Merge branch 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui

* 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui: (50 commits)
  git-gui: Minor refactoring of merge command line in merge support
  git-gui: Use more modern looking icons in the tree browser
  git-gui: Don't offer to stage hunks from untracked files
  git-gui: Make sure remotes are loaded when picking revisions
  git-gui: Use progress bar while resetting/aborting files
  git-gui: Honor core.excludesfile when listing extra files
  git-gui: Unify wording to say "to stage" instead of "to add"
  git-gui: Don't kill modified commit message buffer with merge templates
  git-gui: Remove usernames from absolute SSH urls during merging
  git-gui: Format tracking branch merges as though they were pulls
  git-gui: Cleanup bindings within merge dialog
  git-gui: Replace merge dialog with our revision picker widget
  git-gui: Show ref last update times in revision chooser tooltips
  git-gui: Display commit/tag/remote info in tooltip of revision picker
  git-gui: Save remote urls obtained from config/remotes setup
  git-gui: Avoid unnecessary symbolic-ref call during checkout
  git-gui: Refactor current branch menu items to make i18n easier
  git-gui: Refactor diff popup into a procedure to ease i18n work
  git-gui: Paper bag fix quitting crash after commit
  git-gui: Clarify meaning of add tracked menu option
  ...

13 files changed, 1132 insertions, 428 deletions

diff --git a/git-gui/git-gui.sh b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
index 2077261e6..671b8873f 100755
--- a/git-gui/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
@@ -154,12 +154,10 @@ proc gitexec {args} {
 }
 
 proc reponame {} {
-	global _reponame
-	return $_reponame
+	return $::_reponame
 }
 
 proc is_MacOSX {} {
-	global tcl_platform tk_library
 	if {[tk windowingsystem] eq {aqua}} {
 		return 1
 	}
@@ -167,17 +165,16 @@ proc is_MacOSX {} {
 }
 
 proc is_Windows {} {
-	global tcl_platform
-	if {$tcl_platform(platform) eq {windows}} {
+	if {$::tcl_platform(platform) eq {windows}} {
 		return 1
 	}
 	return 0
 }
 
 proc is_Cygwin {} {
-	global tcl_platform _iscygwin
+	global _iscygwin
 	if {$_iscygwin eq {}} {
-		if {$tcl_platform(platform) eq {windows}} {
+		if {$::tcl_platform(platform) eq {windows}} {
 			if {[catch {set p [exec cygpath --windir]} err]} {
 				set _iscygwin 0
 			} else {
@@ -367,16 +364,25 @@ proc _which {what} {
 	return {}
 }
 
+proc _lappend_nice {cmd_var} {
+	global _nice
+	upvar $cmd_var cmd
+
+	if {![info exists _nice]} {
+		set _nice [_which nice]
+	}
+	if {$_nice ne {}} {
+		lappend cmd $_nice
+	}
+}
+
 proc git {args} {
 	set opt [list exec]
 
 	while {1} {
 		switch -- [lindex $args 0] {
 		--nice {
-			global _nice
-			if {$_nice ne {}} {
-				lappend opt $_nice
-			}
+			_lappend_nice opt
 		}
 
 		default {
@@ -414,6 +420,7 @@ proc _open_stdout_stderr {cmd} {
 			error $err
 		}
 	}
+	fconfigure $fd -eofchar {}
 	return $fd
 }
 
@@ -423,10 +430,7 @@ proc git_read {args} {
 	while {1} {
 		switch -- [lindex $args 0] {
 		--nice {
-			global _nice
-			if {$_nice ne {}} {
-				lappend opt $_nice
-			}
+			_lappend_nice opt
 		}
 
 		--stderr {
@@ -454,10 +458,7 @@ proc git_write {args} {
 	while {1} {
 		switch -- [lindex $args 0] {
 		--nice {
-			global _nice
-			if {$_nice ne {}} {
-				lappend opt $_nice
-			}
+			_lappend_nice opt
 		}
 
 		default {
@@ -524,7 +525,6 @@ if {$_git eq {}} {
 	error_popup "Cannot find git in PATH."
 	exit 1
 }
-set _nice [_which nice]
 
 ######################################################################
 ##
@@ -544,8 +544,34 @@ if {![regsub {^git version } $_git_version {} _git_version]} {
 	error_popup "Cannot parse Git version string:\n\n$_git_version"
 	exit 1
 }
+
+set _real_git_version $_git_version
+regsub -- {-dirty$} $_git_version {} _git_version
 regsub {\.[0-9]+\.g[0-9a-f]+$} $_git_version {} _git_version
 regsub {\.rc[0-9]+$} $_git_version {} _git_version
+regsub {\.GIT$} $_git_version {} _git_version
+
+if {![regexp {^[1-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+$} $_git_version]} {
+	catch {wm withdraw .}
+	if {[tk_messageBox \
+		-icon warning \
+		-type yesno \
+		-default no \
+		-title "[appname]: warning" \
+		-message "Git version cannot be determined.
+
+$_git claims it is version '$_real_git_version'.
+
+[appname] requires at least Git 1.5.0 or later.
+
+Assume '$_real_git_version' is version 1.5.0?
+"] eq {yes}} {
+		set _git_version 1.5.0
+	} else {
+		exit 1
+	}
+}
+unset _real_git_version
 
 proc git-version {args} {
 	global _git_version
@@ -603,6 +629,46 @@ You are using [git-version]:
 
 ######################################################################
 ##
+## feature option selection
+
+if {[regexp {^git-(.+)$} [appname] _junk subcommand]} {
+	unset _junk
+} else {
+	set subcommand gui
+}
+if {$subcommand eq {gui.sh}} {
+	set subcommand gui
+}
+if {$subcommand eq {gui} && [llength $argv] > 0} {
+	set subcommand [lindex $argv 0]
+	set argv [lrange $argv 1 end]
+}
+
+enable_option multicommit
+enable_option branch
+enable_option transport
+disable_option bare
+
+switch -- $subcommand {
+browser -
+blame {
+	enable_option bare
+
+	disable_option multicommit
+	disable_option branch
+	disable_option transport
+}
+citool {
+	enable_option singlecommit
+
+	disable_option multicommit
+	disable_option branch
+	disable_option transport
+}
+}
+
+######################################################################
+##
 ## repository setup
 
 if {[catch {
@@ -625,19 +691,24 @@ if {![file isdirectory $_gitdir]} {
 	error_popup "Git directory not found:\n\n$_gitdir"
 	exit 1
 }
-if {[lindex [file split $_gitdir] end] ne {.git}} {
-	catch {wm withdraw .}
-	error_popup "Cannot use funny .git directory:\n\n$_gitdir"
-	exit 1
+if {![is_enabled bare]} {
+	if {[lindex [file split $_gitdir] end] ne {.git}} {
+		catch {wm withdraw .}
+		error_popup "Cannot use funny .git directory:\n\n$_gitdir"
+		exit 1
+	}
+	if {[catch {cd [file dirname $_gitdir]} err]} {
+		catch {wm withdraw .}
+		error_popup "No working directory [file dirname $_gitdir]:\n\n$err"
+		exit 1
+	}
 }
-if {[catch {cd [file dirname $_gitdir]} err]} {
-	catch {wm withdraw .}
-	error_popup "No working directory [file dirname $_gitdir]:\n\n$err"
-	exit 1
+set _reponame [file split [file normalize $_gitdir]]
+if {[lindex $_reponame end] eq {.git}} {
+	set _reponame [lindex $_reponame end-1]
+} else {
+	set _reponame [lindex $_reponame end]
 }
-set _reponame [lindex [file split \
-	[file normalize [file dirname $_gitdir]]] \
-	end]
 
 ######################################################################
 ##
@@ -758,8 +829,9 @@ proc rescan {after {honor_trustmtime 1}} {
 
 	array unset file_states
 
-	if {![$ui_comm edit modified]
-		|| [string trim [$ui_comm get 0.0 end]] eq {}} {
+	if {!$::GITGUI_BCK_exists &&
+		(![$ui_comm edit modified]
+		|| [string trim [$ui_comm get 0.0 end]] eq {})} {
 		if {[string match amend* $commit_type]} {
 		} elseif {[load_message GITGUI_MSG]} {
 		} elseif {[load_message MERGE_MSG]} {
@@ -800,6 +872,10 @@ proc rescan_stage2 {fd after} {
 	if {[file readable $info_exclude]} {
 		lappend ls_others "--exclude-from=$info_exclude"
 	}
+	set user_exclude [get_config core.excludesfile]
+	if {$user_exclude ne {} && [file readable $user_exclude]} {
+		lappend ls_others "--exclude-from=$user_exclude"
+	}
 
 	set buf_rdi {}
 	set buf_rdf {}
@@ -827,6 +903,7 @@ proc load_message {file} {
 		if {[catch {set fd [open $f r]}]} {
 			return 0
 		}
+		fconfigure $fd -eofchar {}
 		set content [string trim [read $fd]]
 		close $fd
 		regsub -all -line {[ \r\t]+$} $content {} content
@@ -1219,32 +1296,6 @@ static unsigned char file_merge_bits[] = {
    0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfe, 0x1f};
 } -maskdata $filemask
 
-set file_dir_data {
-#define file_width 18
-#define file_height 18
-static unsigned char file_bits[] = {
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf8, 0x03, 0x00,
-  0x0c, 0x03, 0x00, 0x04, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x06, 0x80, 0x00, 0xff, 0x9f, 0x00,
-  0x03, 0x98, 0x00, 0x02, 0x90, 0x00, 0x06, 0xb0, 0x00, 0x04, 0xa0, 0x00,
-  0x0c, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x08, 0xc0, 0x00, 0xf8, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
-}
-image create bitmap file_dir -background white -foreground blue \
-	-data $file_dir_data -maskdata $file_dir_data
-unset file_dir_data
-
-set file_uplevel_data {
-#define up_width 15
-#define up_height 15
-static unsigned char up_bits[] = {
-  0x80, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xf0, 0x07, 0xf8, 0x0f, 0xfc, 0x1f,
-  0xfe, 0x3f, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01,
-  0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00};
-}
-image create bitmap file_uplevel -background white -foreground red \
-	-data $file_uplevel_data -maskdata $file_uplevel_data
-unset file_uplevel_data
-
 set ui_index .vpane.files.index.list
 set ui_workdir .vpane.files.workdir.list
 
