
-	}
-
-	do {
-		iret = xread(fd, buf + off, (size - 1) - off);
-		if (iret > 0) {
-			off += iret;
-			if (off == size - 1) {
-				size = alloc_nr(size);
-				buf = xrealloc(buf, size);
-			}
-		}
-	} while (iret > 0);
-
-	buf[off] = '\0';
-
-	*return_buf = buf;
-	*return_size = off;
-
-	if (iret < 0)
-		return -1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int index_pipe(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, const char *type, int write_object)
 {
-	unsigned long size = 4096;
-	char *buf = xmalloc(size);
+	struct strbuf buf;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (read_fd(fd, &buf, &size)) {
-		free(buf);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	if (strbuf_read(&buf, fd, 4096) < 0) {
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (!type)
 		type = blob_type;
 	if (write_object)
-		ret = write_sha1_file(buf, size, type, sha1);
+		ret = write_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, type, sha1);
 	else
-		ret = hash_sha1_file(buf, size, type, sha1);
-	free(buf);
+		ret = hash_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, type, sha1);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2385,12 +2336,11 @@ int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st, int write_object,
 	 * Convert blobs to git internal format
 	 */
 	if ((type == OBJ_BLOB) && S_ISREG(st->st_mode)) {
-		unsigned long nsize = size;
-		char *nbuf = convert_to_git(path, buf, &nsize);
-		if (nbuf) {
+		struct strbuf nbuf;
+		strbuf_init(&nbuf, 0);
+		if (convert_to_git(path, buf, size, &nbuf)) {
 			munmap(buf, size);
-			size = nsize;
-			buf = nbuf;
+			buf = strbuf_detach(&nbuf, &size);
 			re_allocated = 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index c983fc7b86..cfe372b213 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 static int do_generic_cmd(const char *me, char *arg)
 {
@@ -18,12 +19,34 @@ static int do_generic_cmd(const char *me, char *arg)
 	return execv_git_cmd(my_argv);
 }
 
+static int do_cvs_cmd(const char *me, char *arg)
+{
+	const char *cvsserver_argv[3] = {
+		"cvsserver", "server", NULL
+	};
+	const char *oldpath = getenv("PATH");
+	struct strbuf newpath = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (!arg || strcmp(arg, "server"))
+		die("git-cvsserver only handles server: %s", arg);
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&newpath, git_exec_path());
+	strbuf_addch(&newpath, ':');
+	strbuf_addstr(&newpath, oldpath);
+
+	setenv("PATH", strbuf_detach(&newpath, NULL), 1);
+
+	return execv_git_cmd(cvsserver_argv);
+}
+
+
 static struct commands {
 	const char *name;
 	int (*exec)(const char *me, char *arg);
 } cmd_list[] = {
 	{ "git-receive-pack", do_generic_cmd },
 	{ "git-upload-pack", do_generic_cmd },
+	{ "cvs", do_cvs_cmd },
 	{ NULL },
 };
 
@@ -32,8 +55,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *prog;
 	struct commands *cmd;
 
+	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "cvs server"))
+		argv--;
 	/* We want to see "-c cmd args", and nothing else */
-	if (argc != 3 || strcmp(argv[1], "-c"))
+	else if (argc != 3 || strcmp(argv[1], "-c"))
 		die("What do you think I am? A shell?");
 
 	prog = argv[2];
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index e33d06b87c..f4201e160d 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -1,41 +1,202 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 
-void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *sb) {
-	sb->buf = NULL;
-	sb->eof = sb->alloc = sb->len = 0;
+/*
+ * Used as the default ->buf value, so that people can always assume
+ * buf is non NULL and ->buf is NUL terminated even for a freshly
+ * initialized strbuf.
+ */
+char strbuf_slopbuf[1];
+
+void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *sb, size_t hint)
+{
+	sb->alloc = sb->len = 0;
+	sb->buf = strbuf_slopbuf;
+	if (hint)
+		strbuf_grow(sb, hint);
+}
+
+void strbuf_release(struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	if (sb->alloc) {
+		free(sb->buf);
+		strbuf_init(sb, 0);
+	}
+}
+
+char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *sb, size_t *sz)
+{
+	char *res = sb->alloc ? sb->buf : NULL;
+	if (sz)
+		*sz = sb->len;
+	strbuf_init(sb, 0);
+	return res;
 }
 
-static void strbuf_begin(struct strbuf *sb) {
-	free(sb->buf);
-	strbuf_init(sb);
+void strbuf_attach(struct strbuf *sb, void *buf, size_t len, size_t alloc)
+{
+	strbuf_release(sb);
+	sb->buf   = buf;
+	sb->len   = len;
+	sb->alloc = alloc;
+	strbuf_grow(sb, 0);
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
 }
 
-static void inline strbuf_add(struct strbuf *sb, int ch) {
-	if (sb->alloc <= sb->len) {
-		sb->alloc = sb->alloc * 3 / 2 + 16;
-		sb->buf = xrealloc(sb->buf, sb->alloc);
+void strbuf_grow(struct strbuf *sb, size_t extra)
+{
+	if (sb->len + extra + 1 <= sb->len)
+		die("you want to use way too much memory");
+	if (!sb->alloc)
+		sb->buf = NULL;
+	ALLOC_GROW(sb->buf, sb->len + extra + 1, sb->alloc);
+}
+
+void strbuf_rtrim(struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	while (sb->len > 0 && isspace((unsigned char)sb->buf[sb->len - 1]))
+		sb->len--;
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+}
+
+int strbuf_cmp(struct strbuf *a, struct strbuf *b)
+{
+	int cmp;
+	if (a->len < b->len) {
+		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, a->len);
+		return cmp ? cmp : -1;
+	} else {
+		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, b->len);
+		return cmp ? cmp : a->len != b->len;
 	}
-	sb->buf[sb->len++] = ch;
 }
 
