diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 520f156f34..3436a2326a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ else
 	CC_LD_DYNPATH = -R
 endif
 
-ifndef NO_CURL
+ifdef NO_CURL
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_CURL
+else
 	ifdef CURLDIR
 		# Try "-Wl,-rpath=$(CURLDIR)/$(lib)" in such a case.
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(CURLDIR)/include
@@ -522,7 +524,9 @@ ifndef NO_CURL
 	else
 		CURL_LIBCURL = -lcurl
 	endif
-	PROGRAMS += git-http-fetch$X
+	BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-http-fetch.o
+	EXTLIBS += $(CURL_LIBCURL)
+	LIB_OBJS += http.o walker.o http-walker.o
 	curl_check := $(shell (echo 070908; curl-config --vernum) | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
 	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "070908"
 		ifndef NO_EXPAT
@@ -884,7 +888,7 @@ http.o: http.c GIT-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DGIT_USER_AGENT='"git/$(GIT_VERSION)"' $<
 
 ifdef NO_EXPAT
-http-fetch.o: http-fetch.c http.h GIT-CFLAGS
+http-walker.o: http-walker.c http.h GIT-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DNO_EXPAT $<
 endif
 
@@ -893,16 +897,13 @@ git-%$X: %.o $(GITLIBS)
 
 git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(LIB_FILE)
 
-http.o http-fetch.o http-push.o: http.h
-git-http-fetch$X: fetch.o http.o http-fetch.o $(GITLIBS)
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
+http.o http-walker.o http-push.o: http.h
 
 git-http-push$X: revision.o http.o http-push.o $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
 
-$(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS) fetch.o: $(LIB_H)
+$(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS) walker.o: $(LIB_H)
 $(patsubst git-%$X,%.o,$(PROGRAMS)): $(LIB_H) $(wildcard */*.h)
 $(DIFF_OBJS): diffcore.h
 
