diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 070c478bf2..506f640793 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ SCRIPT_PERL = \
 	git-archimport.perl git-cvsimport.perl git-relink.perl \
 	git-shortlog.perl git-fmt-merge-msg.perl git-rerere.perl \
 	git-annotate.perl git-cvsserver.perl \
-	git-svnimport.perl git-mv.perl git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+	git-svnimport.perl git-mv.perl git-cvsexportcommit.perl \
+	git-send-email.perl
 
 SCRIPT_PYTHON = \
 	git-merge-recursive.py
@@ -320,10 +321,6 @@ else
 	endif
 endif
 
-ifdef WITH_SEND_EMAIL
-	SCRIPT_PERL += git-send-email.perl
-endif
-
 ifndef NO_CURL
 	ifdef CURLDIR
 		# This is still problematic -- gcc does not always want -R.
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index ea6fb4c880..8391daf917 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ static void numstat_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
 {
 	for ( ; patch; patch = patch->next) {
 		const char *name;
-		name = patch->old_name ? patch->old_name : patch->new_name;
+		name = patch->new_name ? patch->new_name : patch->old_name;
 		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);
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 40d9f6e070..e16e0bfc0a 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -232,11 +232,16 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
 	 * name-a => name-b
 	 */
 	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(len_a + len_b - pfx_length - sfx_length + 7);
 		sprintf(name, "%.*s{%.*s => %.*s}%s",
 			pfx_length, a,
-			len_a - pfx_length - sfx_length, a + pfx_length,
-			len_b - pfx_length - sfx_length, b + pfx_length,
+			a_midlen, a + pfx_length,
+			b_midlen, b + pfx_length,
 			a + len_a - sfx_length);
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 26cd7ca54d..6ef1a9dedc 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ case "$no_edit" in
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	esac
+	git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT > /dev/null  || die
+	git-var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT > /dev/null  || die
 	${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 703dd1ff9e..d8c4b1f892 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -89,6 +89,41 @@ sub gitvar_ident {
 my ($author) = gitvar_ident('GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT');
 my ($committer) = gitvar_ident('GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT');
 
+my %aliases;
+chomp(my @alias_files = `git-repo-config --get-all sendemail.aliasesfile`);
+chomp(my $aliasfiletype = `git-repo-config sendemail.aliasfiletype`);
+my %parse_alias = (
+	# multiline formats can be supported in the future
+	mutt => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
+		if (/^alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
+			my ($alias, $addr) = ($1, $2);
+			$addr =~ s/#.*$//; # mutt allows # comments
+			 # commas delimit multiple addresses
+			$aliases{$alias} = [ split(/\s*,\s*/, $addr) ];
+		}}},
+	mailrc => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
+		if (/^alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
+			# spaces delimit multiple addresses
+			$aliases{$1} = [ split(/\s+/, $2) ];
+		}}},
+	pine => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
+		if (/^(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
+			$aliases{$1} = [ split(/\s*,\s*/, $2) ];
+		}}},
+	gnus => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
+		if (/\(define-mail-alias\s+"(\S+?)"\s+"(\S+?)"\)/) {
+			$aliases{$1} = [ $2 ];
+		}}}
+);
+
+if (@alias_files && defined $parse_alias{$aliasfiletype}) {
+	foreach my $file (@alias_files) {
+		open my $fh, '<', $file or die "opening $file: $!\n";
+		$parse_alias{$aliasfiletype}->($fh);
+		close $fh;
+	}
+}
+
 my $prompting = 0;
 if (!defined $from) {
 	$from = $author || $committer;
@@ -112,6 +147,19 @@ if (!@to) {
 	$prompting++;
 }
 
+sub expand_aliases {
+	my @cur = @_;
+	my @last;
+	do {
+		@last = @cur;
+		@cur = map { $aliases{$_} ? @{$aliases{$_}} : $_ } @last;
+	} while (join(',',@cur) ne join(',',@last));
+	return @cur;
+}
+
+@to = expand_aliases(@to);
+@initial_cc = expand_aliases(@initial_cc);
+
 if (!defined $initial_subject && $compose) {
 	do {
 		$_ = $term->readline("What subject should the emails start with? ",
diff --git a/git.spec.in b/git.spec.in
index 96dfc1de55..8ccd2564e7 100644
--- a/git.spec.in
+++ b/git.spec.in
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ Git revision tree visualiser ('gitk')
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-make %{_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" WITH_OWN_SUBPROCESS_PY=YesPlease WITH_SEND_EMAIL=1 \
+make %{_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" WITH_OWN_SUBPROCESS_PY=YesPlease \
      prefix=%{_prefix} all %{!?_without_docs: doc}
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make %{_smp_mflags} DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT WITH_OWN_SUBPROCESS_PY=YesPlease WITH_SEND_EMAIL=1 \
+make %{_smp_mflags} DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT WITH_OWN_SUBPROCESS_PY=YesPlease \
      prefix=%{_prefix} mandir=%{_mandir} \
      install %{!?_without_docs: install-doc}