-static void strbuf_end(struct strbuf *sb) {
-	strbuf_add(sb, 0);
+void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len,
+				   const void *data, size_t dlen)
+{
+	if (pos + len < pos)
+		die("you want to use way too much memory");
+	if (pos > sb->len)
+		die("`pos' is too far after the end of the buffer");
+	if (pos + len > sb->len)
+		die("`pos + len' is too far after the end of the buffer");
+
+	if (dlen >= len)
+		strbuf_grow(sb, dlen - len);
+	memmove(sb->buf + pos + dlen,
+			sb->buf + pos + len,
+			sb->len - pos - len);
+	memcpy(sb->buf + pos, data, dlen);
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + dlen - len);
 }
 
-void read_line(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term) {
-	int ch;
-	strbuf_begin(sb);
-	if (feof(fp)) {
-		sb->eof = 1;
-		return;
+void strbuf_insert(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, const void *data, size_t len)
+{
+	strbuf_splice(sb, pos, 0, data, len);
+}
+
+void strbuf_remove(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len)
+{
+	strbuf_splice(sb, pos, len, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+void strbuf_add(struct strbuf *sb, const void *data, size_t len)
+{
+	strbuf_grow(sb, len);
+	memcpy(sb->buf + sb->len, data, len);
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
+}
+
+void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int len;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (len < 0) {
+		len = 0;
 	}
+	if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
+		strbuf_grow(sb, len);
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+		if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
+			die("this should not happen, your snprintf is broken");
+		}
+	}
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
+}
+
+size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *sb, size_t size, FILE *f)
+{
+	size_t res;
+
+	strbuf_grow(sb, size);
+	res = fread(sb->buf + sb->len, 1, size, f);
+	if (res > 0) {
+		strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + res);
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, size_t hint)
+{
+	size_t oldlen = sb->len;
+
+	strbuf_grow(sb, hint ? hint : 8192);
+	for (;;) {
+		ssize_t cnt;
+
+		cnt = xread(fd, sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len - 1);
+		if (cnt < 0) {
+			strbuf_setlen(sb, oldlen);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (!cnt)
+			break;
+		sb->len += cnt;
+		strbuf_grow(sb, 8192);
+	}
+
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+	return sb->len - oldlen;
+}
+
+int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
+{
+	int ch;
+
+	strbuf_grow(sb, 0);
+	if (feof(fp))
+		return EOF;
+
+	strbuf_reset(sb);
 	while ((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
 		if (ch == term)
 			break;
-		strbuf_add(sb, ch);
+		strbuf_grow(sb, 1);
+		sb->buf[sb->len++] = ch;
 	}
 	if (ch == EOF && sb->len == 0)
-		sb->eof = 1;
-	strbuf_end(sb);
+		return EOF;
+
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
+{
+	int fd, len;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
+	len = strbuf_read(sb, fd, hint);
+	close(fd);
+	if (len < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return len;
 }
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 74cc012c2c..9b9e861d3d 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -1,13 +1,117 @@
 #ifndef STRBUF_H
 #define STRBUF_H
+
+/*
+ * Strbuf's can be use in many ways: as a byte array, or to store arbitrary
+ * long, overflow safe strings.
+ *
+ * Strbufs has some invariants that are very important to keep in mind:
+ *
+ * 1. the ->buf member is always malloc-ed, hence strbuf's can be used to
+ *    build complex strings/buffers whose final size isn't easily known.
+ *
+ *    It is NOT legal to copy the ->buf pointer away.
+ *    `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detachs a buffer from its shell
+ *    while keeping the shell valid wrt its invariants.
+ *
+ * 2. the ->buf member is a byte array that has at least ->len + 1 bytes
+ *    allocated. The extra byte is used to store a '\0', allowing the ->buf
+ *    member to be a valid C-string. Every strbuf function ensure this
+ *    invariant is preserved.
+ *
+ *    Note that it is OK to "play" with the buffer directly if you work it
+ *    that way:
+ *
+ *    strbuf_grow(sb, SOME_SIZE);
+ *    // ... here the memory areay starting at sb->buf, and of length
+ *    // sb_avail(sb) is all yours, and you are sure that sb_avail(sb) is at
+ *    // least SOME_SIZE
+ *    strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + SOME_OTHER_SIZE);
+ *
+ *    Of course, SOME_OTHER_SIZE must be smaller or equal to sb_avail(sb).
+ *
+ *    Doing so is safe, though if it has to be done in many places, adding the
+ *    missing API to the strbuf module is the way to go.
+ *
+ *    XXX: do _not_ assume that the area that is yours is of size ->alloc - 1
+ *         even if it's true in the current implementation. Alloc is somehow a
+ *         "private" member that should not be messed with.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+extern char strbuf_slopbuf[];
 struct strbuf {
-	int alloc;
-	int len;
-	int eof;
+	size_t alloc;
+	size_t len;
 	char *buf;
 };
 
