diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46e13a450a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+GIT v1.6.0.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.0.2
+--------------------
+
+* "git archive --format=zip" did not honor core.autocrlf while
+  --format=tar did.
+
+* Continuing "git rebase -i" was very confused when the user left modified
+  files in the working tree while resolving conflicts.
+
+* Continuing "git rebase -i" was also very confused when the user left
+  some staged changes in the index after "edit".
+
+* Behaviour of "git diff --quiet" was inconsistent with "diff --exit-code"
+  with the output redirected to /dev/null.
+
+* "git stash apply sash@{1}" was fixed to error out.  Prior versions
+  would have applied stash@{0} incorrectly.
+
+* "git for-each-ref --format=%(subject)" fixed for commits with no
+  no newline in the message body.
+
+* "git remote" fixed to protect printf from user input.
+
+* "git checkout -q" once again suppresses the locally modified file list.
+
+* Cross-directory renames are no longer used when creating packs.  This
+  allows more graceful behavior on filesystems like sshfs.
+
+* Stale temporary files under $GIT_DIR/objects/pack are now cleaned up
+  automatically by "git prune".
+
+* "Git.pm" tests relied on unnecessarily more recent version of Perl.
+
+* "gitweb" triggered undef warning on commits without log messages.
+
+Many other documentation updates.
+
+--
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+O=v1.6.0.2-41-g7fe4a72
+echo O=$(git describe maint)
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ed3285f899..5dda70de96 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ core.pager::
 	variable.  Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
 	variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
 	pager.  One can change these settings by setting the
-	`LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the
-	`core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`".
+	`LESS` variable to some other value.  Alternately,
+	these settings can be overridden on a project or
+	global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
+	Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
+	environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
+	to override git's default settings this way, you need
+	to be explicit.  For example, to disable the S option
+	in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
+	to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`".  This will be passed to the
+	shell by git, which will translate the final command to
+	"`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`".
 
 core.whitespace::
 	A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 6f4b9b017f..309deac23b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules:
       0 nothing             nothing  nothing  (does not happen)
       1 nothing             nothing  exists   use M
       2 nothing             exists   nothing  remove path from index
-      3 nothing             exists   exists   use M
+      3 nothing             exists   exists,  use M if "initial checkout"
+				     H == M   keep index otherwise
+				     exists   fail
+				     H != M
 
         clean I==H  I==M
        ------------------
@@ -207,6 +210,12 @@ you picked it up via e-mail in a patch form), `git diff-index
 merge, but it would not show in `git diff-index --cached $M`
 output after two-tree merge.
 
+Case #3 is slightly tricky and needs explanation.  The result from this
+rule logically should be to remove the path if the user staged the removal
+of the path and then swiching to a new branch.  That however will prevent
+the initial checkout from happening, so the rule is modified to use M (new
+tree) only when the contents of the index is empty.  Otherwise the removal
+of the path is kept as long as $H and $M are the same.
 
 3-Way Merge
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 38ac60947b..bbe1485a97 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
 
 -f::
-	Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See
+	Pass the `--no-reuse-object` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
 	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
 
 -q::
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 9a752570f3..2ae771f2fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -270,27 +270,27 @@ See linkgit:git[1] for details.
 Defining a custom hunk-header
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Each group of changes (called "hunk") in the textual diff output
+Each group of changes (called a "hunk") in the textual diff output
 is prefixed with a line of the form:
 
 	@@ -k,l +n,m @@ TEXT
 
-The text is called 'hunk header', and by default a line that
-begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign is used,
-which matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses.  This default
-selection however is not suited for some contents, and you can
-use customized pattern to make a selection.
+This is called a 'hunk header'.  The "TEXT" portion is by default a line
+that begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign; this
+matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses.  This default selection however
+is not suited for some contents, and you can use a customized pattern
+to make a selection.
 
-First in .gitattributes, you would assign the `diff` attribute
+First, in .gitattributes, you would assign the `diff` attribute
 for paths.
 
 ------------------------
 *.tex	diff=tex
 ------------------------
 
-Then, you would define "diff.tex.xfuncname" configuration to
+Then, you would define a "diff.tex.xfuncname" configuration to
 specify a regular expression that matches a line that you would
-want to appear as the hunk header, like this:
+want to appear as the hunk header "TEXT", like this:
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "tex"]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt
index 2bdbc3d4f6..e8041bc08f 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt
@@ -36,11 +36,25 @@ files:
 
  - 'git-diff-tree' compares contents of two "tree" objects;
 
-In all of these cases, the commands themselves compare
-corresponding paths in the two sets of files.  The result of
-comparison is passed from these commands to what is internally
-called "diffcore", in a format similar to what is output when
-the -p option is not used.  E.g.
+In all of these cases, the commands themselves first optionally limit
+the two sets of files by any pathspecs given on their command-lines,
+and compare corresponding paths in the two resulting sets of files.
+
+The pathspecs are used to limit the world diff operates in.  They remove
+the filepairs outside the specified sets of pathnames.  E.g. If the
+input set of filepairs included:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+:100644 100644 bcd1234... 0123456... M junkfile
+------------------------------------------------
+
+but the command invocation was `git diff-files myfile`, then the
+junkfile entry would be removed from the list because only "myfile"
+is under consideration.
+
+The result of comparison is passed from these commands to what is
+internally called "diffcore", in a format similar to what is output
+when the -p option is not used.  E.g.
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 in-place edit  :100644 100644 bcd1234... 0123456... M file0
@@ -52,9 +66,8 @@ unmerged       :000000 000000 0000000... 0000000... U file6
 The diffcore mechanism is fed a list of such comparison results
 (each of which is called "filepair", although at this point each
 of them talks about a single file), and transforms such a list
-into another list.  There are currently 6 such transformations:
+into another list.  There are currently 5 such transformations:
 
