diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 0363d0039b2740..f1f2a3f7ea9228 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
 	  [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-	  [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
+	  [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
 	  [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch]
 	  [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
 	  [<directory>]
@@ -98,7 +98,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
 	being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
 +
-*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option.
+*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option, and also the
+`--dissociate` option.
+
+--dissociate::
+	Borrow the objects from reference repositories specified
+	with the `--reference` options only to reduce network
+	transfer and stop borrowing from them after a clone is made
+	by making necessary local copies of borrowed objects.
 
 --quiet::
 -q::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index c7c0d21429bb74..77aacf13093643 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git imap-send'
+'git imap-send' [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -26,6 +26,27 @@ Typical usage is something like:
 git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
 
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	Be verbose.
+
+-q::
+--quiet::
+	Be quiet.
+
+--curl::
+	Use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP server, unless tunneling
+	into it.  Ignored if Git was built without the USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	option set.
+
+--no-curl::
+	Talk to the IMAP server using git's own IMAP routines instead of
+	using libcurl.
+
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
@@ -75,7 +96,9 @@ imap.preformattedHTML::
 
 imap.authMethod::
 	Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
-	Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. If this is not set
+	If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl version is older
+	than 7.34.0, or if you're running git-imap-send with the `--no-curl`
+	option, the only supported method is 'CRAM-MD5'. If this is not set
 	then 'git imap-send' uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command.
 
 Examples
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6ec7a24e1a7ff1..ffb071e9f03a79 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -108,18 +108,21 @@ Issues of note:
 	  so you might need to install additional packages other than Perl
 	  itself, e.g. Time::HiRes.
 
-	- "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL.
-	  If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL.
+	- git-imap-send needs the OpenSSL library to talk IMAP over SSL if
+	  you are using libcurl older than 7.34.0.  Otherwise you can use
+	  NO_OPENSSL without losing git-imap-send.
 
 	  By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use its own
 	  library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or
 	  BLK_SHA1.  Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
 	  (PPC_SHA1).
 
-	- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch and git-fetch.  You
-	  might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
-	  If you do not use http:// or https:// repositories, you do not
-	  have to have them (use NO_CURL).
+	- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if
+	  the curl version >= 7.34.0, for git-imap-send.  You might also
+	  want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. If you do not
+	  use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put
+	  patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them
+	  (use NO_CURL).
 
 	- "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
 	  management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 827006ba611c7e..14d5ac109e3296 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H
 endif
 
+IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS =
+IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS = $(OPENSSL_LINK) $(OPENSSL_LIBSSL) $(LIB_4_CRYPTO)
+
 ifdef NO_CURL
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_CURL
 	REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY =
@@ -1029,6 +1032,15 @@ else
 			PROGRAM_OBJS += http-push.o
 		endif
 	endif
+	curl_check := $(shell (echo 072200; curl-config --vernum) 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
+	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "072200"
+		USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND = YesPlease
+	endif
+	ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+		IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS = http.o
+		IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS += $(CURL_LIBCURL)
+	endif
 	ifndef NO_EXPAT
 		ifdef EXPATDIR
 			BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(EXPATDIR)/include
@@ -1874,7 +1886,7 @@ gettext.sp gettext.s gettext.o: GIT-PREFIX
 gettext.sp gettext.s gettext.o: EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DGIT_LOCALE_PATH='"$(localedir_SQ)"'
 
-http-push.sp http.sp http-walker.sp remote-curl.sp: SPARSE_FLAGS += \
+http-push.sp http.sp http-walker.sp remote-curl.sp imap-send.sp: SPARSE_FLAGS += \
 	-DCURL_DISABLE_TYPECHECK
 
 ifdef NO_EXPAT
@@ -1895,9 +1907,9 @@ endif
 git-%$X: %.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
 
-git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
+git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(IMAP_SEND_BUILDDEPS) GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
-		$(LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LINK) $(OPENSSL_LIBSSL) $(LIB_4_CRYPTO)
+		$(LIBS) $(IMAP_SEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 git-http-fetch$X: http.o http-walker.o http-fetch.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index df09cbc8cabe9d..8c6d843699ab04 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void check_merge_bases(int no_checkout)
 	int rev_nr;
 	struct commit **rev = get_bad_and_good_commits(&rev_nr);
 
