diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 927c89c..3edf6b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 git-merge-index
 git-merge-octopus
 git-merge-one-file
+git-merge-ours
 git-merge-recursive
 git-merge-resolve
 git-merge-stupid
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 099db29..431b8f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
 	path of the current directory relative to the top-level
 	directory.
 
+--since=datestring, --after=datestring::
+	Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+	--max-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
+--until=datestring, --before=datestring::
+	Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+	--min-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
 <args>...::
 	Flags and parameters to be parsed.
 
@@ -124,6 +132,32 @@
 concatenated with '..' is a short-hand for writing a range
 between them.  I.e. 'r1..r2' is equivalent to saying '{caret}r1 r2'
 
+Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger.  Both node B and C are
+a commit parents of commit node A.  Parent commits are ordered
+left-to-right.
+
+    G   H   I   J
+     \ /     \ /
+      D   E   F
+       \  |  /
+        \ | /
+         \|/
+          B     C
+           \   /
+            \ /
+             A
+
+    A =      = A^0
+    B = A^   = A^1     = A~1
+    C = A^2  = A^2
+    D = A^^  = A^1^1   = A~2
+    E = B^2  = A^^2
+    F = B^3  = A^^3
+    G = A^^^ = A^1^1^1 = A~3
+    H = D^2  = B^^2    = A^^^2  = A~2^2
+    I = F^   = B^3^    = A^^3^
+    J = F^2  = B^3^2   = A^^3^2
+
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index 20a4cb1..214673d 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -455,6 +455,41 @@
 (again, `-p` means to show the difference as a human-readable patch),
 and it will show what the last commit (in `HEAD`) actually changed.
 
+[NOTE]
+============
+Here is an ASCII art by Jon Loeliger that illustrates how
+various diff-\* commands compare things.
+
+                      diff-tree
+                       +----+
+                       |    |
+                       |    |
+                       V    V
+                    +-----------+
+                    | Object DB |
+                    |  Backing  |
+                    |   Store   |
+                    +-----------+
+                      ^    ^
+                      |    |
+                      |    |  diff-index --cached
+                      |    |
+          diff-index  |    V
+                      |  +-----------+
+                      |  |   Index   |
+                      |  |  "cache"  |
+                      |  +-----------+
+                      |    ^
+                      |    |
+                      |    |  diff-files
+                      |    |
+                      V    V
+                    +-----------+
+                    |  Working  |
+                    | Directory |
+                    +-----------+
+============
+
 More interestingly, you can also give `git-diff-tree` the `-v` flag, which
 tells it to also show the commit message and author and date of the
 commit, and you can tell it to show a whole series of diffs.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5606c83..f96da67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 # DEFINES += -DUSE_STDEV
 
-GIT_VERSION = 0.99.9b
+GIT_VERSION = 0.99.9c
 
 CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) $(PLATFORM_DEFINES) $(DEFINES)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	git-tag.sh git-verify-tag.sh git-whatchanged.sh git.sh \
 	git-applymbox.sh git-applypatch.sh git-am.sh \
 	git-merge.sh git-merge-stupid.sh git-merge-octopus.sh \
-	git-merge-resolve.sh git-grep.sh
+	git-merge-resolve.sh git-merge-ours.sh git-grep.sh
 
 SCRIPT_PERL = \
 	git-archimport.perl git-cvsimport.perl git-relink.perl \
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@
 ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
 	NEEDS_SOCKET = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_NSL = YesPlease
+	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	SHELL_PATH = /bin/bash
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
-	CURLDIR = /opt/sfw
 	INSTALL = ginstall
 	TAR = gtar
 	PLATFORM_DEFINES += -D__EXTENSIONS__
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@
 test: all
 	$(MAKE) -C t/ all
 
-test-date$X: test-date.c date.o
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ test-date.c date.o
+test-date$X: test-date.c date.o ctype.o
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ test-date.c date.o ctype.o
 
 test-delta$X: test-delta.c diff-delta.o patch-delta.o
 	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0ee49d4..4a2616b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -399,6 +399,46 @@
 result to the file `.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the
 last committed state was.
 