-- diffcore-pathspec
 - diffcore-break
 - diffcore-rename
 - diffcore-merge-broken
@@ -62,38 +75,14 @@ into another list.  There are currently 6 such transformations:
 - diffcore-order
 
 These are applied in sequence.  The set of filepairs 'git-diff-{asterisk}'
-commands find are used as the input to diffcore-pathspec, and
-the output from diffcore-pathspec is used as the input to the
+commands find are used as the input to diffcore-break, and
+the output from diffcore-break is used as the input to the
 next transformation.  The final result is then passed to the
 output routine and generates either diff-raw format (see Output
 format sections of the manual for 'git-diff-{asterisk}' commands) or
 diff-patch format.
 
 
-diffcore-pathspec: For Ignoring Files Outside Our Consideration
----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-The first transformation in the chain is diffcore-pathspec, and
-is controlled by giving the pathname parameters to the
-'git-diff-{asterisk}' commands on the command line.  The pathspec is used
-to limit the world diff operates in.  It removes the filepairs
-outside the specified set of pathnames.  E.g. If the input set
-of filepairs included:
-
-------------------------------------------------
-:100644 100644 bcd1234... 0123456... M junkfile
-------------------------------------------------
-
-but the command invocation was `git diff-files myfile`, then the
-junkfile entry would be removed from the list because only "myfile"
-is under consideration.
-
-Implementation note.  For performance reasons, 'git-diff-tree'
-uses the pathname parameters on the command line to cull set of
-filepairs it feeds the diffcore mechanism itself, and does not
-use diffcore-pathspec, but the end result is the same.
-
-
 diffcore-break: For Splitting Up "Complete Rewrites"
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 20bef1f21d..70c9f93554 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
+#include "dir.h"
 
 /*
  *  --check turns on checking that the working tree matches the
@@ -2735,15 +2736,7 @@ static void remove_file(struct patch *patch, int rmdir_empty)
 				warning("unable to remove submodule %s",
 					patch->old_name);
 		} else if (!unlink(patch->old_name) && rmdir_empty) {
-			char *name = xstrdup(patch->old_name);
-			char *end = strrchr(name, '/');
-			while (end) {
-				*end = 0;
-				if (rmdir(name))
-					break;
-				end = strrchr(name, '/');
-			}
-			free(name);
+			remove_path(patch->old_name);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builtin-archive.c b/builtin-archive.c
index 5ceec433fd..432ce2acc6 100644
--- a/builtin-archive.c
+++ b/builtin-archive.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ int cmd_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	const char *remote = NULL;
 
+	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+
 	remote = extract_remote_arg(&argc, argv);
 	if (remote)
 		return run_remote_archiver(remote, argc, argv);
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index d986ac7abb..4ca76a6f48 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		}
 
 		/* 2-way merge to the new branch */
+		topts.initial_checkout = (!active_nr &&
+					  (old->commit == new->commit));
 		topts.update = 1;
 		topts.merge = 1;
 		topts.gently = opts->merge;
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 	    commit_locked_index(lock_file))
 		die("unable to write new index file");
 
-	if (!opts->force)
+	if (!opts->force && !opts->quiet)
 		show_local_changes(&new->commit->object);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index c8435295ce..5b40e07ba7 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING(0, "reference", &option_reference, "repo",
 		   "reference repository"),
 	OPT_STRING('o', "origin", &option_origin, "branch",
-		   "use <branch> instead or 'origin' to track upstream"),
+		   "use <branch> instead of 'origin' to track upstream"),
 	OPT_STRING('u', "upload-pack", &option_upload_pack, "path",
 		   "path to git-upload-pack on the remote"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &option_depth, "depth",
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index 8165bb3d31..6b23143cd7 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix)
 		active_cache_tree = cache_tree();
 	if (cache_tree_update(active_cache_tree,
 			      active_cache, active_nr, 0, 0) < 0) {
-		error("Error building trees");
+		error("Error building trees; the index is unmerged?");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin-diff-files.c b/builtin-diff-files.c
index 9bf10bb37e..2b578c714d 100644
--- a/builtin-diff-files.c
+++ b/builtin-diff-files.c
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ int cmd_diff_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	    3 < rev.max_count)
 		usage(diff_files_usage);
 
-	if (rev.max_count == -1 &&
+	/*
+	 * "diff-files --base -p" should not combine merges because it
+	 * was not asked to.  "diff-files -c -p" should not densify
+	 * (the user should ask with "diff-files --cc" explicitly).
+	 */
+	if (rev.max_count == -1 && !rev.combine_merges &&
 	    (rev.diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH))
 		rev.combine_merges = rev.dense_combined_merges = 1;
 
diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 037c3039a4..d5fe775fc1 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -223,7 +223,13 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv
 		argv++; argc--;
 	}
 