-	result = get_merge_bases_many(rev[0], rev_nr - 1, rev + 1, 0);
+	result = get_merge_bases_many(rev[0], rev_nr - 1, rev + 1);
 
 	for (; result; result = result->next) {
 		const unsigned char *mb = result->item->object.sha1;
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index d5e7532105aa66..316c75d0b342d0 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int option_verbosity;
 static int option_progress = -1;
 static struct string_list option_config;
 static struct string_list option_reference;
+static int option_dissociate;
 
 static int opt_parse_reference(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 		    N_("create a shallow clone of that depth")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "single-branch", &option_single_branch,
 		    N_("clone only one branch, HEAD or --branch")),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "dissociate", &option_dissociate,
+		 N_("use --reference only while cloning")),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, N_("gitdir"),
 		   N_("separate git dir from working tree")),
 	OPT_STRING_LIST('c', "config", &option_config, N_("key=value"),
@@ -735,6 +738,16 @@ static void write_refspec_config(const char *src_ref_prefix,
 	strbuf_release(&value);
 }
 
+static void dissociate_from_references(void)
+{
+	static const char* argv[] = { "repack", "-a", "-d", NULL };
+
+	if (run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD|RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN))
+		die(_("cannot repack to clean up"));
+	if (unlink(git_path("objects/info/alternates")) && errno != ENOENT)
+		die_errno(_("cannot unlink temporary alternates file"));
+}
+
 int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int is_bundle = 0, is_local;
@@ -880,6 +893,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (option_reference.nr)
 		setup_reference();
+	else if (option_dissociate) {
+		warning(_("--dissociate given, but there is no --reference"));
+		option_dissociate = 0;
+	}
 
 	fetch_pattern = value.buf;
 	refspec = parse_fetch_refspec(1, &fetch_pattern);
@@ -993,6 +1010,9 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	transport_unlock_pack(transport);
 	transport_disconnect(transport);
 
+	if (option_dissociate)
+		dissociate_from_references();
+
 	junk_mode = JUNK_LEAVE_REPO;
 	err = checkout();
 
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index e108c5301564a8..e3c60dd2e8403b 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -677,6 +677,52 @@ static void adjust_comment_line_char(const struct strbuf *sb)
 	comment_line_char = *p;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Inspect sb and determine the true "end" of the log message, in
+ * order to find where to put a new Signed-off-by: line.  Ignored are
+ * trailing comment lines and blank lines, and also the traditional
+ * "Conflicts:" block that is not commented out, so that we can use
+ * "git commit -s --amend" on an existing commit that forgot to remove
+ * it.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of bytes from the tail to ignore, to be fed as
+ * the second parameter to append_signoff().
+ */
+static int ignore_non_trailer(struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	int boc = 0;
+	int bol = 0;
+	int in_old_conflicts_block = 0;
+
+	while (bol < sb->len) {
+		char *next_line;
+
+		if (!(next_line = memchr(sb->buf + bol, '\n', sb->len - bol)))
+			next_line = sb->buf + sb->len;
+		else
+			next_line++;
+
+		if (sb->buf[bol] == comment_line_char || sb->buf[bol] == '\n') {
+			/* is this the first of the run of comments? */
+			if (!boc)
+				boc = bol;
+			/* otherwise, it is just continuing */
+		} else if (starts_with(sb->buf + bol, "Conflicts:\n")) {
+			in_old_conflicts_block = 1;
+			if (!boc)
+				boc = bol;
+		} else if (in_old_conflicts_block && sb->buf[bol] == '\t') {
+			; /* a pathname in the conflicts block */
+		} else if (boc) {
+			/* the previous was not trailing comment */
+			boc = 0;
+			in_old_conflicts_block = 0;
+		}
+		bol = next_line - sb->buf;
+	}
+	return boc ? sb->len - boc : 0;
+}
+
 static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 			     struct commit *current_head,
 			     struct wt_status *s,
@@ -800,32 +846,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 	if (clean_message_contents)
 		stripspace(&sb, 0);
 
-	if (signoff) {
-		/*
-		 * See if we have a Conflicts: block at the end. If yes, count
-		 * its size, so we can ignore it.
-		 */
-		int ignore_footer = 0;
-		int i, eol, previous = 0;
-		const char *nl;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < sb.len; i++) {
-			nl = memchr(sb.buf + i, '\n', sb.len - i);
-			if (nl)
-				eol = nl - sb.buf;
-			else
-				eol = sb.len;
-			if (starts_with(sb.buf + previous, "\nConflicts:\n")) {
-				ignore_footer = sb.len - previous;
-				break;
-			}
-			while (i < eol)
-				i++;
-			previous = eol;
-		}
-
-		append_signoff(&sb, ignore_footer, 0);
-	}
+	if (signoff)
+		append_signoff(&sb, ignore_non_trailer(&sb), 0);
 
 	if (fwrite(sb.buf, 1, sb.len, s->fp) < sb.len)
 		die_errno(_("could not write commit template"));
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index a369f553535164..46321176719808 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static void *unpack_entry_data(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size,
 	if (type == OBJ_BLOB && size > big_file_threshold)
 		buf = fixed_buf;
 	else
-		buf = xmalloc(size);
+		buf = xmallocz(size);
 