@@ -1345,6 +1396,7 @@ set is_quitting 0
 
 proc do_quit {} {
 	global ui_comm is_quitting repo_config commit_type
+	global GITGUI_BCK_exists GITGUI_BCK_i
 
 	if {$is_quitting} return
 	set is_quitting 1
@@ -1353,18 +1405,30 @@ proc do_quit {} {
 		# -- Stash our current commit buffer.
 		#
 		set save [gitdir GITGUI_MSG]
-		set msg [string trim [$ui_comm get 0.0 end]]
-		regsub -all -line {[ \r\t]+$} $msg {} msg
-		if {(![string match amend* $commit_type]
-			|| [$ui_comm edit modified])
-			&& $msg ne {}} {
-			catch {
-				set fd [open $save w]
-				puts -nonewline $fd $msg
-				close $fd
-			}
+		if {$GITGUI_BCK_exists && ![$ui_comm edit modified]} {
+			file rename -force [gitdir GITGUI_BCK] $save
+			set GITGUI_BCK_exists 0
 		} else {
-			catch {file delete $save}
+			set msg [string trim [$ui_comm get 0.0 end]]
+			regsub -all -line {[ \r\t]+$} $msg {} msg
+			if {(![string match amend* $commit_type]
+				|| [$ui_comm edit modified])
+				&& $msg ne {}} {
+				catch {
+					set fd [open $save w]
+					puts -nonewline $fd $msg
+					close $fd
+				}
+			} else {
+				catch {file delete $save}
+			}
+		}
+
+		# -- Remove our editor backup, its not needed.
+		#
+		after cancel $GITGUI_BCK_i
+		if {$GITGUI_BCK_exists} {
+			catch {file delete [gitdir GITGUI_BCK]}
 		}
 
 		# -- Stash our current window geometry into this repository.
@@ -1568,43 +1632,6 @@ apply_config
 
 ######################################################################
 ##
-## feature option selection
-
-if {[regexp {^git-(.+)$} [appname] _junk subcommand]} {
-	unset _junk
-} else {
-	set subcommand gui
-}
-if {$subcommand eq {gui.sh}} {
-	set subcommand gui
-}
-if {$subcommand eq {gui} && [llength $argv] > 0} {
-	set subcommand [lindex $argv 0]
-	set argv [lrange $argv 1 end]
-}
-
-enable_option multicommit
-enable_option branch
-enable_option transport
-
-switch -- $subcommand {
-browser -
-blame {
-	disable_option multicommit
-	disable_option branch
-	disable_option transport
-}
-citool {
-	enable_option singlecommit
-
-	disable_option multicommit
-	disable_option branch
-	disable_option transport
-}
-}
-
-######################################################################
-##
 ## ui construction
 
 set ui_comm {}
@@ -1632,20 +1659,32 @@ if {[is_enabled transport]} {
 menu .mbar.repository
 
 .mbar.repository add command \
-	-label {Browse Current Branch} \
+	-label {Browse Current Branch's Files} \
 	-command {browser::new $current_branch}
-trace add variable current_branch write ".mbar.repository entryconf [.mbar.repository index last] -label \"Browse \$current_branch\" ;#"
+set ui_browse_current [.mbar.repository index last]
+.mbar.repository add command \
+	-label {Browse Branch Files...} \
+	-command browser_open::dialog
 .mbar.repository add separator
 
 .mbar.repository add command \
-	-label {Visualize Current Branch} \
+	-label {Visualize Current Branch's History} \
 	-command {do_gitk $current_branch}
-trace add variable current_branch write ".mbar.repository entryconf [.mbar.repository index last] -label \"Visualize \$current_branch\" ;#"
+set ui_visualize_current [.mbar.repository index last]
 .mbar.repository add command \
-	-label {Visualize All Branches} \
+	-label {Visualize All Branch History} \
 	-command {do_gitk --all}
 .mbar.repository add separator
 
+proc current_branch_write {args} {
+	global current_branch
+	.mbar.repository entryconf $::ui_browse_current \
+		-label "Browse $current_branch's Files"
+	.mbar.repository entryconf $::ui_visualize_current \
+		-label "Visualize $current_branch's History"
+}
+trace add variable current_branch write current_branch_write
+
 if {[is_enabled multicommit]} {
 	.mbar.repository add command -label {Database Statistics} \
 		-command do_stats
@@ -1766,12 +1805,12 @@ if {[is_enabled multicommit] || [is_enabled singlecommit]} {
 	lappend disable_on_lock \
 		[list .mbar.commit entryconf [.mbar.commit index last] -state]
 
-	.mbar.commit add command -label {Add To Commit} \
+	.mbar.commit add command -label {Stage To Commit} \
 		-command do_add_selection
 	lappend disable_on_lock \
 		[list .mbar.commit entryconf [.mbar.commit index last] -state]
 
-	.mbar.commit add command -label {Add Existing To Commit} \
+	.mbar.commit add command -label {Stage Changed Files To Commit} \
 		-command do_add_all \
 		-accelerator $M1T-I
 	lappend disable_on_lock \
@@ -1805,14 +1844,14 @@ if {[is_enabled multicommit] || [is_enabled singlecommit]} {
 if {[is_enabled branch]} {
 	menu .mbar.merge
 	.mbar.merge add command -label {Local Merge...} \
-		-command merge::dialog
+		-command merge::dialog \
+		-accelerator $M1T-M
 	lappend disable_on_lock \
 		[list .mbar.merge entryconf [.mbar.merge index last] -state]
 	.mbar.merge add command -label {Abort Merge...} \
 		-command merge::reset_hard
 	lappend disable_on_lock \
 		[list .mbar.merge entryconf [.mbar.merge index last] -state]
-
 }
 
 # -- Transport Menu
@@ -1844,33 +1883,6 @@ if {[is_MacOSX]} {
 	.mbar.edit add separator
 	.mbar.edit add command -label {Options...} \
 		-command do_options
-
-	# -- Tools Menu
-	#
-	if {[is_Cygwin] && [file exists /usr/local/miga/lib/gui-miga]} {
-	proc do_miga {} {
-		if {![lock_index update]} return
-		set cmd [list sh --login -c "/usr/local/miga/lib/gui-miga \"[pwd]\""]
-		set miga_fd [open "|$cmd" r]
-		fconfigure $miga_fd -blocking 0
-		fileevent $miga_fd readable [list miga_done $miga_fd]
-		ui_status {Running miga...}
-	}
-	proc miga_done {fd} {
-		read $fd 512
-		if {[eof $fd]} {
-			close $fd
-			unlock_index
-			rescan ui_ready
-		}
-	}
-	.mbar add cascade -label Tools -menu .mbar.tools
-	menu .mbar.tools
-	.mbar.tools add command -label "Migrate" \
-		-command do_miga
-	lappend disable_on_lock \
-		[list .mbar.tools entryconf [.mbar.tools index last] -state]
-	}
 }
 
 # -- Help Menu
@@ -1938,29 +1950,10 @@ proc usage {} {
 # -- Not a normal commit type invocation?  Do that instead!
 #
 switch -- $subcommand {
-browser {
-	set subcommand_args {rev?}
-	switch [llength $argv] {
-	0 { load_current_branch }
-	1 {
-		set current_branch [lindex $argv 0]
-		if {[regexp {^[0-9a-f]{1,39}$} $current_branch]} {
-			if {[catch {
-					set current_branch \
-					[git rev-parse --verify $current_branch]
-				} err]} {
-				puts stderr $err
-				exit 1
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	default usage
-	}
-	browser::new $current_branch
-	return
-}
+browser -
 blame {
-	set subcommand_args {rev? path?}
+	set subcommand_args {rev? path}
+	if {$argv eq {}} usage
 	set head {}
 	set path {}
 	set is_path 0
@@ -1979,12 +1972,18 @@ blame {
 		} elseif {$head eq {}} {
 			if {$head ne {}} usage
 			set head $a
+			set is_path 1
 		} else {
 			usage
 		}
 	}
 	unset is_path
 
+	if {$head ne {} && $path eq {}} {
+		set path $_prefix$head
+		set head {}
+	}
+
 	if {$head eq {}} {
 		load_current_branch
 	} else {
@@ -1999,8 +1998,26 @@ blame {
 		set current_branch $head
 	}
 
-	if {$path eq {}} usage
-	blame::new $head $path
+	switch -- $subcommand {
+	browser {
+		if {$head eq {}} {
+			if {$path ne {} && [file isdirectory $path]} {
+				set head $current_branch
+			} else {
+				set head $path
+				set path {}
+			}
+		}
+		browser::new $head $path
+	}
+	blame   {
+		if {$head eq {} && ![file exists $path]} {
+			puts stderr "fatal: cannot stat path $path: No such file or directory"
+			exit 1
+		}
+		blame::new $head $path
+	}
+	}
 	return
 }
 citool -
@@ -2115,7 +2132,7 @@ pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buttons.rescan -side top -fill x
 lappend disable_on_lock \
 	{.vpane.lower.commarea.buttons.rescan conf -state}
 
-button .vpane.lower.commarea.buttons.incall -text {Add Existing} \
+button .vpane.lower.commarea.buttons.incall -text {Stage Changed} \
 	-command do_add_all
 pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buttons.incall -side top -fill x
 lappend disable_on_lock \
@@ -2389,17 +2406,25 @@ lappend diff_actions [list $ctxm entryconf [$ctxm index last] -state]
 $ctxm add separator
 $ctxm add command -label {Options...} \
 	-command do_options
-bind_button3 $ui_diff "
-	set cursorX %x
-	set cursorY %y
-	if {\$ui_index eq \$current_diff_side} {
-		$ctxm entryconf $ui_diff_applyhunk -label {Unstage Hunk From Commit}
+proc popup_diff_menu {ctxm x y X Y} {
+	set ::cursorX $x
+	set ::cursorY $y
+	if {$::ui_index eq $::current_diff_side} {
+		$ctxm entryconf $::ui_diff_applyhunk \
+			-state normal \
+			-label {Unstage Hunk From Commit}
+	} elseif {{_O} eq [lindex $::file_states($::current_diff_path) 0]} {
+		$ctxm entryconf $::ui_diff_applyhunk \
+			-state disabled \
+			-label {Stage Hunk For Commit}
 	} else {
-		$ctxm entryconf $ui_diff_applyhunk -label {Stage Hunk For Commit}
+		$ctxm entryconf $::ui_diff_applyhunk \
+			-state normal \
+			-label {Stage Hunk For Commit}
 	}
-	tk_popup $ctxm %X %Y
-"
-unset ui_diff_applyhunk
+	tk_popup $ctxm $X $Y
+}
+bind_button3 $ui_diff [list popup_diff_menu $ctxm %x %y %X %Y]
 