diff --git a/builtin-http-fetch.c b/builtin-http-fetch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a50dbd95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin-http-fetch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "walker.h"
+
+int cmd_http_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct walker *walker;
+	int commits_on_stdin = 0;
+	int commits;
+	const char **write_ref = NULL;
+	char **commit_id;
+	const char *url;
+	int arg = 1;
+	int rc = 0;
+	int get_tree = 0;
+	int get_history = 0;
+	int get_all = 0;
+	int get_verbosely = 0;
+	int get_recover = 0;
+
+	git_config(git_default_config);
+
+	while (arg < argc && argv[arg][0] == '-') {
+		if (argv[arg][1] == 't') {
+			get_tree = 1;
+		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'c') {
+			get_history = 1;
+		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'a') {
+			get_all = 1;
+			get_tree = 1;
+			get_history = 1;
+		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'v') {
+			get_verbosely = 1;
+		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'w') {
+			write_ref = &argv[arg + 1];
+			arg++;
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[arg], "--recover")) {
+			get_recover = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[arg], "--stdin")) {
+			commits_on_stdin = 1;
+		}
+		arg++;
+	}
+	if (argc < arg + 2 - commits_on_stdin) {
+		usage("git-http-fetch [-c] [-t] [-a] [-v] [--recover] [-w ref] [--stdin] commit-id url");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (commits_on_stdin) {
+		commits = walker_targets_stdin(&commit_id, &write_ref);
+	} else {
+		commit_id = (char **) &argv[arg++];
+		commits = 1;
+	}
+	url = argv[arg];
+
+	walker = get_http_walker(url);
+	walker->get_tree = get_tree;
+	walker->get_history = get_history;
+	walker->get_all = get_all;
+	walker->get_verbosely = get_verbosely;
+	walker->get_recover = get_recover;
+
+	rc = walker_fetch(walker, commits, commit_id, write_ref, url);
+
+	if (commits_on_stdin)
+		walker_targets_free(commits, commit_id, write_ref);
+
+	if (walker->corrupt_object_found) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+"Some loose object were found to be corrupt, but they might be just\n"
+"a false '404 Not Found' error message sent with incorrect HTTP\n"
+"status code.  Suggest running git-fsck.\n");
+	}
+
+	walker_free(walker);
+
+	return rc;
+}
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 03ee7bf780..1fa1444e33 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ extern int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_http_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_log_reflog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/fetch.h b/fetch.h
deleted file mode 100644
index be48c6f190..0000000000
--- a/fetch.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef PULL_H
-#define PULL_H
-
-/*
- * Fetch object given SHA1 from the remote, and store it locally under
- * GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY.  Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.  To be
- * provided by the particular implementation.
- */
-extern int fetch(unsigned char *sha1);
-
-/*
- * Fetch the specified object and store it locally; fetch() will be
- * called later to determine success. To be provided by the particular
- * implementation.
- */
-extern void prefetch(unsigned char *sha1);
-
-/*
- * Fetch ref (relative to $GIT_DIR/refs) from the remote, and store
- * the 20-byte SHA1 in sha1.  Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.  To
- * be provided by the particular implementation.
- */
-extern int fetch_ref(char *ref, unsigned char *sha1);
-
-/* Set to fetch the target tree. */
-extern int get_tree;
-
-/* Set to fetch the commit history. */
-extern int get_history;
-
-/* Set to fetch the trees in the commit history. */
-extern int get_all;
-
-/* Set to be verbose */
-extern int get_verbosely;
-
-/* Set to check on all reachable objects. */
-extern int get_recover;
-
-/* Report what we got under get_verbosely */
-extern void pull_say(const char *, const char *);
-
-/* Load pull targets from stdin */
-extern int pull_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref);
-
-/* Free up loaded targets */
-extern void pull_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref);
-
-/* If write_ref is set, the ref filename to write the target value to. */
-/* If write_ref_log_details is set, additional text will appear in the ref log. */
-extern int pull(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref,
-		const char *write_ref_log_details);
-
-#endif /* PULL_H */
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 56ae8ccccf..41fe73eff9 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
 		{ "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "help", cmd_help },
+#ifndef NO_CURL
+		{ "http-fetch", cmd_http_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
+#endif
 		{ "init", cmd_init_db },
 		{ "init-db", cmd_init_db },
 		{ "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index c54230b6f3..8e1fdfddf5 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "pack.h"
-#include "fetch.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "http.h"
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-walker.c
similarity index 85%
rename from http-fetch.c
rename to http-walker.c
index 7786110ffc..444aebf526 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-walker.c
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "pack.h"
-#include "fetch.h"
+#include "walker.h"
 #include "http.h"
 
 #define PREV_BUF_SIZE 4096
 #define RANGE_HEADER_SIZE 30
 
-static int commits_on_stdin;
-
-static int got_alternates = -1;
-static int corrupt_object_found;
-
-static struct curl_slist *no_pragma_header;
-
 struct alt_base
 {
 	char *base;
@@ -22,8 +15,6 @@ struct alt_base
 	struct alt_base *next;
 };
 
-static struct alt_base *alt;
-
 enum object_request_state {
 	WAITING,
 	ABORTED,
@@ -33,6 +24,7 @@ enum object_request_state {
 
 struct object_request
 {
+	struct walker *walker;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	struct alt_base *repo;
 	char *url;
@@ -53,6 +45,7 @@ struct object_request
 };
 
 struct alternates_request {
+	struct walker *walker;
 	const char *base;
 	char *url;
 	struct buffer *buffer;
@@ -60,6 +53,13 @@ struct alternates_request {
 	int http_specific;
 };
 
+struct walker_data {
+	const char *url;
+	int got_alternates;
+	struct alt_base *alt;
+	struct curl_slist *no_pragma_header;
+};
+
 static struct object_request *object_queue_head;
 
 static size_t fwrite_sha1_file(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb,
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ static int missing__target(int code, int result)
 
 #define missing_target(a) missing__target((a)->http_code, (a)->curl_result)
 
-static void fetch_alternates(const char *base);
+static void fetch_alternates(struct walker *walker, const char *base);
 
 static void process_object_response(void *callback_data);
 