+Here is an ASCII art by Jon Loeliger that illustrates how
+various pieces fit together.
+
+------------
+
+                     commit-tree
+                      commit obj
+                       +----+
+                       |    |
+                       |    |
+                       V    V
+                    +-----------+
+                    | Object DB |
+                    |  Backing  |
+                    |   Store   |
+                    +-----------+
+                       ^
+           write-tree  |     |
+             tree obj  |     |
+                       |     |  read-tree
+                       |     |  tree obj
+                             V
+                    +-----------+
+                    |   Index   |
+                    |  "cache"  |
+                    +-----------+
+         update-index  ^
+             blob obj  |     |
+                       |     |
+    checkout-index -u  |     |  checkout-index
+             stat      |     |  blob obj
+                             V
+                    +-----------+
+                    |  Working  |
+                    | Directory |
+                    +-----------+
+
+------------
+
+
 6) Examining the data
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 8f40318..a8c9bfc 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 struct commit *lookup_commit_reference_gently(const unsigned char *sha1,
 					      int quiet)
 {
-	struct object *obj = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1));
+	struct object *obj = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1), NULL, 0);
 
 	if (!obj)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 519fecf..e89bab2 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
 	c = '\n';
 	if ((f = config_file) != NULL) {
 		c = fgetc(f);
+		if (c == '\r') {
+			/* DOS like systems */
+			c = fgetc(f);
+			if (c != '\n') {
+				ungetc(c, f);
+				c = '\r';
+			}
+		}
 		if (c == '\n')
 			config_linenr++;
 		if (c == EOF) {
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ee68af5..cc97660 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+git-core (0.99.9c-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * GIT 0.99.9c
+
+ -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Thu,  3 Nov 2005 15:44:54 -0800
+
 git-core (0.99.9b-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * GIT 0.99.9b
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 3df9911..cb21715 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 
 static int rev_list_insert_ref(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	struct object *o = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1));
+	struct object *o = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1), path, 0);
 
-	if (o->type == commit_type)
+	if (o && o->type == commit_type)
 		rev_list_push((struct commit *)o, SEEN);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@
 	 * Don't mark them common yet; the server has to be told so first.
 	 */
 	for (ref = *refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
-		struct object *o = deref_tag(lookup_object(ref->old_sha1));
+		struct object *o = deref_tag(lookup_object(ref->old_sha1),
+					     NULL, 0);
 
 		if (!o || o->type != commit_type || !(o->flags & COMPLETE))
 			continue;
diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index e2db906..67f113a 100755
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -102,4 +102,6 @@
 git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
 	die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
 
+leading=`expr "refs/heads/$branchname" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
+mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
 echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index cb33fdc..4c08f36 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@
 #
 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
 	if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
-		echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch"
+		leading=`expr "refs/heads/$newbranch" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
+		mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
+		echo $new >"$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" || exit
 		branch="$newbranch"
 	fi
 	[ "$branch" ] &&
diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 18e692a..c27a913 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -196,10 +196,17 @@
 
 if test -f ".git/HEAD"
 then
-	mkdir -p .git/remotes || exit
-	echo >.git/remotes/origin \
-	"URL: $repo
-Pull: master:origin"
+	head_points_at=`git-symbolic-ref HEAD`
+	case "$head_points_at" in
+	refs/heads/*)
+		head_points_at=`expr "$head_points_at" : 'refs/heads/\(.*\)'`
+		mkdir -p .git/remotes &&
+		echo >.git/remotes/origin \
+		"URL: $repo
+Pull: $head_points_at:origin"
+		cp ".git/refs/heads/$head_points_at" .git/refs/heads/origin
+	esac
+
 	case "$no_checkout" in
 	'')
 		git checkout
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 10651d8..daf90f1 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
 elif test "$use_commit" != ""
 then
 	git-cat-file commit "$use_commit" | sed -e '1,/^$/d'
+elif test -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" && test -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
+then
+	cat "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
 fi | git-stripspace >"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
 
 case "$signoff" in
@@ -144,9 +147,6 @@
 esac
 
 if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" ]; then
-
-	test -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG" && cat "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
-
 	echo "#"
 	echo "# It looks like your may be committing a MERGE."
 	echo "# If this is not correct, please remove the file"
diff --git a/git-merge-ours.sh b/git-merge-ours.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4f3d053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-merge-ours.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
+#
+# Pretend we resolved the heads, but declare our tree trumps everybody else.
+#
+
+# We need to exit with 2 if the index does not match our HEAD tree,
+# because the current index is what we will be committing as the
+# merge result.
+
+test "$(git-diff-index --cached --name-status HEAD)" = "" || exit 2
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 6ad96eb..b810fce 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 '
 
 usage () {
-    die "git-merge [-n] [-s <strategy>]... <merge-message> <head> <remote>+"
+    die "git-merge [-n] [--no-commit] [-s <strategy>]... <merge-message> <head> <remote>+"
 }
 