 # -- Status Bar
 #
@@ -2460,6 +2485,8 @@ if {[is_enabled branch]} {
 	bind . <$M1B-Key-N> branch_create::dialog
 	bind . <$M1B-Key-o> branch_checkout::dialog
 	bind . <$M1B-Key-O> branch_checkout::dialog
+	bind . <$M1B-Key-m> merge::dialog
+	bind . <$M1B-Key-M> merge::dialog
 }
 if {[is_enabled transport]} {
 	bind . <$M1B-Key-p> do_push_anywhere
@@ -2551,24 +2578,64 @@ if {[is_enabled transport]} {
 	populate_push_menu
 }
 
-# -- Only suggest a gc run if we are going to stay running.
-#
-if {[is_enabled multicommit]} {
-	set object_limit 2000
-	if {[is_Windows]} {set object_limit 200}
-	regexp {^([0-9]+) objects,} [git count-objects] _junk objects_current
-	if {$objects_current >= $object_limit} {
-		if {[ask_popup \
-			"This repository currently has $objects_current loose objects.
+if {[winfo exists $ui_comm]} {
+	set GITGUI_BCK_exists [load_message GITGUI_BCK]
+
+	# -- If both our backup and message files exist use the
+	#    newer of the two files to initialize the buffer.
+	#
+	if {$GITGUI_BCK_exists} {
+		set m [gitdir GITGUI_MSG]
+		if {[file isfile $m]} {
+			if {[file mtime [gitdir GITGUI_BCK]] > [file mtime $m]} {
+				catch {file delete [gitdir GITGUI_MSG]}
+			} else {
+				$ui_comm delete 0.0 end
+				$ui_comm edit reset
+				$ui_comm edit modified false
+				catch {file delete [gitdir GITGUI_BCK]}
+				set GITGUI_BCK_exists 0
+			}
+		}
+		unset m
+	}
 
-To maintain optimal performance it is strongly recommended that you compress the database when more than $object_limit loose objects exist.
+	proc backup_commit_buffer {} {
+		global ui_comm GITGUI_BCK_exists
 
-Compress the database now?"] eq yes} {
-			do_gc
+		set m [$ui_comm edit modified]
+		if {$m || $GITGUI_BCK_exists} {
+			set msg [string trim [$ui_comm get 0.0 end]]
+			regsub -all -line {[ \r\t]+$} $msg {} msg
+
+			if {$msg eq {}} {
+				if {$GITGUI_BCK_exists} {
+					catch {file delete [gitdir GITGUI_BCK]}
+					set GITGUI_BCK_exists 0
+				}
+			} elseif {$m} {
+				catch {
+					set fd [open [gitdir GITGUI_BCK] w]
+					puts -nonewline $fd $msg
+					close $fd
+					set GITGUI_BCK_exists 1
+				}
+			}
+
+			$ui_comm edit modified false
 		}
+
+		set ::GITGUI_BCK_i [after 2000 backup_commit_buffer]
 	}
-	unset object_limit _junk objects_current
+
+	backup_commit_buffer
 }
 
 lock_index begin-read
+if {![winfo ismapped .]} {
+	wm deiconify .
+}
 after 1 do_rescan
+if {[is_enabled multicommit]} {
+	after 1000 hint_gc
+}
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/blame.tcl b/git-gui/lib/blame.tcl
index 4bdb9a27a..96072847a 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/blame.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/blame.tcl
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ method _load {jump} {
 	$w_path conf -text [escape_path $path]
 	if {$commit eq {}} {
 		set fd [open $path r]
+		fconfigure $fd -eofchar {}
 	} else {
 		set fd [git_read cat-file blob "$commit:$path"]
 	}
@@ -770,15 +771,20 @@ method _showcommit {cur_w lno} {
 						set enc [string tolower [string range $line 9 end]]
 					}
 				}
-				set msg [encoding convertfrom $enc [read $fd]]
-				set msg [string trim $msg]
+				set msg [read $fd]
 				close $fd
 
-				set author_name [encoding convertfrom $enc $author_name]
-				set committer_name [encoding convertfrom $enc $committer_name]
-
-				set header($cmit,author) $author_name
-				set header($cmit,committer) $committer_name
+				set enc [tcl_encoding $enc]
+				if {$enc ne {}} {
+					set msg [encoding convertfrom $enc $msg]
+					set author_name [encoding convertfrom $enc $author_name]
+					set committer_name [encoding convertfrom $enc $committer_name]
+					set header($cmit,author) $author_name
+					set header($cmit,committer) $committer_name
+					set header($cmit,summary) \
+					[encoding convertfrom $enc $header($cmit,summary)]
+				}
+				set msg [string trim $msg]
 			}
 			set header($cmit,message) $msg
 		}
@@ -873,6 +879,11 @@ method _open_tooltip {cur_w} {
 		set org [lindex $amov_data $lno]
 	}
 
+	if {$dat eq {}} {
+		_hide_tooltip $this
+		return
+	}
+
 	set cmit [lindex $dat 0]
 	set tooltip_commit [list $cmit]
 
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/browser.tcl b/git-gui/lib/browser.tcl
index 911e5af7f..888db3c88 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/browser.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/browser.tcl
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 
 class browser {
 
+image create photo ::browser::img_parent  -data {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}
+image create photo ::browser::img_rblob   -data {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}
+image create photo ::browser::img_xblob   -data {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}
+image create photo ::browser::img_tree    -data {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}
+image create photo ::browser::img_symlink -data {R0lGODlhEAAQAIQAAPwCBCwqLLSytLy+vERGRFRWVDQ2NKSmpAQCBKyurMTGxISChJyanHR2dIyKjGxubHRydGRmZIyOjFxeXHx6fAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAQABAAAAVbICACwWieY1CibCCsrBkMb0zchSEcNYskCtqBBzshFkOGQFk0IRqOxqPBODRHCMhCQKteRc9FI/KQWGOIyFYgkDC+gPR4snCcfRGKOIKIgSMQE31+f4OEYCZ+IQAh/mhDcmVhdGVkIGJ5IEJNUFRvR0lGIFBybyB2ZXJzaW9uIDIuNQ0KqSBEZXZlbENvciAxOTk3LDE5OTguIEFsbCByaWdodHMgcmVzZXJ2ZWQuDQpodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRldmVsY29yLmNvbQA7}
+image create photo ::browser::img_unknown -data {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}
+
 field w
 field browser_commit
 field browser_path
@@ -13,13 +20,13 @@ field browser_busy   1
 
 field ls_buf     {}; # Buffered record output from ls-tree
 
-constructor new {commit} {
+constructor new {commit {path {}}} {
 	global cursor_ptr M1B
 	make_toplevel top w
 	wm title $top "[appname] ([reponame]): File Browser"
 
 	set browser_commit $commit
-	set browser_path $browser_commit:
+	set browser_path $browser_commit:$path
 
 	label $w.path \
 		-textvariable @browser_path \
@@ -73,7 +80,11 @@ constructor new {commit} {
 
 	bind $w_list <Visibility> [list focus $w_list]
 	set w $w_list
-	_ls $this $browser_commit
+	if {$path ne {}} {
+		_ls $this $browser_commit:$path $path
+	} else {
+		_ls $this $browser_commit $path
+	}
 	return $this
 }
 
@@ -173,7 +184,7 @@ method _ls {tree_id {name {}}} {
 		$w image create end \
 			-align center -padx 5 -pady 1 \
 			-name icon0 \
-			-image file_uplevel
+			-image ::browser::img_parent
 		$w insert end {[Up To Parent]}
 		lappend browser_files parent
 	}
@@ -203,14 +214,21 @@ method _read {fd} {
 
 		switch -- $type {
 		blob {
-			set image file_mod
+			scan [lindex $info 0] %o mode
+			if {$mode == 0120000} {
+				set image ::browser::img_symlink
+			} elseif {($mode & 0100) != 0} {
+				set image ::browser::img_xblob
+			} else {
+				set image ::browser::img_rblob
+			}
 		}
 		tree {
-			set image file_dir
+			set image ::browser::img_tree
 			append path /
 		}
 		default {
-			set image file_question
+			set image ::browser::img_unknown
 		}
 		}
 
@@ -239,3 +257,56 @@ method _read {fd} {
 }
 
 }
+
+class browser_open {
+
+field w              ; # widget path
+field w_rev          ; # mega-widget to pick the initial revision
+
+constructor dialog {} {
+	make_toplevel top w
+	wm title $top "[appname] ([reponame]): Browse Branch Files"
+	if {$top ne {.}} {
+		wm geometry $top "+[winfo rootx .]+[winfo rooty .]"
+	}
+
+	label $w.header \
+		-text {Browse Branch Files} \
+		-font font_uibold
+	pack $w.header -side top -fill x
+
+	frame $w.buttons
+	button $w.buttons.browse -text Browse \
+		-default active \
+		-command [cb _open]
+	pack $w.buttons.browse -side right
+	button $w.buttons.cancel -text {Cancel} \
+		-command [list destroy $w]
+	pack $w.buttons.cancel -side right -padx 5
+	pack $w.buttons -side bottom -fill x -pady 10 -padx 10
+
+	set w_rev [::choose_rev::new $w.rev {Revision}]
+	$w_rev bind_listbox <Double-Button-1> [cb _open]
+	pack $w.rev -anchor nw -fill both -expand 1 -pady 5 -padx 5
+
+	bind $w <Visibility> [cb _visible]
+	bind $w <Key-Escape> [list destroy $w]
+	bind $w <Key-Return> [cb _open]\;break
+	tkwait window $w
+}
+
+method _open {} {
+	if {[catch {$w_rev commit_or_die} err]} {
+		return
+	}
+	set name [$w_rev get]
+	destroy $w
+	browser::new $name
+}
+
+method _visible {} {
+	grab $w
+	$w_rev focus_filter
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/checkout_op.tcl b/git-gui/lib/checkout_op.tcl
index 00a994be1..170f737f6 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/checkout_op.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/checkout_op.tcl
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ field new_ref    ; # ref we are updating/creating
 
 field parent_w      .; # window that started us
 field merge_type none; # type of merge to apply to existing branch
+field merge_base   {}; # merge base if we have another ref involved
 field fetch_spec   {}; # refetch tracking branch if used?
 field checkout      1; # actually checkout the branch?
 field create        0; # create the branch if it doesn't exist?
@@ -65,14 +66,19 @@ method run {} {
 		set r_head [lindex $fetch_spec 2]
 		regsub ^refs/heads/ $r_head {} r_name
 
