patch, 40 partsWindows: Use the Windows style PATH separator ';'.

compat/fnmatch.c, compat/fnmatch.h, compat/regex.c, compat/regex.h

diff --git a/compat/fnmatch.c b/compat/fnmatch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f4ead5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fnmatch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,488 @@
This patch is intentionally broken.
diff --git a/compat/fnmatch.h b/compat/fnmatch.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc3ec37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/fnmatch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
This patch is intentionally broken.
diff --git a/compat/regex.c b/compat/regex.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d39e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/regex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4927 @@
This patch is intentionally broken.
diff --git a/compat/regex.h b/compat/regex.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..408dd21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/regex.h
@@ -0,0 +1,490 @@
This patch is intentionally broken.

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d33a556..870a862 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ PROGRAMS = \
 	git-fetch-pack$X \
 	git-hash-object$X git-index-pack$X \
 	git-fast-import$X \
-	git-daemon$X \
 	git-merge-index$X git-mktag$X git-mktree$X git-patch-id$X \
 	git-receive-pack$X \
 	git-send-pack$X git-shell$X \
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ PROGRAMS = \
 	git-update-server-info$X \
 	git-upload-pack$X \
 	git-pack-redundant$X git-var$X \
-	git-merge-tree$X git-imap-send$X \
+	git-merge-tree$X \
 	git-merge-recursive$X \
 	$(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
 
@@ -583,6 +582,11 @@ ifdef ZLIB_PATH
 endif
 EXTLIBS += -lz
 
+ifndef NO_EXTRA_PROGRAMS
+	EXTRA_PROGRAMS += \
+		git-daemon$X \
+		git-imap-send$X
+endif
 ifndef NO_OPENSSL
 	OPENSSL_LIBSSL = -lssl
 	ifdef OPENSSLDIR

Makefile, compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 870a862..bc8a487 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -522,6 +522,31 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),HP-UX)
 	NO_HSTRERROR = YesPlease
 	NO_SYS_SELECT_H = YesPlease
 endif
+ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
+	NO_MMAP = YesPlease
+	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
+	NO_OPENSSL = YesPlease
+	NO_CURL = YesPlease
+	NO_SYMLINK_HEAD = YesPlease
+	NO_IPV6 = YesPlease
+	NO_SETENV = YesPlease
+	NO_UNSETENV = YesPlease
+	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
+	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
+	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
+	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
+	OLD_ICONV = YesPlease
+	NO_C99_FORMAT = YesPlease
+	NO_STRTOUMAX = YesPlease
+	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
+	NO_SVN_TESTS = YesPlease
+	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER = YesPlease
+	NO_EXTRA_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
+	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
+	X = .exe
+endif
 ifneq (,$(findstring arm,$(uname_M)))
 	ARM_SHA1 = YesPlease
 endif
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c87e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+
+unsigned int _CRT_fmode = _O_BINARY;
+
+unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds)
+{
+	Sleep(seconds*1000);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int mkstemp(char *template)
+{
+	char *filename = mktemp(template);
+	if (filename == NULL)
+		return -1;
+	return open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+}
+
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
+{
+	/* gmtime() in MSVCRT.DLL is thread-safe, but not reentrant */
+	memcpy(result, gmtime(timep), sizeof(struct tm));
+	return result;
+}
+
+struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
+{
+	/* localtime() in MSVCRT.DLL is thread-safe, but not reentrant */
+	memcpy(result, localtime(timep), sizeof(struct tm));
+	return result;
+}
+
+struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
+{
+	static struct passwd p;
+	return &p;
+}
+
+int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 2a40703..b1f3f92 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -63,16 +63,17 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <regex.h>
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #ifndef NO_SYS_SELECT_H
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #endif
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <regex.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #define _ALL_SOURCE 1
 #endif
+#endif	/* !__MINGW32__ */
 