-static void start_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
+static void start_object_request(struct walker *walker,
+				 struct object_request *obj_req)
 {
 	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(obj_req->sha1);
 	char prevfile[PATH_MAX];
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ static void start_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
 	char range[RANGE_HEADER_SIZE];
 	struct curl_slist *range_header = NULL;
 	struct active_request_slot *slot;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
 
 	snprintf(prevfile, sizeof(prevfile), "%s.prev", obj_req->filename);
 	unlink(prevfile);
@@ -212,12 +214,12 @@ static void start_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite_sha1_file);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, obj_req->errorstr);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, no_pragma_header);
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, data->no_pragma_header);
 
 	/* If we have successfully processed data from a previous fetch
 	   attempt, only fetch the data we don't already have. */
 	if (prev_posn>0) {
-		if (get_verbosely)
+		if (walker->get_verbosely)
 			fprintf(stderr,
 				"Resuming fetch of object %s at byte %ld\n",
 				hex, prev_posn);
@@ -268,13 +270,16 @@ static void finish_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
 		move_temp_to_file(obj_req->tmpfile, obj_req->filename);
 
 	if (obj_req->rename == 0)
-		pull_say("got %s\n", sha1_to_hex(obj_req->sha1));
+		walker_say(obj_req->walker, "got %s\n", sha1_to_hex(obj_req->sha1));
 }
 
 static void process_object_response(void *callback_data)
 {
 	struct object_request *obj_req =
 		(struct object_request *)callback_data;
+	struct walker *walker = obj_req->walker;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
+	struct alt_base *alt = data->alt;
 
 	obj_req->curl_result = obj_req->slot->curl_result;
 	obj_req->http_code = obj_req->slot->http_code;
@@ -283,13 +288,13 @@ static void process_object_response(void *callback_data)
 
 	/* Use alternates if necessary */
 	if (missing_target(obj_req)) {
-		fetch_alternates(alt->base);
+		fetch_alternates(walker, alt->base);
 		if (obj_req->repo->next != NULL) {
 			obj_req->repo =
 				obj_req->repo->next;
 			close(obj_req->local);
 			obj_req->local = -1;
-			start_object_request(obj_req);
+			start_object_request(walker, obj_req);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -317,7 +322,7 @@ static void release_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
-static int fill_active_slot(void *unused)
+static int fill_active_slot(struct walker *walker)
 {
 	struct object_request *obj_req;
 
@@ -326,7 +331,7 @@ static int fill_active_slot(void *unused)
 			if (has_sha1_file(obj_req->sha1))
 				obj_req->state = COMPLETE;
 			else {
-				start_object_request(obj_req);
+				start_object_request(walker, obj_req);
 				return 1;
 			}
 		}
@@ -335,15 +340,17 @@ static int fill_active_slot(void *unused)
 }
 #endif
 
-void prefetch(unsigned char *sha1)
+static void prefetch(struct walker *walker, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct object_request *newreq;
 	struct object_request *tail;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
 	char *filename = sha1_file_name(sha1);
 
 	newreq = xmalloc(sizeof(*newreq));
+	newreq->walker = walker;
 	hashcpy(newreq->sha1, sha1);
-	newreq->repo = alt;
+	newreq->repo = data->alt;
 	newreq->url = NULL;
 	newreq->local = -1;
 	newreq->state = WAITING;
@@ -369,7 +376,7 @@ void prefetch(unsigned char *sha1)
 #endif
 }
 
-static int fetch_index(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
+static int fetch_index(struct walker *walker, struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 	char *filename;
@@ -378,6 +385,7 @@ static int fetch_index(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	long prev_posn = 0;
 	char range[RANGE_HEADER_SIZE];
 	struct curl_slist *range_header = NULL;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
 
 	FILE *indexfile;
 	struct active_request_slot *slot;
@@ -386,7 +394,7 @@ static int fetch_index(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	if (has_pack_index(sha1))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (get_verbosely)
+	if (walker->get_verbosely)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Getting index for pack %s\n", hex);
 
 	url = xmalloc(strlen(repo->base) + 64);
@@ -404,14 +412,14 @@ static int fetch_index(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FILE, indexfile);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, no_pragma_header);
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, data->no_pragma_header);
 	slot->local = indexfile;
 