-extern void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *);
-extern void read_line(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
+#define STRBUF_INIT  { 0, 0, strbuf_slopbuf }
+
+/*----- strbuf life cycle -----*/
+extern void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *, size_t);
+extern void strbuf_release(struct strbuf *);
+extern char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *, size_t *);
+extern void strbuf_attach(struct strbuf *, void *, size_t, size_t);
+static inline void strbuf_swap(struct strbuf *a, struct strbuf *b) {
+	struct strbuf tmp = *a;
+	*a = *b;
+	*b = tmp;
+}
+
+/*----- strbuf size related -----*/
+static inline size_t strbuf_avail(struct strbuf *sb) {
+	return sb->alloc ? sb->alloc - sb->len - 1 : 0;
+}
+
+extern void strbuf_grow(struct strbuf *, size_t);
+
+static inline void strbuf_setlen(struct strbuf *sb, size_t len) {
+	if (!sb->alloc)
+		strbuf_grow(sb, 0);
+	assert(len < sb->alloc);
+	sb->len = len;
+	sb->buf[len] = '\0';
+}
+#define strbuf_reset(sb)  strbuf_setlen(sb, 0)
+
+/*----- content related -----*/
+extern void strbuf_rtrim(struct strbuf *);
+extern int strbuf_cmp(struct strbuf *, struct strbuf *);
+
+/*----- add data in your buffer -----*/
+static inline void strbuf_addch(struct strbuf *sb, int c) {
+	strbuf_grow(sb, 1);
+	sb->buf[sb->len++] = c;
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+}
+
+extern void strbuf_insert(struct strbuf *, size_t pos, const void *, size_t);
+extern void strbuf_remove(struct strbuf *, size_t pos, size_t len);
+
+/* splice pos..pos+len with given data */
+extern void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *, size_t pos, size_t len,
+                          const void *, size_t);
+
+extern void strbuf_add(struct strbuf *, const void *, size_t);
+static inline void strbuf_addstr(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s) {
+	strbuf_add(sb, s, strlen(s));
+}
+static inline void strbuf_addbuf(struct strbuf *sb, struct strbuf *sb2) {
+	strbuf_add(sb, sb2->buf, sb2->len);
+}
+
+__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
+extern void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+extern size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *, size_t, FILE *);
+/* XXX: if read fails, any partial read is undone */
+extern ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint);
+extern int strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
+
+extern int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
+
+extern void stripspace(struct strbuf *buf, int skip_comments);
 
 #endif /* STRBUF_H */
diff --git a/t/t3060-ls-files-with-tree.sh b/t/t3060-ls-files-with-tree.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..68eb266d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t3060-ls-files-with-tree.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Carl D. Worth
+#
+
+test_description='git ls-files test (--with-tree).
+
+This test runs git ls-files --with-tree and in particular in
+a scenario known to trigger a crash with some versions of git.
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+	# The bug we are exercising requires a fair number of entries
+	# in a sub-directory so that add_index_entry will trigger a
+	# realloc.
+
+	echo file >expected &&
+	mkdir sub &&
+	bad= &&
+	for n in 0 1 2 3 4 5
+	do
+		for m in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+		do
+			num=00$n$m &&
+			>sub/file-$num &&
+			echo file-$num >>expected || {
+				bad=t
+				break
+			}
+		done && test -z "$bad" || {
+			bad=t
+			break
+		}
+	done && test -z "$bad" &&
+	git add . &&
+	git commit -m "add a bunch of files" &&
+
+	# We remove them all so that we will have something to add
+	# back with --with-tree and so that we will definitely be
+	# under the realloc size to trigger the bug.
+	rm -rf sub &&
+	git commit -a -m "remove them all" &&
+
+	# The bug also requires some entry before our directory so that
+	# prune_path will modify the_index.cache
+
+	mkdir a_directory_that_sorts_before_sub &&
+	>a_directory_that_sorts_before_sub/file &&
+	mkdir sub &&
+	>sub/file &&
+	git add .
+'
+
+# We have to run from a sub-directory to trigger prune_path
+# Then we finally get to run our --with-tree test
+cd sub
+
+test_expect_success 'git -ls-files --with-tree should succeed from subdir' '
+
+	git ls-files --with-tree=HEAD~1 >../output
+
+'
+
+cd ..
+test_expect_success \
+    'git -ls-files --with-tree should add entries from named tree.' \
+    'diff -u expected output'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 718c9c1fa3..11139048fe 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ cat "$1".tmp
 action=pick
 for line in $FAKE_LINES; do
 	case $line in
-	squash)
+	squash|edit)
 		action="$line";;
 	*)
 		echo sed -n "${line}s/^pick/$action/p"
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ test_expect_success 'squash' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'retain authorship when squashing' '
-	git show HEAD | grep "^Author: Nitfol"
+	git show HEAD | grep "^Author: Twerp Snog"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'preserve merges with -p' '
@@ -297,4 +297,24 @@ test_expect_success 'ignore patch if in upstream' '
 	test $HEAD = $(git rev-parse HEAD^)
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--continue tries to commit, even for "edit"' '
+	parent=$(git rev-parse HEAD^) &&
+	test_tick &&
+	FAKE_LINES="edit 1" git rebase -i HEAD^ &&
+	echo edited > file7 &&
+	git add file7 &&
+	FAKE_COMMIT_MESSAGE="chouette!" git rebase --continue &&
+	test edited = $(git show HEAD:file7) &&
+	git show HEAD | grep chouette &&
+	test $parent = $(git rev-parse HEAD^)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rebase a detached HEAD' '
+	grandparent=$(git rev-parse HEAD~2) &&
+	git checkout $(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	test_tick &&
+	FAKE_LINES="2 1" git rebase -i HEAD~2 &&
+	test $grandparent = $(git rev-parse HEAD~2)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
index fcbabe8ec3..94b1c24b0a 100755
--- a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_description='commit and log output encodings'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 compare_with () {
-	git show -s $1 | sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e 's/^    //' -e '$d' >current &&
+	git show -s $1 | sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e 's/^    //' >current &&
 	git diff current "$2"
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t4013/diff.log_-SF_master b/t/t4013/diff.log_-SF_master
index 6162ed2018..c1599f2f52 100644
--- a/t/t4013/diff.log_-SF_master
+++ b/t/t4013/diff.log_-SF_master
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ Author: A U Thor <author@example.com>
 Date:   Mon Jun 26 00:02:00 2006 +0000
 
