Merge branch 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/alt-git into jn/autodep

* 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/alt-git: (384 commits)
  am: fix patch format detection for Thunderbird "Save As" emails
  t0022: replace non-portable literal CR
  tests: consolidate CR removal/addition functions
  commit-tree: remove unused #define
  t5541-http-push: make grep expression check for one line only
  rebase: replace antiquated sed invocation
  Add test-run-command to .gitignore
  git_connect: use use_shell instead of explicit "sh", "-c"
  gitweb.js: Workaround for IE8 bug
  Make test numbers unique
  Windows: Remove dependency on pthreadGC2.dll
  Documentation: move away misplaced 'push --upstream' description
  Documentation: add missing :: in config.txt
  pull: re-fix command line generation
  Documentation: merge: use MERGE_HEAD to refer to the remote branch
  Documentation: simplify How Merge Works
  Documentation: merge: add a section about fast-forward
  Documentation: emphasize when git merge terminates early
  Documentation: merge: add an overview
  Documentation: merge: move merge strategy list to end
  ...

Conflicts:
	Makefile

1 files changed, 162 insertions, 76 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98810b246..6f0f64753 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ all::
 #
 # Define NO_PERL if you do not want Perl scripts or libraries at all.
 #
+# Define NO_PYTHON if you do not want Python scripts or libraries at all.
+#
 # Define NO_TCLTK if you do not want Tcl/Tk GUI.
 #
 # The TCL_PATH variable governs the location of the Tcl interpreter
@@ -185,10 +187,6 @@ all::
 # is a simplified version of the merge sort used in glibc. This is
 # recommended if Git triggers O(n^2) behavior in your platform's qsort().
 #
-# Define NO_EXTERNAL_GREP if you don't want "git grep" to ever call
-# your external grep (e.g., if your system lacks grep, if its grep is
-# broken, or spawning external process is slower than built-in grep git has).
-#
 # Define UNRELIABLE_FSTAT if your system's fstat does not return the same
 # information on a not yet closed file that lstat would return for the same
 # file after it was closed.
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ all::
 #   DEFAULT_EDITOR='$GIT_FALLBACK_EDITOR',
 #   DEFAULT_EDITOR='"C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" --nofork'
 
-GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE
+GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
 	@$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
 -include GIT-VERSION-FILE
 
@@ -341,8 +339,9 @@ LIB_H =
 LIB_OBJS =
 PROGRAMS =
 SCRIPT_PERL =
+SCRIPT_PYTHON =
 SCRIPT_SH =
-TEST_PROGRAMS =
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X =
 
 SCRIPT_SH += git-am.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-bisect.sh
@@ -379,6 +378,7 @@ SCRIPT_PERL += git-svn.perl
 
 SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) \
 	  $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)) \
+	  $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)) \
 	  git-instaweb
 
 # Empty...
@@ -387,32 +387,27 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS =
 # ... and all the rest that could be moved out of bindir to gitexecdir
 PROGRAMS += $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
 PROGRAMS += git-fast-import$X
-PROGRAMS += git-hash-object$X
 PROGRAMS += git-imap-send$X
-PROGRAMS += git-index-pack$X
-PROGRAMS += git-merge-index$X
-PROGRAMS += git-merge-tree$X
-PROGRAMS += git-mktag$X
-PROGRAMS += git-pack-redundant$X
-PROGRAMS += git-patch-id$X
 PROGRAMS += git-shell$X
 PROGRAMS += git-show-index$X
-PROGRAMS += git-unpack-file$X
 PROGRAMS += git-upload-pack$X
-PROGRAMS += git-var$X
 PROGRAMS += git-http-backend$X
 
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-chmtime$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-ctype$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-date$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-delta$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-dump-cache-tree$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-genrandom$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-match-trees$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-parse-options$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-path-utils$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-sha1$X
-TEST_PROGRAMS += test-sigchain$X
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-chmtime
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-ctype
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-date
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-delta
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-dump-cache-tree
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-genrandom
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-match-trees
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-parse-options
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-path-utils
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-run-command
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sha1
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sigchain
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-index-version
+
+TEST_PROGRAMS := $(patsubst %,%$X,$(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
 
 # List built-in command $C whose implementation cmd_$C() is not in
 # builtin-$C.o but is linked in as part of some other command.
@@ -439,6 +434,15 @@ ALL_PROGRAMS = $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
 # what 'all' will build but not install in gitexecdir
 OTHER_PROGRAMS = git$X
 
