diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 8d3a467c01..39b9b7260f 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ For Perl programs:
 
  - Most of the C guidelines above apply.
 
- - We try to support Perl 5.8 and later ("use Perl 5.008").
+ - We try to support Perl 5.8.1 and later ("use Perl 5.008001").
 
  - use strict and use warnings are strongly preferred.
 
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4b42288882..06f29a8ae7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Issues of note:
 	- A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run some scripts needed
 	  for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "request-pull").
 
-	- "Perl" version 5.8 or later is needed to use some of the
+	- "Perl" version 5.8.1 or later is needed to use some of the
 	  features (e.g. sending patches using "git send-email",
 	  interacting with svn repositories with "git svn").  If you can
 	  live without these, use NO_PERL.  Note that recent releases of
diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm b/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm
index 376f577737..636add6968 100644
--- a/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm
+++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package DiffHighlight;
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 use strict;
 
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/Git/Mediawiki.pm b/contrib/mw-to-git/Git/Mediawiki.pm
index 917d9e2d32..ff7811225e 100644
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/Git/Mediawiki.pm
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/Git/Mediawiki.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package Git::Mediawiki;
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use POSIX;
 use Git;
diff --git a/git-archimport.perl b/git-archimport.perl
index b7c173c345..f5a317b899 100755
--- a/git-archimport.perl
+++ b/git-archimport.perl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ =head1 Devel Notes
 
 =cut
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Getopt::Std;
diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index 289d4bc684..1e03ba94d1 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Getopt::Std;
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 7bf3c12d67..07ea3443f7 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # The head revision is on branch "origin" by default.
 # You can change that with the '-o' option.
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Getopt::Long;
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 7b757360e2..124f598bdc 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ####
 ####
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use bytes;
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index d24e981d61..821b2b3a13 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #    and second line is the subject of the message.
 #
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 use Getopt::Long;
@@ -119,13 +119,16 @@ sub completion_helper {
 
 	foreach my $key (keys %$original_opts) {
 		unless (exists $not_for_completion{$key}) {
-			$key =~ s/!$//;
+			my $negatable = ($key =~ s/!$//);
 
 			if ($key =~ /[:=][si]$/) {
 				$key =~ s/[:=][si]$//;
 				push (@send_email_opts, "--$_=") foreach (split (/\|/, $key));
 			} else {
 				push (@send_email_opts, "--$_") foreach (split (/\|/, $key));
+				if ($negatable) {
+					push (@send_email_opts, "--no-$_") foreach (split (/\|/, $key));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ sub system_or_msg {
 	my @sprintf_args = ($cmd_name ? $cmd_name : $args->[0], $exit_code);
 	if (defined $msg) {
 		# Quiet the 'redundant' warning category, except we
-		# need to support down to Perl 5.8, so we can't do a
+		# need to support down to Perl 5.8.1, so we can't do a
 		# "no warnings 'redundant'", since that category was
 		# introduced in perl 5.22, and asking for it will die
 		# on older perls.
@@ -491,7 +494,6 @@ sub config_regexp {
 		    "bcc=s" => \@getopt_bcc,
 		    "no-bcc" => \$no_bcc,
 		    "chain-reply-to!" => \$chain_reply_to,
-		    "no-chain-reply-to" => sub {$chain_reply_to = 0},
 		    "sendmail-cmd=s" => \$sendmail_cmd,
 		    "smtp-server=s" => \$smtp_server,
 		    "smtp-server-option=s" => \@smtp_server_options,
@@ -506,36 +508,27 @@ sub config_regexp {
 		    "smtp-auth=s" => \$smtp_auth,
 		    "no-smtp-auth" => sub {$smtp_auth = 'none'},
 		    "annotate!" => \$annotate,
-		    "no-annotate" => sub {$annotate = 0},
 		    "compose" => \$compose,
 		    "quiet" => \$quiet,
 		    "cc-cmd=s" => \$cc_cmd,
 		    "header-cmd=s" => \$header_cmd,
 		    "no-header-cmd" => \$no_header_cmd,
 		    "suppress-from!" => \$suppress_from,
-		    "no-suppress-from" => sub {$suppress_from = 0},
 		    "suppress-cc=s" => \@suppress_cc,
 		    "signed-off-cc|signed-off-by-cc!" => \$signed_off_by_cc,
-		    "no-signed-off-cc|no-signed-off-by-cc" => sub {$signed_off_by_cc = 0},
-		    "cc-cover|cc-cover!" => \$cover_cc,
-		    "no-cc-cover" => sub {$cover_cc = 0},
-		    "to-cover|to-cover!" => \$cover_to,
-		    "no-to-cover" => sub {$cover_to = 0},
+		    "cc-cover!" => \$cover_cc,
+		    "to-cover!" => \$cover_to,
 		    "confirm=s" => \$confirm,
 		    "dry-run" => \$dry_run,
 		    "envelope-sender=s" => \$envelope_sender,
 		    "thread!" => \$thread,
-		    "no-thread" => sub {$thread = 0},
 		    "validate!" => \$validate,
-		    "no-validate" => sub {$validate = 0},
 		    "transfer-encoding=s" => \$target_xfer_encoding,
 		    "format-patch!" => \$format_patch,
-		    "no-format-patch" => sub {$format_patch = 0},
 		    "8bit-encoding=s" => \$auto_8bit_encoding,
 		    "compose-encoding=s" => \$compose_encoding,
 		    "force" => \$force,
 		    "xmailer!" => \$use_xmailer,
-		    "no-xmailer" => sub {$use_xmailer = 0},
 		    "batch-size=i" => \$batch_size,
 		    "relogin-delay=i" => \$relogin_delay,
 		    "git-completion-helper" => \$git_completion_helper,
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 4e8878f035..b0d0a50984 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # Copyright (C) 2006, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
 # License: GPL v2 or later
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 use strict;
 use vars qw/	$AUTHOR $VERSION
diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL
index a58e6b3c44..dadc6efa81 100644
--- a/gitweb/INSTALL
+++ b/gitweb/INSTALL
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 
  - Core git tools
- - Perl 5.8
+ - Perl 5.8.1
  - Perl modules: CGI, Encode, Fcntl, File::Find, File::Basename.
  - web server
 