 #ifndef NO_ICONV
 #include <iconv.h>
@@ -357,6 +359,10 @@ static inline FILE *xfdopen(int fd, const char *mode)
 	return stream;
 }
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+int mkstemp(char *template);
+#endif
+
 static inline int xmkstemp(char *template)
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -437,4 +443,140 @@ void git_qsort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
 #define qsort git_qsort
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+
+#include <winsock2.h>
+
+/*
+ * things that are not available in header files
+ */
+
+typedef int pid_t;
+#define hstrerror strerror
+
+#define S_IFLNK    0120000 /* Symbolic link */
+#define S_ISLNK(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
+#define S_ISSOCK(x) 0
+#define S_IRGRP 0
+#define S_IWGRP 0
+#define S_IXGRP 0
+#define S_ISGID 0
+#define S_IROTH 0
+#define S_IXOTH 0
+
+#define WIFEXITED(x) ((unsigned)(x) < 259)	/* STILL_ACTIVE */
+#define WEXITSTATUS(x) ((x) & 0xff)
+#define WIFSIGNALED(x) ((unsigned)(x) > 259)
+
+#define SIGKILL 0
+#define SIGCHLD 0
+#define SIGPIPE 0
+#define SIGALRM 100
+
+#define F_GETFD 1
+#define F_SETFD 2
+#define FD_CLOEXEC 0x1
+
+struct passwd {
+	char *pw_name;
+	char *pw_gecos;
+	char *pw_dir;
+};
+
+struct pollfd {
+	int fd;           /* file descriptor */
+	short events;     /* requested events */
+	short revents;    /* returned events */
+};
+#define POLLIN 1
+#define POLLHUP 2
+
+typedef void (__cdecl *sig_handler_t)(int);
+struct sigaction {
+	sig_handler_t sa_handler;
+	unsigned sa_flags;
+};
+#define sigemptyset(x) (void)0
+#define SA_RESTART 0
+
+struct itimerval {
+	struct timeval it_value, it_interval;
+};
+#define ITIMER_REAL 0
+
+#define st_blocks st_size/512	/* will be cleaned up later */
+#define lstat stat
+
+/*
+ * trivial stubs
+ */
+
+static inline int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int fork(void)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline unsigned int alarm(unsigned int seconds)
+{ return 0; }
+static inline int fsync(int fd)
+{ return 0; }
+static inline int getppid(void)
+{ return 1; }
+static inline void sync(void)
+{}
+static inline int getuid()
+{ return 1; }
+static inline struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name)
+{ return NULL; }
+static inline int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, long arg)
+{
+	if (cmd == F_GETFD || cmd == F_SETFD)
+		return 0;
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * simple adaptors
+ */
+
+static inline int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
+{
+	return mkdir(path);
+}
+#define mkdir mingw_mkdir
+
+static inline int waitpid(pid_t pid, unsigned *status, unsigned options)
+{
+	if (options == 0)
+		return _cwait(status, pid, 0);
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
+static inline int pipe(int filedes[2])
+{ return _pipe(filedes, 8192, 0); }
+
+/*
+ * implementations of missing functions
+ */
+
+unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds);
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz);
+int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout);
+struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
+struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
+int getpagesize(void);	/* defined in MinGW's libgcc.a */
+struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid);
+int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
+int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
+
+#endif /* __MINGW32__ */
+
 #endif

Makefile, compat/mingw.h, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88a52bf..af74566 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -548,9 +548,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER = YesPlease
 	NO_POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DPATH_SEP="';'"
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DPRIuMAX=\"I64u\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d92c631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+#include <winsock2.h>
+
+/*
+ * things that are not available in header files
+ */
+
+typedef int pid_t;
+#define hstrerror strerror
+
+#define S_IFLNK    0120000 /* Symbolic link */
+#define S_ISLNK(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
+#define S_ISSOCK(x) 0
+#define S_IRGRP 0
+#define S_IWGRP 0
+#define S_IXGRP 0
+#define S_ISGID 0
+#define S_IROTH 0
+#define S_IXOTH 0
+
+#define WIFEXITED(x) ((unsigned)(x) < 259)	/* STILL_ACTIVE */
+#define WEXITSTATUS(x) ((x) & 0xff)
+#define WIFSIGNALED(x) ((unsigned)(x) > 259)
+
+#define SIGKILL 0
+#define SIGCHLD 0
+#define SIGPIPE 0
+#define SIGALRM 100
+
+#define F_GETFD 1
+#define F_SETFD 2
+#define FD_CLOEXEC 0x1
+
+struct passwd {
+	char *pw_name;
+	char *pw_gecos;
+	char *pw_dir;
+};
+
+struct pollfd {
+	int fd;           /* file descriptor */
+	short events;     /* requested events */
+	short revents;    /* returned events */
+};
+#define POLLIN 1
+#define POLLHUP 2
+
+typedef void (__cdecl *sig_handler_t)(int);
+struct sigaction {
+	sig_handler_t sa_handler;
+	unsigned sa_flags;
+};
+#define sigemptyset(x) (void)0
+#define SA_RESTART 0
+
+struct itimerval {
+	struct timeval it_value, it_interval;
+};
+#define ITIMER_REAL 0
+
+/*
+ * trivial stubs
+ */
+
+static inline int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline int fork(void)
+{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
+static inline unsigned int alarm(unsigned int seconds)
+{ return 0; }
+static inline int fsync(int fd)
+{ return 0; }
+static inline int getppid(void)
+{ return 1; }
+static inline void sync(void)
+{}
+static inline int getuid()
+{ return 1; }
+static inline struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name)
+{ return NULL; }
+static inline int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, long arg)
+{
+	if (cmd == F_GETFD || cmd == F_SETFD)
+		return 0;
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * simple adaptors
+ */
+
+static inline int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
+{
+	return mkdir(path);
+}
+#define mkdir mingw_mkdir
+
+static inline int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
+{
+	/* read-only files cannot be removed */
+	chmod(pathname, 0666);
+	return unlink(pathname);
+}
+#define unlink mingw_unlink
+
+static inline int waitpid(pid_t pid, unsigned *status, unsigned options)
+{
+	if (options == 0)
+		return _cwait(status, pid, 0);
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * implementations of missing functions
+ */
+
+int pipe(int filedes[2]);
+unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds);
+int mkstemp(char *template);
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz);
+int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout);
+struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
+struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
+int getpagesize(void);	/* defined in MinGW's libgcc.a */
+struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid);
+int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
+int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
+
+/*
+ * replacements of existing functions
+ */
+
+int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
+#define open mingw_open
+
+char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
+#define getcwd mingw_getcwd
+
+struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host);
+#define gethostbyname mingw_gethostbyname
+
+int mingw_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+#define socket mingw_socket
+
+int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz);
+#define connect mingw_connect
+
+int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
+#define rename mingw_rename
+
+/* Use mingw_lstat() instead of lstat()/stat() and
+ * mingw_fstat() instead of fstat() on Windows.
+ * struct stat is redefined because it lacks the st_blocks member.
+ */
+struct mingw_stat {
+	unsigned st_mode;
+	time_t st_mtime, st_atime, st_ctime;
+	unsigned st_dev, st_ino, st_uid, st_gid;
+	size_t st_size;
+	size_t st_blocks;
+};
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf);
+int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct mingw_stat *buf);
+#define fstat mingw_fstat
+#define lstat mingw_lstat
+#define stat mingw_stat
+static inline int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
+{ return mingw_lstat(file_name, buf); }
+
+int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+#define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
+
+pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env);
+void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
+#define execvp mingw_execvp
+
+static inline unsigned int git_ntohl(unsigned int x)
+{ return (unsigned int)ntohl(x); }
+#define ntohl git_ntohl
+
+sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
+#define signal mingw_signal
+
+/*
+ * git specific compatibility
+ */
+
+static inline int has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
+{
+	return isalpha(*path) && path[1] == ':';
+}
+#define has_dos_drive_prefix has_dos_drive_prefix
+
+#define PATH_SEP ';'
+#define PRIuMAX "I64u"
+
+/*
+ * helpers
+ */
+
+char **copy_environ(void);
+void free_environ(char **env);
+char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name);
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 3ea0d91..1ee7357 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #define _ALL_SOURCE 1
 #endif
-#endif	/* !__MINGW32__ */
+#else 	/* __MINGW32__ */
+/* pull in Windows compatibility stuff */
+#include "compat/mingw.h"
+#endif	/* __MINGW32__ */
 