 	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
 	git_inflate_init(&stream);
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static void *unpack_data(struct object_entry *obj,
 	git_zstream stream;
 	int status;
 
-	data = xmalloc(consume ? 64*1024 : obj->size);
+	data = xmallocz(consume ? 64*1024 : obj->size);
 	inbuf = xmalloc((len < 64*1024) ? len : 64*1024);
 
 	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index 0ecde8da306159..fdebef6fa157e9 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static int show_merge_base(struct commit **rev, int rev_nr, int show_all)
 {
 	struct commit_list *result;
 
-	result = get_merge_bases_many(rev[0], rev_nr - 1, rev + 1, 0);
+	result = get_merge_bases_many_dirty(rev[0], rev_nr - 1, rev + 1);
 
 	if (!result)
 		return 1;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int handle_fork_point(int argc, const char **argv)
 	for (i = 0; i < revs.nr; i++)
 		revs.commit[i]->object.flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
 
-	bases = get_merge_bases_many(derived, revs.nr, revs.commit, 0);
+	bases = get_merge_bases_many_dirty(derived, revs.nr, revs.commit);
 
 	/*
 	 * There should be one and only one merge base, when we found
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index bebbe5b3081ebe..9effed7ff15d08 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "fmt-merge-msg.h"
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
+#include "sequencer.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_TWOHEAD (1<<0)
 #define DEFAULT_OCTOPUS (1<<1)
@@ -880,28 +881,19 @@ static int finish_automerge(struct commit *head,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int suggest_conflicts(int renormalizing)
+static int suggest_conflicts(void)
 {
 	const char *filename;
 	FILE *fp;
-	int pos;
+	struct strbuf msgbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	filename = git_path("MERGE_MSG");
 	fp = fopen(filename, "a");
 	if (!fp)
 		die_errno(_("Could not open '%s' for writing"), filename);
-	fprintf(fp, "\nConflicts:\n");
-	for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
-		const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
-
-		if (ce_stage(ce)) {
-			fprintf(fp, "\t%s\n", ce->name);
-			while (pos + 1 < active_nr &&
-					!strcmp(ce->name,
-						active_cache[pos + 1]->name))
-				pos++;
-		}
-	}
+
+	append_conflicts_hint(&msgbuf);
+	fputs(msgbuf.buf, fp);
 	fclose(fp);
 	rerere(allow_rerere_auto);
 	printf(_("Automatic merge failed; "
@@ -1320,7 +1312,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!remoteheads)
 		; /* already up-to-date */
 	else if (!remoteheads->next)
-		common = get_merge_bases(head_commit, remoteheads->item, 1);
+		common = get_merge_bases(head_commit, remoteheads->item);
 	else {
 		struct commit_list *list = remoteheads;
 		commit_list_insert(head_commit, &list);
@@ -1417,7 +1409,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 * merge_bases again, otherwise "git merge HEAD^
 			 * HEAD^^" would be missed.
 			 */
-			common_one = get_merge_bases(head_commit, j->item, 1);
+			common_one = get_merge_bases(head_commit, j->item);
 			if (hashcmp(common_one->item->object.sha1,
 				j->item->object.sha1)) {
 				up_to_date = 0;
@@ -1550,7 +1542,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Automatic merge went well; "
 			"stopped before committing as requested\n"));
 	else
-		ret = suggest_conflicts(option_renormalize);
+		ret = suggest_conflicts();
 
 done:
 	free(branch_to_free);
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 35d3c43ed656bf..95328b80d93026 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int try_difference(const char *arg)
 			struct commit *a, *b;
 			a = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
 			b = lookup_commit_reference(end);
-			exclude = get_merge_bases(a, b, 1);
+			exclude = get_merge_bases(a, b);
 			while (exclude) {
 				struct commit_list *n = exclude->next;
 				show_rev(REVERSED,
diff --git a/builtin/unpack-objects.c b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
index 855d94b90ba019..ac6667242c562b 100644
--- a/builtin/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static void use(int bytes)
 static void *get_data(unsigned long size)
 {
 	git_zstream stream;
-	void *buf = xmalloc(size);
+	void *buf = xmallocz(size);
 
 	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
 
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 19cf8f9c67bd0f..d13250eccce5d3 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ struct commit_list *get_octopus_merge_bases(struct commit_list *in)
 
 		for (j = ret; j; j = j->next) {
 			struct commit_list *bases;
-			bases = get_merge_bases(i->item, j->item, 1);
+			bases = get_merge_bases(i->item, j->item);
 			if (!new)
 				new = bases;
 			else
@@ -936,10 +936,10 @@ static int remove_redundant(struct commit **array, int cnt)
 	return filled;
 }
 
-struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many(struct commit *one,
-					 int n,
-					 struct commit **twos,
-					 int cleanup)
+static struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many_0(struct commit *one,
+						  int n,
+						  struct commit **twos,
+						  int cleanup)
 {
 	struct commit_list *list;
 	struct commit **rslt;
@@ -977,10 +977,23 @@ struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many(struct commit *one,
 	return result;
 }
 
-struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two,
-				    int cleanup)
+struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many(struct commit *one,
+					 int n,
+					 struct commit **twos)
+{
+	return get_merge_bases_many_0(one, n, twos, 1);
+}
+
+struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many_dirty(struct commit *one,
+					       int n,
+					       struct commit **twos)
+{
+	return get_merge_bases_many_0(one, n, twos, 0);
+}
+
+struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
 {
-	return get_merge_bases_many(one, 1, &two, cleanup);
+	return get_merge_bases_many_0(one, 1, &two, 1);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index bc68ccbe691a28..28bc553b2d05a8 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -236,10 +236,13 @@ struct commit_graft *read_graft_line(char *buf, int len);
 int register_commit_graft(struct commit_graft *, int);
 struct commit_graft *lookup_commit_graft(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
-extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2, int cleanup);
-extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many(struct commit *one, int n, struct commit **twos, int cleanup);
+extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2);
+extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many(struct commit *one, int n, struct commit **twos);
 extern struct commit_list *get_octopus_merge_bases(struct commit_list *in);
 
+/* To be used only when object flags after this call no longer matter */
+extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many_dirty(struct commit *one, int n, struct commit **twos);
+
 /* largest positive number a signed 32-bit integer can contain */
 #define INFINITE_DEPTH 0x7fffffff
 
diff --git a/diffcore-break.c b/diffcore-break.c
index 1d9e530a84758e..5473493e105516 100644
--- a/diffcore-break.c
+++ b/diffcore-break.c
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ static void merge_broken(struct diff_filepair *p,
 
 	dp = diff_queue(outq, d->one, c->two);
 	dp->score = p->score;
+	/*
+	 * We will be one extra user of the same src side of the
+	 * broken pair, if it was used as the rename source for other
+	 * paths elsewhere.  Increment to mark that the path stays
+	 * in the resulting tree.
+	 */
+	d->one->rename_used++;
 	diff_free_filespec_data(d->two);
 	diff_free_filespec_data(c->one);
 	free(d);
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 2fffa434a5763a..9165eb3b4c31e0 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ static int fsck_tag(struct tag *tag, const char *data,
 int fsck_object(struct object *obj, void *data, unsigned long size,
 	int strict, fsck_error error_func)
 {
+	if (data && ((char *)data)[size])
+		die("I got a non-NUL-terminated buffer!!!");
+
 	if (!obj)
 		return error_func(obj, FSCK_ERROR, "no valid object to fsck");
 
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index 70bcc7a4e533bb..4dfe4c25d76649 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -26,11 +26,24 @@
 #include "credential.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 #ifdef NO_OPENSSL
 typedef void *SSL;
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+#include "http.h"
+#endif
+
+static int verbosity;
+static int use_curl; /* strictly opt in */
 
-static const char imap_send_usage[] = "git imap-send < <mbox>";
+static const char * const imap_send_usage[] = { "git imap-send [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl] < <mbox>", NULL };
+
+static struct option imap_send_options[] = {
+	OPT__VERBOSITY(&verbosity),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "curl", &use_curl, "use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP server"),
+	OPT_END()
+};
 
 #undef DRV_OK
 #define DRV_OK          0
@@ -38,8 +51,6 @@ static const char imap_send_usage[] = "git imap-send < <mbox>";
 #define DRV_BOX_BAD     -2
 #define DRV_STORE_BAD   -3
 
-static int Verbose, Quiet;
-
 __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void imap_info(const char *, ...);
 __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
@@ -418,7 +429,7 @@ static int buffer_gets(struct imap_buffer *b, char **s)
 			if (b->buf[b->offset + 1] == '\n') {
 				b->buf[b->offset] = 0;  /* terminate the string */
 				b->offset += 2; /* next line */
-				if (Verbose)
+				if (0 < verbosity)
 					puts(*s);
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -433,7 +444,7 @@ static void imap_info(const char *msg, ...)
 {
 	va_list va;
 
-	if (!Quiet) {
+	if (0 <= verbosity) {
 		va_start(va, msg);
 		vprintf(msg, va);
 		va_end(va);
@@ -445,7 +456,7 @@ static void imap_warn(const char *msg, ...)
 {
 	va_list va;
 
-	if (Quiet < 2) {
+	if (-2 < verbosity) {
 		va_start(va, msg);
 		vfprintf(stderr, msg, va);
 		va_end(va);
@@ -522,7 +533,7 @@ static struct imap_cmd *issue_imap_cmd(struct imap_store *ctx,
 				  cmd->tag, cmd->cmd, cmd->cb.dlen,
 				  CAP(LITERALPLUS) ? "+" : "");
 