+# what test wrappers are needed and 'install' will install, in bindir
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-upload-pack
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-receive-pack
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-upload-archive
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += git-shell
+
+BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X += git-cvsserver
+
 # Set paths to tools early so that they can be used for version tests.
 ifndef SHELL_PATH
 	SHELL_PATH = /bin/sh
@@ -446,8 +450,12 @@ endif
 ifndef PERL_PATH
 	PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
 endif
+ifndef PYTHON_PATH
+	PYTHON_PATH = /usr/bin/python
+endif
 
 export PERL_PATH
+export PYTHON_PATH
 
 LIB_FILE=libgit.a
 XDIFF_LIB=xdiff/lib.a
@@ -464,6 +472,7 @@ LIB_H += commit.h
 LIB_H += compat/bswap.h
 LIB_H += compat/cygwin.h
 LIB_H += compat/mingw.h
+LIB_H += compat/win32/pthread.h
 LIB_H += csum-file.h
 LIB_H += decorate.h
 LIB_H += delta.h
@@ -497,6 +506,7 @@ LIB_H += reflog-walk.h
 LIB_H += refs.h
 LIB_H += remote.h
 LIB_H += rerere.h
+LIB_H += resolve-undo.h
 LIB_H += revision.h
 LIB_H += run-command.h
 LIB_H += sha1-lookup.h
@@ -559,6 +569,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += graph.o
 LIB_OBJS += grep.o
 LIB_OBJS += hash.o
 LIB_OBJS += help.o
+LIB_OBJS += hex.o
 LIB_OBJS += ident.o
 LIB_OBJS += levenshtein.o
 LIB_OBJS += list-objects.o
@@ -593,6 +604,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += refs.o
 LIB_OBJS += remote.o
 LIB_OBJS += replace_object.o
 LIB_OBJS += rerere.o
+LIB_OBJS += resolve-undo.o
 LIB_OBJS += revision.o
 LIB_OBJS += run-command.o
 LIB_OBJS += server-info.o
@@ -657,7 +669,9 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-for-each-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-fsck.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-gc.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-grep.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-hash-object.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-help.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-index-pack.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-init-db.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-log.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-ls-files.o
@@ -668,13 +682,18 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-mailsplit.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge-base.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge-file.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge-index.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge-ours.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge-recursive.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-merge-tree.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-mktag.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-mktree.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-mv.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-name-rev.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-pack-objects.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-pack-redundant.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-pack-refs.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-patch-id.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-prune-packed.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-prune.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-push.o
@@ -697,11 +716,13 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-stripspace.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-symbolic-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-tag.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-tar-tree.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-unpack-file.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-unpack-objects.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-update-index.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-update-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-update-server-info.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-upload-archive.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-var.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-verify-pack.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-verify-tag.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-write-tree.o
@@ -794,7 +815,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
-	NO_EXTERNAL_GREP = YesPlease
 	THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH = YesPlease
 	ifeq ($(uname_R),5.7)
 		NEEDS_RESOLV = YesPlease
@@ -913,7 +933,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),IRIX)
 	# NO_MMAP.  If you suspect that your compiler is not affected by this
 	# issue, comment out the NO_MMAP statement.
 	NO_MMAP = YesPlease
-	NO_EXTERNAL_GREP = UnfortunatelyYes
 	SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS = YesPlease
 	SHELL_PATH = /usr/gnu/bin/bash
 	NEEDS_LIBGEN = YesPlease
@@ -933,7 +952,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),IRIX64)
 	# NO_MMAP.  If you suspect that your compiler is not affected by this
 	# issue, comment out the NO_MMAP statement.
 	NO_MMAP = YesPlease
-	NO_EXTERNAL_GREP = UnfortunatelyYes
 	SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS = YesPlease
 	SHELL_PATH=/usr/gnu/bin/bash
 	NEEDS_LIBGEN = YesPlease
@@ -985,17 +1003,19 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
 	NO_CURL = YesPlease
-	NO_PTHREADS = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	BLK_SHA1 = YesPlease
+	THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH = YesPlease
 