+		set cmd [list git fetch $remote]
+		if {$l_trck ne {}} {
+			lappend cmd +$r_head:$l_trck
+		} else {
+			lappend cmd $r_head
+		}
+
 		_toplevel $this {Refreshing Tracking Branch}
 		set w_cons [::console::embed \
 			$w.console \
 			"Fetching $r_name from $remote"]
 		pack $w.console -fill both -expand 1
-		$w_cons exec \
-			[list git fetch $remote +$r_head:$l_trck] \
-			[cb _finish_fetch]
+		$w_cons exec $cmd [cb _finish_fetch]
 
 		bind $w <$M1B-Key-w> break
 		bind $w <$M1B-Key-W> break
@@ -113,6 +119,9 @@ method _noop {} {}
 method _finish_fetch {ok} {
 	if {$ok} {
 		set l_trck [lindex $fetch_spec 0]
+		if {$l_trck eq {}} {
+			set l_trck FETCH_HEAD
+		}
 		if {[catch {set new_hash [git rev-parse --verify "$l_trck^0"]} err]} {
 			set ok 0
 			$w_cons insert "fatal: Cannot resolve $l_trck"
@@ -180,29 +189,25 @@ method _update_ref {} {
 		# No merge would be required, don't compute anything.
 		#
 	} else {
-		set mrb {}
-		catch {set mrb [git merge-base $new $cur]}
-		switch -- $merge_type {
-		ff {
-			if {$mrb eq $new} {
-				# The current branch is actually newer.
-				#
-				set new $cur
-			} elseif {$mrb eq $cur} {
-				# The current branch is older.
-				#
-				set reflog_msg "merge $new_expr: Fast-forward"
-			} else {
-				_error $this "Branch '$newbranch' already exists.\n\nIt cannot fast-forward to $new_expr.\nA merge is required."
-				return 0
+		catch {set merge_base [git merge-base $new $cur]}
+		if {$merge_base eq $cur} {
+			# The current branch is older.
+			#
+			set reflog_msg "merge $new_expr: Fast-forward"
+		} else {
+			switch -- $merge_type {
+			ff {
+				if {$merge_base eq $new} {
+					# The current branch is actually newer.
+					#
+					set new $cur
+					set new_hash $cur
+				} else {
+					_error $this "Branch '$newbranch' already exists.\n\nIt cannot fast-forward to $new_expr.\nA merge is required."
+					return 0
+				}
 			}
-		}
-		reset {
-			if {$mrb eq $cur} {
-				# The current branch is older.
-				#
-				set reflog_msg "merge $new_expr: Fast-forward"
-			} else {
+			reset {
 				# The current branch will lose things.
 				#
 				if {[_confirm_reset $this $cur]} {
@@ -211,11 +216,11 @@ method _update_ref {} {
 					return 0
 				}
 			}
-		}
-		default {
-			_error $this "Only 'ff' and 'reset' merge is currently supported."
-			return 0
-		}
+			default {
+				_error $this "Merge strategy '$merge_type' not supported."
+				return 0
+			}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -243,7 +248,7 @@ method _checkout {} {
 	if {[lock_index checkout_op]} {
 		after idle [cb _start_checkout]
 	} else {
-		_error $this "Index is already locked."
+		_error $this "Staging area (index) is already locked."
 		delete_this
 	}
 }
@@ -270,7 +275,9 @@ The rescan will be automatically started now.
 		return
 	}
 
-	if {[is_config_true gui.trustmtime]} {
+	if {$curHEAD eq $new_hash} {
+		_after_readtree $this
+	} elseif {[is_config_true gui.trustmtime]} {
 		_readtree $this
 	} else {
 		ui_status {Refreshing file status...}
@@ -378,22 +385,24 @@ method _after_readtree {} {
 	set rn [string length $rh]
 	if {[string equal -length $rn $rh $new_ref]} {
 		set new_branch [string range $new_ref $rn end]
-		append log " to $new_branch"
-
-		if {[catch {
-				git symbolic-ref -m $log HEAD $new_ref
-			} err]} {
-			_fatal $this $err
+		if {$is_detached || $current_branch ne $new_branch} {
+			append log " to $new_branch"
+			if {[catch {
+					git symbolic-ref -m $log HEAD $new_ref
+				} err]} {
+				_fatal $this $err
+			}
+			set current_branch $new_branch
+			set is_detached 0
 		}
-		set current_branch $new_branch
-		set is_detached 0
 	} else {
-		append log " to $new_expr"
-
-		if {[catch {
-				_detach_HEAD $log $new_hash
-			} err]} {
-			_fatal $this $err
+		if {$new_hash ne $HEAD} {
+			append log " to $new_expr"
+			if {[catch {
+					_detach_HEAD $log $new_hash
+				} err]} {
+				_fatal $this $err
+			}
 		}
 		set current_branch HEAD
 		set is_detached 1
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/choose_rev.tcl b/git-gui/lib/choose_rev.tcl
index afd81707c..ec064b3e1 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/choose_rev.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/choose_rev.tcl
@@ -16,10 +16,28 @@ field cur_specs [list]; # list of specs for $revtype
 field spec_head       ; # list of all head specs
 field spec_trck       ; # list of all tracking branch specs
 field spec_tag        ; # list of all tag specs
+field tip_data        ; # array of tip commit info by refname
+field log_last        ; # array of reflog date by refname
 
-constructor new {path {title {}}} {
+field tooltip_wm        {} ; # Current tooltip toplevel, if open
+field tooltip_t         {} ; # Text widget in $tooltip_wm
+field tooltip_timer     {} ; # Current timer event for our tooltip
+
+proc new {path {title {}}} {
+	return [_new $path 0 $title]
+}
+
+proc new_unmerged {path {title {}}} {
+	return [_new $path 1 $title]
+}
+
+constructor _new {path unmerged_only title} {
 	global current_branch is_detached
 
+	if {![info exists ::all_remotes]} {
+		load_all_remotes
+	}
+
 	set w $path
 
 	if {$title ne {}} {
@@ -86,13 +104,17 @@ constructor new {path {title {}}} {
 	listbox $w_list \
 		-font font_diff \
 		-width 50 \
-		-height 5 \
+		-height 10 \
 		-selectmode browse \
 		-exportselection false \
 		-xscrollcommand [cb _sb_set $w.list.sbx h] \
 		-yscrollcommand [cb _sb_set $w.list.sby v]
 	pack $w_list -fill both -expand 1
 	grid $w.list -sticky nswe -padx {20 5} -columnspan 2
+	bind $w_list <Any-Motion>  [cb _show_tooltip @%x,%y]
+	bind $w_list <Any-Enter>   [cb _hide_tooltip]
+	bind $w_list <Any-Leave>   [cb _hide_tooltip]
+	bind $w_list <Destroy>     [cb _hide_tooltip]
 
 	grid columnconfigure $w 1 -weight 1
 	if {$is_detached} {
@@ -105,21 +127,89 @@ constructor new {path {title {}}} {
 	bind $w_filter <Key-Return> [list focus $w_list]\;break
 	bind $w_filter <Key-Down>   [list focus $w_list]
 
+	set fmt list
+	append fmt { %(refname)}
+	append fmt { [list}
+	append fmt { %(objecttype)}
+	append fmt { %(objectname)}
+	append fmt { [concat %(taggername) %(authorname)]}
+	append fmt { [concat %(taggerdate) %(authordate)]}
+	append fmt { %(subject)}
+	append fmt {] [list}
+	append fmt { %(*objecttype)}
+	append fmt { %(*objectname)}
+	append fmt { %(*authorname)}
+	append fmt { %(*authordate)}
+	append fmt { %(*subject)}
+	append fmt {]}
+	set all_refn [list]
+	set fr_fd [git_read for-each-ref \
+		--tcl \
+		--sort=-taggerdate \
+		--format=$fmt \
+		refs/heads \
+		refs/remotes \
+		refs/tags \
+		]
+	fconfigure $fr_fd -translation lf -encoding utf-8
+	while {[gets $fr_fd line] > 0} {
+		set line [eval $line]
+		if {[lindex $line 1 0] eq {tag}} {
+			if {[lindex $line 2 0] eq {commit}} {
+				set sha1 [lindex $line 2 1]
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+		} elseif {[lindex $line 1 0] eq {commit}} {
+			set sha1 [lindex $line 1 1]
+		} else {
+			continue
+		}
+		set refn [lindex $line 0]
+		set tip_data($refn) [lrange $line 1 end]
+		lappend cmt_refn($sha1) $refn
+		lappend all_refn $refn
+	}
+	close $fr_fd
+
+	if {$unmerged_only} {
+		set fr_fd [git_read rev-list --all ^$::HEAD]
+		while {[gets $fr_fd sha1] > 0} {
+			if {[catch {set rlst $cmt_refn($sha1)}]} continue
+			foreach refn $rlst {
+				set inc($refn) 1
+			}
+		}
+		close $fr_fd
+	} else {
+		foreach refn $all_refn {
+			set inc($refn) 1
+		}
+	}
+
 	set spec_head [list]
 	foreach name [load_all_heads] {
-		lappend spec_head [list $name refs/heads/$name]
+		set refn refs/heads/$name
+		if {[info exists inc($refn)]} {
+			lappend spec_head [list $name $refn]
+		}
 	}
 
 	set spec_trck [list]
 	foreach spec [all_tracking_branches] {
-		set name [lindex $spec 0]
-		regsub ^refs/(heads|remotes)/ $name {} name
-		lappend spec_trck [concat $name $spec]
+		set refn [lindex $spec 0]
+		if {[info exists inc($refn)]} {
+			regsub ^refs/(heads|remotes)/ $refn {} name
+			lappend spec_trck [concat $name $spec]
+		}
 	}
 
 	set spec_tag [list]
 	foreach name [load_all_tags] {
-		lappend spec_tag [list $name refs/tags/$name]
+		set refn refs/tags/$name
+		if {[info exists inc($refn)]} {
+			lappend spec_tag [list $name $refn]
+		}
 	}
 
 		  if {$is_detached}             { set revtype HEAD
@@ -364,4 +454,174 @@ method _sb_set {sb orient first last} {
 	$sb set $first $last
 }
 