-	if (revs->max_count == -1 &&
+	/*
+	 * "diff --base" should not combine merges because it was not
+	 * asked to.  "diff -c" should not densify (if the user wants
+	 * dense one, --cc can be explicitly asked for, or just rely
+	 * on the default).
+	 */
+	if (revs->max_count == -1 && !revs->combine_merges &&
 	    (revs->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH))
 		revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1;
 
diff --git a/builtin-for-each-ref.c b/builtin-for-each-ref.c
index 21e92bbcb5..72c087840c 100644
--- a/builtin-for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-for-each-ref.c
@@ -320,9 +320,7 @@ static const char *find_wholine(const char *who, int wholen, const char *buf, un
 
 static const char *copy_line(const char *buf)
 {
-	const char *eol = strchr(buf, '\n');
-	if (!eol)
-		return "";
+	const char *eol = strchrnul(buf, '\n');
 	return xmemdupz(buf, eol - buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 1d3c5cbf58..d4aaddc9db 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			committer = git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME);
 			endpos = strchr(committer, '>');
 			if (!endpos)
-				die("bogos committer info %s\n", committer);
+				die("bogus committer info %s\n", committer);
 			add_signoff = xmemdupz(committer, endpos - committer + 1);
 		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--attach")) {
diff --git a/builtin-merge-recursive.c b/builtin-merge-recursive.c
index dfb363ee2f..36aa798459 100644
--- a/builtin-merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-recursive.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "ll-merge.h"
 #include "interpolate.h"
 #include "attr.h"
+#include "dir.h"
 #include "merge-recursive.h"
 
 static int subtree_merge;
@@ -416,24 +417,6 @@ static int update_stages(const char *path, struct diff_filespec *o,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int remove_path(const char *name)
-{
-	int ret;
-	char *slash, *dirs;
-
-	ret = unlink(name);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	dirs = xstrdup(name);
-	while ((slash = strrchr(name, '/'))) {
-		*slash = '\0';
-		if (rmdir(name) != 0)
-			break;
-	}
-	free(dirs);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int remove_file(int clean, const char *path, int no_wd)
 {
 	int update_cache = index_only || clean;
@@ -444,10 +427,8 @@ static int remove_file(int clean, const char *path, int no_wd)
 			return -1;
 	}
 	if (update_working_directory) {
-		unlink(path);
-		if (errno != ENOENT || errno != EISDIR)
+		if (remove_path(path))
 			return -1;
-		remove_path(path);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
index 9ad9791068..1094c5fd58 100644
--- a/builtin-merge.c
+++ b/builtin-merge.c
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 
 		buf = xstrdup(v);
 		argc = split_cmdline(buf, &argv);
+		if (argc < 0)
+			die("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string", branch);
 		argv = xrealloc(argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 2));
 		memmove(argv + 1, argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 1));
 		argc++;
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 217fd49da9..4004e73e40 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 			char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
 			int fd;
 			snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname),
-				 "%s/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+				 "%s/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 			fd = xmkstemp(tmpname);
 			pack_tmp_name = xstrdup(tmpname);
 			f = sha1fd(fd, pack_tmp_name);
diff --git a/builtin-prune.c b/builtin-prune.c
index c767a0ac89..1663f8bdb1 100644
--- a/builtin-prune.c
+++ b/builtin-prune.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static const char * const prune_usage[] = {
 static int show_only;
 static unsigned long expire;
 
-static int prune_tmp_object(char *path, const char *filename)
+static int prune_tmp_object(const char *path, const char *filename)
 {
 	const char *fullpath = mkpath("%s/%s", path, filename);
 	if (expire) {
@@ -110,24 +110,22 @@ static void prune_object_dir(const char *path)
 /*
  * Write errors (particularly out of space) can result in
  * failed temporary packs (and more rarely indexes and other
- * files begining with "tmp_") accumulating in the
- * object directory.
+ * files begining with "tmp_") accumulating in the object
+ * and the pack directories.
  */
-static void remove_temporary_files(void)
+static void remove_temporary_files(const char *path)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct dirent *de;
-	char* dirname=get_object_directory();
 
-	dir = opendir(dirname);
+	dir = opendir(path);
 	if (!dir) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to open object directory %s\n",
-			dirname);
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to open directory %s\n", path);
 		return;
 	}
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
 		if (!prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_"))
-			prune_tmp_object(dirname, de->d_name);
+			prune_tmp_object(path, de->d_name);
 	closedir(dir);
 }
 
@@ -141,6 +139,7 @@ int cmd_prune(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 "expire objects older than <time>"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
+	char *s;
 
 	save_commit_buffer = 0;
 	init_revisions(&revs, prefix);
@@ -163,6 +162,9 @@ int cmd_prune(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	prune_object_dir(get_object_directory());
 
 	prune_packed_objects(show_only);
-	remove_temporary_files();
+	remove_temporary_files(get_object_directory());
+	s = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/pack", get_object_directory()));
+	remove_temporary_files(s);
+	free(s);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-read-tree.c b/builtin-read-tree.c
index ac219ac2db..0706c95818 100644
--- a/builtin-read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-read-tree.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			opts.fn = twoway_merge;
+			opts.initial_checkout = !active_nr;
 			break;
 		case 3:
 		default:
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index 01945a8651..90a4e35828 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -407,14 +407,15 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return i;
 }
 
