diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 4a7e67a4d22..1b482abecdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -3,38 +3,54 @@ git-rebase(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-rebase - Rebase local commits to new upstream head
+git-rebase - Rebase local commits to a new head
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 'git-rebase' [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
 
+'git-rebase' --continue
+
+'git-rebase' --abort
+
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-git-rebase applies to <upstream> (or optionally to <newbase>) commits
-from <branch> that do not appear in <upstream>. When <branch> is not
-specified it defaults to the current branch (HEAD).
+git-rebase replaces <branch> with a new branch of the same name.  When
+the --onto option is provided the new branch starts out with a HEAD equal
+to <newbase>, otherwise it is equal to <upstream>.  It then attempts to
+create a new commit for each commit from the original <branch> that does
+not exist in the <upstream> branch.
 
-When git-rebase is complete, <branch> will be updated to point to the
-newly created line of commit objects, so the previous line will not be
-accessible unless there are other references to it already.
+It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being
+completely automatic.  You will have to resolve any such merge failure
+and run `git rebase --continue`.  If you can not resolve the merge
+failure, running `git rebase --abort` will restore the original <branch>
+and remove the working files found in the .dotest directory.
+
+Note that if <branch> is not specified on the command line, the currently
+checked out branch is used.
 
 Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic":
 
+------------
           A---B---C topic
          /
     D---E---F---G master
+------------
 
 From this point, the result of either of the following commands:
 
+
     git-rebase master
     git-rebase master topic
 
 would be:
 
+------------
                   A'--B'--C' topic
                  /
     D---E---F---G master
+------------
 
 While, starting from the same point, the result of either of the following
 commands:
@@ -44,21 +60,33 @@ commands:
 
 would be:
 
+------------
               A'--B'--C' topic
              /
     D---E---F---G master
+------------
 
 In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit
-and leave conflict markers in the tree.  After resolving the conflict manually
-and updating the index with the desired resolution, you can continue the
-rebasing process with
+and leave conflict markers in the tree.  You can use git diff to locate
+the markers (<<<<<<) and make edits to resolve the conflict.  For each
+file you edit, you need to tell git that the conflict has been resolved,
+typically this would be done with
+
+
+    git update-index <filename>
+
+
+After resolving the conflict manually and updating the index with the
+desired resolution, you can continue the rebasing process with
+
+
+    git rebase --continue
 
-    git am --resolved --3way
 
 Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with
 
-    git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD
-    rm -r .dotest
+
+    git rebase --abort
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -73,6 +101,28 @@ OPTIONS
 <branch>::
 	Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
 
+--continue::
+	Restart the rebasing process after having resolved a merge conflict.
+
+--abort::
+	Restore the original branch and abort the rebase operation.
+
+NOTES
+-----
+When you rebase a branch, you are changing its history in a way that
+will cause problems for anyone who already has a copy of the branch
+in their repository and tries to pull updates from you.  You should
+understand the implications of using 'git rebase' on a repository that
+you share.
+
+When the git rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase"
+hook if one exists.  You can use this hook to do sanity checks and
+reject the rebase if it isn't appropriate.  Please see the template
+pre-rebase hook script for an example.
+
+You must be in the top directory of your project to start (or continue)
+a rebase.  Upon completion, <branch> will be the current branch.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 4d8fabc6d8f..a4f253ec257 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ extern const char *setup_git_directory(void);
 extern const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
 extern const char *prefix_filename(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
 extern void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
+extern void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
 
 #define alloc_nr(x) (((x)+16)*3/2)
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 4e1f0c22862..253c48a6130 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ static char *parse_value(void)
 			space = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!quote) {
+			if (c == ';' || c == '#') {
+				comment = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
 		if (space) {
 			if (len)
 				value[len++] = ' ';
@@ -93,12 +99,6 @@ static char *parse_value(void)
 			quote = 1-quote;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!quote) {
-			if (c == ';' || c == '#') {
-				comment = 1;
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
 		value[len++] = c;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 872145b92dc..507ae4dcb99 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,26 @@ stop_here () {
     exit 1
 }
 
+stop_here_user_resolve () {
+    cmdline=$(basename $0)
+    if test '' != "$interactive"
+    then
+        cmdline="$cmdline -i"
+    fi
+    if test '' != "$threeway"
+    then
+        cmdline="$cmdline -3"
+    fi
+    if test '.dotest' != "$dotest"
+    then
+        cmdline="$cmdline -d=$dotest"
+    fi
+    echo "When you have resolved this problem run \"$cmdline --resolved\"."
+    echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
+
+    stop_here $1
+}
+
 go_next () {
 	rm -f "$dotest/$msgnum" "$dotest/msg" "$dotest/msg-clean" \
 		"$dotest/patch" "$dotest/info"
@@ -374,14 +394,14 @@ do
 		if test '' = "$changed"
 		then
 			echo "No changes - did you forget update-index?"
-			stop_here $this
+			stop_here_user_resolve $this
 		fi
 		unmerged=$(git-ls-files -u)
 		if test -n "$unmerged"
 		then
 			echo "You still have unmerged paths in your index"
 			echo "did you forget update-index?"
-			stop_here $this
+			stop_here_user_resolve $this
 		fi
 		apply_status=0
 		;;
@@ -407,7 +427,7 @@ do
 	if test $apply_status != 0
 	then
 		echo Patch failed at $msgnum.
-		stop_here $this
+		stop_here_user_resolve $this
 	fi
 