     Third
-
 $
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index 42e28ab758..dca2067b2d 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ test_expect_success \
      echo simple textfile >a/a &&
      mkdir a/bin &&
      cp /bin/sh a/bin &&
-     printf "A\$Format:%s\$O" "$SUBSTFORMAT" >a/substfile &&
+     printf "A\$Format:%s\$O" "$SUBSTFORMAT" >a/substfile1 &&
+     printf "A not substituted O" >a/substfile2 &&
      ln -s a a/l1 &&
      (p=long_path_to_a_file && cd a &&
       for depth in 1 2 3 4 5; do mkdir $p && cd $p; done &&
@@ -108,20 +109,22 @@ test_expect_success \
     'diff -r a c/prefix/a'
 
 test_expect_success \
-    'create an archive with a substfile' \
-    'echo substfile export-subst >a/.gitattributes &&
+    'create an archive with a substfiles' \
+    'echo "substfile?" export-subst >a/.gitattributes &&
      git archive HEAD >f.tar &&
      rm a/.gitattributes'
 
 test_expect_success \
-    'extract substfile' \
+    'extract substfiles' \
     '(mkdir f && cd f && $TAR xf -) <f.tar'
 
 test_expect_success \
      'validate substfile contents' \
      'git log --max-count=1 "--pretty=format:A${SUBSTFORMAT}O" HEAD \
-      >f/a/substfile.expected &&
-      diff f/a/substfile.expected f/a/substfile'
+      >f/a/substfile1.expected &&
+      diff f/a/substfile1.expected f/a/substfile1 &&
+      diff a/substfile2 f/a/substfile2
+'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'git archive --format=zip' \
diff --git a/t/t5402-post-merge-hook.sh b/t/t5402-post-merge-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1c4b0b32ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5402-post-merge-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Josh England
+#
+
+test_description='Test the post-merge hook.'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	echo Data for commit0. >a &&
+	git update-index --add a &&
+	tree0=$(git write-tree) &&
+	commit0=$(echo setup | git commit-tree $tree0) &&
+	echo Changed data for commit1. >a &&
+	git update-index a &&
+	tree1=$(git write-tree) &&
+	commit1=$(echo modify | git commit-tree $tree1 -p $commit0) &&
+        git update-ref refs/heads/master $commit0 &&
+	git-clone ./. clone1 &&
+	GIT_DIR=clone1/.git git update-index --add a &&
+	git-clone ./. clone2 &&
+	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git update-index --add a
+'
+
+for clone in 1 2; do
+    cat >clone${clone}/.git/hooks/post-merge <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+echo $@ >> $GIT_DIR/post-merge.args
+EOF
+    chmod u+x clone${clone}/.git/hooks/post-merge
+done
+
+test_expect_failure 'post-merge does not run for up-to-date ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone1/.git git merge $commit0 &&
+	test -e clone1/.git/post-merge.args
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-merge runs as expected ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone1/.git git merge $commit1 &&
+	test -e clone1/.git/post-merge.args
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-merge from normal merge receives the right argument ' '
+        grep 0 clone1/.git/post-merge.args
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-merge from squash merge runs as expected ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git merge --squash $commit1 &&
+	test -e clone2/.git/post-merge.args
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-merge from squash merge receives the right argument ' '
+        grep 1 clone2/.git/post-merge.args
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh b/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..823239a251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Josh England
+#
+
+test_description='Test the post-checkout hook.'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	 echo Data for commit0. >a &&
+	 echo Data for commit0. >b &&
+	 git update-index --add a &&
+	 git update-index --add b &&
+	 tree0=$(git write-tree) &&
+	 commit0=$(echo setup | git commit-tree $tree0) &&
+        git update-ref refs/heads/master $commit0 &&
+	 git-clone ./. clone1 &&
+	 git-clone ./. clone2 &&
+        GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git branch -a new2 &&
+        echo Data for commit1. >clone2/b &&
+	 GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git add clone2/b &&
+	 GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git commit -m new2
+'
+
+for clone in 1 2; do
+    cat >clone${clone}/.git/hooks/post-checkout <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+echo $@ > $GIT_DIR/post-checkout.args
+EOF
+    chmod u+x clone${clone}/.git/hooks/post-checkout
+done
+
+test_expect_success 'post-checkout runs as expected ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone1/.git git checkout master &&
+        test -e clone1/.git/post-checkout.args
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-checkout receives the right arguments with HEAD unchanged ' '
+        old=$(awk "{print \$1}" clone1/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        new=$(awk "{print \$2}" clone1/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        flag=$(awk "{print \$3}" clone1/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        test $old = $new -a $flag = 1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-checkout runs as expected ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone1/.git git checkout master &&
+        test -e clone1/.git/post-checkout.args
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-checkout args are correct with git checkout -b ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone1/.git git checkout -b new1 &&
+        old=$(awk "{print \$1}" clone1/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        new=$(awk "{print \$2}" clone1/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        flag=$(awk "{print \$3}" clone1/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        test $old = $new -a $flag = 1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-checkout receives the right args with HEAD changed ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git checkout new2 &&
+        old=$(awk "{print \$1}" clone2/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        new=$(awk "{print \$2}" clone2/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        flag=$(awk "{print \$3}" clone2/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        test $old != $new -a $flag = 1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-checkout receives the right args when not switching branches ' '
+        GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git checkout master b &&
+        old=$(awk "{print \$1}" clone2/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        new=$(awk "{print \$2}" clone2/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        flag=$(awk "{print \$3}" clone2/.git/post-checkout.args) &&
+        test $old = $new -a $flag = 0
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..636aec2f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git remote porcelain-ish'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+GIT_CONFIG=.git/config
+export GIT_CONFIG
+
+setup_repository () {
+	mkdir "$1" && (
+	cd "$1" &&
+	git init &&
+	>file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git commit -m "Initial" &&
+	git checkout -b side &&
+	>elif &&
+	git add elif &&
+	git commit -m "Second" &&
+	git checkout master
+	)
+}
+
+tokens_match () {
+	echo "$1" | tr ' ' '\012' | sort | sed -e '/^$/d' >expect &&
+	echo "$2" | tr ' ' '\012' | sort | sed -e '/^$/d' >actual &&
+	diff -u expect actual
+}
+
+check_remote_track () {
+	actual=$(git remote show "$1" | sed -n -e '$p') &&
+	shift &&
+	tokens_match "$*" "$actual"
+}
+
+check_tracking_branch () {
+	f="" &&
+	r=$(git for-each-ref "--format=%(refname)" |
+		sed -ne "s|^refs/remotes/$1/||p") &&
+	shift &&
+	tokens_match "$*" "$r"
+}
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+	setup_repository one &&
+	setup_repository two &&
+	(
+		cd two && git branch another
+	) &&
+	git clone one test
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remote information for the origin' '
+(
+	cd test &&
+	tokens_match origin "$(git remote)" &&
+	check_remote_track origin master side &&
+	check_tracking_branch origin HEAD master side
+)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'add another remote' '
+(
+	cd test &&
+	git remote add -f second ../two &&
+	tokens_match "origin second" "$(git remote)" &&
+	check_remote_track origin master side &&
+	check_remote_track second master side another &&
+	check_tracking_branch second master side another &&
+	git for-each-ref "--format=%(refname)" refs/remotes |
+	sed -e "/^refs\/remotes\/origin\//d" \
+	    -e "/^refs\/remotes\/second\//d" >actual &&
+	>expect &&
+	diff -u expect actual
+)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
+(
+	cd test &&
+	git remote rm second
+)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
+(
+	cd test &&
+	tokens_match origin "$(git remote)" &&
+	check_remote_track origin master side &&
+	git for-each-ref "--format=%(refname)" refs/remotes |
+	sed -e "/^refs\/remotes\/origin\//d" >actual &&
+	>expect &&
+	diff -u expect actual
+)
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index ca46aafe72..4fbd5b1f47 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -244,4 +244,14 @@ test_expect_success 'push with colon-less refspec (4)' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push with dry-run' '
+
+	mk_test heads/master &&
+	cd testrepo &&
+	old_commit=$(git show-ref -s --verify refs/heads/master) &&
+	cd .. &&
+	git push --dry-run testrepo &&
+	check_push_result $old_commit heads/master
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
index ad6d0b8c9d..1e4541afea 100755
--- a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
+++ b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ EOF
 