 	/* If there is data present from a previous transfer attempt,
 	   resume where it left off */
 	prev_posn = ftell(indexfile);
 	if (prev_posn>0) {
-		if (get_verbosely)
+		if (walker->get_verbosely)
 			fprintf(stderr,
 				"Resuming fetch of index for pack %s at byte %ld\n",
 				hex, prev_posn);
@@ -437,13 +445,13 @@ static int fetch_index(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	return move_temp_to_file(tmpfile, filename);
 }
 
-static int setup_index(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
+static int setup_index(struct walker *walker, struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct packed_git *new_pack;
 	if (has_pack_file(sha1))
 		return 0; /* don't list this as something we can get */
 
-	if (fetch_index(repo, sha1))
+	if (fetch_index(walker, repo, sha1))
 		return -1;
 
 	new_pack = parse_pack_index(sha1);
@@ -456,8 +464,10 @@ static void process_alternates_response(void *callback_data)
 {
 	struct alternates_request *alt_req =
 		(struct alternates_request *)callback_data;
+	struct walker *walker = alt_req->walker;
+	struct walker_data *cdata = walker->data;
 	struct active_request_slot *slot = alt_req->slot;
-	struct alt_base *tail = alt;
+	struct alt_base *tail = cdata->alt;
 	const char *base = alt_req->base;
 	static const char null_byte = '\0';
 	char *data;
@@ -478,7 +488,7 @@ static void process_alternates_response(void *callback_data)
 			if (slot->finished != NULL)
 				(*slot->finished) = 0;
 			if (!start_active_slot(slot)) {
-				got_alternates = -1;
+				cdata->got_alternates = -1;
 				slot->in_use = 0;
 				if (slot->finished != NULL)
 					(*slot->finished) = 1;
@@ -487,7 +497,7 @@ static void process_alternates_response(void *callback_data)
 		}
 	} else if (slot->curl_result != CURLE_OK) {
 		if (!missing_target(slot)) {
-			got_alternates = -1;
+			cdata->got_alternates = -1;
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -564,7 +574,7 @@ static void process_alternates_response(void *callback_data)
 				memcpy(target + serverlen, data + i,
 				       posn - i - 7);
 				target[serverlen + posn - i - 7] = 0;
-				if (get_verbosely)
+				if (walker->get_verbosely)
 					fprintf(stderr,
 						"Also look at %s\n", target);
 				newalt = xmalloc(sizeof(*newalt));
@@ -581,39 +591,40 @@ static void process_alternates_response(void *callback_data)
 		i = posn + 1;
 	}
 
-	got_alternates = 1;
+	cdata->got_alternates = 1;
 }
 
-static void fetch_alternates(const char *base)
+static void fetch_alternates(struct walker *walker, const char *base)
 {
 	struct buffer buffer;
 	char *url;
 	char *data;
 	struct active_request_slot *slot;
 	struct alternates_request alt_req;
+	struct walker_data *cdata = walker->data;
 
 	/* If another request has already started fetching alternates,
 	   wait for them to arrive and return to processing this request's
 	   curl message */
 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
-	while (got_alternates == 0) {
+	while (cdata->got_alternates == 0) {
 		step_active_slots();
 	}
 #endif
 
 	/* Nothing to do if they've already been fetched */
-	if (got_alternates == 1)
+	if (cdata->got_alternates == 1)
 		return;
 
 	/* Start the fetch */
-	got_alternates = 0;
+	cdata->got_alternates = 0;
 
 	data = xmalloc(4096);
 	buffer.size = 4096;
 	buffer.posn = 0;
 	buffer.buffer = data;
 
-	if (get_verbosely)
+	if (walker->get_verbosely)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Getting alternates list for %s\n", base);
 
 	url = xmalloc(strlen(base) + 31);
@@ -623,6 +634,7 @@ static void fetch_alternates(const char *base)
 	   may fail and need to have alternates loaded before continuing */
 	slot = get_active_slot();
 	slot->callback_func = process_alternates_response;
+	alt_req.walker = walker;
 	slot->callback_data = &alt_req;
 
