diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 6ae7e80351..093bd72058 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -585,7 +585,21 @@ sub esc_html ($;%) {
 	return $str;
 }
 
-# Make control characterss "printable".
+# quote control characters and escape filename to HTML
+sub esc_path {
+	my $str = shift;
+	my %opts = @_;
+
+	$str = to_utf8($str);
+	$str = escapeHTML($str);
+	if ($opts{'-nbsp'}) {
+		$str =~ s/ / /g;
+	}
+	$str =~ s|([[:cntrl:]])|quot_cec($1)|eg;
+	return $str;
+}
+
+# Make control characters "printable", using character escape codes (CEC)
 sub quot_cec {
 	my $cntrl = shift;
 	my %es = ( # character escape codes, aka escape sequences
@@ -605,22 +619,14 @@ sub quot_cec {
 	return "<span class=\"cntrl\">$chr</span>";
 }
 
-# Alternatively use unicode control pictures codepoints.
+# Alternatively use unicode control pictures codepoints,
+# Unicode "printable representation" (PR)
 sub quot_upr {
 	my $cntrl = shift;
 	my $chr = sprintf('&#%04d;', 0x2400+ord($cntrl));
 	return "<span class=\"cntrl\">$chr</span>";
 }
 
-# quote control characters and escape filename to HTML
-sub esc_path {
-	my $str = shift;
-
-	$str = esc_html($str);
-	$str =~ s|([[:cntrl:]])|quot_cec($1)|eg;
-	return $str;
-}
-
 # git may return quoted and escaped filenames
 sub unquote {
 	my $str = shift;
@@ -1148,14 +1154,15 @@ sub git_get_last_activity {
 sub git_get_references {
 	my $type = shift || "";
 	my %refs;
-	# 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c	refs/tags/v2.6.11
-	# c39ae07f393806ccf406ef966e9a15afc43cc36a	refs/tags/v2.6.11^{}
-	open my $fd, "-|", $GIT, "peek-remote", "$projectroot/$project/"
+	# 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c refs/tags/v2.6.11
+	# c39ae07f393806ccf406ef966e9a15afc43cc36a refs/tags/v2.6.11^{}
+	open my $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "show-ref", "--dereference",
+		($type ? ("--", "refs/$type") : ()) # use -- <pattern> if $type
 		or return;
 
 	while (my $line = <$fd>) {
 		chomp $line;
-		if ($line =~ m/^([0-9a-fA-F]{40})\trefs\/($type\/?[^\^]+)/) {
+		if ($line =~ m!^([0-9a-fA-F]{40})\srefs/($type/?[^^]+)!) {
 			if (defined $refs{$1}) {
 				push @{$refs{$1}}, $2;
 			} else {
@@ -1287,8 +1294,9 @@ sub parse_commit {
 			$co{'author'} = $1;
 			$co{'author_epoch'} = $2;
 			$co{'author_tz'} = $3;
-			if ($co{'author'} =~ m/^([^<]+) </) {
-				$co{'author_name'} = $1;
+			if ($co{'author'} =~ m/^([^<]+) <([^>]*)>/) {
+				$co{'author_name'}  = $1;
+				$co{'author_email'} = $2;
 			} else {
 				$co{'author_name'} = $co{'author'};
 			}
@@ -1297,7 +1305,12 @@ sub parse_commit {
 			$co{'committer_epoch'} = $2;
 			$co{'committer_tz'} = $3;
 			$co{'committer_name'} = $co{'committer'};
-			$co{'committer_name'} =~ s/ <.*//;
+			if ($co{'committer'} =~ m/^([^<]+) <([^>]*)>/) {
+				$co{'committer_name'}  = $1;
+				$co{'committer_email'} = $2;
+			} else {
+				$co{'committer_name'} = $co{'committer'};
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if (!defined $co{'tree'}) {
@@ -2428,6 +2441,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		($pr->{'age'}, $pr->{'age_string'}) = @aa;
 		if (!defined $pr->{'descr'}) {
 			my $descr = git_get_project_description($pr->{'path'}) || "";
+			$pr->{'descr_long'} = to_utf8($descr);
 			$pr->{'descr'} = chop_str($descr, 25, 5);
 		}
 		if (!defined $pr->{'owner'}) {
@@ -2463,7 +2477,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'project'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Project") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Project") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		if ($order eq "descr") {
@@ -2472,7 +2486,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'descr'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Description") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Description") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		if ($order eq "owner") {
@@ -2481,7 +2495,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'owner'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Owner") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Owner") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		if ($order eq "age") {
@@ -2490,7 +2504,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		} else {
 			print "<th>" .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>undef, order=>'age'),
-				       -class => "header"}, "Last Change") .
+			               -class => "header"}, "Last Change") .
 			      "</th>\n";
 		}
 		print "<th></th>\n" .
@@ -2515,7 +2529,9 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		}
 		print "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
 		                        -class => "list"}, esc_html($pr->{'path'})) . "</td>\n" .
-		      "<td>" . esc_html($pr->{'descr'}) . "</td>\n" .
+		      "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
+		                        -class => "list", -title => $pr->{'descr_long'}},
+		                        esc_html($pr->{'descr'})) . "</td>\n" .
 		      "<td><i>" . chop_str($pr->{'owner'}, 15) . "</i></td>\n";
 		print "<td class=\"". age_class($pr->{'age'}) . "\">" .
 		      $pr->{'age_string'} . "</td>\n" .
@@ -4188,7 +4204,7 @@ sub git_feed {
 	}
 	if (defined($revlist[0])) {
 		%latest_commit = parse_commit($revlist[0]);
-		%latest_date   = parse_date($latest_commit{'committer_epoch'});
+		%latest_date   = parse_date($latest_commit{'author_epoch'});
 		print $cgi->header(
 			-type => $content_type,
 			-charset => 'utf-8',
@@ -4281,10 +4297,10 @@ XML
 		my $commit = $revlist[$i];
 		my %co = parse_commit($commit);
 		# we read 150, we always show 30 and the ones more recent than 48 hours
-		if (($i >= 20) && ((time - $co{'committer_epoch'}) > 48*60*60)) {
+		if (($i >= 20) && ((time - $co{'author_epoch'}) > 48*60*60)) {
 			last;
 		}
-		my %cd = parse_date($co{'committer_epoch'});
+		my %cd = parse_date($co{'author_epoch'});
 
 		# get list of changed files
 		open $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "diff-tree", '-r', @diff_opts,
@@ -4310,9 +4326,19 @@ XML
 			print "<entry>\n" .
 			      "<title type=\"html\">" . esc_html($co{'title'}) . "</title>\n" .
 			      "<updated>$cd{'iso-8601'}</updated>\n" .
-			      "<author><name>" . esc_html($co{'author_name'}) . "</name></author>\n" .
+			      "<author>\n" .
+			      "  <name>" . esc_html($co{'author_name'}) . "</name>\n";
+			if ($co{'author_email'}) {
+				print "  <email>" . esc_html($co{'author_email'}) . "</email>\n";
+			}
+			print "</author>\n" .
 			      # use committer for contributor
-			      "<contributor><name>" . esc_html($co{'committer_name'}) . "</name></contributor>\n" .
+			      "<contributor>\n" .
+			      "  <name>" . esc_html($co{'committer_name'}) . "</name>\n";
+			if ($co{'committer_email'}) {
+				print "  <email>" . esc_html($co{'committer_email'}) . "</email>\n";
+			}
+			print "</contributor>\n" .
 			      "<published>$cd{'iso-8601'}</published>\n" .
 			      "<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/html\" href=\"$co_url\" />\n" .
 			      "<id>$co_url</id>\n" .