-static void show_list(const char *title, struct string_list *list)
+static void show_list(const char *title, struct string_list *list,
+		      const char *extra_arg)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	if (!list->nr)
 		return;
 
-	printf(title, list->nr > 1 ? "es" : "");
+	printf(title, list->nr > 1 ? "es" : "", extra_arg);
 	printf("\n    ");
 	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 		printf("%s%s", i ? " " : "", list->items[i].string);
@@ -477,7 +478,6 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	memset(&states, 0, sizeof(states));
 	for (; argc; argc--, argv++) {
-		struct strbuf buf;
 		int i;
 
 		get_remote_ref_states(*argv, &states, !no_query);
@@ -503,18 +503,16 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 
 		if (!no_query) {
-			strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
-			strbuf_addf(&buf, "  New remote branch%%s (next fetch "
-				"will store in remotes/%s)", states.remote->name);
-			show_list(buf.buf, &states.new);
-			strbuf_release(&buf);
+			show_list("  New remote branch%s (next fetch "
+				"will store in remotes/%s)",
+				&states.new, states.remote->name);
 			show_list("  Stale tracking branch%s (use 'git remote "
-				"prune')", &states.stale);
+				"prune')", &states.stale, "");
 		}
 
 		if (no_query)
 			for_each_ref(append_ref_to_tracked_list, &states);
-		show_list("  Tracked remote branch%s", &states.tracked);
+		show_list("  Tracked remote branch%s", &states.tracked, "");
 
 		if (states.remote->push_refspec_nr) {
 			printf("  Local branch%s pushed with 'git push'\n   ",
@@ -652,10 +650,13 @@ static int get_one_entry(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
 {
 	struct string_list *list = priv;
 
-	string_list_append(remote->name, list)->util = remote->url_nr ?
-		(void *)remote->url[0] : NULL;
-	if (remote->url_nr > 1)
-		warning("Remote %s has more than one URL", remote->name);
+	if (remote->url_nr > 0) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < remote->url_nr; i++)
+			string_list_append(remote->name, list)->util = (void *)remote->url[i];
+	} else
+		string_list_append(remote->name, list)->util = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -671,10 +672,14 @@ static int show_all(void)
 		sort_string_list(&list);
 		for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
 			struct string_list_item *item = list.items + i;
-			printf("%s%s%s\n", item->string,
-				verbose ? "\t" : "",
-				verbose && item->util ?
-					(const char *)item->util : "");
+			if (verbose)
+				printf("%s\t%s\n", item->string,
+					item->util ? (const char *)item->util : "");
+			else {
+				if (i && !strcmp((item - 1)->string, item->string))
+					continue;
+				printf("%s\n", item->string);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/builtin-rm.c b/builtin-rm.c
index fdac34f242..50ae6d5401 100644
--- a/builtin-rm.c
+++ b/builtin-rm.c
@@ -29,26 +29,6 @@ static void add_list(const char *name)
 	list.name[list.nr++] = name;
 }
 
-static int remove_file(const char *name)
-{
-	int ret;
-	char *slash;
-
-	ret = unlink(name);
-	if (ret && errno == ENOENT)
-		/* The user has removed it from the filesystem by hand */
-		ret = errno = 0;
-
-	if (!ret && (slash = strrchr(name, '/'))) {
-		char *n = xstrdup(name);
-		do {
-			n[slash - name] = 0;
-			name = n;
-		} while (!rmdir(name) && (slash = strrchr(name, '/')));
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int check_local_mod(unsigned char *head, int index_only)
 {
 	/* items in list are already sorted in the cache order,
@@ -239,7 +219,7 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		int removed = 0;
 		for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
 			const char *path = list.name[i];
-			if (!remove_file(path)) {
+			if (!remove_path(path)) {
 				removed = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index d3fb6ae507..2d8d1c3d76 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ _git_commit ()
 	--*)
 		__gitcomp "
 			--all --author= --signoff --verify --no-verify
-			--edit --amend --include --only
+			--edit --amend --include --only --interactive
 			"
 		return
 	esac
diff --git a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
index dab7c8e3a1..a577ad095f 100644
--- a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
+++ b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 			      )) { die $usage; }
 die $usage unless ($read_mode xor $write_mode);
 
-my $topdir = `git-rev-parse --show-cdup` or die "\n"; chomp $topdir;
+my $topdir = `git rev-parse --show-cdup` or die "\n"; chomp $topdir;
 my $gitdir = $topdir . '.git';
 my $gitmeta = $topdir . '.gitmeta';
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 	open (OUT, ">$gitmeta.tmp") or die "Could not open $gitmeta.tmp for writing: $!\n";
     }
 