 test_format encoding %e <<'EOF'
 commit 131a310eb913d107dd3c09a65d1651175898735d
-<unknown>
 commit 86c75cfd708a0e5868dc876ed5b8bb66c80b4873
-<unknown>
 EOF
 
 test_format subject %s <<'EOF'
@@ -93,9 +91,7 @@ EOF
 
 test_format body %b <<'EOF'
 commit 131a310eb913d107dd3c09a65d1651175898735d
-<unknown>
 commit 86c75cfd708a0e5868dc876ed5b8bb66c80b4873
-<unknown>
 EOF
 
 test_format colors %Credfoo%Cgreenbar%Cbluebaz%Cresetxyzzy <<'EOF'
@@ -121,9 +117,7 @@ test_format complex-encoding %e <<'EOF'
 commit f58db70b055c5718631e5c61528b28b12090cdea
 iso8859-1
 commit 131a310eb913d107dd3c09a65d1651175898735d
-<unknown>
 commit 86c75cfd708a0e5868dc876ed5b8bb66c80b4873
-<unknown>
 EOF
 
 test_format complex-subject %s <<'EOF'
@@ -142,9 +136,7 @@ and it will be encoded in iso8859-1. We should therefore
 include an iso8859 character: ¡bueno!
 
 commit 131a310eb913d107dd3c09a65d1651175898735d
-<unknown>
 commit 86c75cfd708a0e5868dc876ed5b8bb66c80b4873
-<unknown>
 EOF
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0809eb651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Andy Parkins
+#
+
+test_description='for-each-ref test'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# Mon Jul 3 15:18:43 2006 +0000
+datestamp=1151939923
+setdate_and_increment () {
+    GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$datestamp +0200"
+    datestamp=$(expr "$datestamp" + 1)
+    GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$datestamp +0200"
+    datestamp=$(expr "$datestamp" + 1)
+    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'Create sample commit with known timestamp' '
+	setdate_and_increment &&
+	echo "Using $datestamp" > one &&
+	git add one &&
+	git commit -m "Initial" &&
+	setdate_and_increment &&
+	git tag -a -m "Tagging at $datestamp" testtag
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Check atom names are valid' '
+	bad=
+	for token in \
+		refname objecttype objectsize objectname tree parent \
+		numparent object type author authorname authoremail \
+		authordate committer committername committeremail \
+		committerdate tag tagger taggername taggeremail \
+		taggerdate creator creatordate subject body contents
+	do
+		git for-each-ref --format="$token=%($token)" refs/heads || {
+			bad=$token
+			break
+		}
+	done
+	test -z "$bad"
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'Check invalid atoms names are errors' '
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(INVALID)" refs/heads
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Check format specifiers are ignored in naming date atoms' '
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:default) %(authordate)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate) %(authordate:default)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:default) %(authordate:default)" refs/heads
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Check valid format specifiers for date fields' '
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:default)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:relative)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:short)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:local)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:iso8601)" refs/heads &&
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:rfc2822)" refs/heads
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'Check invalid format specifiers are errors' '
+	git-for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:INVALID)" refs/heads
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+'refs/heads/master' 'Mon Jul 3 17:18:43 2006 +0200' 'Mon Jul 3 17:18:44 2006 +0200'
+'refs/tags/testtag' 'Mon Jul 3 17:18:45 2006 +0200'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check unformatted date fields output' '
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate) %(authordate)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate)" refs/tags) >actual &&
+	git diff expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Check format "default" formatted date fields output' '
+	f=default &&
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate:$f) %(authordate:$f)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate:$f)" refs/tags) >actual &&
+	git diff expected actual
+'
+
+# Don't know how to do relative check because I can't know when this script
+# is going to be run and can't fake the current time to git, and hence can't
+# provide expected output.  Instead, I'll just make sure that "relative"
+# doesn't exit in error
+#
+#cat >expected <<\EOF
+#
+#EOF
+#
+test_expect_success 'Check format "relative" date fields output' '
+	f=relative &&
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate:$f) %(authordate:$f)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate:$f)" refs/tags) >actual
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+'refs/heads/master' '2006-07-03' '2006-07-03'
+'refs/tags/testtag' '2006-07-03'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check format "short" date fields output' '
+	f=short &&
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate:$f) %(authordate:$f)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate:$f)" refs/tags) >actual &&
+	git diff expected actual
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+'refs/heads/master' 'Mon Jul 3 15:18:43 2006' 'Mon Jul 3 15:18:44 2006'
+'refs/tags/testtag' 'Mon Jul 3 15:18:45 2006'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check format "local" date fields output' '
+	f=local &&
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate:$f) %(authordate:$f)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate:$f)" refs/tags) >actual &&
+	git diff expected actual
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+'refs/heads/master' '2006-07-03 17:18:43 +0200' '2006-07-03 17:18:44 +0200'
+'refs/tags/testtag' '2006-07-03 17:18:45 +0200'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check format "iso8601" date fields output' '
+	f=iso8601 &&
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate:$f) %(authordate:$f)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate:$f)" refs/tags) >actual &&
+	git diff expected actual
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+'refs/heads/master' 'Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:18:43 +0200' 'Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:18:44 +0200'
+'refs/tags/testtag' 'Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:18:45 +0200'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'Check format "rfc2822" date fields output' '
+	f=rfc2822 &&
+	(git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(committerdate:$f) %(authordate:$f)" refs/heads &&
+	git for-each-ref --shell --format="%(refname) %(taggerdate:$f)" refs/tags) >actual &&
+	git diff expected actual
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t7500-commit.sh b/t/t7500-commit.sh
index f11ada8617..abbf54ba63 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test_expect_success 'explicit commit message should override template' '
 	git add foo &&
 	GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit --template "$TEMPLATE" \
 		-m "command line msg" &&
-	commit_msg_is "command line msg<unknown>"
+	commit_msg_is "command line msg"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'commit message from file should override template' '
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit message from file should override template' '
 	echo "standard input msg" |
 		GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit \
 			--template "$TEMPLATE" --file - &&
-	commit_msg_is "standard input msg<unknown>"
+	commit_msg_is "standard input msg"
 '
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6424c6e2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,440 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
+#
+
+test_description='git-merge
+
+Testing basic merge operations/option parsing.'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+cat >file <<EOF
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+EOF
+
+cat >file.1 <<EOF
+1 X
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+EOF
+
+cat >file.5 <<EOF
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5 X
+6
+7
+8
+9
+EOF
+
+cat >file.9 <<EOF
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9 X
+EOF
+
+cat  >result.1 <<EOF
+1 X
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+EOF
+
+cat >result.1-5 <<EOF
+1 X
+2
+3
+4
+5 X
+6
+7
+8
+9
+EOF
+