+method _show_tooltip {pos} {
+	if {$tooltip_wm ne {}} {
+		_open_tooltip $this
+	} elseif {$tooltip_timer eq {}} {
+		set tooltip_timer [after 1000 [cb _open_tooltip]]
+	}
+}
+
+method _open_tooltip {} {
+	global remote_url
+
+	set tooltip_timer {}
+	set pos_x [winfo pointerx $w_list]
+	set pos_y [winfo pointery $w_list]
+	if {[winfo containing $pos_x $pos_y] ne $w_list} {
+		_hide_tooltip $this
+		return
+	}
+
+	set pos @[join [list \
+		[expr {$pos_x - [winfo rootx $w_list]}] \
+		[expr {$pos_y - [winfo rooty $w_list]}]] ,]
+	set lno [$w_list index $pos]
+	if {$lno eq {}} {
+		_hide_tooltip $this
+		return
+	}
+
+	set spec [lindex $cur_specs $lno]
+	set refn [lindex $spec 1]
+	if {$refn eq {}} {
+		_hide_tooltip $this
+		return
+	}
+
+	if {$tooltip_wm eq {}} {
+		set tooltip_wm [toplevel $w_list.tooltip -borderwidth 1]
+		wm overrideredirect $tooltip_wm 1
+		wm transient $tooltip_wm [winfo toplevel $w_list]
+		set tooltip_t $tooltip_wm.label
+		text $tooltip_t \
+			-takefocus 0 \
+			-highlightthickness 0 \
+			-relief flat \
+			-borderwidth 0 \
+			-wrap none \
+			-background lightyellow \
+			-foreground black
+		$tooltip_t tag conf section_header -font font_uibold
+		bind $tooltip_wm <Escape> [cb _hide_tooltip]
+		pack $tooltip_t
+	} else {
+		$tooltip_t conf -state normal
+		$tooltip_t delete 0.0 end
+	}
+
+	set data $tip_data($refn)
+	if {[lindex $data 0 0] eq {tag}} {
+		set tag  [lindex $data 0]
+		if {[lindex $data 1 0] eq {commit}} {
+			set cmit [lindex $data 1]
+		} else {
+			set cmit {}
+		}
+	} elseif {[lindex $data 0 0] eq {commit}} {
+		set tag  {}
+		set cmit [lindex $data 0]
+	}
+
+	$tooltip_t insert end [lindex $spec 0]
+	set last [_reflog_last $this [lindex $spec 1]]
+	if {$last ne {}} {
+		$tooltip_t insert end "\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end "updated"
+		$tooltip_t insert end " $last"
+	}
+	$tooltip_t insert end "\n"
+
+	if {$tag ne {}} {
+		$tooltip_t insert end "\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end "tag" section_header
+		$tooltip_t insert end "  [lindex $tag 1]\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end [lindex $tag 2]
+		$tooltip_t insert end " ([lindex $tag 3])\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end [lindex $tag 4]
+		$tooltip_t insert end "\n"
+	}
+
+	if {$cmit ne {}} {
+		$tooltip_t insert end "\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end "commit" section_header
+		$tooltip_t insert end "  [lindex $cmit 1]\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end [lindex $cmit 2]
+		$tooltip_t insert end " ([lindex $cmit 3])\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end [lindex $cmit 4]
+	}
+
+	if {[llength $spec] > 2} {
+		$tooltip_t insert end "\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end "remote" section_header
+		$tooltip_t insert end "  [lindex $spec 2]\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end "url"
+		$tooltip_t insert end " $remote_url([lindex $spec 2])\n"
+		$tooltip_t insert end "branch"
+		$tooltip_t insert end " [lindex $spec 3]"
+	}
+
+	$tooltip_t conf -state disabled
+	_position_tooltip $this
+}
+
+method _reflog_last {name} {
+	if {[info exists reflog_last($name)]} {
+		return reflog_last($name)
+	}
+
+	set last {}
+	if {[catch {set last [file mtime [gitdir $name]]}]
+	&& ![catch {set g [open [gitdir logs $name] r]}]} {
+		fconfigure $g -translation binary
+		while {[gets $g line] >= 0} {
+			if {[regexp {> ([1-9][0-9]*) } $line line when]} {
+				set last $when
+			}
+		}
+		close $g
+	}
+
+	if {$last ne {}} {
+		set last [clock format $last -format {%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y}]
+	}
+	set reflog_last($name) $last
+	return $last
+}
+
+method _position_tooltip {} {
+	set max_h [lindex [split [$tooltip_t index end] .] 0]
+	set max_w 0
+	for {set i 1} {$i <= $max_h} {incr i} {
+		set c [lindex [split [$tooltip_t index "$i.0 lineend"] .] 1]
+		if {$c > $max_w} {set max_w $c}
+	}
+	$tooltip_t conf -width $max_w -height $max_h
+
+	set req_w [winfo reqwidth  $tooltip_t]
+	set req_h [winfo reqheight $tooltip_t]
+	set pos_x [expr {[winfo pointerx .] +  5}]
+	set pos_y [expr {[winfo pointery .] + 10}]
+
+	set g "${req_w}x${req_h}"
+	if {$pos_x >= 0} {append g +}
+	append g $pos_x
+	if {$pos_y >= 0} {append g +}
+	append g $pos_y
+
+	wm geometry $tooltip_wm $g
+	raise $tooltip_wm
+}
+
+method _hide_tooltip {} {
+	if {$tooltip_wm ne {}} {
+		destroy $tooltip_wm
+		set tooltip_wm {}
+	}
+	if {$tooltip_timer ne {}} {
+		after cancel $tooltip_timer
+		set tooltip_timer {}
+	}
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl b/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl
index 46a78c158..f857a2ff5 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ You are currently in the middle of a merge that has not been fully completed.  Y
 					set enc [string tolower [string range $line 9 end]]
 				}
 			}
-			set msg [encoding convertfrom $enc [read $fd]]
-			set msg [string trim $msg]
+			set msg [read $fd]
 			close $fd
+
+			set enc [tcl_encoding $enc]
+			if {$enc ne {}} {
+				set msg [encoding convertfrom $enc $msg]
+			}
+			set msg [string trim $msg]
 		} err]} {
 		error_popup "Error loading commit data for amend:\n\n$err"
 		return
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ The rescan will be automatically started now.
 		U? {
 			error_popup "Unmerged files cannot be committed.
 
-File [short_path $path] has merge conflicts.  You must resolve them and add the file before committing.
+File [short_path $path] has merge conflicts.  You must resolve them and stage the file before committing.
 "
 			unlock_index
 			return
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ File [short_path $path] cannot be committed by this program.
 	if {!$files_ready && ![string match *merge $curType]} {
 		info_popup {No changes to commit.
 
-You must add at least 1 file before you can commit.
+You must stage at least 1 file before you can commit.
 }
 		unlock_index
 		return
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ A good commit message has the following format:
 	ui_status {Calling pre-commit hook...}
 	set pch_error {}
 	set fd_ph [open "| $pchook" r]
-	fconfigure $fd_ph -blocking 0 -translation binary
+	fconfigure $fd_ph -blocking 0 -translation binary -eofchar {}
 	fileevent $fd_ph readable \
 		[list commit_prehook_wait $fd_ph $curHEAD $msg]
 }
@@ -287,11 +292,18 @@ A rescan will be automatically started now.
 	#
 	set msg_p [gitdir COMMIT_EDITMSG]
 	set msg_wt [open $msg_p w]
+	fconfigure $msg_wt -translation lf
 	if {[catch {set enc $repo_config(i18n.commitencoding)}]} {
 		set enc utf-8
 	}
-	fconfigure $msg_wt -encoding binary -translation binary
-	puts -nonewline $msg_wt [encoding convertto $enc $msg]
+	set use_enc [tcl_encoding $enc]
+	if {$use_enc ne {}} {
+		fconfigure $msg_wt -encoding $use_enc
+	} else {
+		puts stderr "warning: Tcl does not support encoding '$enc'."
+		fconfigure $msg_wt -encoding utf-8
+	}
+	puts -nonewline $msg_wt $msg
 	close $msg_wt
 
 	# -- Create the commit.
@@ -367,6 +379,10 @@ A rescan will be automatically started now.
 	$ui_comm delete 0.0 end
 	$ui_comm edit reset
 	$ui_comm edit modified false
+	if {$::GITGUI_BCK_exists} {
+		catch {file delete [gitdir GITGUI_BCK]}
+		set ::GITGUI_BCK_exists 0
+	}
 