 	if test -x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-applypatch
diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh
index 83143f82cfa..280f62e4b7e 100755
--- a/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/git-fetch.sh
@@ -270,14 +270,22 @@ fetch_main () {
 	  if [ -n "$GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY" ]; then
 	      curl_extra_args="-k"
 	  fi
-	  remote_name_quoted=$(perl -e '
+	  max_depth=5
+	  depth=0
+	  head="ref: $remote_name"
+	  while (expr "z$head" : "zref:" && expr $depth \< $max_depth) >/dev/null
+	  do
+	    remote_name_quoted=$(perl -e '
 	      my $u = $ARGV[0];
+              $u =~ s/^ref:\s*//;
 	      $u =~ s{([^-a-zA-Z0-9/.])}{sprintf"%%%02x",ord($1)}eg;
 	      print "$u";
-	  ' "$remote_name")
-	  head=$(curl -nsfL $curl_extra_args "$remote/$remote_name_quoted") &&
+	  ' "$head")
+	    head=$(curl -nsfL $curl_extra_args "$remote/$remote_name_quoted")
+	    depth=$( expr \( $depth + 1 \) )
+	  done
 	  expr "z$head" : "z$_x40\$" >/dev/null ||
-		  die "Failed to fetch $remote_name from $remote"
+	      die "Failed to fetch $remote_name from $remote"
 	  echo >&2 Fetching "$remote_name from $remote" using http
 	  git-http-fetch -v -a "$head" "$remote/" || exit
 	  ;;
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index f7b2b9401a9..9e259028e08 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -4,37 +4,51 @@
 #
 
 USAGE='[--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]'
-LONG_USAGE='git-rebase applies to <upstream> (or optionally to <newbase>) commits
-from <branch> that do not appear in <upstream>. When <branch> is not
-specified it defaults to the current branch (HEAD).
+LONG_USAGE='git-rebase replaces <branch> with a new branch of the
+same name.  When the --onto option is provided the new branch starts
+out with a HEAD equal to <newbase>, otherwise it is equal to <upstream>
+It then attempts to create a new commit for each commit from the original
+<branch> that does not exist in the <upstream> branch.
 
-When git-rebase is complete, <branch> will be updated to point to the
-newly created line of commit objects, so the previous line will not be
-accessible unless there are other references to it already.
+It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being
+completely automatic.  You will have to resolve any such merge failure
+and run git-rebase --continue.  If you can not resolve the merge failure,
+running git-rebase --abort will restore the original <branch> and remove
+the working files found in the .dotest directory.
 
-Assuming the following history:
+Note that if <branch> is not specified on the command line, the
+currently checked out branch is used.  You must be in the top
+directory of your project to start (or continue) a rebase.
 
-          A---B---C topic
-         /
-    D---E---F---G master
+Example:       git-rebase master~1 topic
 
-The result of the following command:
-
-    git-rebase --onto master~1 master topic
-
-  would be:
-
-              A'\''--B'\''--C'\'' topic
-             /
-    D---E---F---G master
+        A---B---C topic                   A'\''--B'\''--C'\'' topic
+       /                   -->           /
+  D---E---F---G master          D---E---F---G master
 '
-
 . git-sh-setup
 
 unset newbase
 while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
 do
 	case "$1" in
+	--continue)
+		diff=$(git-diff-files)
+		case "$diff" in
+		?*)	echo "You must edit all merge conflicts and then"
+			echo "mark them as resolved using git update-index"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+		esac
+		git am --resolved --3way
+		exit
+		;;
+	--abort)
+		[ -d .dotest ] || die "No rebase in progress?"
+		git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD
+		rm -r .dotest
+		exit
+		;;
 	--onto)
 		test 2 -le "$#" || usage
 		newbase="$2"
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index ecfa347b85b..703dd1ff9ee 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ sub send_message
 	my $to = join (",\n\t", @recipients);
 	@recipients = unique_email_list(@recipients,@cc);
 	my $date = strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z', localtime($time++));
+	my $gitversion = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
+	if ($gitversion =~ m/..GIT_VERSION../) {
+	    $gitversion = `git --version`;
+	    chomp $gitversion;
+	    # keep only what's after the last space
+	    $gitversion =~ s/^.* //;
+	}
 
 	my $header = "From: $from
 To: $to
@@ -299,7 +306,7 @@ Subject: $subject
 Reply-To: $from
 Date: $date
 Message-Id: $message_id
-X-Mailer: git-send-email @@GIT_VERSION@@
+X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion
 ";
 	$header .= "In-Reply-To: $reply_to\n" if $reply_to;
 
diff --git a/pack-objects.c b/pack-objects.c
index c0acc460bb9..66043381317 100644
--- a/pack-objects.c
+++ b/pack-objects.c
@@ -1032,12 +1032,6 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *cur, struct unpacked *old, unsigned max_de
 		max_depth -= cur_entry->delta_limit;
 	}
 