-	if (Verbose) {
+	if (0 < verbosity) {
 		if (imap->num_in_progress)
 			printf("(%d in progress) ", imap->num_in_progress);
 		if (!starts_with(cmd->cmd, "LOGIN"))
@@ -1338,26 +1349,166 @@ static void git_imap_config(void)
 	git_config_get_string("imap.authmethod", &server.auth_method);
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
+static int append_msgs_to_imap(struct imap_server_conf *server,
+			       struct strbuf* all_msgs, int total)
 {
-	struct strbuf all_msgs = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct imap_store *ctx = NULL;
 	int ofs = 0;
 	int r;
-	int total, n = 0;
+	int n = 0;
+
+	ctx = imap_open_store(server, server->folder);
+	if (!ctx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open store\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	ctx->name = server->folder;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "sending %d message%s\n", total, (total != 1) ? "s" : "");
+	while (1) {
+		unsigned percent = n * 100 / total;
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "%4u%% (%d/%d) done\r", percent, n, total);
+
+		if (!split_msg(all_msgs, &msg, &ofs))
+			break;
+		if (server->use_html)
+			wrap_in_html(&msg);
+		r = imap_store_msg(ctx, &msg);
+		if (r != DRV_OK)
+			break;
+		n++;
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+
+	imap_close_store(ctx);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+static CURL *setup_curl(struct imap_server_conf *srvc)
+{
+	CURL *curl;
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) != CURLE_OK)
+		die("curl_global_init failed");
+
+	curl = curl_easy_init();
+
+	if (!curl)
+		die("curl_easy_init failed");
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, server.user);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, server.pass);
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, server.host);
+	if (!path.len || path.buf[path.len - 1] != '/')
+		strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, server.folder);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, path.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PORT, server.port);
+
+	if (server.auth_method) {
+		struct strbuf auth = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_addstr(&auth, "AUTH=");
+		strbuf_addstr(&auth, server.auth_method);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS, auth.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&auth);
+	}
+
+	if (server.use_ssl)
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, (long)CURLUSESSL_ALL);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, server.ssl_verify);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, server.ssl_verify);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, fread_buffer);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
+
+	if (0 < verbosity)
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+	return curl;
+}
+
+static int curl_append_msgs_to_imap(struct imap_server_conf *server,
+				    struct strbuf* all_msgs, int total) {
+	int ofs = 0;
+	int n = 0;
+	struct buffer msgbuf = { STRBUF_INIT, 0 };
+	CURL *curl;
+	CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+
+	curl = setup_curl(server);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &msgbuf);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "sending %d message%s\n", total, (total != 1) ? "s" : "");
+	while (1) {
+		unsigned percent = n * 100 / total;
+		int prev_len;
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "%4u%% (%d/%d) done\r", percent, n, total);
+
+		prev_len = msgbuf.buf.len;
+		if (!split_msg(all_msgs, &msgbuf.buf, &ofs))
+			break;
+		if (server->use_html)
+			wrap_in_html(&msgbuf.buf);
+		lf_to_crlf(&msgbuf.buf);
+
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
+				 (curl_off_t)(msgbuf.buf.len-prev_len));
+
+		res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+		if(res != CURLE_OK) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+					curl_easy_strerror(res));
+			break;
+		}
+
+		n++;
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+	curl_global_cleanup();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct strbuf all_msgs = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int total;
 	int nongit_ok;
 
 	git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 
 	git_setup_gettext();
 
-	if (argc != 1)
-		usage(imap_send_usage);
-
 	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
 	git_imap_config();
 
+	argc = parse_options(argc, (const char **)argv, "", imap_send_options, imap_send_usage, 0);
+
+	if (argc)
+		usage_with_options(imap_send_usage, imap_send_options);
+
+#ifndef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	if (use_curl) {
+		warning("--use-curl not supported in this build");
+		use_curl = 0;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (!server.port)
 		server.port = server.use_ssl ? 993 : 143;
 
@@ -1391,29 +1542,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* write it to the imap server */
-	ctx = imap_open_store(&server, server.folder);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open store\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "sending %d message%s\n", total, (total != 1) ? "s" : "");
-	while (1) {
-		unsigned percent = n * 100 / total;
 
-		fprintf(stderr, "%4u%% (%d/%d) done\r", percent, n, total);
-		if (!split_msg(&all_msgs, &msg, &ofs))
-			break;
-		if (server.use_html)
-			wrap_in_html(&msg);
-		r = imap_store_msg(ctx, &msg);
-		if (r != DRV_OK)
-			break;
-		n++;
-	}
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	if (server.tunnel)
+		return append_msgs_to_imap(&server, &all_msgs, total);
 