+cat >result.1-5-9 <<EOF
+1 X
+2
+3
+4
+5 X
+6
+7
+8
+9 X
+EOF
+
+create_merge_msgs() {
+	echo "Merge commit 'c2'" >msg.1-5 &&
+	echo "Merge commit 'c2'; commit 'c3'" >msg.1-5-9 &&
+	echo "Squashed commit of the following:" >squash.1 &&
+	echo >>squash.1 &&
+	git log --no-merges ^HEAD c1 >>squash.1 &&
+	echo "Squashed commit of the following:" >squash.1-5 &&
+	echo >>squash.1-5 &&
+	git log --no-merges ^HEAD c2 >>squash.1-5 &&
+	echo "Squashed commit of the following:" >squash.1-5-9 &&
+	echo >>squash.1-5-9 &&
+	git log --no-merges ^HEAD c2 c3 >>squash.1-5-9
+}
+
+verify_diff() {
+	if ! diff -u "$1" "$2"
+	then
+		echo "$3"
+		false
+	fi
+}
+
+verify_merge() {
+	verify_diff "$2" "$1" "[OOPS] bad merge result" &&
+	if test $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) -gt 0
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] unmerged files"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if ! git diff --exit-code
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] working tree != index"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if test -n "$3"
+	then
+		git show -s --pretty=format:%s HEAD >msg.act &&
+		verify_diff "$3" msg.act "[OOPS] bad merge message"
+	fi
+}
+
+verify_head() {
+	if test "$1" != "$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] HEAD != $1"
+		false
+	fi
+}
+
+verify_parents() {
+	i=1
+	while test $# -gt 0
+	do
+		if test "$1" != "$(git rev-parse HEAD^$i)"
+		then
+			echo "[OOPS] HEAD^$i != $1"
+			return 1
+		fi
+		i=$(expr $i + 1)
+		shift
+	done
+}
+
+verify_mergeheads() {
+	i=1
+	if ! test -f .git/MERGE_HEAD
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] MERGE_HEAD is missing"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	while test $# -gt 0
+	do
+		head=$(head -n $i .git/MERGE_HEAD | tail -n 1)
+		if test "$1" != "$head"
+		then
+			echo "[OOPS] MERGE_HEAD $i != $1"
+			return 1
+		fi
+		i=$(expr $i + 1)
+		shift
+	done
+}
+
+verify_no_mergehead() {
+	if test -f .git/MERGE_HEAD
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] MERGE_HEAD exists"
+		false
+	fi
+}
+
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "commit 0" &&
+	git tag c0 &&
+	c0=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	cp file.1 file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "commit 1" &&
+	git tag c1 &&
+	c1=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	git reset --hard "$c0" &&
+	cp file.5 file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "commit 2" &&
+	git tag c2 &&
+	c2=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	git reset --hard "$c0" &&
+	cp file.9 file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "commit 3" &&
+	git tag c3 &&
+	c3=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+	git reset --hard "$c0" &&
+	create_merge_msgs
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'test option parsing' '
+	if git merge -$ c1
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] -$ accepted"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if git merge --no-such c1
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] --no-such accepted"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if git merge -s foobar c1
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] -s foobar accepted"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if git merge -s=foobar c1
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] -s=foobar accepted"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if git merge -m
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] missing commit msg accepted"
+		false
+	fi &&
+	if git merge
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] missing commit references accepted"
+		false
+	fi
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git merge c1 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_head "$c1"
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 and c3' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge c2 c3 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5-9 msg.1-5-9 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2 $c3
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (no-commit)' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git merge --no-commit c1 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_head $c1
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (no-commit)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git merge --no-commit c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 &&
+	verify_head $c1 &&
+	verify_mergeheads $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 and c3 (no-commit)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git merge --no-commit c2 c3 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5-9 &&
+	verify_head $c1 &&
+	verify_mergeheads $c2 $c3
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (squash)' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git merge --squash c1 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_head $c0 &&
+	verify_no_mergehead &&
+	verify_diff squash.1 .git/SQUASH_MSG "[OOPS] bad squash message"
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (squash)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git merge --squash c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 &&
+	verify_head $c1 &&
+	verify_no_mergehead &&
+	verify_diff squash.1-5 .git/SQUASH_MSG "[OOPS] bad squash message"
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 and c3 (squash)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git merge --squash c2 c3 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5-9 &&
+	verify_head $c1 &&
+	verify_no_mergehead &&
+	verify_diff squash.1-5-9 .git/SQUASH_MSG "[OOPS] bad squash message"
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (no-commit in config)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--no-commit" &&
+	git merge c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 &&
+	verify_head $c1 &&
+	verify_mergeheads $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (squash in config)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--squash" &&
+	git merge c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 &&
+	verify_head $c1 &&
+	verify_no_mergehead &&
+	verify_diff squash.1-5 .git/SQUASH_MSG "[OOPS] bad squash message"
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'override config option -n' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "-n" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge --summary c2 >diffstat.txt &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2 &&
+	if ! grep -e "^ file | \+2 +-$" diffstat.txt
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] diffstat was not generated"
+	fi
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'override config option --summary' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--summary" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge -n c2 >diffstat.txt &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2 &&
+	if grep -e "^ file | \+2 +-$" diffstat.txt
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] diffstat was generated"
+		false
+	fi
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (override --no-commit)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--no-commit" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge --commit c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (override --squash)' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--squash" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge --no-squash c2 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (no-ff)' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge --no-ff c1 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_parents $c0 $c1
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (ff overrides no-ff)' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
+	git merge --ff c1 &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_head $c1
+'
+
+test_debug 'gitk --all'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index e9ea33c18d..83f9470202 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Extract patches' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'Send patches' '
-     git send-email -from="Example <nobody@example.com>" --to=nobody@example.com --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" $patches 2>errors
+     git send-email --from="Example <nobody@example.com>" --to=nobody@example.com --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" $patches 2>errors
 '
 