-    my @files = `git-ls-files`;
+    my @files = `git ls-files`;
     my %dirs;
 
     foreach my $path (@files) {
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 05dd8f0b56..a3793f65e7 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2417,13 +2417,6 @@ int diff_setup_done(struct diff_options *options)
 		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, EXIT_WITH_STATUS);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we postprocess in diffcore, we cannot simply return
-	 * upon the first hit.  We need to run diff as usual.
-	 */
-	if (options->pickaxe || options->filter)
-		DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, QUIET);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3411,10 +3404,7 @@ static void diffcore_skip_stat_unmatch(struct diff_options *diffopt)
 
 void diffcore_std(struct diff_options *options)
 {
-	if (DIFF_OPT_TST(options, QUIET))
-		return;
-
-	if (options->skip_stat_unmatch && !DIFF_OPT_TST(options, FIND_COPIES_HARDER))
+	if (options->skip_stat_unmatch)
 		diffcore_skip_stat_unmatch(options);
 	if (options->break_opt != -1)
 		diffcore_break(options->break_opt);
diff --git a/diffcore.h b/diffcore.h
index cc96c20734..8ae35785fd 100644
--- a/diffcore.h
+++ b/diffcore.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ extern struct diff_filepair *diff_queue(struct diff_queue_struct *,
 					struct diff_filespec *);
 extern void diff_q(struct diff_queue_struct *, struct diff_filepair *);
 
-extern void diffcore_pathspec(const char **pathspec);
 extern void diffcore_break(int);
 extern void diffcore_rename(struct diff_options *);
 extern void diffcore_merge_broken(void);
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index acf1001c4f..1c3c501524 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -831,3 +831,23 @@ void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 	if (excludes_file && !access(excludes_file, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, excludes_file);
 }
+
+int remove_path(const char *name)
+{
+	char *slash;
+
+	if (unlink(name) && errno != ENOENT)
+		return -1;
+
+	slash = strrchr(name, '/');
+	if (slash) {
+		char *dirs = xstrdup(name);
+		slash = dirs + (slash - name);
+		do {
+			*slash = '\0';
+		} while (rmdir(dirs) && (slash = strrchr(dirs, '/')));
+		free(dirs);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 2df15defb6..278ee42295 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -81,4 +81,7 @@ extern int is_inside_dir(const char *dir);
 extern void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir);
 extern int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int only_empty);
 
+/* tries to remove the path with empty directories along it, ignores ENOENT */
+extern int remove_path(const char *path);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index ccdf2e57b0..ab6689a64d 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void start_packfile(void)
 	int pack_fd;
 
 	snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-		"%s/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+		"%s/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 	pack_fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 	p = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*p) + strlen(tmpfile) + 2);
 	strcpy(p->pack_name, tmpfile);
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static char *create_index(void)
 	}
 
 	snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-		"%s/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+		"%s/pack/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 	idx_fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 	f = sha1fd(idx_fd, tmpfile);
 	sha1write(f, array, 256 * sizeof(int));
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 929d681c47..edb6ec6ed0 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ do_next () {
 		pick_one $sha1 ||
 			die_with_patch $sha1 "Could not apply $sha1... $rest"
 		make_patch $sha1
-		: > "$DOTEST"/amend
+		git rev-parse --verify HEAD > "$DOTEST"/amend
 		warn "Stopped at $sha1... $rest"
 		warn "You can amend the commit now, with"
 		warn
@@ -427,14 +427,22 @@ do
 		else
 			. "$DOTEST"/author-script ||
 				die "Cannot find the author identity"
+			amend=
 			if test -f "$DOTEST"/amend
 			then
+				amend=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+				test "$amend" = $(cat "$DOTEST"/amend) ||
+				die "\
+You have uncommitted changes in your working tree. Please, commit them
+first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 				git reset --soft HEAD^ ||
 				die "Cannot rewind the HEAD"
 			fi
 			export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_DATE &&
-			git commit --no-verify -F "$DOTEST"/message -e ||
-			die "Could not commit staged changes."
+			git commit --no-verify -F "$DOTEST"/message -e || {
+				test -n "$amend" && git reset --soft $amend
+				die "Could not commit staged changes."
+			}
 		fi
 
 		require_clean_work_tree
diff --git a/git-repack.sh b/git-repack.sh
index 683960b04d..d39eb6cea6 100755
--- a/git-repack.sh
+++ b/git-repack.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ git repack [options]
 a               pack everything in a single pack
 A               same as -a, and turn unreachable objects loose
 d               remove redundant packs, and run git-prune-packed
-f               pass --no-reuse-delta to git-pack-objects
+f               pass --no-reuse-object to git-pack-objects
 n               do not run git-update-server-info
 q,quiet         be quiet
 l               pass --local to git-pack-objects
diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index d799c76378..42f626f9d5 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,14 @@ show_stash () {
 	then
 		flags=--stat
 	fi
-	s=$(git rev-parse --revs-only --no-flags --default $ref_stash "$@")
+
+	if test $# = 0
+	then
+		set x "$ref_stash@{0}"
+		shift
+	fi
+
+	s=$(git rev-parse --revs-only --no-flags "$@")
 
 	w_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s") &&
 	b_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s^") &&
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ show_stash () {
 apply_stash () {
 	git update-index -q --refresh &&
 	git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules ||
-		die 'Cannot restore on top of a dirty state'
+		die 'Cannot apply to a dirty working tree, please stage your changes'
 
 	unstash_index=
 	case "$1" in
@@ -163,13 +170,19 @@ apply_stash () {
 		shift
 	esac
 