 	CC = compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
 	AR = compat/vcbuild/scripts/lib.pl
 	CFLAGS =
 	BASIC_CFLAGS = -nologo -I. -I../zlib -Icompat/vcbuild -Icompat/vcbuild/include -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DHAVE_STRING_H -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
-	COMPAT_OBJS = compat/msvc.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS = -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -DHAVE_STRING_H -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/regex -Icompat/fnmatch -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
+	COMPAT_OBJS = compat/msvc.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o compat/win32/pthread.o
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS = -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -DHAVE_STRING_H -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/regex -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/win32 -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	BASIC_LDFLAGS = -IGNORE:4217 -IGNORE:4049 -NOLOGO -SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE -NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT.lib
 	EXTLIBS = advapi32.lib shell32.lib wininet.lib ws2_32.lib
+	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 	lib =
 ifndef DEBUG
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -GL -Os -MT
@@ -1035,11 +1055,15 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
 	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	BLK_SHA1 = YesPlease
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch
+	THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH = YesPlease
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch -Icompat/win32
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o compat/winansi.o \
+		compat/win32/pthread.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
+	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 	X = .exe
 ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
 	htmldir=doc/git/html/
@@ -1048,10 +1072,8 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
 	EXTLIBS += /mingw/lib/libz.a
 	NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER = YesPlease
 	INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease
-	THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH = YesPlease
 else
 	NO_CURL = YesPlease
-	NO_PTHREADS = YesPlease
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -1099,6 +1121,9 @@ endif
 
 ifdef NO_CURL
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_CURL
+	REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY =
+	REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES =
+	REMOTE_CURL_NAMES =
 else
 	ifdef CURLDIR
 		# Try "-Wl,-rpath=$(CURLDIR)/$(lib)" in such a case.
@@ -1107,7 +1132,10 @@ else
 	else
 		CURL_LIBCURL = -lcurl
 	endif
-	PROGRAMS += git-remote-curl$X git-http-fetch$X
+	REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY = git-remote-http$X
+	REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES = git-remote-https$X git-remote-ftp$X git-remote-ftps$X
+	REMOTE_CURL_NAMES = $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY) $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES)
+	PROGRAMS += $(REMOTE_CURL_NAMES) git-http-fetch$X
 	curl_check := $(shell (echo 070908; curl-config --vernum) | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
 	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "070908"
 		ifndef NO_EXPAT
@@ -1342,9 +1370,6 @@ endif
 ifdef DIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DDIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
 endif
-ifdef NO_EXTERNAL_GREP
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_EXTERNAL_GREP
-endif
 ifdef UNRELIABLE_FSTAT
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUNRELIABLE_FSTAT
 endif
@@ -1366,6 +1391,10 @@ ifeq ($(PERL_PATH),)
 NO_PERL=NoThanks
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(PYTHON_PATH),)
+NO_PYTHON=NoThanks
+endif
+
 QUIET_SUBDIR0  = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir
 QUIET_SUBDIR1  =
 
@@ -1413,6 +1442,7 @@ prefix_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(prefix))
 
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 PERL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))
+PYTHON_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH))
 TCLTK_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(TCLTK_PATH))
 
 LIBS = $(GITLIBS) $(EXTLIBS)
@@ -1460,6 +1490,9 @@ endif
 ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)perl $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' all
 endif
+ifndef NO_PYTHON
+	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)git_remote_helpers $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PYTHON_PATH='$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' all
+endif
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1)
 
 please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
@@ -1470,20 +1503,19 @@ shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $(PROGRAMS) git$X
 
-git.o: git.c common-cmds.h GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -DGIT_VERSION='"$(GIT_VERSION)"' \
-		'-DGIT_HTML_PATH="$(htmldir_SQ)"' \
-		$(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $(filter %.c,$^)
+git.o: common-cmds.h
+git.s git.o: ALL_CFLAGS += -DGIT_VERSION='"$(GIT_VERSION)"' \
+	'-DGIT_HTML_PATH="$(htmldir_SQ)"'
 
 git$X: git.o $(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ git.o \
 		$(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 
-builtin-help.o: builtin-help.c common-cmds.h GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) \
-		'-DGIT_HTML_PATH="$(htmldir_SQ)"' \
-		'-DGIT_MAN_PATH="$(mandir_SQ)"' \
-		'-DGIT_INFO_PATH="$(infodir_SQ)"' $<
+builtin-help.o: common-cmds.h
+builtin-help.s builtin-help.o: ALL_CFLAGS += \
+	'-DGIT_HTML_PATH="$(htmldir_SQ)"' \
+	'-DGIT_MAN_PATH="$(mandir_SQ)"' \
+	'-DGIT_INFO_PATH="$(infodir_SQ)"'
 