 cat >expected <<\EOF
diff --git a/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh b/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh
index 622ea1c0df..5aac644223 100755
--- a/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh
+++ b/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ test_expect_success 'test show-ignore' "
 	cd test_wc &&
 	mkdir -p deeply/nested/directory &&
 	svn add deeply &&
+	svn up &&
 	svn propset -R svn:ignore 'no-such-file*' .
 	svn commit -m 'propset svn:ignore'
 	cd .. &&
diff --git a/t/t9104-git-svn-follow-parent.sh b/t/t9104-git-svn-follow-parent.sh
index d8f9cab35d..7ba76309ac 100755
--- a/t/t9104-git-svn-follow-parent.sh
+++ b/t/t9104-git-svn-follow-parent.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ test_expect_success 'initialize repo' "
 	poke trunk/readme &&
 	svn commit -m 'another commit' &&
 	svn up &&
-	svn mv -m 'rename to thunk' trunk thunk &&
-	svn up &&
+	svn mv trunk thunk &&
 	echo goodbye >> thunk/readme &&
 	poke thunk/readme &&
 	svn commit -m 'bye now' &&
@@ -52,8 +51,10 @@ test_expect_success 'init and fetch from one svn-remote' "
         "
 
 test_expect_success 'follow deleted parent' "
-        svn cp -m 'resurrecting trunk as junk' \
-               -r2 $svnrepo/trunk $svnrepo/junk &&
+        (svn cp -m 'resurrecting trunk as junk' \
+               $svnrepo/trunk@2 $svnrepo/junk ||
+         svn cp -m 'resurrecting trunk as junk' \
+               -r2 $svnrepo/trunk $svnrepo/junk) &&
         git config --add svn-remote.svn.fetch \
           junk:refs/remotes/svn/junk &&
         git-svn fetch -i svn/thunk &&
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index bbacd59a23..f62bcdd994 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ int parse_tag_buffer(struct tag *item, void *data, unsigned long size)
 	memcpy(type, type_line + 5, typelen);
 	type[typelen] = '\0';
 	taglen = sig_line - tag_line - strlen("tag \n");
-	item->tag = xmalloc(taglen + 1);
-	memcpy(item->tag, tag_line + 4, taglen);
-	item->tag[taglen] = '\0';
+	item->tag = xmemdupz(tag_line + 4, taglen);
 