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FILE, &buffer);
@@ -638,13 +650,13 @@ static void fetch_alternates(const char *base)
 	if (start_active_slot(slot))
 		run_active_slot(slot);
 	else
-		got_alternates = -1;
+		cdata->got_alternates = -1;
 
 	free(data);
 	free(url);
 }
 
-static int fetch_indices(struct alt_base *repo)
+static int fetch_indices(struct walker *walker, struct alt_base *repo)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	char *url;
@@ -663,7 +675,7 @@ static int fetch_indices(struct alt_base *repo)
 	buffer.posn = 0;
 	buffer.buffer = data;
 
-	if (get_verbosely)
+	if (walker->get_verbosely)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Getting pack list for %s\n", repo->base);
 
 	url = xmalloc(strlen(repo->base) + 21);
@@ -703,7 +715,7 @@ static int fetch_indices(struct alt_base *repo)
 			    !prefixcmp(data + i, " pack-") &&
 			    !prefixcmp(data + i + 46, ".pack\n")) {
 				get_sha1_hex(data + i + 6, sha1);
-				setup_index(repo, sha1);
+				setup_index(walker, repo, sha1);
 				i += 51;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -719,7 +731,7 @@ static int fetch_indices(struct alt_base *repo)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int fetch_pack(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
+static int fetch_pack(struct walker *walker, struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	char *url;
 	struct packed_git *target;
@@ -731,17 +743,18 @@ static int fetch_pack(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	long prev_posn = 0;
 	char range[RANGE_HEADER_SIZE];
 	struct curl_slist *range_header = NULL;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
 
 	struct active_request_slot *slot;
 	struct slot_results results;
 
-	if (fetch_indices(repo))
+	if (fetch_indices(walker, repo))
 		return -1;
 	target = find_sha1_pack(sha1, repo->packs);
 	if (!target)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (get_verbosely) {
+	if (walker->get_verbosely) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Getting pack %s\n",
 			sha1_to_hex(target->sha1));
 		fprintf(stderr, " which contains %s\n",
@@ -764,14 +777,14 @@ static int fetch_pack(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FILE, packfile);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, no_pragma_header);
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, data->no_pragma_header);
 	slot->local = packfile;
 
 	/* If there is data present from a previous transfer attempt,
 	   resume where it left off */
 	prev_posn = ftell(packfile);
 	if (prev_posn>0) {
-		if (get_verbosely)
+		if (walker->get_verbosely)
 			fprintf(stderr,
 				"Resuming fetch of pack %s at byte %ld\n",
 				sha1_to_hex(target->sha1), prev_posn);
@@ -825,7 +838,7 @@ static void abort_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
 	release_object_request(obj_req);
 }
 
-static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
+static int fetch_object(struct walker *walker, struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -846,7 +859,7 @@ static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 		step_active_slots();
 	}
 #else
-	start_object_request(obj_req);
+	start_object_request(walker, obj_req);
 #endif
 
 	while (obj_req->state == ACTIVE) {
@@ -867,7 +880,7 @@ static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 				    obj_req->errorstr, obj_req->curl_result,
 				    obj_req->http_code, hex);
 	} else if (obj_req->zret != Z_STREAM_END) {
-		corrupt_object_found++;
+		walker->corrupt_object_found++;
 		ret = error("File %s (%s) corrupt", hex, obj_req->url);
 	} else if (hashcmp(obj_req->sha1, obj_req->real_sha1)) {
 		ret = error("File %s has bad hash", hex);
@@ -880,20 +893,21 @@ static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int fetch(unsigned char *sha1)
+static int fetch(struct walker *walker, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	struct alt_base *altbase = alt;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
+	struct alt_base *altbase = data->alt;
 
-	if (!fetch_object(altbase, sha1))
+	if (!fetch_object(walker, altbase, sha1))
 		return 0;
 	while (altbase) {
-		if (!fetch_pack(altbase, sha1))
+		if (!fetch_pack(walker, altbase, sha1))
 			return 0;
-		fetch_alternates(alt->base);
+		fetch_alternates(walker, data->alt->base);
 		altbase = altbase->next;
 	}
 	return error("Unable to find %s under %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1),
-		     alt->base);
+		     data->alt->base);
 }
 
 static inline int needs_quote(int ch)
@@ -942,12 +956,13 @@ static char *quote_ref_url(const char *base, const char *ref)
 	return qref;
 }
 