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index e66eb3d9ba..55e7c6567e 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # This program is licensed under the GPLv2
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 # handle ACL in file access tests
diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index 117765dc73..03bf570bf4 100644
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ =head1 NAME
 
 package Git;
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 
diff --git a/perl/Git/I18N.pm b/perl/Git/I18N.pm
index 895e759c57..5454c3a6d2 100644
--- a/perl/Git/I18N.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/I18N.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package Git::I18N;
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 BEGIN {
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
index 0c360bc799..8c7fa805f9 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package Git::LoadCPAN;
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm
index 5d84c20288..5cecb0fcd6 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Error.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package Git::LoadCPAN::Error;
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 use Git::LoadCPAN (
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm
index 340e88a7a5..9f808090a6 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN/Mail/Address.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package Git::LoadCPAN::Mail::Address;
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 use Git::LoadCPAN (
diff --git a/perl/Git/Packet.pm b/perl/Git/Packet.pm
index d144f5168f..d896e69523 100644
--- a/perl/Git/Packet.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/Packet.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package Git::Packet;
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings $ENV{GIT_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS} ? qw(FATAL all) : ();
 BEGIN {
diff --git a/t/t0202/test.pl b/t/t0202/test.pl
index 2cbf7b9590..47d96a2a13 100755
--- a/t/t0202/test.pl
+++ b/t/t0202/test.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB}));
 use strict;
 use warnings;
diff --git a/t/t5562/invoke-with-content-length.pl b/t/t5562/invoke-with-content-length.pl
index 718dd9b49d..9babb9a375 100644
--- a/t/t5562/invoke-with-content-length.pl
+++ b/t/t5562/invoke-with-content-length.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
diff --git a/t/t9700/test.pl b/t/t9700/test.pl
index 6d753708d2..d8e85482ab 100755
--- a/t/t9700/test.pl
+++ b/t/t9700/test.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB}));
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 
diff --git a/t/test-terminal.perl b/t/test-terminal.perl
index 1bcf01a9a4..3810e9bb43 100755
--- a/t/test-terminal.perl
+++ b/t/test-terminal.perl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use IO::Pty;