-	imap_close_store(ctx);
+#ifdef USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
+	if (use_curl)
+		return curl_append_msgs_to_imap(&server, &all_msgs, total);
+#endif
 
-	return 0;
+	return append_msgs_to_imap(&server, &all_msgs, total);
 }
diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 4f16ee78ce3dbc..98892777516948 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -128,9 +128,17 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 		    path);
 	}
 
-	strbuf_add(&lk->filename, path, pathlen);
-	if (!(flags & LOCK_NO_DEREF))
-		resolve_symlink(&lk->filename);
+	if (flags & LOCK_NO_DEREF) {
+		strbuf_add_absolute_path(&lk->filename, path);
+	} else {
+		struct strbuf resolved_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		strbuf_add(&resolved_path, path, pathlen);
+		resolve_symlink(&resolved_path);
+		strbuf_add_absolute_path(&lk->filename, resolved_path.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&resolved_path);
+	}
+
 	strbuf_addstr(&lk->filename, LOCK_SUFFIX);
 	lk->fd = open(lk->filename.buf, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
 	if (lk->fd < 0) {
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index fdb7d0f10ba471..f758f7eca98a03 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ int merge_recursive(struct merge_options *o,
 	}
 
 	if (!ca) {
-		ca = get_merge_bases(h1, h2, 1);
+		ca = get_merge_bases(h1, h2);
 		ca = reverse_commit_list(ca);
 	}
 
diff --git a/notes-merge.c b/notes-merge.c
index 7eb9d7a0103ad8..109ff4ef410b77 100644
--- a/notes-merge.c
+++ b/notes-merge.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int notes_merge(struct notes_merge_options *o,
 	assert(local && remote);
 
 	/* Find merge bases */
-	bases = get_merge_bases(local, remote, 1);
+	bases = get_merge_bases(local, remote);
 	if (!bases) {
 		base_sha1 = null_sha1;
 		base_tree_sha1 = EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN;
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index f62421702f66bb..d13e69dbb65a79 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1631,6 +1631,27 @@ void set_ref_status_for_push(struct ref *remote_refs, int send_mirror,
 	}
 }
 
+static void set_merge(struct branch *ret)
+{
+	char *ref;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	int i;
+
+	ret->merge = xcalloc(ret->merge_nr, sizeof(*ret->merge));
+	for (i = 0; i < ret->merge_nr; i++) {
+		ret->merge[i] = xcalloc(1, sizeof(**ret->merge));
+		ret->merge[i]->src = xstrdup(ret->merge_name[i]);
+		if (!remote_find_tracking(ret->remote, ret->merge[i]) ||
+		    strcmp(ret->remote_name, "."))
+			continue;
+		if (dwim_ref(ret->merge_name[i], strlen(ret->merge_name[i]),
+			     sha1, &ref) == 1)
+			ret->merge[i]->dst = ref;
+		else
+			ret->merge[i]->dst = xstrdup(ret->merge_name[i]);
+	}
+}
+
 struct branch *branch_get(const char *name)
 {
 	struct branch *ret;
@@ -1642,17 +1663,8 @@ struct branch *branch_get(const char *name)
 		ret = make_branch(name, 0);
 	if (ret && ret->remote_name) {
 		ret->remote = remote_get(ret->remote_name);
-		if (ret->merge_nr) {
-			int i;
-			ret->merge = xcalloc(ret->merge_nr, sizeof(*ret->merge));
-			for (i = 0; i < ret->merge_nr; i++) {
-				ret->merge[i] = xcalloc(1, sizeof(**ret->merge));
-				ret->merge[i]->src = xstrdup(ret->merge_name[i]);
-				if (remote_find_tracking(ret->remote, ret->merge[i])
-				    && !strcmp(ret->remote_name, "."))
-					ret->merge[i]->dst = xstrdup(ret->merge_name[i]);
-			}
-		}
+		if (ret->merge_nr)
+			set_merge(ret);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 75dda928ea6be1..14e0e0358cf19d 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static void prepare_show_merge(struct rev_info *revs)
 	other = lookup_commit_or_die(sha1, "MERGE_HEAD");
 	add_pending_object(revs, &head->object, "HEAD");
 	add_pending_object(revs, &other->object, "MERGE_HEAD");
-	bases = get_merge_bases(head, other, 1);
+	bases = get_merge_bases(head, other);
 	add_rev_cmdline_list(revs, bases, REV_CMD_MERGE_BASE, UNINTERESTING | BOTTOM);
 	add_pending_commit_list(revs, bases, UNINTERESTING | BOTTOM);
 	free_commit_list(bases);
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg_, struct rev_info *revs, int flags, unsi
 				     : lookup_commit_reference(b_obj->sha1));
 				if (!a || !b)
 					goto missing;
-				exclude = get_merge_bases(a, b, 1);
+				exclude = get_merge_bases(a, b);
 				add_rev_cmdline_list(revs, exclude,
 						     REV_CMD_MERGE_BASE,
 						     flags_exclude);
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index a03d4fa2521fbc..77a1266760718b 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -267,6 +267,23 @@ static int fast_forward_to(const unsigned char *to, const unsigned char *from,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void append_conflicts_hint(struct strbuf *msgbuf)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	strbuf_addch(msgbuf, '\n');
+	strbuf_commented_addf(msgbuf, "Conflicts:\n");
+	for (i = 0; i < active_nr;) {
+		const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i++];
+		if (ce_stage(ce)) {
+			strbuf_commented_addf(msgbuf, "\t%s\n", ce->name);
+			while (i < active_nr && !strcmp(ce->name,
+							active_cache[i]->name))
+				i++;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static int do_recursive_merge(struct commit *base, struct commit *next,
 			      const char *base_label, const char *next_label,
 			      unsigned char *head, struct strbuf *msgbuf,
@@ -307,21 +324,8 @@ static int do_recursive_merge(struct commit *base, struct commit *next,
 	if (opts->signoff)
 		append_signoff(msgbuf, 0, 0);
 