-int fetch_ref(char *ref, unsigned char *sha1)
+static int fetch_ref(struct walker *walker, char *ref, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
         char *url;
         char hex[42];
         struct buffer buffer;
-	const char *base = alt->base;
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
+	const char *base = data->alt->base;
 	struct active_request_slot *slot;
 	struct slot_results results;
         buffer.size = 41;
@@ -976,84 +991,45 @@ int fetch_ref(char *ref, unsigned char *sha1)
         return 0;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void cleanup(struct walker *walker)
+{
+	struct walker_data *data = walker->data;
+	http_cleanup();
+
+	curl_slist_free_all(data->no_pragma_header);
+}
+
+struct walker *get_http_walker(const char *url)
 {
-	int commits;
-	const char **write_ref = NULL;
-	char **commit_id;
-	const char *url;
 	char *s;
-	int arg = 1;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	setup_git_directory();
-	git_config(git_default_config);
-
-	while (arg < argc && argv[arg][0] == '-') {
-		if (argv[arg][1] == 't') {
-			get_tree = 1;
-		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'c') {
-			get_history = 1;
-		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'a') {
-			get_all = 1;
-			get_tree = 1;
-			get_history = 1;
-		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'v') {
-			get_verbosely = 1;
-		} else if (argv[arg][1] == 'w') {
-			write_ref = &argv[arg + 1];
-			arg++;
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[arg], "--recover")) {
-			get_recover = 1;
-		} else if (!strcmp(argv[arg], "--stdin")) {
-			commits_on_stdin = 1;
-		}
-		arg++;
-	}
-	if (argc < arg + 2 - commits_on_stdin) {
-		usage("git-http-fetch [-c] [-t] [-a] [-v] [--recover] [-w ref] [--stdin] commit-id url");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	if (commits_on_stdin) {
-		commits = pull_targets_stdin(&commit_id, &write_ref);
-	} else {
-		commit_id = (char **) &argv[arg++];
-		commits = 1;
-	}
-	url = argv[arg];
+	struct walker_data *data = xmalloc(sizeof(struct walker_data));
+	struct walker *walker = xmalloc(sizeof(struct walker));
 
 	http_init();
 
-	no_pragma_header = curl_slist_append(no_pragma_header, "Pragma:");
+	data->no_pragma_header = curl_slist_append(NULL, "Pragma:");
 
-	alt = xmalloc(sizeof(*alt));
-	alt->base = xmalloc(strlen(url) + 1);
-	strcpy(alt->base, url);
-	for (s = alt->base + strlen(alt->base) - 1; *s == '/'; --s)
+	data->alt = xmalloc(sizeof(*data->alt));
+	data->alt->base = xmalloc(strlen(url) + 1);
+	strcpy(data->alt->base, url);
+	for (s = data->alt->base + strlen(data->alt->base) - 1; *s == '/'; --s)
 		*s = 0;
-	alt->got_indices = 0;
-	alt->packs = NULL;
-	alt->next = NULL;
 
-#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
-	add_fill_function(NULL, fill_active_slot);
-#endif
+	data->alt->got_indices = 0;
+	data->alt->packs = NULL;
+	data->alt->next = NULL;
+	data->got_alternates = -1;
 
-	if (pull(commits, commit_id, write_ref, url))
-		rc = 1;
+	walker->corrupt_object_found = 0;
+	walker->fetch = fetch;
+	walker->fetch_ref = fetch_ref;
+	walker->prefetch = prefetch;
+	walker->cleanup = cleanup;
+	walker->data = data;
 
-	http_cleanup();
-
-	curl_slist_free_all(no_pragma_header);
-
-	if (commits_on_stdin)
-		pull_targets_free(commits, commit_id, write_ref);
+#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
+	add_fill_function(walker, (int (*)(void *)) fill_active_slot);
+#endif
 