 #ifndef NO_ICONV
 #include <iconv.h>
@@ -110,6 +113,10 @@
 #define PATH_SEP ':'
 #endif
 
+#ifndef has_dos_drive_prefix
+#define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) 0
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 #else
@@ -369,10 +376,6 @@ static inline FILE *xfdopen(int fd, const char *mode)
 	return stream;
 }
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-int mkstemp(char *template);
-#endif
-
 static inline int xmkstemp(char *template)
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -453,217 +456,4 @@ void git_qsort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
 #define qsort git_qsort
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-
-#include <winsock2.h>
-
-/*
- * things that are not available in header files
- */
-
-typedef int pid_t;
-#define hstrerror strerror
-
-#define S_IFLNK    0120000 /* Symbolic link */
-#define S_ISLNK(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
-#define S_ISSOCK(x) 0
-#define S_IRGRP 0
-#define S_IWGRP 0
-#define S_IXGRP 0
-#define S_ISGID 0
-#define S_IROTH 0
-#define S_IXOTH 0
-
-#define WIFEXITED(x) ((unsigned)(x) < 259)	/* STILL_ACTIVE */
-#define WEXITSTATUS(x) ((x) & 0xff)
-#define WIFSIGNALED(x) ((unsigned)(x) > 259)
-
-#define SIGKILL 0
-#define SIGCHLD 0
-#define SIGPIPE 0
-#define SIGALRM 100
-
-#define F_GETFD 1
-#define F_SETFD 2
-#define FD_CLOEXEC 0x1
-
-struct passwd {
-	char *pw_name;
-	char *pw_gecos;
-	char *pw_dir;
-};
-
-struct pollfd {
-	int fd;           /* file descriptor */
-	short events;     /* requested events */
-	short revents;    /* returned events */
-};
-#define POLLIN 1
-#define POLLHUP 2
-
-typedef void (__cdecl *sig_handler_t)(int);
-struct sigaction {
-	sig_handler_t sa_handler;
-	unsigned sa_flags;
-};
-#define sigemptyset(x) (void)0
-#define SA_RESTART 0
-
-struct itimerval {
-	struct timeval it_value, it_interval;
-};
-#define ITIMER_REAL 0
-
-/*
- * trivial stubs
- */
-
-static inline int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
-static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
-static inline int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
-static inline int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
-static inline int fork(void)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
-static inline unsigned int alarm(unsigned int seconds)
-{ return 0; }
-static inline int fsync(int fd)
-{ return 0; }
-static inline int getppid(void)
-{ return 1; }
-static inline void sync(void)
-{}
-static inline int getuid()
-{ return 1; }
-static inline struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name)
-{ return NULL; }
-static inline int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, long arg)
-{
-	if (cmd == F_GETFD || cmd == F_SETFD)
-		return 0;
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
-}
-
-/*
- * simple adaptors
- */
-
-static inline int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
-{
-	return mkdir(path);
-}
-#define mkdir mingw_mkdir
-
-static inline int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
-{
-	/* read-only files cannot be removed */
-	chmod(pathname, 0666);
-	return unlink(pathname);
-}
-#define unlink mingw_unlink
-
-static inline int waitpid(pid_t pid, unsigned *status, unsigned options)
-{
-	if (options == 0)
-		return _cwait(status, pid, 0);
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
-}
-
-/*
- * implementations of missing functions
- */
-
-int pipe(int filedes[2]);
-unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds);
-int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz);
-int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout);
-struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
-struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
-int getpagesize(void);	/* defined in MinGW's libgcc.a */
-struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid);
-int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
-int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
-
-/*
- * replacements of existing functions
- */
-
-int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
-#define open mingw_open
-
-char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
-#define getcwd mingw_getcwd
-
-struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host);
-#define gethostbyname mingw_gethostbyname
-
-int mingw_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
-#define socket mingw_socket
-
-int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz);
-#define connect mingw_connect
-
-int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
-#define rename mingw_rename
-
-/* Use mingw_lstat() instead of lstat()/stat() and
- * mingw_fstat() instead of fstat() on Windows.
- * struct stat is redefined because it lacks the st_blocks member.
- */
-struct mingw_stat {
-	unsigned st_mode;
-	time_t st_mtime, st_atime, st_ctime;
-	unsigned st_dev, st_ino, st_uid, st_gid;
-	size_t st_size;
-	size_t st_blocks;
-};
-int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf);
-int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct mingw_stat *buf);
-#define fstat mingw_fstat
-#define lstat mingw_lstat
-#define stat mingw_stat
-static inline int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
-{ return mingw_lstat(file_name, buf); }
-
-int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-#define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
-
-pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env);
-void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
-#define execvp mingw_execvp
-
-static inline unsigned int git_ntohl(unsigned int x)
-{ return (unsigned int)ntohl(x); }
-#define ntohl git_ntohl
-
-sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
-#define signal mingw_signal
-
-/*
- * helpers
- */
-
-char **copy_environ(void);
-void free_environ(char **env);
-char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name);
-
-static inline int has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
-{
-	return isalpha(*path) && path[1] == ':';
-}
-
-#else /* __MINGW32__ */
-
-static inline int has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-#endif /* __MINGW32__ */