-	if (!clean) {
-		int i;
-		strbuf_addstr(msgbuf, "\nConflicts:\n");
-		for (i = 0; i < active_nr;) {
-			const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i++];
-			if (ce_stage(ce)) {
-				strbuf_addch(msgbuf, '\t');
-				strbuf_addstr(msgbuf, ce->name);
-				strbuf_addch(msgbuf, '\n');
-				while (i < active_nr && !strcmp(ce->name,
-						active_cache[i]->name))
-					i++;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	if (!clean)
+		append_conflicts_hint(msgbuf);
 
 	return !clean;
 }
diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
index db43e9cf86dcc0..5ed5cb1d97ced7 100644
--- a/sequencer.h
+++ b/sequencer.h
@@ -53,5 +53,6 @@ int sequencer_pick_revisions(struct replay_opts *opts);
 extern const char sign_off_header[];
 
 void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, int ignore_footer, unsigned flag);
+void append_conflicts_hint(struct strbuf *msgbuf);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 5b004f513b999b..973755793663e5 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ int get_sha1_mb(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1)
 	two = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1_tmp, 0);
 	if (!two)
 		return -1;
-	mbs = get_merge_bases(one, two, 1);
+	mbs = get_merge_bases(one, two);
 	if (!mbs || mbs->next)
 		st = -1;
 	else {
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 0346e74a47d14e..88cafd4a70b817 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ static void add_lines(struct strbuf *out,
 		const char *next = memchr(buf, '\n', size);
 		next = next ? (next + 1) : (buf + size);
 
-		prefix = (prefix2 && buf[0] == '\n') ? prefix2 : prefix1;
+		prefix = ((prefix2 && (buf[0] == '\n' || buf[0] == '\t'))
+			  ? prefix2 : prefix1);
 		strbuf_addstr(out, prefix);
 		strbuf_add(out, buf, next - buf);
 		size -= next - buf;
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 0690dc50d07e9f..d37d400b2227c5 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int prepare_submodule_summary(struct rev_info *rev, const char *path,
 	left->object.flags |= SYMMETRIC_LEFT;
 	add_pending_object(rev, &left->object, path);
 	add_pending_object(rev, &right->object, path);
-	merge_bases = get_merge_bases(left, right, 1);
+	merge_bases = get_merge_bases(left, right);
 	if (merge_bases) {
 		if (merge_bases->item == left)
 			*fast_forward = 1;
diff --git a/t/t0030-stripspace.sh b/t/t0030-stripspace.sh
index 0333dd9875af9f..29e91d861cbd64 100755
--- a/t/t0030-stripspace.sh
+++ b/t/t0030-stripspace.sh
@@ -432,4 +432,10 @@ test_expect_success '-c with changed comment char' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'avoid SP-HT sequence in commented line' '
+	printf "#\tone\n#\n# two\n" >expect &&
+	printf "\tone\n\ntwo\n" | git stripspace -c >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t2024-checkout-dwim.sh b/t/t2024-checkout-dwim.sh
index 6ecb559465b43e..468a000e4bbb11 100755
--- a/t/t2024-checkout-dwim.sh
+++ b/t/t2024-checkout-dwim.sh
@@ -185,4 +185,22 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout <branch> -- succeeds, even if a file with the same
 	test_branch_upstream spam repo_c spam
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'loosely defined local base branch is reported correctly' '
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	git branch strict &&
+	git branch loose &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m "a bit more" &&
+
+	test_config branch.strict.remote . &&
+	test_config branch.loose.remote . &&
+	test_config branch.strict.merge refs/heads/master &&
+	test_config branch.loose.merge master &&
+
+	git checkout strict | sed -e "s/strict/BRANCHNAME/g" >expect &&
+	git checkout loose | sed -e "s/loose/BRANCHNAME/g" >actual &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh b/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh
index 1bafb9098c7fae..dfe02f48183ad7 100755
--- a/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh
@@ -65,4 +65,19 @@ test_expect_success '--cacheinfo mode,sha1,path (new syntax)' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '.lock files cleaned up' '
+	mkdir cleanup &&
+	(
+	cd cleanup &&
+	mkdir worktree &&
+	git init repo &&
+	cd repo &&
+	git config core.worktree ../../worktree &&
+	# --refresh triggers late setup_work_tree,
+	# active_cache_changed is zero, rollback_lock_file fails
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	! test -f .git/index.lock
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
index 223b98433c502b..7c5ad086264e3d 100755
--- a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
+++ b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
@@ -351,19 +351,45 @@ test_expect_success 'commit after failed cherry-pick does not add duplicated -s'
 test_expect_success 'commit after failed cherry-pick adds -s at the right place' '
 	pristine_detach initial &&
 	test_must_fail git cherry-pick picked &&
+
 	git commit -a -s &&
-	pwd &&
-	cat <<EOF > expected &&
-picked
 