-	if (corrupt_object_found) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-"Some loose object were found to be corrupt, but they might be just\n"
-"a false '404 Not Found' error message sent with incorrect HTTP\n"
-"status code.  Suggest running git-fsck.\n");
-	}
-	return rc;
+	return walker;
 }
diff --git a/fetch.c b/walker.c
similarity index 75%
rename from fetch.c
rename to walker.c
index 811be87a3c..5c65ea494d 100644
--- a/fetch.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "fetch.h"
+#include "walker.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
@@ -8,16 +8,11 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
-int get_tree = 0;
-int get_history = 0;
-int get_all = 0;
-int get_verbosely = 0;
-int get_recover = 0;
 static unsigned char current_commit_sha1[20];
 
-void pull_say(const char *fmt, const char *hex)
+void walker_say(struct walker *walker, const char *fmt, const char *hex)
 {
-	if (get_verbosely)
+	if (walker->get_verbosely)
 		fprintf(stderr, fmt, hex);
 }
 
@@ -32,9 +27,9 @@ static void report_missing(const struct object *obj)
 			sha1_to_hex(current_commit_sha1));
 }
 
-static int process(struct object *obj);
+static int process(struct walker *walker, struct object *obj);
 
-static int process_tree(struct tree *tree)
+static int process_tree(struct walker *walker, struct tree *tree)
 {
 	struct tree_desc desc;
 	struct name_entry entry;
@@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ static int process_tree(struct tree *tree)
 			if (blob)
 				obj = &blob->object;
 		}
-		if (!obj || process(obj))
+		if (!obj || process(walker, obj))
 			return -1;
 	}
 	free(tree->buffer);
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@ static int process_tree(struct tree *tree)
 
 static struct commit_list *complete = NULL;
 
-static int process_commit(struct commit *commit)
+static int process_commit(struct walker *walker, struct commit *commit)
 {
 	if (parse_commit(commit))
 		return -1;
@@ -88,43 +83,43 @@ static int process_commit(struct commit *commit)
 
 	hashcpy(current_commit_sha1, commit->object.sha1);
 
-	pull_say("walk %s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+	walker_say(walker, "walk %s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 
-	if (get_tree) {
-		if (process(&commit->tree->object))
+	if (walker->get_tree) {
+		if (process(walker, &commit->tree->object))
 			return -1;
-		if (!get_all)
-			get_tree = 0;
+		if (!walker->get_all)
+			walker->get_tree = 0;
 	}
-	if (get_history) {
+	if (walker->get_history) {
 		struct commit_list *parents = commit->parents;
 		for (; parents; parents = parents->next) {
-			if (process(&parents->item->object))
+			if (process(walker, &parents->item->object))
 				return -1;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int process_tag(struct tag *tag)
+static int process_tag(struct walker *walker, struct tag *tag)
 {
 	if (parse_tag(tag))
 		return -1;
-	return process(tag->tagged);
+	return process(walker, tag->tagged);
 }
 
 static struct object_list *process_queue = NULL;
 static struct object_list **process_queue_end = &process_queue;
 
-static int process_object(struct object *obj)
+static int process_object(struct walker *walker, struct object *obj)
 {
 	if (obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
-		if (process_commit((struct commit *)obj))
+		if (process_commit(walker, (struct commit *)obj))
 			return -1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (obj->type == OBJ_TREE) {
-		if (process_tree((struct tree *)obj))
+		if (process_tree(walker, (struct tree *)obj))
 			return -1;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -132,7 +127,7 @@ static int process_object(struct object *obj)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
-		if (process_tag((struct tag *)obj))
+		if (process_tag(walker, (struct tag *)obj))
 			return -1;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ static int process_object(struct object *obj)
 		     typename(obj->type), sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
 }
 
-static int process(struct object *obj)
+static int process(struct walker *walker, struct object *obj)
 {
 	if (obj->flags & SEEN)
 		return 0;
@@ -154,7 +149,7 @@ static int process(struct object *obj)
 	else {
 		if (obj->flags & COMPLETE)
 			return 0;
-		prefetch(obj->sha1);
+		walker->prefetch(walker, obj->sha1);
 	}
 
 	object_list_insert(obj, process_queue_end);
@@ -162,7 +157,7 @@ static int process(struct object *obj)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int loop(void)
+static int loop(struct walker *walker)
 {
 	struct object_list *elem;
 