strbuf.c, strbuf.h

diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 5afa8f3..067d55a 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -147,6 +147,29 @@ void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
 	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
 }
 
+void strbuf_initf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int len;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	strbuf_init(sb, strlen(fmt) + 64);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (len < 0)
+		die("your vsnprintf is broken");
+	if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
+		strbuf_grow(sb, len);
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+		if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
+			die("this should not happen, your snprintf is broken");
+		}
+	}
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
+}
+
 void strbuf_expand(struct strbuf *sb, const char *format, expand_fn_t fn,
 		   void *context)
 {
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index faec229..eaf2409 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ extern void strbuf_expand(struct strbuf *sb, const char *format, expand_fn_t fn,
 
 __attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
 extern void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
+__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
+extern void strbuf_initf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 extern size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *, size_t, FILE *);
 /* XXX: if read fails, any partial read is undone */

.gitignore, Makefile, strbuf.c, strbuf.h, t/t0000-basic.sh, test-strbuf.c

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 219759f..c0ecd41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ test-genrandom
 test-match-trees
 test-parse-options
 test-sha1
+test-strbuf
 common-cmds.h
 *.tar.gz
 *.dsc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd0b294..58f6238 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ endif
 
 ### Testing rules
 
-TEST_PROGRAMS = test-chmtime$X test-genrandom$X test-date$X test-delta$X test-sha1$X test-match-trees$X test-absolute-path$X test-parse-options$X
+TEST_PROGRAMS = test-chmtime$X test-genrandom$X test-date$X test-delta$X test-sha1$X test-match-trees$X test-absolute-path$X test-parse-options$X test-strbuf$X
 
 all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
 
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@ test-delta$X: diff-delta.o patch-delta.o
 
 test-parse-options$X: parse-options.o
 
+test-strbuf$X: strbuf.o
+
 .PRECIOUS: $(patsubst test-%$X,test-%.o,$(TEST_PROGRAMS))
 
 test-%$X: test-%.o $(GITLIBS)
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 5afa8f3..5ad89a8 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -123,28 +123,130 @@ void strbuf_adddup(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len)
 	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
 }
 
+static int number_length(unsigned long number, long base)
+{
+	int length = 1;
+	while (number >= base) {
+		number /= base;
+		length++;
+	}
+	return length;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Only supports %u, %i, %d, %l, %o, %x and %X with size indicators
+ *   '<number>', '0<number>', and ' <number>',
+ * as well as %c,
+ * and %s with size indicators '<number>', ' <number>' and '.*'.
+ */
+void strbuf_vaddf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	while (*fmt) {
+		char fill = '\0';
+		int size = -1, max_size = -1;
+		char *p = (char *)fmt;
+
+		if (*p != '%' || *(++p) == '%') {
+			strbuf_addch(sb, *p++);
+			fmt = p;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (*p == ' ' || *p == '0')
+			fill = *p++;
+		if (isdigit(*p))
+			size = (int)strtol(p, &p, 10);
+		else if (!prefixcmp(p, ".*")) {
+			max_size = va_arg(ap, int);
+			p += 2;
+		}
+		switch (*p) {
+		case 's': {
+			const char *s = va_arg(ap, const char *);
+			if (fill) {
+				int len = size - strlen(s);
+				while (len-- > 0)
+					strbuf_addch(sb, fill);
+			}
+			while (*s && max_size--)
+				strbuf_addch(sb, *s++);
+			break;
+		}
+		case 'c':
+			strbuf_addch(sb, va_arg(ap, int));
+			break;
+		case 'u':
+		case 'i':
+		case 'l':
+		case 'd':
+		case 'o':
+		case 'x':
+		case 'X': {
+			int base = *p == 'x' || *p == 'X' ? 16 :
+				*p == 'o' ? 8 : 10;
+			int negative = 0, len;
+			unsigned long number, power;
+
+			if (*p == 'u')
+				number = va_arg(ap, unsigned int);
+			else {
+				long signed_number;
+				if (*p == 'l')
+					signed_number = va_arg(ap, long);
+				else
+					signed_number = va_arg(ap, int);
+				if (signed_number < 0) {
+					negative = 1;
+					number = -signed_number;
+				} else
+					number = signed_number;
+			}
+
+			/* pad */
+			len = number_length(number, base);
+			while (size-- > len + negative)
+				strbuf_addch(sb, fill ? fill : ' ');
+			if (negative)
+				strbuf_addch(sb, '-');
+
+			/* output number */
+			power = 1;
+			while (len-- > 1)
+				power *= base;
+			while (power) {
+				int digit = number / power;
+				strbuf_addch(sb, digit < 10 ? '0' + digit
+					: *p + 'A' - 'X' + digit - 10);
+				number -= digit * power;
+				power /= base;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+		default:
+			/* unknown / invalid format: copy verbatim */
+			strbuf_insert(sb, sb->len, fmt, p - fmt + 1);
+		}
+		fmt = p + (*p != '\0');
+	}
+}
+
 void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	int len;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (!strbuf_avail(sb))
-		strbuf_grow(sb, 64);
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+	strbuf_vaddf(sb, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void strbuf_initf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	strbuf_init(sb, strlen(fmt) + 64);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	strbuf_vaddf(sb, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
-	if (len < 0)
-		die("your vsnprintf is broken");
-	if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
-		strbuf_grow(sb, len);
-		va_start(ap, fmt);
-		len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
-		va_end(ap);
-		if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
-			die("this should not happen, your snprintf is broken");
-		}
-	}
-	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
 }
 