 $(BUILT_INS): git$X
 	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && \
@@ -1586,11 +1618,41 @@ $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)) git-instaweb: % : unimplemented.sh
 	mv $@+ $@
 endif # NO_PERL
 
+
 ifdef JSMIN
 gitweb/gitweb.min.js: gitweb/gitweb.js
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(JSMIN) <$< >$@
 endif # JSMIN
 
+ifndef NO_PYTHON
+$(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): GIT-CFLAGS
+$(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : %.py
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers -s \
+		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' \
+		instlibdir` && \
+	sed -e '1{' \
+	    -e '	s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	    -e '}' \
+	    -e 's|^import sys.*|&; \\\
+	           import os; \\\
+	           sys.path[0] = os.environ.has_key("GITPYTHONLIB") and \\\
+	                         os.environ["GITPYTHONLIB"] or \\\
+	                         "@@INSTLIBDIR@@"|' \
+	    -e 's|@@INSTLIBDIR@@|'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'|g' \
+	    $@.py >$@+ && \
+	chmod +x $@+ && \
+	mv $@+ $@
+else # NO_PYTHON
+$(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : unimplemented.sh
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PYTHON=$(NO_PYTHON)|g' \
+	    unimplemented.sh >$@+ && \
+	chmod +x $@+ && \
+	mv $@+ $@
+endif # NO_PYTHON
+
 configure: configure.ac
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $<+ && \
 	sed -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
@@ -1606,30 +1668,25 @@ git.o git.spec \
 
 %.o: %.c GIT-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
-%.s: %.c GIT-CFLAGS
+%.s: %.c GIT-CFLAGS FORCE
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -S $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
-%.o: %.S
+%.o: %.S GIT-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
 
-exec_cmd.o: exec_cmd.c GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) \
-		'-DGIT_EXEC_PATH="$(gitexecdir_SQ)"' \
-		'-DBINDIR="$(bindir_relative_SQ)"' \
-		'-DPREFIX="$(prefix_SQ)"' \
-		$<
+exec_cmd.s exec_cmd.o: ALL_CFLAGS += \
+	'-DGIT_EXEC_PATH="$(gitexecdir_SQ)"' \
+	'-DBINDIR="$(bindir_relative_SQ)"' \
+	'-DPREFIX="$(prefix_SQ)"'
 
-builtin-init-db.o: builtin-init-db.c GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DDEFAULT_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='"$(template_dir_SQ)"' $<
+builtin-init-db.s builtin-init-db.o: ALL_CFLAGS += \
+	-DDEFAULT_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='"$(template_dir_SQ)"'
 
-config.o: config.c GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DETC_GITCONFIG='"$(ETC_GITCONFIG_SQ)"' $<
+config.s config.o: ALL_CFLAGS += -DETC_GITCONFIG='"$(ETC_GITCONFIG_SQ)"'
 
-http.o: http.c GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DGIT_USER_AGENT='"git/$(GIT_VERSION)"' $<
+http.s http.o: ALL_CFLAGS += -DGIT_USER_AGENT='"git/$(GIT_VERSION)"'
 
 ifdef NO_EXPAT
-http-walker.o: http-walker.c GIT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DNO_EXPAT $<
+http-walker.s http-walker.o: ALL_CFLAGS += -DNO_EXPAT
 endif
 
 git-%$X: %.o $(GITLIBS)
@@ -1650,7 +1707,13 @@ git-http-push$X: revision.o http.o http-push.o $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
 
-git-remote-curl$X: remote-curl.o http.o http-walker.o $(GITLIBS)
+$(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES): $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY)
+	$(QUIET_LNCP)$(RM) $@ && \
+	ln $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
+	ln -s $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
+	cp $< $@
+
+$(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY): remote-curl.o http.o http-walker.o $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
 
@@ -1712,7 +1775,7 @@ cscope:
 TRACK_CFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(ALL_CFLAGS)):\
              $(bindir_SQ):$(gitexecdir_SQ):$(template_dir_SQ):$(prefix_SQ)
 
