diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt
index edd5e45c95..6cf8ae4ea1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Fixes since v1.6.0.2
 * Stale temporary files under $GIT_DIR/objects/pack are now cleaned up
   automatically by "git prune".
 
-* "git merge" once agrain removes directories after the last file has
+* "git merge" once again removes directories after the last file has
   been removed from it during the merge.
 
 * "git blame -C -C" no longer segfaults while trying to pass blame if
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Fixes since v1.6.0.2
 * The "git commit" error message when there are still unmerged
   files present was clarified to match "git write-tree".
 
-* Some segfaults due to uncaught NULL pointers were fixed multiple
+* Some segfaults due to uncaught NULL pointers were fixed in multiple
   tools such as apply, reset, update-index.
 
-* Solaris bulds now default to OLD_ICONV=1 to avoid compile warnings.
+* Solaris builds now default to OLD_ICONV=1 to avoid compile warnings.
 
 * "Git.pm" tests relied on unnecessarily more recent version of Perl.
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Fixes since v1.6.0.2
 * "gitweb" triggered undef warnings on missing trees.
 
 * "gitweb" now removes PATH_INFO from its URLs so users don't have
-  to manually set the url in the gitweb configuration.
+  to manually set the URL in the gitweb configuration.
 
 * Bash completion removed support for legacy "git-fetch", "git-push"
   and "git-pull" as these are no longer installed.  Dashless form
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 45c96435fa..6150b1b959 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
-	   [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose]
+'git push' [--all | --mirror] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
+	   [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose]
 	   [<repository> <refspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -101,9 +101,23 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
 	This flag disables the check.  This can cause the
 	remote repository to lose commits; use it with care.
 
---repo=<repo>::
-	When no repository is specified the command defaults to
-	"origin"; this overrides it.
+--repo=<repository>::
+	This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is
+	passed in the invocation. In this case, 'git-push' derives the
+	remote name from the current branch: If it tracks a remote
+	branch, then that remote repository is pushed to. Otherwise,
+	the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option
+	can be used to override the name "origin". In other words,
+	the difference between these two commands
++
+--------------------------
+git push public         #1
+git push --repo=public  #2
+--------------------------
++
+is that #1 always pushes to "public" whereas #2 pushes to "public"
+only if the current branch does not track a remote branch. This is
+useful if you write an alias or script around 'git-push'.
 
 --thin::
 --no-thin::
diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index 8140c1299a..d30c3fe2ca 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #define TEST_FILEMODE 1
 #endif
 
+static int init_is_bare_repository = 0;
+static int init_shared_repository = -1;
+
 static void safe_create_dir(const char *dir, int share)
 {
 	if (mkdir(dir, 0777) < 0) {
@@ -191,6 +194,9 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path)
 	copy_templates(template_path);
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+	is_bare_repository_cfg = init_is_bare_repository;
+	if (init_shared_repository != -1)
+		shared_repository = init_shared_repository;
 
 	/*
 	 * We would have created the above under user's umask -- under
@@ -277,6 +283,8 @@ int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags)
 
 	safe_create_dir(get_git_dir(), 0);
 
+	init_is_bare_repository = is_bare_repository();
+
 	/* Check to see if the repository version is right.
 	 * Note that a newly created repository does not have
 	 * config file, so this will not fail.  What we are catching
@@ -381,9 +389,9 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir,
 						sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
 		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--shared"))
-			shared_repository = PERM_GROUP;
+			init_shared_repository = PERM_GROUP;
 		else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--shared="))
-			shared_repository = git_config_perm("arg", arg+9);
+			init_shared_repository = git_config_perm("arg", arg+9);
 		else if (!strcmp(arg, "-q") || !strcmp(arg, "--quiet"))
 			flags |= INIT_DB_QUIET;
 		else
diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index cc6666f75e..122fdcfbdc 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const push_usage[] = {
-	"git push [--all | --mirror] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]",
+	"git push [--all | --mirror] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]",
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin-rm.c b/builtin-rm.c
index 50ae6d5401..e06640cf8d 100644
--- a/builtin-rm.c
+++ b/builtin-rm.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (read_cache() < 0)
 		die("index file corrupt");
+	refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 
 	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
 	seen = NULL;
diff --git a/index-pack.c b/index-pack.c
index 2e4c0885f2..73860bf3da 100644
--- a/index-pack.c
+++ b/index-pack.c
@@ -365,8 +365,11 @@ static void *get_data_from_pack(struct object_entry *obj)
 	data = src;
 	do {
 		ssize_t n = pread(pack_fd, data + rdy, len - rdy, from + rdy);
-		if (n <= 0)
+		if (n < 0)
 			die("cannot pread pack file: %s", strerror(errno));
+		if (!n)
+			die("premature end of pack file, %lu bytes missing",
+			    len - rdy);
 		rdy += n;
 	} while (rdy < len);
 	data = xmalloc(obj->size);
diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
index 620da5b320..5ac0a273a9 100755
--- a/t/t0001-init.sh
+++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
@@ -167,4 +167,36 @@ test_expect_success 'init with --template (blank)' '
 	! test -f template-blank/.git/info/exclude
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'init --bare/--shared overrides system/global config' '
+	(
+		HOME="`pwd`" &&
+		export HOME &&
+		test_config="$HOME"/.gitconfig &&
+		unset GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL &&
+		git config -f "$test_config" core.bare false &&
+		git config -f "$test_config" core.sharedRepository 0640 &&
+		mkdir init-bare-shared-override &&
+		cd init-bare-shared-override &&
+		git init --bare --shared=0666
+	) &&
+	check_config init-bare-shared-override true unset &&
+	test x0666 = \
+	x`git config -f init-bare-shared-override/config core.sharedRepository`
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'init honors global core.sharedRepository' '
+	(
+		HOME="`pwd`" &&
+		export HOME &&
+		test_config="$HOME"/.gitconfig &&
+		unset GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL &&
+		git config -f "$test_config" core.sharedRepository 0666 &&
+		mkdir shared-honor-global &&
+		cd shared-honor-global &&
+		git init
+	) &&
+	test x0666 = \
+	x`git config -f shared-honor-global/.git/config core.sharedRepository`
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh
index 558c80edbf..66aca99fd3 100755
--- a/t/t3600-rm.sh
+++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh
@@ -219,14 +219,23 @@ test_expect_success 'Remove nonexistent file returns nonzero exit status' '
 
 test_expect_success 'Call "rm" from outside the work tree' '
 	mkdir repo &&
-	cd repo &&
-	git init &&
-	echo something > somefile &&
-	git add somefile &&
-	git commit -m "add a file" &&
-	(cd .. &&
-	 git --git-dir=repo/.git --work-tree=repo rm somefile) &&
-	test_must_fail git ls-files --error-unmatch somefile
+	(cd repo &&
+	 git init &&
+	 echo something > somefile &&
+	 git add somefile &&
+	 git commit -m "add a file" &&
+	 (cd .. &&
+	  git --git-dir=repo/.git --work-tree=repo rm somefile) &&
+	test_must_fail git ls-files --error-unmatch somefile)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'refresh index before checking if it is up-to-date' '
+
+	git reset --hard &&
+	test-chmtime -86400 frotz/nitfol &&
+	git rm frotz/nitfol &&
+	test ! -f frotz/nitfol
+
 '
 
 test_done