 void strbuf_expand(struct strbuf *sb, const char *format, expand_fn_t fn,
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index faec229..d7c7aaf 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ extern void strbuf_adddup(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len);
 typedef size_t (*expand_fn_t) (struct strbuf *sb, const char *placeholder, void *context);
 extern void strbuf_expand(struct strbuf *sb, const char *format, expand_fn_t fn, void *context);
 
+extern void strbuf_vaddf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 __attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
 extern void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
+__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
+extern void strbuf_initf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 extern size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *, size_t, FILE *);
 /* XXX: if read fails, any partial read is undone */
diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index 27b54cb..c1d4639 100755
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ test_expect_success 'absolute path works as expected' '
 	test "$sym" = "$(test-absolute-path $dir2/syml)"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'strbuf_initf() works as expected' '
+
+	eval $(test-strbuf) &&
+	test ! -z "$result" &&
+	test "$result" = "$expect"
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'very long name in the index handled sanely' '
 
 	a=a && # 1
diff --git a/test-strbuf.c b/test-strbuf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..479fa08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-strbuf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct strbuf buf;
+#define TEST_FORMAT \
+	"'%%%.*s,%x,%05X,%u,%i,% 4d,%3d,%c,%3d'", \
+	5, "Hello, World!", 27, 27, -1, -1, 1, 5, ':', 1234
+
+	strbuf_initf(&buf, TEST_FORMAT);
+	printf("result=%s\n", buf.buf);
+	printf("expect=" TEST_FORMAT);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+	return 0;
+}

Documentation/git-format-patch.txt, builtin-log.c, log-tree.c, revision.h, t/t4014-format-patch.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index b5207b7..da52720 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
 		   [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
+		   [--reviewed-by=<ident>]
 		   [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>]
 		   [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
 		   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 	Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the
 	commit log message.
 
+--reviewed-by=<ident>::
+	Add `Reviewed-by:` line to the commit message, using
+	the given identity.
+
 -s|--signoff::
 	Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
 	the committer identity of yourself.
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index fe8fc6f..90573b3 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *in_reply_to = NULL;
 	struct patch_ids ids;
 	char *add_signoff = NULL;
+	struct path_list add_reviewed_by = { NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
 	struct strbuf buf;
 
 	git_config(git_format_config);
@@ -821,6 +822,13 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				die("bogos committer info %s\n", committer);
 			add_signoff = xmemdupz(committer, endpos - committer + 1);
 		}
+		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[i], "--reviewed-by=")) {
+			struct strbuf buf;
+
+			strbuf_initf(&buf, "Reviewed-by: %s", argv[i] + 14);
+			path_list_append(strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL),
+					&add_reviewed_by);
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--attach")) {
 			rev.mime_boundary = git_version_string;
 			rev.no_inline = 1;
@@ -994,6 +1002,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		start_number--;
 	}
 	rev.add_signoff = add_signoff;
+	rev.add_reviewed_by = &add_reviewed_by;
 	while (0 <= --nr) {
 		int shown;
 		commit = list[nr];
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 608f697..36621ab 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "reflog-walk.h"
+#include "path-list.h"
 
 struct decoration name_decoration = { "object names" };
 
@@ -79,6 +80,34 @@ static int detect_any_signoff(char *letter, int size)
 	return seen_head && seen_name;
 }
 