 	if {[is_enabled singlecommit]} do_quit
 
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/database.tcl b/git-gui/lib/database.tcl
index 87c815d7a..0657cc224 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/database.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/database.tcl
@@ -87,3 +87,30 @@ proc do_fsck_objects {} {
 	lappend cmd --strict
 	console::exec $w $cmd
 }
+
+proc hint_gc {} {
+	set object_limit 8
+	if {[is_Windows]} {
+		set object_limit 1
+	}
+
+	set objects_current [llength [glob \
+		-directory [gitdir objects 42] \
+		-nocomplain \
+		-tails \
+		-- \
+		*]]
+
+	if {$objects_current >= $object_limit} {
+		set objects_current [expr {$objects_current * 256}]
+		set object_limit    [expr {$object_limit    * 256}]
+		if {[ask_popup \
+			"This repository currently has approximately $objects_current loose objects.
+
+To maintain optimal performance it is strongly recommended that you compress the database when more than $object_limit loose objects exist.
+
+Compress the database now?"] eq yes} {
+			do_gc
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
index 9cb9d0604..e09e1257e 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ proc show_diff {path w {lno {}}} {
 		set max_sz [expr {128 * 1024}]
 		if {[catch {
 				set fd [open $path r]
+				fconfigure $fd -eofchar {}
 				set content [read $fd $max_sz]
 				close $fd
 				set sz [file size $path]
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/encoding.tcl b/git-gui/lib/encoding.tcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f06b0d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-gui/lib/encoding.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+# git-gui encoding support
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
+# (Copied from gitk, commit fd8ccbec4f0161)
+
+# This list of encoding names and aliases is distilled from
+# http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets.
+# Not all of them are supported by Tcl.
+set encoding_aliases {
+    { ANSI_X3.4-1968 iso-ir-6 ANSI_X3.4-1986 ISO_646.irv:1991 ASCII
+      ISO646-US US-ASCII us IBM367 cp367 csASCII }
+    { ISO-10646-UTF-1 csISO10646UTF1 }
+    { ISO_646.basic:1983 ref csISO646basic1983 }
+    { INVARIANT csINVARIANT }
+    { ISO_646.irv:1983 iso-ir-2 irv csISO2IntlRefVersion }
+    { BS_4730 iso-ir-4 ISO646-GB gb uk csISO4UnitedKingdom }
+    { NATS-SEFI iso-ir-8-1 csNATSSEFI }
+    { NATS-SEFI-ADD iso-ir-8-2 csNATSSEFIADD }
+    { NATS-DANO iso-ir-9-1 csNATSDANO }
+    { NATS-DANO-ADD iso-ir-9-2 csNATSDANOADD }
+    { SEN_850200_B iso-ir-10 FI ISO646-FI ISO646-SE se csISO10Swedish }
+    { SEN_850200_C iso-ir-11 ISO646-SE2 se2 csISO11SwedishForNames }
+    { KS_C_5601-1987 iso-ir-149 KS_C_5601-1989 KSC_5601 korean csKSC56011987 }
+    { ISO-2022-KR csISO2022KR }
+    { EUC-KR csEUCKR }
+    { ISO-2022-JP csISO2022JP }
+    { ISO-2022-JP-2 csISO2022JP2 }
+    { JIS_C6220-1969-jp JIS_C6220-1969 iso-ir-13 katakana x0201-7
+      csISO13JISC6220jp }
+    { JIS_C6220-1969-ro iso-ir-14 jp ISO646-JP csISO14JISC6220ro }
+    { IT iso-ir-15 ISO646-IT csISO15Italian }
+    { PT iso-ir-16 ISO646-PT csISO16Portuguese }
+    { ES iso-ir-17 ISO646-ES csISO17Spanish }
+    { greek7-old iso-ir-18 csISO18Greek7Old }
+    { latin-greek iso-ir-19 csISO19LatinGreek }
+    { DIN_66003 iso-ir-21 de ISO646-DE csISO21German }
+    { NF_Z_62-010_(1973) iso-ir-25 ISO646-FR1 csISO25French }
+    { Latin-greek-1 iso-ir-27 csISO27LatinGreek1 }
+    { ISO_5427 iso-ir-37 csISO5427Cyrillic }
+    { JIS_C6226-1978 iso-ir-42 csISO42JISC62261978 }
+    { BS_viewdata iso-ir-47 csISO47BSViewdata }
+    { INIS iso-ir-49 csISO49INIS }
+    { INIS-8 iso-ir-50 csISO50INIS8 }
+    { INIS-cyrillic iso-ir-51 csISO51INISCyrillic }
+    { ISO_5427:1981 iso-ir-54 ISO5427Cyrillic1981 }
+    { ISO_5428:1980 iso-ir-55 csISO5428Greek }
+    { GB_1988-80 iso-ir-57 cn ISO646-CN csISO57GB1988 }
+    { GB_2312-80 iso-ir-58 chinese csISO58GB231280 }
+    { NS_4551-1 iso-ir-60 ISO646-NO no csISO60DanishNorwegian
+      csISO60Norwegian1 }
+    { NS_4551-2 ISO646-NO2 iso-ir-61 no2 csISO61Norwegian2 }
+    { NF_Z_62-010 iso-ir-69 ISO646-FR fr csISO69French }
+    { videotex-suppl iso-ir-70 csISO70VideotexSupp1 }
+    { PT2 iso-ir-84 ISO646-PT2 csISO84Portuguese2 }
+    { ES2 iso-ir-85 ISO646-ES2 csISO85Spanish2 }
+    { MSZ_7795.3 iso-ir-86 ISO646-HU hu csISO86Hungarian }
+    { JIS_C6226-1983 iso-ir-87 x0208 JIS_X0208-1983 csISO87JISX0208 }
+    { greek7 iso-ir-88 csISO88Greek7 }
+    { ASMO_449 ISO_9036 arabic7 iso-ir-89 csISO89ASMO449 }
+    { iso-ir-90 csISO90 }
+    { JIS_C6229-1984-a iso-ir-91 jp-ocr-a csISO91JISC62291984a }
+    { JIS_C6229-1984-b iso-ir-92 ISO646-JP-OCR-B jp-ocr-b
+      csISO92JISC62991984b }
+    { JIS_C6229-1984-b-add iso-ir-93 jp-ocr-b-add csISO93JIS62291984badd }
+    { JIS_C6229-1984-hand iso-ir-94 jp-ocr-hand csISO94JIS62291984hand }
+    { JIS_C6229-1984-hand-add iso-ir-95 jp-ocr-hand-add
+      csISO95JIS62291984handadd }
+    { JIS_C6229-1984-kana iso-ir-96 csISO96JISC62291984kana }
+    { ISO_2033-1983 iso-ir-98 e13b csISO2033 }
+    { ANSI_X3.110-1983 iso-ir-99 CSA_T500-1983 NAPLPS csISO99NAPLPS }
+    { ISO_8859-1:1987 iso-ir-100 ISO_8859-1 ISO-8859-1 latin1 l1 IBM819
+      CP819 csISOLatin1 }
+    { ISO_8859-2:1987 iso-ir-101 ISO_8859-2 ISO-8859-2 latin2 l2 csISOLatin2 }
+    { T.61-7bit iso-ir-102 csISO102T617bit }
+    { T.61-8bit T.61 iso-ir-103 csISO103T618bit }
+    { ISO_8859-3:1988 iso-ir-109 ISO_8859-3 ISO-8859-3 latin3 l3 csISOLatin3 }
+    { ISO_8859-4:1988 iso-ir-110 ISO_8859-4 ISO-8859-4 latin4 l4 csISOLatin4 }
+    { ECMA-cyrillic iso-ir-111 KOI8-E csISO111ECMACyrillic }
+    { CSA_Z243.4-1985-1 iso-ir-121 ISO646-CA csa7-1 ca csISO121Canadian1 }
+    { CSA_Z243.4-1985-2 iso-ir-122 ISO646-CA2 csa7-2 csISO122Canadian2 }
+    { CSA_Z243.4-1985-gr iso-ir-123 csISO123CSAZ24341985gr }
+    { ISO_8859-6:1987 iso-ir-127 ISO_8859-6 ISO-8859-6 ECMA-114 ASMO-708
+      arabic csISOLatinArabic }
+    { ISO_8859-6-E csISO88596E ISO-8859-6-E }
+    { ISO_8859-6-I csISO88596I ISO-8859-6-I }
+    { ISO_8859-7:1987 iso-ir-126 ISO_8859-7 ISO-8859-7 ELOT_928 ECMA-118
+      greek greek8 csISOLatinGreek }
+    { T.101-G2 iso-ir-128 csISO128T101G2 }
+    { ISO_8859-8:1988 iso-ir-138 ISO_8859-8 ISO-8859-8 hebrew
+      csISOLatinHebrew }
+    { ISO_8859-8-E csISO88598E ISO-8859-8-E }
+    { ISO_8859-8-I csISO88598I ISO-8859-8-I }
+    { CSN_369103 iso-ir-139 csISO139CSN369103 }
+    { JUS_I.B1.002 iso-ir-141 ISO646-YU js yu csISO141JUSIB1002 }
+    { ISO_6937-2-add iso-ir-142 csISOTextComm }
+    { IEC_P27-1 iso-ir-143 csISO143IECP271 }
+    { ISO_8859-5:1988 iso-ir-144 ISO_8859-5 ISO-8859-5 cyrillic
+      csISOLatinCyrillic }
+    { JUS_I.B1.003-serb iso-ir-146 serbian csISO146Serbian }
+    { JUS_I.B1.003-mac macedonian iso-ir-147 csISO147Macedonian }
+    { ISO_8859-9:1989 iso-ir-148 ISO_8859-9 ISO-8859-9 latin5 l5 csISOLatin5 }
+    { greek-ccitt iso-ir-150 csISO150 csISO150GreekCCITT }
+    { NC_NC00-10:81 cuba iso-ir-151 ISO646-CU csISO151Cuba }
+    { ISO_6937-2-25 iso-ir-152 csISO6937Add }
+    { GOST_19768-74 ST_SEV_358-88 iso-ir-153 csISO153GOST1976874 }
+    { ISO_8859-supp iso-ir-154 latin1-2-5 csISO8859Supp }
+    { ISO_10367-box iso-ir-155 csISO10367Box }
+    { ISO-8859-10 iso-ir-157 l6 ISO_8859-10:1992 csISOLatin6 latin6 }
+    { latin-lap lap iso-ir-158 csISO158Lap }
+    { JIS_X0212-1990 x0212 iso-ir-159 csISO159JISX02121990 }
+    { DS_2089 DS2089 ISO646-DK dk csISO646Danish }
+    { us-dk csUSDK }
+    { dk-us csDKUS }
+    { JIS_X0201 X0201 csHalfWidthKatakana }
+    { KSC5636 ISO646-KR csKSC5636 }
+    { ISO-10646-UCS-2 csUnicode }
+    { ISO-10646-UCS-4 csUCS4 }
+    { DEC-MCS dec csDECMCS }
+    { hp-roman8 roman8 r8 csHPRoman8 }
+    { macintosh mac csMacintosh }
+    { IBM037 cp037 ebcdic-cp-us ebcdic-cp-ca ebcdic-cp-wt ebcdic-cp-nl
+      csIBM037 }
+    { IBM038 EBCDIC-INT cp038 csIBM038 }
+    { IBM273 CP273 csIBM273 }
+    { IBM274 EBCDIC-BE CP274 csIBM274 }
+    { IBM275 EBCDIC-BR cp275 csIBM275 }
+    { IBM277 EBCDIC-CP-DK EBCDIC-CP-NO csIBM277 }
+    { IBM278 CP278 ebcdic-cp-fi ebcdic-cp-se csIBM278 }
+    { IBM280 CP280 ebcdic-cp-it csIBM280 }
+    { IBM281 EBCDIC-JP-E cp281 csIBM281 }
+    { IBM284 CP284 ebcdic-cp-es csIBM284 }
+    { IBM285 CP285 ebcdic-cp-gb csIBM285 }
+    { IBM290 cp290 EBCDIC-JP-kana csIBM290 }
+    { IBM297 cp297 ebcdic-cp-fr csIBM297 }
+    { IBM420 cp420 ebcdic-cp-ar1 csIBM420 }
+    { IBM423 cp423 ebcdic-cp-gr csIBM423 }
+    { IBM424 cp424 ebcdic-cp-he csIBM424 }
+    { IBM437 cp437 437 csPC8CodePage437 }
+    { IBM500 CP500 ebcdic-cp-be ebcdic-cp-ch csIBM500 }
+    { IBM775 cp775 csPC775Baltic }
+    { IBM850 cp850 850 csPC850Multilingual }
+    { IBM851 cp851 851 csIBM851 }
+    { IBM852 cp852 852 csPCp852 }
+    { IBM855 cp855 855 csIBM855 }
+    { IBM857 cp857 857 csIBM857 }
+    { IBM860 cp860 860 csIBM860 }
+    { IBM861 cp861 861 cp-is csIBM861 }
+    { IBM862 cp862 862 csPC862LatinHebrew }
+    { IBM863 cp863 863 csIBM863 }
+    { IBM864 cp864 csIBM864 }
+    { IBM865 cp865 865 csIBM865 }
+    { IBM866 cp866 866 csIBM866 }
+    { IBM868 CP868 cp-ar csIBM868 }
+    { IBM869 cp869 869 cp-gr csIBM869 }
+    { IBM870 CP870 ebcdic-cp-roece ebcdic-cp-yu csIBM870 }
+    { IBM871 CP871 ebcdic-cp-is csIBM871 }
+    { IBM880 cp880 EBCDIC-Cyrillic csIBM880 }
+    { IBM891 cp891 csIBM891 }
+    { IBM903 cp903 csIBM903 }
+    { IBM904 cp904 904 csIBBM904 }
+    { IBM905 CP905 ebcdic-cp-tr csIBM905 }
+    { IBM918 CP918 ebcdic-cp-ar2 csIBM918 }
+    { IBM1026 CP1026 csIBM1026 }
+    { EBCDIC-AT-DE csIBMEBCDICATDE }
+    { EBCDIC-AT-DE-A csEBCDICATDEA }
+    { EBCDIC-CA-FR csEBCDICCAFR }
+    { EBCDIC-DK-NO csEBCDICDKNO }
+    { EBCDIC-DK-NO-A csEBCDICDKNOA }
+    { EBCDIC-FI-SE csEBCDICFISE }
+    { EBCDIC-FI-SE-A csEBCDICFISEA }
+    { EBCDIC-FR csEBCDICFR }
+    { EBCDIC-IT csEBCDICIT }
+    { EBCDIC-PT csEBCDICPT }
+    { EBCDIC-ES csEBCDICES }
+    { EBCDIC-ES-A csEBCDICESA }
+    { EBCDIC-ES-S csEBCDICESS }
+    { EBCDIC-UK csEBCDICUK }
+    { EBCDIC-US csEBCDICUS }
+    { UNKNOWN-8BIT csUnknown8BiT }
+    { MNEMONIC csMnemonic }
+    { MNEM csMnem }
+    { VISCII csVISCII }
+    { VIQR csVIQR }
+    { KOI8-R csKOI8R }
+    { IBM00858 CCSID00858 CP00858 PC-Multilingual-850+euro }
+    { IBM00924 CCSID00924 CP00924 ebcdic-Latin9--euro }
+    { IBM01140 CCSID01140 CP01140 ebcdic-us-37+euro }
+    { IBM01141 CCSID01141 CP01141 ebcdic-de-273+euro }
+    { IBM01142 CCSID01142 CP01142 ebcdic-dk-277+euro ebcdic-no-277+euro }
+    { IBM01143 CCSID01143 CP01143 ebcdic-fi-278+euro ebcdic-se-278+euro }
+    { IBM01144 CCSID01144 CP01144 ebcdic-it-280+euro }
+    { IBM01145 CCSID01145 CP01145 ebcdic-es-284+euro }
+    { IBM01146 CCSID01146 CP01146 ebcdic-gb-285+euro }
+    { IBM01147 CCSID01147 CP01147 ebcdic-fr-297+euro }
+    { IBM01148 CCSID01148 CP01148 ebcdic-international-500+euro }
+    { IBM01149 CCSID01149 CP01149 ebcdic-is-871+euro }
+    { IBM1047 IBM-1047 }
+    { PTCP154 csPTCP154 PT154 CP154 Cyrillic-Asian }
+    { Amiga-1251 Ami1251 Amiga1251 Ami-1251 }
+    { UNICODE-1-1 csUnicode11 }
+    { CESU-8 csCESU-8 }
+    { BOCU-1 csBOCU-1 }
+    { UNICODE-1-1-UTF-7 csUnicode11UTF7 }
+    { ISO-8859-14 iso-ir-199 ISO_8859-14:1998 ISO_8859-14 latin8 iso-celtic
+      l8 }
+    { ISO-8859-15 ISO_8859-15 Latin-9 }
+    { ISO-8859-16 iso-ir-226 ISO_8859-16:2001 ISO_8859-16 latin10 l10 }
+    { GBK CP936 MS936 windows-936 }
+    { JIS_Encoding csJISEncoding }
+    { Shift_JIS MS_Kanji csShiftJIS }
+    { Extended_UNIX_Code_Packed_Format_for_Japanese csEUCPkdFmtJapanese
+      EUC-JP }
+    { Extended_UNIX_Code_Fixed_Width_for_Japanese csEUCFixWidJapanese }
+    { ISO-10646-UCS-Basic csUnicodeASCII }
+    { ISO-10646-Unicode-Latin1 csUnicodeLatin1 ISO-10646 }
+    { ISO-Unicode-IBM-1261 csUnicodeIBM1261 }
+    { ISO-Unicode-IBM-1268 csUnicodeIBM1268 }
+    { ISO-Unicode-IBM-1276 csUnicodeIBM1276 }
+    { ISO-Unicode-IBM-1264 csUnicodeIBM1264 }
+    { ISO-Unicode-IBM-1265 csUnicodeIBM1265 }
+    { ISO-8859-1-Windows-3.0-Latin-1 csWindows30Latin1 }
+    { ISO-8859-1-Windows-3.1-Latin-1 csWindows31Latin1 }
+    { ISO-8859-2-Windows-Latin-2 csWindows31Latin2 }
+    { ISO-8859-9-Windows-Latin-5 csWindows31Latin5 }
+    { Adobe-Standard-Encoding csAdobeStandardEncoding }
+    { Ventura-US csVenturaUS }
+    { Ventura-International csVenturaInternational }
+    { PC8-Danish-Norwegian csPC8DanishNorwegian }
+    { PC8-Turkish csPC8Turkish }
+    { IBM-Symbols csIBMSymbols }
+    { IBM-Thai csIBMThai }
+    { HP-Legal csHPLegal }
+    { HP-Pi-font csHPPiFont }
+    { HP-Math8 csHPMath8 }
+    { Adobe-Symbol-Encoding csHPPSMath }
+    { HP-DeskTop csHPDesktop }
+    { Ventura-Math csVenturaMath }
+    { Microsoft-Publishing csMicrosoftPublishing }
+    { Windows-31J csWindows31J }
+    { GB2312 csGB2312 }
+    { Big5 csBig5 }
+}
+
+proc tcl_encoding {enc} {
+    global encoding_aliases
+    set names [encoding names]
+    set lcnames [string tolower $names]
+    set enc [string tolower $enc]
+    set i [lsearch -exact $lcnames $enc]
+    if {$i < 0} {
+	# look for "isonnn" instead of "iso-nnn" or "iso_nnn"
+	if {[regsub {^iso[-_]} $enc iso encx]} {
+	    set i [lsearch -exact $lcnames $encx]
+	}
+    }
+    if {$i < 0} {
+	foreach l $encoding_aliases {
+	    set ll [string tolower $l]
+	    if {[lsearch -exact $ll $enc] < 0} continue
+	    # look through the aliases for one that tcl knows about
+	    foreach e $ll {
+		set i [lsearch -exact $lcnames $e]
+		if {$i < 0} {
+		    if {[regsub {^iso[-_]} $e iso ex]} {
+			set i [lsearch -exact $lcnames $ex]
+		    }
+		}
+		if {$i >= 0} break
+	    }
+	    break
+	}
+    }
+    if {$i >= 0} {
+	return [lindex $names $i]
+    }
+    return {}
+}
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/error.tcl b/git-gui/lib/error.tcl
index d0253ae2f..16a22187b 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/error.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/error.tcl
@@ -51,12 +51,15 @@ proc ask_popup {msg} {
 	if {[reponame] ne {}} {
 		append title " ([reponame])"
 	}
-	return [tk_messageBox \
-		-parent . \
+	set cmd [list tk_messageBox \
 		-icon question \
 		-type yesno \
 		-title $title \
 		-message $msg]
+	if {[winfo ismapped .]} {
+		lappend cmd -parent .
+	}
+	eval $cmd
 }
 