-GIT-CFLAGS: .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
+GIT-CFLAGS: FORCE
 	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_CFLAGS)'; \
 	    if test x"$$FLAGS" != x"`cat GIT-CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
 		echo 1>&2 "    * new build flags or prefix"; \
@@ -1722,30 +1785,36 @@ GIT-CFLAGS: .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
 # We need to apply sq twice, once to protect from the shell
 # that runs GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS, and then again to protect it
 # and the first level quoting from the shell that runs "echo".
-GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: .FORCE-GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
+GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
 	@echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@
 	@echo PERL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@
 	@echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@
 	@echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@
 	@echo NO_PERL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PERL)))'\' >>$@
+	@echo NO_PYTHON=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PYTHON)))'\' >>$@
 
 ### Detect Tck/Tk interpreter path changes
 ifndef NO_TCLTK
 TRACK_VARS = $(subst ','\'',-DTCLTK_PATH='$(TCLTK_PATH_SQ)')
 
-GIT-GUI-VARS: .FORCE-GIT-GUI-VARS
+GIT-GUI-VARS: FORCE
 	@VARS='$(TRACK_VARS)'; \
 	    if test x"$$VARS" != x"`cat $@ 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
 		echo 1>&2 "    * new Tcl/Tk interpreter location"; \
 		echo "$$VARS" >$@; \
             fi
-
-.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-GUI-VARS
 endif
 
-### Testing rules
+test_bindir_programs := $(patsubst %,bin-wrappers/%,$(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X) $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X) $(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
 
-all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
+all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs)
+
+bin-wrappers/%: wrap-for-bin.sh
+	@mkdir -p bin-wrappers
+	$(QUIET_GEN)sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	     -e 's|@@BUILD_DIR@@|$(shell pwd)|' \
+	     -e 's|@@PROG@@|$(@F)|' < $< > $@ && \
+	chmod +x $@
 
 # GNU make supports exporting all variables by "export" without parameters.
 # However, the environment gets quite big, and some programs have problems
@@ -1753,6 +1822,8 @@ all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
 
 export NO_SVN_TESTS
 
+### Testing rules
+
 test: all
 	$(MAKE) -C t/ all
 
@@ -1804,15 +1875,20 @@ endif
 gitexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitexec_instdir))
 export gitexec_instdir
 
+install_bindir_programs := $(patsubst %,%$X,$(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X)) $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X)
+
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
-	$(INSTALL) git$X git-upload-pack$X git-receive-pack$X git-upload-archive$X git-shell$X git-cvsserver '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
+	$(INSTALL) $(install_bindir_programs) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(MAKE) -C templates DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
 ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(MAKE) -C perl prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
 endif
+ifndef NO_PYTHON
+	$(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
+endif
 ifndef NO_TCLTK
 	$(MAKE) -C gitk-git install
 	$(MAKE) -C git-gui gitexecdir='$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' install
@@ -1820,6 +1896,7 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$X)
 	$(foreach p,$(patsubst %$X,%,$(filter %$X,$(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) git$X)), test '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)/$p' -ef '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)/$p$X' || $(RM) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)/$p';)
 endif
+
 	bindir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
 	execdir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
 	{ test "$$bindir/" = "$$execdir/" || \
@@ -1833,6 +1910,12 @@ endif
 		ln -s "git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
 		cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
 	  done; } && \
+	{ for p in $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES); do \
+		$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
+		ln "$$execdir/git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
+		ln -s "git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
+		cp "$$execdir/git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
+	  done; } && \
 	./check_bindir "z$$bindir" "z$$execdir" "$$bindir/git-add$X"
 
 install-doc:
@@ -1919,6 +2002,7 @@ clean:
 		$(LIB_FILE) $(XDIFF_LIB)
 	$(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) git$X
 	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
+	$(RM) -r bin-wrappers
 	$(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope*
 	$(RM) -r autom4te.cache
 	$(RM) config.log config.mak.autogen config.mak.append config.status config.cache
@@ -1930,6 +2014,9 @@ ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(RM) gitweb/gitweb.cgi
 	$(MAKE) -C perl clean
 endif
+ifndef NO_PYTHON
+	$(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers clean
+endif
 	$(MAKE) -C templates/ clean
 	$(MAKE) -C t/ clean
 ifndef NO_TCLTK
@@ -1940,8 +2027,7 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: all install clean strip
 .PHONY: shell_compatibility_test please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
-.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE TAGS tags cscope .FORCE-GIT-CFLAGS
-.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
+.PHONY: FORCE TAGS tags cscope
 
 ### Check documentation
 #