 	if (!strcmp(type, blob_type)) {
 		item->tagged = &lookup_blob(sha1)->object;
diff --git a/trace.c b/trace.c
index 7961a27a2e..69fa05e644 100644
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -25,33 +25,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
-/* Stolen from "imap-send.c". */
-int nfvasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
-{
-	int len;
-	char tmp[1024];
-
-	if ((len = vsnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), fmt, ap)) < 0 ||
-	    !(*strp = xmalloc(len + 1)))
-		die("Fatal: Out of memory\n");
-	if (len >= (int)sizeof(tmp))
-		vsprintf(*strp, fmt, ap);
-	else
-		memcpy(*strp, tmp, len + 1);
-	return len;
-}
-
-int nfasprintf(char **str, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	int rc;
-	va_list args;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	rc = nfvasprintf(str, fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 /* Get a trace file descriptor from GIT_TRACE env variable. */
 static int get_trace_fd(int *need_close)
 {
@@ -89,63 +62,65 @@ static int get_trace_fd(int *need_close)
 static const char err_msg[] = "Could not trace into fd given by "
 	"GIT_TRACE environment variable";
 
-void trace_printf(const char *format, ...)
+void trace_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	char *trace_str;
-	va_list rest;
-	int need_close = 0;
-	int fd = get_trace_fd(&need_close);
+	struct strbuf buf;
+	va_list ap;
+	int fd, len, need_close = 0;
 
+	fd = get_trace_fd(&need_close);
 	if (!fd)
 		return;
 
-	va_start(rest, format);
-	nfvasprintf(&trace_str, format, rest);
-	va_end(rest);
-
-	write_or_whine_pipe(fd, trace_str, strlen(trace_str), err_msg);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = vsnprintf(buf.buf, strbuf_avail(&buf), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (len >= strbuf_avail(&buf)) {
+		strbuf_grow(&buf, len - strbuf_avail(&buf) + 128);
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		len = vsnprintf(buf.buf, strbuf_avail(&buf), fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+		if (len >= strbuf_avail(&buf))
+			die("broken vsnprintf");
+	}
+	strbuf_setlen(&buf, len);
 
-	free(trace_str);
+	write_or_whine_pipe(fd, buf.buf, buf.len, err_msg);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 	if (need_close)
 		close(fd);
 }
 
-void trace_argv_printf(const char **argv, int count, const char *format, ...)
+void trace_argv_printf(const char **argv, int count, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	char *argv_str, *format_str, *trace_str;
-	size_t argv_len, format_len, trace_len;
-	va_list rest;
-	int need_close = 0;
-	int fd = get_trace_fd(&need_close);
+	struct strbuf buf;
+	va_list ap;
+	int fd, len, need_close = 0;
 
+	fd = get_trace_fd(&need_close);
 	if (!fd)
 		return;
 
-	/* Get the argv string. */
-	argv_str = sq_quote_argv(argv, count);
-	argv_len = strlen(argv_str);
-
-	/* Get the formated string. */
-	va_start(rest, format);
-	nfvasprintf(&format_str, format, rest);
-	va_end(rest);
-
-	/* Allocate buffer for trace string. */
-	format_len = strlen(format_str);
-	trace_len = argv_len + format_len + 1; /* + 1 for \n */
-	trace_str = xmalloc(trace_len + 1);
-
-	/* Copy everything into the trace string. */
-	strncpy(trace_str, format_str, format_len);
-	strncpy(trace_str + format_len, argv_str, argv_len);
-	strcpy(trace_str + trace_len - 1, "\n");
-
-	write_or_whine_pipe(fd, trace_str, trace_len, err_msg);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = vsnprintf(buf.buf, strbuf_avail(&buf), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (len >= strbuf_avail(&buf)) {
+		strbuf_grow(&buf, len - strbuf_avail(&buf) + 128);
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		len = vsnprintf(buf.buf, strbuf_avail(&buf), fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+		if (len >= strbuf_avail(&buf))
+			die("broken vsnprintf");
+	}
+	strbuf_setlen(&buf, len);
 
-	free(argv_str);
-	free(format_str);
-	free(trace_str);
+	sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv, count, 0);
+	strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
+	write_or_whine_pipe(fd, buf.buf, buf.len, err_msg);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 	if (need_close)
 		close(fd);
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 46da754078..e363c11c05 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ static int git_transport_push(struct transport *transport, int refspec_nr, const
 		argv[argc++] = "--all";
 	if (flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE)
 		argv[argc++] = "--force";
+	if (flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN)
+		argv[argc++] = "--dry-run";
 	if (data->receivepack) {
 		char *rp = xmalloc(strlen(data->receivepack) + 16);
 		sprintf(rp, "--receive-pack=%s", data->receivepack);
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index 4bb51d7b7f..df12ea7424 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct transport {
 
 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL 1
 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE 2
+#define TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN 4
 
 /* Returns a transport suitable for the url */
 struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *, const char *);
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index 5c65ea494d..397b80de9e 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 
 static unsigned char current_commit_sha1[20];
 
@@ -213,13 +212,12 @@ int walker_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref)
 	int targets = 0, targets_alloc = 0;
 	struct strbuf buf;
 	*target = NULL; *write_ref = NULL;
-	strbuf_init(&buf);
+	strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
 	while (1) {
 		char *rf_one = NULL;
 		char *tg_one;
 
-		read_line(&buf, stdin, '\n');
-		if (buf.eof)
+		if (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, '\n') == EOF)
 			break;
 		tg_one = buf.buf;
 		rf_one = strchr(tg_one, '\t');
@@ -235,6 +233,7 @@ int walker_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref)
 		(*write_ref)[targets] = rf_one ? xstrdup(rf_one) : NULL;
 		targets++;
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return targets;
 }