 proc hook_failed_popup {hook msg} {
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/index.tcl b/git-gui/lib/index.tcl
index 3ea72e1ec..f47f9290c 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/index.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/index.tcl
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ proc revert_helper {txt paths} {
 		"[appname] ([reponame])" \
 		"Revert changes in $s?
 
-Any unadded changes will be permanently lost by the revert." \
+Any unstaged changes will be permanently lost by the revert." \
 		question \
 		1 \
 		{Do Nothing} \
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/merge.tcl b/git-gui/lib/merge.tcl
index 288d7ac88..5de0d82b1 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/merge.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/merge.tcl
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # git-gui branch merge support
 # Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Shawn Pearce
 
-namespace eval merge {
+class merge {
+
+field w         ; # top level window
+field w_rev     ; # mega-widget to pick the revision to merge
 
-proc _can_merge {} {
+method _can_merge {} {
 	global HEAD commit_type file_states
 
 	if {[string match amend* $commit_type]} {
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ The rescan will be automatically started now.
 
 File [short_path $path] has merge conflicts.
 
-You must resolve them, add the file, and commit to complete the current merge.  Only then can you begin another merge.
+You must resolve them, stage the file, and commit to complete the current merge.  Only then can you begin another merge.
 "
 			unlock_index
 			return 0
@@ -63,147 +66,93 @@ You should complete the current commit before starting a merge.  Doing so will h
 	return 1
 }
 
-proc _refs {w list} {
-	set r {}
-	foreach i [$w.source.l curselection] {
-		lappend r [lindex [lindex $list $i] 0]
+method _rev {} {
+	if {[catch {$w_rev commit_or_die}]} {
+		return {}
 	}
-	return $r
+	return [$w_rev get]
 }
 
-proc _visualize {w list} {
-	set revs [_refs $w $list]
-	if {$revs eq {}} return
-	lappend revs --not HEAD
-	do_gitk $revs
+method _visualize {} {
+	set rev [_rev $this]
+	if {$rev ne {}} {
+		do_gitk [list $rev --not HEAD]
+	}
 }
 
-proc _start {w list} {
-	global HEAD current_branch
+method _start {} {
+	global HEAD current_branch remote_url
 
-	set cmd [list git merge]
-	set names [_refs $w $list]
-	set revcnt [llength $names]
-	append cmd { } $names
-
-	if {$revcnt == 0} {
+	set name [_rev $this]
+	if {$name eq {}} {
 		return
-	} elseif {$revcnt == 1} {
-		set unit branch
-	} elseif {$revcnt <= 15} {
-		set unit branches
-
-		if {[tk_dialog \
-		$w.confirm_octopus \
-		[wm title $w] \
-		"Use octopus merge strategy?
-
-You are merging $revcnt branches at once.  This requires using the octopus merge driver, which may not succeed if there are file-level conflicts.
-" \
-		question \
-		0 \
-		{Cancel} \
-		{Use octopus} \
-		] != 1} return
-	} else {
-		tk_messageBox \
-			-icon error \
-			-type ok \
-			-title [wm title $w] \
-			-parent $w \
-			-message "Too many branches selected.
+	}
 
-You have requested to merge $revcnt branches in an octopus merge.  This exceeds Git's internal limit of 15 branches per merge.
+	set spec [$w_rev get_tracking_branch]
+	set cmit [$w_rev get_commit]
 