+	if test $# = 0
+	then
+		set x "$ref_stash@{0}"
+		shift
+	fi
+
 	# current index state
 	c_tree=$(git write-tree) ||
 		die 'Cannot apply a stash in the middle of a merge'
 
 	# stash records the work tree, and is a merge between the
 	# base commit (first parent) and the index tree (second parent).
-	s=$(git rev-parse --revs-only --no-flags --default $ref_stash "$@") &&
+	s=$(git rev-parse --revs-only --no-flags "$@") &&
 	w_tree=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s:") &&
 	b_tree=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s^1:") &&
 	i_tree=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s^2:") ||
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 1c39b593a6..c3d0d24bc7 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ cmd_add()
 	else
 
 		module_clone "$path" "$realrepo" || exit
-		(unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && git checkout -q ${branch:+-b "$branch" "origin/$branch"}) ||
+		(unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && git checkout -f -q ${branch:+-b "$branch" "origin/$branch"}) ||
 		die "Unable to checkout submodule '$path'"
 	fi
 
@@ -340,8 +340,13 @@ cmd_update()
 
 		if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1"
 		then
+			force=
+			if test -z "$subsha1"
+			then
+				force="-f"
+			fi
 			(unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && git-fetch &&
-				git-checkout -q "$sha1") ||
+				git-checkout $force -q "$sha1") ||
 			die "Unable to checkout '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
 
 			say "Submodule path '$path': checked out '$sha1'"
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 2fe7bd3c46..af8279acaf 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -4010,21 +4010,21 @@ sub gs_do_switch {
 	my $old_url = $full_url;
 	$full_url .= '/' . escape_uri_only($path) if length $path;
 	my ($ra, $reparented);
-	if ($old_url ne $full_url) {
-		if ($old_url !~ m#^svn(\+ssh)?://#) {
-			SVN::_Ra::svn_ra_reparent($self->{session}, $full_url,
-			                          $pool);
-			$self->{url} = $full_url;
-			$reparented = 1;
-		} else {
-			$_[0] = undef;
-			$self = undef;
-			$RA = undef;
-			$ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($full_url);
-			$ra_invalid = 1;
-		}
+
+	if ($old_url =~ m#^svn(\+ssh)?://#) {
+		$_[0] = undef;
+		$self = undef;
+		$RA = undef;
+		$ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($full_url);
+		$ra_invalid = 1;
+	} elsif ($old_url ne $full_url) {
+		SVN::_Ra::svn_ra_reparent($self->{session}, $full_url, $pool);
+		$self->{url} = $full_url;
+		$reparented = 1;
 	}
+
 	$ra ||= $self;
+	$url_b = escape_url($url_b);
 	my $reporter = $ra->do_switch($rev_b, '', 1, $url_b, $editor, $pool);
 	my @lock = $SVN::Core::VERSION ge '1.2.0' ? (undef) : ();
 	$reporter->set_path('', $rev_a, 0, @lock, $pool);
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index fdb0f71019..5582c515ac 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 			    alias_string + 1, alias_command);
 		}
 		count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
+		if (count < 0)
+			die("Bad alias.%s string", alias_command);
 		option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
 		if (envchanged)
 			die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 29e21564c8..da474d082c 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ sub parse_commit_text {
 			last;
 		}
 	}
-	if ($co{'title'} eq "") {
+	if (! defined $co{'title'} || $co{'title'} eq "") {
 		$co{'title'} = $co{'title_short'} = '(no commit message)';
 	}
 	# remove added spaces
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 1108ab4a31..a97fdf5117 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -165,7 +165,16 @@ static CURL* get_curl_handle(void)
 {
 	CURL* result = curl_easy_init();
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, curl_ssl_verify);
+	if (!curl_ssl_verify) {
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+	} else {
+		/* Verify authenticity of the peer's certificate */
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
+		/* The name in the cert must match whom we tried to connect */
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
+	}
+
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070907
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
 #endif
diff --git a/index-pack.c b/index-pack.c
index a6e91fe3ba..530d820370 100644
--- a/index-pack.c
+++ b/index-pack.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static char *open_pack_file(char *pack_name)
 		if (!pack_name) {
 			static char tmpfile[PATH_MAX];
 			snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-				 "%s/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+				 "%s/pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 			output_fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 			pack_name = xstrdup(tmpfile);
 		} else
diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index 939ed56362..3621f1dd32 100644
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ char *write_idx_file(char *index_name, struct pack_idx_entry **objects,
 	if (!index_name) {
 		static char tmpfile[PATH_MAX];
 		snprintf(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
-			 "%s/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
+			 "%s/pack/tmp_idx_XXXXXX", get_object_directory());
 		fd = xmkstemp(tmpfile);
 		index_name = xstrdup(tmpfile);
 	} else {
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 5150c1e14b..5b1b3ad03b 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ int discard_index(struct index_state *istate)
 	istate->cache_nr = 0;
 	istate->cache_changed = 0;
 	istate->timestamp = 0;
+	istate->name_hash_initialized = 0;
 	free_hash(&istate->name_hash);
 	cache_tree_free(&(istate->cache_tree));
 	free(istate->alloc);
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 9ee1ed16ad..aec81bbae7 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2136,7 +2136,9 @@ static void write_sha1_file_prepare(const void *buf, unsigned long len,
  */
 int move_temp_to_file(const char *tmpfile, const char *filename)
 {
-	int ret = link(tmpfile, filename);
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (link(tmpfile, filename))
+		ret = errno;
 