-Signed-off-by: C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
+	# Do S-o-b and Conflicts appear in the right order?
+	cat <<-\EOF >expect &&
+	Signed-off-by: C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
+	# Conflicts:
+	EOF
+	grep -e "^# Conflicts:" -e '^Signed-off-by' <.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
+	picked
 
-Conflicts:
-	foo
-EOF
+	Signed-off-by: C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
+	EOF
 
-	git show -s --pretty=format:%B > actual &&
+	git show -s --pretty=format:%B >actual &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'commit --amend -s places the sign-off at the right place' '
+	pristine_detach initial &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick picked &&
+
+	# emulate old-style conflicts block
+	mv .git/MERGE_MSG .git/MERGE_MSG+ &&
+	sed -e "/^# Conflicts:/,\$s/^# *//" <.git/MERGE_MSG+ >.git/MERGE_MSG &&
+
+	git commit -a &&
+	git commit --amend -s &&
+
+	# Do S-o-b and Conflicts appear in the right order?
+	cat <<-\EOF >expect &&
+	Signed-off-by: C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
+	Conflicts:
+	EOF
+	grep -e "^Conflicts:" -e '^Signed-off-by' <.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh b/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh
index 27e98a8f9d6c85..89204648965b2b 100755
--- a/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh
+++ b/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ test_expect_success \
     'git diff-index -B -M "$tree" >current'
 
 # file0 changed from regular to symlink.  file1 is very close to the preimage of file0.
-# because we break file0, file1 can become a rename of it.
+# the change does not make file0 disappear, so file1 is denoted as a copy of file0
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 :100644 120000 f5deac7be59e7eeab8657fd9ae706fd6a57daed2 67be421f88824578857624f7b3dc75e99a8a1481 T	file0
-:100644 100644 6ff87c4664981e4397625791c8ea3bbb5f2279a3 f5deac7be59e7eeab8657fd9ae706fd6a57daed2 R	file0	file1
+:100644 100644 6ff87c4664981e4397625791c8ea3bbb5f2279a3 f5deac7be59e7eeab8657fd9ae706fd6a57daed2 C	file0	file1
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success \
diff --git a/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh b/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh
index 55d549fcf441be..8c9823765e66ac 100755
--- a/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh
+++ b/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ test_expect_success 'moves and renames' '
 
 	git diff-tree three four -r --name-status -B -M | sort >actual &&
 	{
-		echo "R100	foo	bar"
+		# see -B -M (#6) in t4008
+		echo "C100	foo	bar"
 		echo "T100	foo"
 	} | sort >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
diff --git a/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
index 6537911a430065..3e783fc450d21c 100755
--- a/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
+++ b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
@@ -198,4 +198,21 @@ test_expect_success 'clone using repo pointed at by gitfile as reference' '
 	test_cmp expected "$base_dir/O/.git/objects/info/alternates"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone and dissociate from reference' '
+	git init P &&
+	(
+		cd P &&	test_commit one
+	) &&
+	git clone P Q &&
+	(
+		cd Q && test_commit two
+	) &&
+	git clone --no-local --reference=P Q R &&
+	git clone --no-local --reference=P --dissociate Q S &&
+	# removing the reference P would corrupt R but not S
+	rm -fr P &&
+	test_must_fail git -C R fsck &&
+	git -C S fsck
+'
+
 test_done