@@ -178,25 +173,25 @@ static int loop(void)
 		 * the queue because we needed to fetch it first.
 		 */
 		if (! (obj->flags & TO_SCAN)) {
-			if (fetch(obj->sha1)) {
+			if (walker->fetch(walker, obj->sha1)) {
 				report_missing(obj);
 				return -1;
 			}
 		}
 		if (!obj->type)
 			parse_object(obj->sha1);
-		if (process_object(obj))
+		if (process_object(walker, obj))
 			return -1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int interpret_target(char *target, unsigned char *sha1)
+static int interpret_target(struct walker *walker, char *target, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	if (!get_sha1_hex(target, sha1))
 		return 0;
 	if (!check_ref_format(target)) {
-		if (!fetch_ref(target, sha1)) {
+		if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, target, sha1)) {
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -213,7 +208,7 @@ static int mark_complete(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int pull_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref)
+int walker_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref)
 {
 	int targets = 0, targets_alloc = 0;
 	struct strbuf buf;
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ int pull_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref)
 	return targets;
 }
 
-void pull_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref)
+void walker_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref)
 {
 	while (targets--) {
 		free(target[targets]);
@@ -252,8 +247,8 @@ void pull_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref)
 	}
 }
 
-int pull(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref,
-         const char *write_ref_log_details)
+int walker_fetch(struct walker *walker, int targets, char **target,
+		 const char **write_ref, const char *write_ref_log_details)
 {
 	struct ref_lock **lock = xcalloc(targets, sizeof(struct ref_lock *));
 	unsigned char *sha1 = xmalloc(targets * 20);
@@ -275,19 +270,19 @@ int pull(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!get_recover)
+	if (!walker->get_recover)
 		for_each_ref(mark_complete, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < targets; i++) {
-		if (interpret_target(target[i], &sha1[20 * i])) {
+		if (interpret_target(walker, target[i], &sha1[20 * i])) {
 			error("Could not interpret %s as something to pull", target[i]);
 			goto unlock_and_fail;
 		}
-		if (process(lookup_unknown_object(&sha1[20 * i])))
+		if (process(walker, lookup_unknown_object(&sha1[20 * i])))
 			goto unlock_and_fail;
 	}
 
-	if (loop())
+	if (loop(walker))
 		goto unlock_and_fail;
 
 	if (write_ref_log_details) {
@@ -308,10 +303,16 @@ int pull(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref,
 
 	return 0;
 
-
 unlock_and_fail:
 	for (i = 0; i < targets; i++)
 		if (lock[i])
 			unlock_ref(lock[i]);
+
 	return -1;
 }
+
+void walker_free(struct walker *walker)
+{
+	walker->cleanup(walker);
+	free(walker);
+}
diff --git a/walker.h b/walker.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea2c363f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/walker.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#ifndef WALKER_H
+#define WALKER_H
+
+struct walker {
+	void *data;
+	int (*fetch_ref)(struct walker *, char *ref, unsigned char *sha1);
+	void (*prefetch)(struct walker *, unsigned char *sha1);
+	int (*fetch)(struct walker *, unsigned char *sha1);
+	void (*cleanup)(struct walker *);
+	int get_tree;
+	int get_history;
+	int get_all;
+	int get_verbosely;
+	int get_recover;
+
+	int corrupt_object_found;
+};
+
+/* Report what we got under get_verbosely */
+void walker_say(struct walker *walker, const char *, const char *);
+
+/* Load pull targets from stdin */
+int walker_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref);
+
+/* Free up loaded targets */
+void walker_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref);
+
+/* If write_ref is set, the ref filename to write the target value to. */
+/* If write_ref_log_details is set, additional text will appear in the ref log. */
+int walker_fetch(struct walker *impl, int targets, char **target,
+		 const char **write_ref, const char *write_ref_log_details);
+
+void walker_free(struct walker *walker);
+
+struct walker *get_http_walker(const char *url);
+
+#endif /* WALKER_H */