 	/*
 	 * Coda hack - coda doesn't like cross-directory links,
diff --git a/t/lib-git-svn.sh b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
index a841df2a9e..5b5f288809 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-svn.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
@@ -135,3 +135,20 @@ close $wr or die $!;
 close $rd or die $!;
 EOF
 }
+
+require_svnserve () {
+    if test -z "$SVNSERVE_PORT"
+    then
+        say 'skipping svnserve test. (set $SVNSERVE_PORT to enable)'
+        test_done
+        exit
+    fi
+}
+
+start_svnserve () {
+    svnserve --listen-port $SVNSERVE_PORT \
+             --root "$rawsvnrepo" \
+             --listen-once \
+             --listen-host 127.0.0.1 &
+}
+
diff --git a/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh b/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5330395fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t0024-crlf-archive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='respect crlf in git archive'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+UNZIP=${UNZIP:-unzip}
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+	git config core.autocrlf true
+
+	printf "CRLF line ending\r\nAnd another\r\n" > sample &&
+	git add sample &&
+
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m Initial
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'tar archive' '
+
+	git archive --format=tar HEAD |
+	( mkdir untarred && cd untarred && "$TAR" -xf - )
+
+	test_cmp sample untarred/sample
+
+'
+
+"$UNZIP" -v >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
+	echo "Skipping ZIP test, because unzip was not found"
+	test_done
+	exit
+fi
+
+test_expect_success 'zip archive' '
+
+	git archive --format=zip HEAD >test.zip &&
+
+	( mkdir unzipped && cd unzipped && unzip ../test.zip ) &&
+
+	test_cmp sample unzipped/sample
+
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 64567fb94d..11b82f43dd 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -741,4 +741,14 @@ test_expect_success 'symlinked configuration' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'check split_cmdline return' "
+	git config alias.split-cmdline-fix 'echo \"' &&
+	test_must_fail git split-cmdline-fix &&
+	echo foo > foo &&
+	git add foo &&
+	git commit -m 'initial commit' &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions 'echo \"' &&
+	test_must_fail git merge master
+	"
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh b/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
index de0cdb1cf4..0de613dc53 100755
--- a/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
+++ b/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
@@ -535,4 +535,15 @@ test_expect_success 'reset and bind merge' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'merge removes empty directories' '
+
+	git reset --hard master &&
+	git checkout -b rm &&
+	git rm d/e &&
+	git commit -mremoved-d/e &&
+	git checkout master &&
+	git merge -s recursive rm &&
+	test_must_fail test -d d
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9113-git-svn-dcommit-new-file.sh b/t/t9113-git-svn-dcommit-new-file.sh
index ae78e334ac..c2b24a439d 100755
--- a/t/t9113-git-svn-dcommit-new-file.sh
+++ b/t/t9113-git-svn-dcommit-new-file.sh
@@ -12,19 +12,7 @@ test_description='git-svn dcommit new files over svn:// test'
 
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
-if test -z "$SVNSERVE_PORT"
-then
-	say 'skipping svnserve test. (set $SVNSERVE_PORT to enable)'
-	test_done
-	exit
-fi
-
-start_svnserve () {
-	svnserve --listen-port $SVNSERVE_PORT \
-	         --root "$rawsvnrepo" \
-	         --listen-once \
-	         --listen-host 127.0.0.1 &
-}
+require_svnserve
 
 test_expect_success 'start tracking an empty repo' '
 	svn mkdir -m "empty dir" "$svnrepo"/empty-dir &&
diff --git a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
index 3281cbd347..43ceb75d59 100755
--- a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
+++ b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 test_description='git-svn funky branch names'
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
+# Abo-Uebernahme (Bug #994)
+scary_uri='Abo-Uebernahme%20%28Bug%20%23994%29'
+scary_ref='Abo-Uebernahme%20(Bug%20#994)'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup svnrepo' '
 	mkdir project project/trunk project/branches project/tags &&
 	echo foo > project/trunk/foo &&
@@ -15,6 +19,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup svnrepo' '
 	                "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/fun plugin" &&
 	svn cp -m "more fun!" "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/fun plugin" \
 	                      "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/more fun plugin!" &&
+	svn cp -m "scary" "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/fun plugin" \
+	              "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/$scary_uri" &&
 	start_httpd
 	'
 
@@ -23,6 +29,7 @@ test_expect_success 'test clone with funky branch names' '
 	cd project &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/fun%20plugin" &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/more%20fun%20plugin!" &&
+		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/$scary_ref" &&
 	cd ..
 	'
 
@@ -35,6 +42,15 @@ test_expect_success 'test dcommit to funky branch' "
 	cd ..
 	"
 