+static void append_reviewed_by(struct strbuf *sb, struct path_list *reviewed)
+{
+	struct path_list already_reviewed = { NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
+	int i, eol = sb->len + 1;
+
+	/* find the last Reviewed-by: lines */
+	for (i = eol - 2; i > 0; i--)
+		if (i == 0 || sb->buf[i - 1] == '\n') {
+			if (!prefixcmp(sb->buf + i, "Reviewed-by:"))
+				path_list_insert(xstrndup(sb->buf + i,
+							eol - i - 1),
+						&already_reviewed);
+			else if (eol - i > 1)
+				break;
+			eol = i;
+		}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < reviewed->nr; i++) {
+		const char *line = reviewed->items[i].path;
+		if (!path_list_has_path(&already_reviewed, line))
+			strbuf_addf(sb, "%s\n", line);
+	}
+
+	/* all strings were xstrndup()ed, clean them up */
+	already_reviewed.strdup_paths = 1;
+	path_list_clear(&already_reviewed, 0);
+}
+
 static void append_signoff(struct strbuf *sb, const char *signoff)
 {
 	static const char signed_off_by[] = "Signed-off-by: ";
@@ -137,6 +166,16 @@ static int has_non_ascii(const char *s)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int path_list_has_non_ascii(struct path_list *list)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; list && i < list->nr; i++)
+		if (has_non_ascii(list->items[i].path))
+			return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void log_write_email_headers(struct rev_info *opt, const char *name,
 			     const char **subject_p, const char **extra_headers_p)
 {
@@ -301,8 +340,11 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, const char *sep)
 	strbuf_init(&msgbuf, 0);
 	pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, &msgbuf,
 			    abbrev, subject, extra_headers, opt->date_mode,
-			    has_non_ascii(opt->add_signoff));
+			    has_non_ascii(opt->add_signoff) ||
+			    path_list_has_non_ascii(opt->add_reviewed_by));
 
+	if (opt->add_reviewed_by && opt->add_reviewed_by->nr)
+		append_reviewed_by(&msgbuf, opt->add_reviewed_by);
 	if (opt->add_signoff)
 		append_signoff(&msgbuf, opt->add_signoff);
 	if (opt->show_log_size)
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index c8b3b94..eb4cc3b 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct rev_info {
 	char		*message_id;
 	const char	*ref_message_id;
 	const char	*add_signoff;
+	struct path_list *add_reviewed_by;
 	const char	*extra_headers;
 	const char	*log_reencode;
 	const char	*subject_prefix;
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index b2b7a8d..e2ff94f 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -230,4 +230,30 @@ test_expect_success 'shortlog of cover-letter wraps overly-long onelines' '
 
 '
 
+cat > expect << EOF
+
+Reviewed-by: Ken Robinson
+
+Reviewed-by: Sergey Rachmaninov
+
+Reviewed-by: Ronny O Sullivan
+Reviewed-by: Mickey Mouse
+Reviewed-by: Mahatma Gandhi
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success '--reviewed-by' '
+
+	echo reviewed > foo &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "Reviewed" -m "Reviewed-by: Ken Robinson" \
+		-m "Reviewed-by: Sergey Rachmaninov" \
+		-m "Reviewed-by: Ronny O Sullivan" foo &&
+	git format-patch --reviewed-by="Mickey Mouse" \
+		--reviewed-by="Sergey Rachmaninov" \
+		--reviewed-by="Mahatma Gandhi" -1 HEAD &&
+	sed -e "1,/^Cc: /d" -e "/^---/,\$d" < 0001-Reviewed.patch > output &&
+	git diff expect output
+
+'
+
 test_done

Makefile, compat/mingw.c, compat/mingw.h, compat/snprintf.c, git-compat-util.h, run-command.c, setup.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68d60e7..6619523 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ LIB_H = \
 	tree-walk.h log-tree.h dir.h path-list.h unpack-trees.h builtin.h \
 	utf8.h reflog-walk.h patch-ids.h attr.h decorate.h progress.h \
 	mailmap.h remote.h parse-options.h transport.h diffcore.h hash.h fsck.h \
-	pack-revindex.h
+	pack-revindex.h compat/mingw.h
 
 DIFF_OBJS = \
 	diff.o diff-lib.o diffcore-break.o diffcore-order.o \
@@ -549,10 +549,12 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_C99_FORMAT = YesPlease
 	NO_STRTOUMAX = YesPlease
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
+	SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS = YesPlease
 	NO_SVN_TESTS = YesPlease
 	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER = YesPlease
 	NO_POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR=1
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 6733727..7c8fd0e 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -847,40 +847,6 @@ int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-#undef vsnprintf
-/* Note that the size parameter specifies the available space, i.e.
- * includes the trailing NUL byte; but Windows's vsnprintf expects the
- * number of characters to write without the trailing NUL.
- */
-
-/* This is out of line because it uses alloca() behind the scenes,
- * which must not be called in a loop (alloca() reclaims the allocations
- * only at function exit).
- */
-static int try_vsnprintf(size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
-{
-	char buf[size];	/* gcc-ism */
-	return vsnprintf(buf, size-1, fmt, args);
-}
-
-int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
-{
-	int len;
-	if (size > 0) {
-		len = vsnprintf(buf, size-1, fmt, args);
-		if (len >= 0)
-			return len;
-	}
-	/* ouch, buffer too small; need to compute the size */
-	if (size < 250)
-		size = 250;
-	do {
-		size *= 4;
-		len = try_vsnprintf(size, fmt, args);
-	} while (len < 0);
-	return len;
-}
-
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
 	static char user_name[100];
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index d92c631..c7db345 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct mingw_stat *buf);
 static inline int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
 { return mingw_lstat(file_name, buf); }
 
-int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-#define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
-
 pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env);
 void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
 #define execvp mingw_execvp
@@ -192,12 +189,8 @@ sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t 
handler);
  * git specific compatibility
  */
 