 # all_strategies='resolve recursive stupid octopus'
 
-all_strategies='recursive octopus resolve stupid'
+all_strategies='recursive octopus resolve stupid ours'
 default_strategies='resolve octopus'
 use_strategies=
 
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 	-n|--n|--no|--no-|--no-s|--no-su|--no-sum|--no-summ|\
 		--no-summa|--no-summar|--no-summary)
 		no_summary=t ;;
+	--no-c|--no-co|--no-com|--no-comm|--no-commi|--no-commit)
+		no_commit=t ;;
 	-s=*|--s=*|--st=*|--str=*|--stra=*|--strat=*|--strate=*|\
 		--strateg=*|--strategy=*|\
 	-s|--s|--st|--str|--stra|--strat|--strate|--strateg|--strategy)
@@ -111,18 +113,18 @@
 common=$(git-show-branch --merge-base $head "$@")
 echo "$head" >"$GIT_DIR/ORIG_HEAD"
 
-case "$#,$common" in
-*,'')
+case "$#,$common,$no_commit" in
+*,'',*)
 	# No common ancestors found. We need a real merge.
 	;;
-1,"$1")
+1,"$1",*)
 	# If head can reach all the merge then we are up to date.
 	# but first the most common case of merging one remote
 	echo "Already up-to-date."
 	dropsave
 	exit 0
 	;;
-1,"$head")
+1,"$head",*)
 	# Again the most common case of merging one remote.
 	echo "Updating from $head to $1."
 	git-update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
@@ -132,11 +134,11 @@
 	dropsave
 	exit 0
 	;;
-1,?*"$LF"?*)
+1,?*"$LF"?*,*)
 	# We are not doing octopus and not fast forward.  Need a
 	# real merge.
 	;;
-1,*)
+1,*,)
 	# We are not doing octopus, not fast forward, and have only
 	# one common.  See if it is really trivial.
 	echo "Trying really trivial in-index merge..."
@@ -210,12 +212,18 @@
     # Remember which strategy left the state in the working tree
     wt_strategy=$strategy
 
-    git-merge-$strategy $common -- "$head_arg" "$@" || {
+    git-merge-$strategy $common -- "$head_arg" "$@"
+    exit=$?
+    if test "$no_commit" = t && test "$exit" = 0
+    then
+	exit=1 ;# pretend it left conflicts.
+    fi
+
+    test "$exit" = 0 || {
 
 	# The backend exits with 1 when conflicts are left to be resolved,
 	# with 2 when it does not handle the given merge at all.
 
-	exit=$?
 	if test "$exit" -eq 1
 	then
 	    cnt=`{
@@ -272,4 +280,4 @@
 done >"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
 echo $merge_msg >"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
 
-die "Automatic merge failed; fix up by hand"
+die "Automatic merge failed/prevented; fix up by hand"
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index d476518..9601627 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@
     die "git pull [-n] [-s strategy]... <repo> <head>..."
 }
 
-strategy_args= no_summary=
+strategy_args= no_summary= no_commit=
 while case "$#,$1" in 0) break ;; *,-*) ;; *) break ;; esac
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	-n|--n|--no|--no-|--no-s|--no-su|--no-sum|--no-summ|\
 		--no-summa|--no-summar|--no-summary)
 		no_summary=-n ;;
+	--no-c|--no-co|--no-com|--no-comm|--no-commi|--no-commit)
+		no_commit=--no-commit ;;
 	-s=*|--s=*|--st=*|--str=*|--stra=*|--strat=*|--strate=*|\
 		--strateg=*|--strategy=*|\
 	-s|--s|--st|--str|--stra|--strat|--strate|--strateg|--strategy)
@@ -81,4 +83,4 @@
 esac
 