+test_expect_success 'test dcommit to scary branch' '
+	cd project &&
+	git reset --hard "refs/remotes/$scary_ref" &&
+	echo urls are scary >> foo &&
+	git commit -m "eep" -- foo &&
+	git svn dcommit &&
+	cd ..
+	'
+
 stop_httpd
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9126-git-svn-follow-deleted-readded-directory.sh b/t/t9126-git-svn-follow-deleted-readded-directory.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..edec640e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9126-git-svn-follow-deleted-readded-directory.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Alec Berryman
+
+test_description='git svn fetch repository with deleted and readded directory'
+
+. ./lib-git-svn.sh
+
+# Don't run this by default; it opens up a port.
+require_svnserve
+
+test_expect_success 'load repository' '
+    svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9126/follow-deleted-readded.dump
+    '
+
+test_expect_success 'fetch repository' '
+    start_svnserve &&
+    git svn init svn://127.0.0.1:$SVNSERVE_PORT &&
+    git svn fetch
+    '
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t9126/follow-deleted-readded.dump b/t/t9126/follow-deleted-readded.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19da5d1ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9126/follow-deleted-readded.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+SVN-fs-dump-format-version: 2
+
+UUID: 1807dc6f-c693-4cda-9710-00e1be8c1f21
+
+Revision-number: 0
+Prop-content-length: 56
+Content-length: 56
+
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:13.006748Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Revision-number: 1
+Prop-content-length: 111
+Content-length: 111
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 12
+Create trunk
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:13.239689Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk
+Node-kind: dir
+Node-action: add
+Prop-content-length: 10
+Content-length: 10
+
+PROPS-END
+
+
+Revision-number: 2
+Prop-content-length: 119
+Content-length: 119
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 20
+Create trunk/project
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:13.548860Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk/project
+Node-kind: dir
+Node-action: add
+Prop-content-length: 10
+Content-length: 10
+
+PROPS-END
+
+
+Revision-number: 3
+Prop-content-length: 111
+Content-length: 111
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 12
+add new file
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:15.433630Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk/project/foo
+Node-kind: file
+Node-action: add
+Prop-content-length: 10
+Text-content-length: 4
+Text-content-md5: d3b07384d113edec49eaa6238ad5ff00
+Content-length: 14
+
+PROPS-END
+foo
+
+
+Revision-number: 4
+Prop-content-length: 116
+Content-length: 116
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 17
+change foo to bar
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:17.339884Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk/project/foo
+Node-kind: file
+Node-action: change
+Text-content-length: 4
+Text-content-md5: c157a79031e1c40f85931829bc5fc552
+Content-length: 4
+
+bar
+
+
+Revision-number: 5
+Prop-content-length: 114
+Content-length: 114
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 15
+don't like that
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:19.335001Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk/project
+Node-action: delete
+
+
+Revision-number: 6
+Prop-content-length: 110
+Content-length: 110
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 11
+reset trunk
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:19.845897Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk/project
+Node-kind: dir
+Node-action: add
+Node-copyfrom-rev: 4
+Node-copyfrom-path: trunk/project
+
+
+Revision-number: 7
+Prop-content-length: 113
+Content-length: 113
+
+K 7
+svn:log
+V 14
+change to quux
+K 10
+svn:author
+V 4
+alec
+K 8
+svn:date
+V 27
+2008-09-14T19:53:21.367947Z
+PROPS-END
+
+Node-path: trunk/project/foo
+Node-kind: file
+Node-action: change
+Text-content-length: 5
+Text-content-md5: d3b07a382ec010c01889250fce66fb13
+Content-length: 5
+
+quux
+
+
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index 0722a926f7..a12c6e214e 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ boilerplates.made : $(bpsrc)
 		dir=`expr "$$dst" : '\(.*\)/'` && \
 		mkdir -p blt/$$dir && \
 		case "$$boilerplate" in \
-		*--) ;; \
-		*) cp -p $$boilerplate blt/$$dst ;; \
-		esac || exit; \
+		*--) continue;; \
+		esac && \
+		cp $$boilerplate blt/$$dst && \
+		if test -x "blt/$$dst"; then rx=rx; else rx=r; fi && \
+		chmod a+$$rx "blt/$$dst" || exit; \
 	done && \
 	date >$@
 
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index ef21c62195..e59d144d28 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -941,8 +941,17 @@ int twoway_merge(struct cache_entry **src, struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
-	else if (newtree)
+	else if (newtree) {
+		if (oldtree && !o->initial_checkout) {
+			/*
+			 * deletion of the path was staged;
+			 */
+			if (same(oldtree, newtree))
+				return 1;
+			return reject_merge(oldtree, o);
+		}
 		return merged_entry(newtree, current, o);
+	}
 	return deleted_entry(oldtree, current, o);
 }
 
diff --git a/unpack-trees.h b/unpack-trees.h
index 94e567265a..0d26f3d73e 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.h
+++ b/unpack-trees.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct unpack_trees_options {
 		     verbose_update:1,
 		     aggressive:1,
 		     skip_unmerged:1,
+		     initial_checkout:1,
 		     gently:1;
 	const char *prefix;
 	int pos;