-Please select fewer branches.  To merge more than 15 branches, merge the branches in batches.
-"
-		return
+	set fh [open [gitdir FETCH_HEAD] w]
+	fconfigure $fh -translation lf
+	if {$spec eq {}} {
+		set remote .
+		set branch $name
+		set stitle $branch
+	} else {
+		set remote $remote_url([lindex $spec 1])
+		if {[regexp {^[^:@]*@[^:]*:/} $remote]} {
+			regsub {^[^:@]*@} $remote {} remote
+		}
+		set branch [lindex $spec 2]
+		set stitle "$branch of $remote"
 	}
-
-	set msg "Merging $current_branch, [join $names {, }]"
+	regsub ^refs/heads/ $branch {} branch
+	puts $fh "$cmit\t\tbranch '$branch' of $remote"
+	close $fh
+
+	set cmd [list git]
+	lappend cmd merge
+	lappend cmd --strategy=recursive
+	lappend cmd [git fmt-merge-msg <[gitdir FETCH_HEAD]]
+	lappend cmd HEAD
+	lappend cmd $cmit
+
+	set msg "Merging $current_branch and $stitle"
 	ui_status "$msg..."
-	set cons [console::new "Merge" $msg]
-	console::exec $cons $cmd \
-		[namespace code [list _finish $revcnt $cons]]
+	set cons [console::new "Merge" "merge $stitle"]
+	console::exec $cons $cmd [cb _finish $cons]
 
 	wm protocol $w WM_DELETE_WINDOW {}
 	destroy $w
 }
 
-proc _finish {revcnt w ok} {
-	console::done $w $ok
+method _finish {cons ok} {
+	console::done $cons $ok
 	if {$ok} {
 		set msg {Merge completed successfully.}
 	} else {
-		if {$revcnt != 1} {
-			info_popup "Octopus merge failed.
-
-Your merge of $revcnt branches has failed.
-
-There are file-level conflicts between the branches which must be resolved manually.
-
-The working directory will now be reset.
-
-You can attempt this merge again by merging only one branch at a time." $w
-
-			set fd [git_read read-tree --reset -u HEAD]
-			fconfigure $fd -blocking 0 -translation binary
-			fileevent $fd readable \
-				[namespace code [list _reset_wait $fd]]
-			ui_status {Aborting... please wait...}
-			return
-		}
-
 		set msg {Merge failed.  Conflict resolution is required.}
 	}
 	unlock_index
 	rescan [list ui_status $msg]
+	delete_this
 }
 
-proc dialog {} {
+constructor dialog {} {
 	global current_branch
 	global M1B
 
-	if {![_can_merge]} return
-
-	set fmt {list %(objectname) %(*objectname) %(refname) %(subject)}
-	set fr_fd [git_read for-each-ref \
-		--tcl \
-		--format=$fmt \
-		refs/heads \
-		refs/remotes \
-		refs/tags \
-		]
-	fconfigure $fr_fd -translation binary
-	while {[gets $fr_fd line] > 0} {
-		set line [eval $line]
-		set ref [lindex $line 2]
-		regsub ^refs/(heads|remotes|tags)/ $ref {} ref
-		set subj($ref) [lindex $line 3]
-		lappend sha1([lindex $line 0]) $ref
-		if {[lindex $line 1] ne {}} {
-			lappend sha1([lindex $line 1]) $ref
-		}
-	}
-	close $fr_fd
-
-	set to_show {}
-	set fr_fd [git_read rev-list --all --not HEAD]
-	while {[gets $fr_fd line] > 0} {
-		if {[catch {set ref $sha1($line)}]} continue
-		foreach n $ref {
-			lappend to_show [list $n $line]
-		}
+	if {![_can_merge $this]} {
+		delete_this
+		return
 	}
-	close $fr_fd
-	set to_show [lsort -unique $to_show]
 
-	set w .merge_setup
-	toplevel $w
-	wm geometry $w "+[winfo rootx .]+[winfo rooty .]"
+	make_toplevel top w
+	wm title $top "[appname] ([reponame]): Merge"
+	if {$top ne {.}} {
+		wm geometry $top "+[winfo rootx .]+[winfo rooty .]"
+	}
 
-	set _visualize [namespace code [list _visualize $w $to_show]]
-	set _start [namespace code [list _start $w $to_show]]
+	set _start [cb _start]
 
 	label $w.header \
 		-text "Merge Into $current_branch" \
@@ -211,55 +160,51 @@ proc dialog {} {
 	pack $w.header -side top -fill x
 
 	frame $w.buttons
-	button $w.buttons.visualize -text Visualize -command $_visualize
+	button $w.buttons.visualize \
+		-text Visualize \
+		-command [cb _visualize]
 	pack $w.buttons.visualize -side left
-	button $w.buttons.create -text Merge -command $_start
-	pack $w.buttons.create -side right
+	button $w.buttons.merge \
+		-text Merge \
+		-command $_start
+	pack $w.buttons.merge -side right
 	button $w.buttons.cancel \
 		-text {Cancel} \
-		-command "unlock_index;destroy $w"
+		-command [cb _cancel]
 	pack $w.buttons.cancel -side right -padx 5
 	pack $w.buttons -side bottom -fill x -pady 10 -padx 10
 
-	labelframe $w.source -text {Source Branches}
-	listbox $w.source.l \
-		-height 10 \
-		-width 70 \
-		-font font_diff \
-		-selectmode extended \
-		-yscrollcommand [list $w.source.sby set]
-	scrollbar $w.source.sby -command [list $w.source.l yview]
-	pack $w.source.sby -side right -fill y
-	pack $w.source.l -side left -fill both -expand 1
-	pack $w.source -fill both -expand 1 -pady 5 -padx 5
-
-	foreach ref $to_show {
-		set n [lindex $ref 0]
-		if {[string length $n] > 20} {
-			set n "[string range $n 0 16]..."
-		}
-		$w.source.l insert end [format {%s %-20s %s} \
-			[string range [lindex $ref 1] 0 5] \
-			$n \
-			$subj([lindex $ref 0])]
-	}
-
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-K> [list event generate %W <Shift-Key-Up>]
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-J> [list event generate %W <Shift-Key-Down>]
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-k> [list event generate %W <Key-Up>]
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-j> [list event generate %W <Key-Down>]
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-h> [list event generate %W <Key-Left>]
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-l> [list event generate %W <Key-Right>]
-	bind $w.source.l <Key-v> $_visualize
+	set w_rev [::choose_rev::new_unmerged $w.rev {Revision To Merge}]
+	pack $w.rev -anchor nw -fill both -expand 1 -pady 5 -padx 5
 
 	bind $w <$M1B-Key-Return> $_start
-	bind $w <Visibility> "grab $w; focus $w.source.l"
-	bind $w <Key-Escape> "unlock_index;destroy $w"
-	wm protocol $w WM_DELETE_WINDOW "unlock_index;destroy $w"
-	wm title $w "[appname] ([reponame]): Merge"
+	bind $w <Key-Return> $_start
+	bind $w <Key-Escape> [cb _cancel]
+	wm protocol $w WM_DELETE_WINDOW [cb _cancel]
+
+	bind $w.buttons.merge <Visibility> [cb _visible]
 	tkwait window $w
 }
 
+method _visible {} {
+	grab $w
+	if {[is_config_true gui.matchtrackingbranch]} {
+		$w_rev pick_tracking_branch
+	}
+	$w_rev focus_filter
+}
+
+method _cancel {} {
+	wm protocol $w WM_DELETE_WINDOW {}
+	unlock_index
+	destroy $w
+	delete_this
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace eval merge {
+
 proc reset_hard {} {
 	global HEAD commit_type file_states
 
@@ -274,20 +219,24 @@ You must finish amending this commit.
 	if {![lock_index abort]} return
 
 	if {[string match *merge* $commit_type]} {
-		set op merge
+		set op_question "Abort merge?
+
+Aborting the current merge will cause *ALL* uncommitted changes to be lost.
+
+Continue with aborting the current merge?"
 	} else {
-		set op commit
-	}
+		set op_question "Reset changes?
 
-	if {[ask_popup "Abort $op?
+Resetting the changes will cause *ALL* uncommitted changes to be lost.
 
-Aborting the current $op will cause *ALL* uncommitted changes to be lost.
+Continue with resetting the current changes?"
+	}
 
-Continue with aborting the current $op?"] eq {yes}} {
-		set fd [git_read read-tree --reset -u HEAD]
+	if {[ask_popup $op_question] eq {yes}} {
+		set fd [git_read --stderr read-tree --reset -u -v HEAD]
 		fconfigure $fd -blocking 0 -translation binary
 		fileevent $fd readable [namespace code [list _reset_wait $fd]]
-		ui_status {Aborting... please wait...}
+		$::main_status start {Aborting} {files reset}
 	} else {
 		unlock_index
 	}
@@ -296,9 +245,12 @@ Continue with aborting the current $op?"] eq {yes}} {
 proc _reset_wait {fd} {
 	global ui_comm
 
-	read $fd
+	$::main_status update_meter [read $fd]
+
+	fconfigure $fd -blocking 1
 	if {[eof $fd]} {
-		close $fd
+		set fail [catch {close $fd} err]
+		$::main_status stop
 		unlock_index
 
 		$ui_comm delete 0.0 end
@@ -310,7 +262,12 @@ proc _reset_wait {fd} {
 		catch {file delete [gitdir MERGE_MSG]}
 		catch {file delete [gitdir GITGUI_MSG]}
 
+		if {$fail} {
+			warn_popup "Abort failed.\n\n$err"
+		}
 		rescan {ui_status {Abort completed.  Ready.}}
+	} else {
+		fconfigure $fd -blocking 0
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/remote.tcl b/git-gui/lib/remote.tcl
index e235ca887..cf9b9d582 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/remote.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/remote.tcl
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ proc all_tracking_branches {} {
 proc load_all_remotes {} {
 	global repo_config
 	global all_remotes tracking_branches some_heads_tracking
+	global remote_url
 
 	set some_heads_tracking 0
 	set all_remotes [list]
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ proc load_all_remotes {} {
 			catch {
 				set fd [open [file join $rm_dir $name] r]
 				while {[gets $fd line] >= 0} {
+					if {[regexp {^URL:[ 	]*(.+)$} $line line url]} {
+						set remote_url($name) $url
+						continue
+					}
 					if {![regexp {^Pull:[ 	]*([^:]+):(.+)$} \
 						$line line src dst]} continue
 					if {[string index $src 0] eq {+}} {
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ proc load_all_remotes {} {
 	foreach line [array names repo_config remote.*.url] {
 		if {![regexp ^remote\.(.*)\.url\$ $line line name]} continue
 		lappend all_remotes $name
+		set remote_url($name) $repo_config(remote.$name.url)
 
 		if {[catch {set fl $repo_config(remote.$name.fetch)}]} {
 			set fl {}