diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 00528ddc38..ad29000736 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int batch_one_object(const char *obj_name, int print_contents)
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	enum object_type type = 0;
 	unsigned long size;
-	void *contents = contents;
+	void *contents;
 
 	if (!obj_name)
 	   return 1;
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 156fec4470..052974eb97 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -4662,7 +4662,7 @@ int diff_result_code(struct diff_options *opt, int status)
 {
 	int result = 0;
 
-	diff_warn_rename_limit("diff.renamelimit",
+	diff_warn_rename_limit("diff.renameLimit",
 			       opt->needed_rename_limit,
 			       opt->degraded_cc_to_c);
 	if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) &&
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index c2a814ec66..a0c2c2ff14 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 	const char *p = command_buf.buf + 2;
 	static struct strbuf uq = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *endp;
-	struct object_entry *oe = oe;
+	struct object_entry *oe;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	uint16_t mode, inline_data = 0;
 
@@ -2292,6 +2292,7 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 		hashcpy(sha1, oe->idx.sha1);
 	} else if (!prefixcmp(p, "inline ")) {
 		inline_data = 1;
+		oe = NULL; /* not used with inline_data, but makes gcc happy */
 		p += strlen("inline");  /* advance to space */
 	} else {
 		if (get_sha1_hex(p, sha1))
@@ -2434,7 +2435,7 @@ static void note_change_n(struct branch *b, unsigned char *old_fanout)
 {
 	const char *p = command_buf.buf + 2;
 	static struct strbuf uq = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct object_entry *oe = oe;
+	struct object_entry *oe;
 	struct branch *s;
 	unsigned char sha1[20], commit_sha1[20];
 	char path[60];
@@ -2613,7 +2614,7 @@ static int parse_from(struct branch *b)
 
 static struct hash_list *parse_merge(unsigned int *count)
 {
-	struct hash_list *list = NULL, *n, *e = e;
+	struct hash_list *list = NULL, **tail = &list, *n;
 	const char *from;
 	struct branch *s;
 
@@ -2641,11 +2642,9 @@ static struct hash_list *parse_merge(unsigned int *count)
 			die("Invalid ref name or SHA1 expression: %s", from);
 
 		n->next = NULL;
-		if (list)
-			e->next = n;
-		else
-			list = n;
-		e = n;
+		*tail = n;
+		tail = &n->next;
+
 		(*count)++;
 		read_next_command();
 	}
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 07e27ff4c8..765c2ce056 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 {
 	int need_in, need_out, need_err;
 	int fdin[2], fdout[2], fderr[2];
-	int failed_errno = failed_errno;
+	int failed_errno;
 	char *str;
 
 	/*
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ fail_pipe:
 		notify_pipe[0] = notify_pipe[1] = -1;
 
 	cmd->pid = fork();
+	failed_errno = errno;
 	if (!cmd->pid) {
 		/*
 		 * Redirect the channel to write syscall error messages to
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ fail_pipe:
 	}
 	if (cmd->pid < 0)
 		error("cannot fork() for %s: %s", cmd->argv[0],
-			strerror(failed_errno = errno));
+			strerror(errno));
 	else if (cmd->clean_on_exit)
 		mark_child_for_cleanup(cmd->pid);
 
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index bd290fa7d3..6f671c6506 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void insert_packed_refs(const char *packed_refs, struct ref **list)
 		return;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		int cmp = cmp, len;
+		int cmp, len;
 
 		if (!fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), f)) {
 			fclose(f);
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 7bb3f63f06..54f4391f9c 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_change_data(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	struct wt_status_change_data *d = it->util;
 	const char *c = color(change_type, s);
-	int status = status;
+	int status;
 	char *one_name;
 	char *two_name;
 	const char *one, *two;
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ static void wt_status_print_change_data(struct wt_status *s,
 		}
 		status = d->worktree_status;
 		break;
+	default:
+		die("BUG: unhandled change_type %d in wt_status_print_change_data",
+		    change_type);
 	}
 
 	one = quote_path(one_name, -1, &onebuf, s->prefix);