-static inline int has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
-{
-	return isalpha(*path) && path[1] == ':';
-}
-#define has_dos_drive_prefix has_dos_drive_prefix
-
+#define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) (isalpha(*(path)) && (path)[1] == ':')
+#define is_dir_sep(c) ((c) == '/' || (c) == '\\')
 #define PATH_SEP ';'
 #define PRIuMAX "I64u"
 
diff --git a/compat/snprintf.c b/compat/snprintf.c
index dbfc2d6..480b66f 100644
--- a/compat/snprintf.c
+++ b/compat/snprintf.c
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 
+/*
+ * The size parameter specifies the available space, i.e. includes
+ * the trailing NUL byte; but Windows's vsnprintf expects the
+ * number of characters to write without the trailing NUL.
+ */
+#ifndef SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR
+#define SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR 0
+#endif
+
 #undef vsnprintf
 int git_vsnprintf(char *str, size_t maxsize, const char *format, va_list ap)
 {
 	char *s;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = vsnprintf(str, maxsize, format, ap);
+	ret = vsnprintf(str, maxsize-SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR, format, ap);
 	if (ret != -1)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -20,7 +29,7 @@ int git_vsnprintf(char *str, size_t maxsize, const char 
*format, va_list ap)
 		if (! str)
 			break;
 		s = str;
-		ret = vsnprintf(str, maxsize, format, ap);
+		ret = vsnprintf(str, maxsize-SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR, format, ap);
 	}
 	free(s);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 08f764e..2889146 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
 #define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef is_dir_sep
+#define is_dir_sep(c) ((c) == '/')
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 #else
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index aba2bf2..2ce8c2b 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 		dup2(cmd->in, 0);
 	}
 
+	if (cmd->no_stderr) {
+		s2 = dup(2);
+		dup_devnull(2);
+	} else if (need_err) {
+		s2 = dup(2);
+		dup2(fderr[1], 2);
+	}
+
 	if (cmd->no_stdout) {
 		s1 = dup(1);
 		dup_devnull(1);
@@ -146,14 +154,6 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 		dup2(cmd->out, 1);
 	}
 
-	if (cmd->no_stderr) {
-		s2 = dup(2);
-		dup_devnull(2);
-	} else if (need_err) {
-		s2 = dup(2);
-		dup2(fderr[1], 2);
-	}
-
 	if (cmd->dir)
 		die("chdir in start_command() not implemented");
 	if (cmd->env) {
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index d1a862e..eea1038 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
 static int inside_git_dir = -1;
 static int inside_work_tree = -1;
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-static inline int is_dir_sep(char c) { return c == '/' || c == '\\'; }
-#else
-static inline int is_dir_sep(char c) { return c == '/'; }
-#endif
-
 static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 {
 	char *dst0;

Documentation/git.txt, exec_cmd.c, sha1_file.c

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index d57bed6..b2a5b60 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
 'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES'::
 	Due to the immutable nature of git objects, old objects can be
 	archived into shared, read-only directories. This variable
-	specifies a ":" separated list of git object directories which
-	can be used to search for git objects. New objects will not be
-	written to these directories.
+	specifies a ":" separated (on Windows ";" separated) list
+	of git object directories which can be used to search for git
+	objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.
 
 'GIT_DIR'::
 	If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it
diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index e189cac..343545d 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ static void add_path(struct strbuf *out, const char *path)
 		else
 			strbuf_addstr(out, make_absolute_path(path));
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+		strbuf_addch(out, ';');
+#else
 		strbuf_addch(out, ':');
+#endif
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 1ddb96b..453bc43 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -389,7 +389,11 @@ void prepare_alt_odb(void)
 	if (!alt) alt = "";
 
 	alt_odb_tail = &alt_odb_list;
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	link_alt_odb_entries(alt, alt + strlen(alt), ';', NULL, 0);
+#else
 	link_alt_odb_entries(alt, alt + strlen(alt), ':', NULL, 0);
+#endif
 
 	read_info_alternates(get_object_directory(), 0);
 }

Makefile, git.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc8a487..069939f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER = YesPlease
 	NO_EXTRA_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 0cb8688..32166a4 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -372,6 +372,15 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 	};
 	int i;
 
+#ifdef STRIP_EXTENSION
+	i = strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(STRIP_EXTENSION);
+	if (i > 0 && !strcmp(argv[0] + i, STRIP_EXTENSION)) {
+		char *argv0 = strdup(argv[0]);
+		argv[0] = cmd = argv0;
+		argv0[i] = '\0';
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */
 	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
 		argv[1] = argv[0];
@@ -398,6 +407,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	 * name, and the dirname as the default exec_path
 	 * if we don't have anything better.
 	 */
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	char *bslash = strrchr(cmd, '\\');
+	if (!slash || (bslash && bslash > slash))
+		slash = bslash;
+#endif
 	if (slash) {
 		*slash++ = 0;
 		cmd_path = cmd;

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 0c87e43..faa6df3 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 
 unsigned int _CRT_fmode = _O_BINARY;
 
+#undef open
+int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	unsigned mode;
+	va_start(args, oflags);
+	mode = va_arg(args, int);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	if (!strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+		filename = "nul";
+	int fd = open(filename, oflags, mode);
+	if (fd < 0 && (oflags & O_CREAT) && errno == EACCES) {
+		DWORD attrs = GetFileAttributes(filename);
+		if (attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
+			errno = EISDIR;
+	}
+	return fd;
+}
+
 unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds)
 {
 	Sleep(seconds*1000);
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index b1f3f92..672c074 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -577,6 +577,13 @@ struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid);
 int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
 int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
 
+/*
+ * replacements of existing functions
+ */
+
+int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
+#define open mingw_open
+
 #endif /* __MINGW32__ */
 