 merge_name=$(git-fmt-merge-msg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD")
-git-merge $no_summary $strategy_args "$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head
+git-merge $no_summary $no_commit $strategy_args "$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head
diff --git a/ls-files.c b/ls-files.c
index 3085b2f..d9c8b21 100644
--- a/ls-files.c
+++ b/ls-files.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 		if (buf[i] == '\n') {
 			if (entry != buf + i && entry[0] != '#') {
-				buf[i] = 0;
+				buf[i - (i && buf[i-1] == '\r')] = 0;
 				add_exclude(entry, base, baselen, which);
 			}
 			entry = buf + i + 1;
diff --git a/name-rev.c b/name-rev.c
index 21fecdf..59194f1 100644
--- a/name-rev.c
+++ b/name-rev.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		o = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1));
+		o = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1), *argv, 0);
 		if (!o || o->type != commit_type) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Could not get commit for %s. Skipping.\n",
 					*argv);
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 9f9a6e7..3eeb18f 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@
 	/* Both new and old must be commit-ish and new is descendant of
 	 * old.  Otherwise we require --force.
 	 */
-	o = deref_tag(parse_object(old_sha1));
+	o = deref_tag(parse_object(old_sha1), NULL, 0);
 	if (!o || o->type != commit_type)
 		return 0;
 	old = (struct commit *) o;
 
-	o = deref_tag(parse_object(new_sha1));
+	o = deref_tag(parse_object(new_sha1), NULL, 0);
 	if (!o || o->type != commit_type)
 		return 0;
 	new = (struct commit *) o;
diff --git a/server-info.c b/server-info.c
index ba53591..0cba8e1 100644
--- a/server-info.c
+++ b/server-info.c
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 
 	fprintf(info_ref_fp, "%s	%s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1), path);
 	if (o->type == tag_type) {
-		o = deref_tag(o);
-		fprintf(info_ref_fp, "%s	%s^{}\n",
-			sha1_to_hex(o->sha1), path);
+		o = deref_tag(o, path, 0);
+		if (o)
+			fprintf(info_ref_fp, "%s	%s^{}\n",
+				sha1_to_hex(o->sha1), path);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index fe409fb..be1755a 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 	if (!o)
 		return -1;
 	if (!type_string) {
-		o = deref_tag(o);
+		o = deref_tag(o, name, sp - name - 2);
 		if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
 			return -1;
 		memcpy(sha1, o->sha1, 20);
diff --git a/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh b/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
index 5beaaa3..fde2bb2 100755
--- a/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
+++ b/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
@@ -67,4 +67,16 @@
        >output &&
      diff -u expect output'
 
+# Test \r\n (MSDOS-like systems)
+echo -ne '*.1\r\n/*.3\r\n!*.6\r\n' >.gitignore
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'git-ls-files --others with \r\n line endings.' \
+    'git-ls-files --others \
+       --exclude=\*.6 \
+       --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore \
+       --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
+       >output &&
+     diff -u expect output'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index b1ab75f..e574c4b 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 
 const char *tag_type = "tag";
 
-struct object *deref_tag(struct object *o)
+struct object *deref_tag(struct object *o, const char *warn, int warnlen)
 {
 	while (o && o->type == tag_type)
 		o = parse_object(((struct tag *)o)->tagged->sha1);
+	if (!o && warn) {
+		if (!warnlen)
+			warnlen = strlen(warn);
+		error("missing object referenced by '%.*s'", warnlen, warn);
+	}
 	return o;
 }
 
diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index 36e5324..7a0cb00 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 extern struct tag *lookup_tag(const unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int parse_tag_buffer(struct tag *item, void *data, unsigned long size);
 extern int parse_tag(struct tag *item);
-extern struct object *deref_tag(struct object *);
+extern struct object *deref_tag(struct object *, const char *, int);
 
 #endif /* TAG_H */
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index c5eff21..be63132 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 		nr_our_refs++;
 	}
 	if (o->type == tag_type) {
-		o = deref_tag(o);
+		o = deref_tag(o, refname, 0);
 		packet_write(1, "%s %s^{}\n", sha1_to_hex(o->sha1), refname);
 	}
 	return 0;