-	size = cur_entry->size;
-	oldsize = old_entry->size;
-	sizediff = oldsize > size ? oldsize - size : size - oldsize;
-
-	if (size < 50)
-		return -1;
 	if (old_entry->depth >= max_depth)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1048,9 +1042,12 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *cur, struct unpacked *old, unsigned max_de
 	 * more space-efficient (deletes don't have to say _what_ they
 	 * delete).
 	 */
+	size = cur_entry->size;
 	max_size = size / 2 - 20;
 	if (cur_entry->delta)
 		max_size = cur_entry->delta_size-1;
+	oldsize = old_entry->size;
+	sizediff = oldsize < size ? size - oldsize : 0;
 	if (sizediff >= max_size)
 		return 0;
 	delta_buf = diff_delta(old->data, oldsize,
@@ -1109,6 +1106,9 @@ static void find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, int window, int depth)
 			 */
 			continue;
 
+		if (entry->size < 50)
+			continue;
+
 		free(n->data);
 		n->entry = entry;
 		n->data = read_sha1_file(entry->sha1, type, &size);
diff --git a/repo-config.c b/repo-config.c
index fa8aba7a1b8..e35063034fc 100644
--- a/repo-config.c
+++ b/repo-config.c
@@ -102,15 +102,14 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			type = T_INT;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--bool"))
 			type = T_BOOL;
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l"))
+			return git_config(show_all_config);
 		else
 			break;
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l"))
-		return git_config(show_all_config);
-
 	switch (argc) {
 	case 2:
 		return get_value(argv[1], NULL);
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index f2a9f25fe11..ad78efda518 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -477,6 +477,36 @@ static void handle_all(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned flags)
 	for_each_ref(handle_one_ref);
 }
 
+static int add_parents_only(struct rev_info *revs, const char *arg, int flags)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	struct object *it;
+	struct commit *commit;
+	struct commit_list *parents;
+
+	if (*arg == '^') {
+		flags ^= UNINTERESTING;
+		arg++;
+	}
+	if (get_sha1(arg, sha1))
+		return 0;
+	while (1) {
+		it = get_reference(revs, arg, sha1, 0);
+		if (strcmp(it->type, tag_type))
+			break;
+		memcpy(sha1, ((struct tag*)it)->tagged->sha1, 20);
+	}
+	if (strcmp(it->type, commit_type))
+		return 0;
+	commit = (struct commit *)it;
+	for (parents = commit->parents; parents; parents = parents->next) {
+		it = &parents->item->object;
+		it->flags |= flags;
+		add_pending_object(revs, it, arg);
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 void init_revisions(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	memset(revs, 0, sizeof(*revs));
@@ -740,12 +770,24 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 				include = get_reference(revs, next, sha1, flags);
 				if (!exclude || !include)
 					die("Invalid revision range %s..%s", arg, next);
+
+				if (!seen_dashdash) {
+					*dotdot = '.';
+					verify_non_filename(revs->prefix, arg);
+				}
 				add_pending_object(revs, exclude, this);
 				add_pending_object(revs, include, next);
 				continue;
 			}
 			*dotdot = '.';
 		}
+		dotdot = strstr(arg, "^@");
+		if (dotdot && !dotdot[2]) {
+			*dotdot = 0;
+			if (add_parents_only(revs, arg, flags))
+				continue;
+			*dotdot = '^';
+		}
 		local_flags = 0;
 		if (*arg == '^') {
 			local_flags = UNINTERESTING;
@@ -757,13 +799,20 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, const ch
 			if (seen_dashdash || local_flags)
 				die("bad revision '%s'", arg);
 
-			/* If we didn't have a "--", all filenames must exist */
+			/* If we didn't have a "--":
+			 * (1) all filenames must exist;
+			 * (2) all rev-args must not be interpretable
+			 *     as a valid filename.
+			 * but the latter we have checked in the main loop.
+			 */
 			for (j = i; j < argc; j++)
 				verify_filename(revs->prefix, argv[j]);
 
 			revs->prune_data = get_pathspec(revs->prefix, argv + i);
 			break;
 		}
+		if (!seen_dashdash)
+			verify_non_filename(revs->prefix, arg);
 		object = get_reference(revs, arg, sha1, flags ^ local_flags);
 		add_pending_object(revs, object, arg);
 	}
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index cce9bb80692..fe7f8846962 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -80,11 +80,31 @@ void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
 	if (!lstat(name, &st))
 		return;
 	if (errno == ENOENT)
-		die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or filename\n"
-		    "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
+		die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
+		    "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
 	die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Opposite of the above: the command line did not have -- marker
+ * and we parsed the arg as a refname.  It should not be interpretable
+ * as a filename.
+ */
+void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+	const char *name;
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (*arg == '-')
+		return; /* flag */
+	name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+	if (!lstat(name, &st))
+		die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
+		    "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
+	if (errno != ENOENT)
+		die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
+}
+
 const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
 {
 	const char *entry = *pathspec;