 #endif

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index faa6df3..0c1d0e4 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -62,7 +62,15 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
+	static char user_name[100];
 	static struct passwd p;
+
+	DWORD len = sizeof(user_name);
+	if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len))
+		return NULL;
+	p.pw_name = user_name;
+	p.pw_gecos = "unknown";
+	p.pw_dir = NULL;
 	return &p;
 }
 

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 672c074..06ac2c1 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -551,6 +551,14 @@ static inline int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
 }
 #define mkdir mingw_mkdir
 
+static inline int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
+{
+	/* read-only files cannot be removed */
+	chmod(pathname, 0666);
+	return unlink(pathname);
+}
+#define unlink mingw_unlink
+
 static inline int waitpid(pid_t pid, unsigned *status, unsigned options)
 {
 	if (options == 0)

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 0c1d0e4..733ef87 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -60,6 +60,31 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 	return result;
 }
 
+#undef rename
+int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Try native rename() first to get errno right.
+	 * It is based on MoveFile(), which cannot overwrite existing files.
+	 */
+	if (!rename(pold, pnew))
+		return 0;
+	if (errno != EEXIST)
+		return -1;
+	if (MoveFileEx(pold, pnew, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING))
+		return 0;
+	/* TODO: translate more errors */
+	if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
+		DWORD attrs = GetFileAttributes(pnew);
+		if (attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
+			errno = EISDIR;
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	errno = EACCES;
+	return -1;
+}
+
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
 	static char user_name[100];
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 06ac2c1..f44a287 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -592,6 +592,9 @@ int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
 int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
 #define open mingw_open
 
+int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
+#define rename mingw_rename
+
 #endif /* __MINGW32__ */
 
 #endif

cache.h, compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h, setup.c

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index e1000bc..3e4e10a 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -441,7 +441,11 @@ int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
 char *enter_repo(char *path, int strict);
 static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	return path[0] == '/';
+#else
+	return path[0] == '/' || (path[0] && path[1] == ':');
+#endif
 }
 const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path);
 
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 733ef87..71bca96 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 	return result;
 }
 
+#undef getcwd
+char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
+{
+	char *ret = getcwd(pointer, len);
+	if (!ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (pointer[0] != 0 && pointer[1] == ':') {
+		int i;
+		for (i = 2; pointer[i]; i++)
+			/* Thanks, Bill. You'll burn in hell for that. */
+			if (pointer[i] == '\\')
+				pointer[i] = '/';
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #undef rename
 int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 {
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index f44a287..3b57464 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -592,6 +592,9 @@ int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
 int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
 #define open mingw_open
 
+char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
+#define getcwd mingw_getcwd
+
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index dc247a8..77cc461 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -4,13 +4,26 @@
 static int inside_git_dir = -1;
 static int inside_work_tree = -1;
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+static inline int is_dir_sep(char c) { return c == '/' || c == '\\'; }
+#else
+static inline int is_dir_sep(char c) { return c == '/'; }
+#endif
+
 static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 {
 	char *dst0 = dst;
 
-	if (*src == '/') {
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	if (isalpha(*src) && src[1] == ':') {
+		*dst++ = *src++;
+		*dst++ = *src++;
+		dst0 = dst;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (is_dir_sep(*src)) {
 		*dst++ = '/';
-		while (*src == '/')
+		while (is_dir_sep(*src))
 			src++;
 	}
 
@@ -32,9 +45,12 @@ static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 				src++;
 				break;
 			case '/':
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+			case '\\':
+#endif
 				/* (2) */
 				src += 2;
-				while (*src == '/')
+				while (is_dir_sep(*src))
 					src++;
 				continue;
 			case '.':
@@ -44,9 +60,12 @@ static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 					src += 2;
 					goto up_one;
 				case '/':
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+				case '\\':
+#endif
 					/* (4) */
 					src += 3;
-					while (*src == '/')
+					while (is_dir_sep(*src))
 						src++;
 					goto up_one;
 				}
@@ -54,11 +73,11 @@ static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 		}
 
 		/* copy up to the next '/', and eat all '/' */
-		while ((c = *src++) != '\0' && c != '/')
+		while ((c = *src++) != '\0' && !is_dir_sep(c))
 			*dst++ = c;
-		if (c == '/') {
-			*dst++ = c;
-			while (c == '/')
+		if (is_dir_sep(c)) {
+			*dst++ = '/';
+			while (is_dir_sep(c))
 				c = *src++;
 			src--;
 		} else if (!c)
@@ -77,7 +96,7 @@ static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 			if (dst <= dst0)
 				break;
 			c = *dst--;
-			if (c == '/') {
+			if (c == '/') {	/* MinGW: cannot be '\\' anymore */
 				dst += 2;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -126,10 +145,23 @@ const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
 {
 	static char path[PATH_MAX];
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	if (!pfx || !*pfx || is_absolute_path(arg))
 		return arg;
 	memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
 	strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
+#else
+	char *p;
+	/* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
+	if (is_absolute_path(arg))
+		pfx_len = 0;
+	else
+		memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
+	strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
+	for (p = path + pfx_len; *p; p++)
+		if (*p == '\\')
+			*p = '/';
+#endif
 	return path;
 }
 
@@ -322,6 +354,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 	static char cwd[PATH_MAX+1];
 	const char *gitdirenv;
 	int len, offset;
+	int minoffset = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If GIT_DIR is set explicitly, we're not going
@@ -364,6 +397,10 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 
 	if (!getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)-1))
 		die("Unable to read current working directory");
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	if (cwd[1] == ':')
+		minoffset = 2;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Test in the following order (relative to the cwd):
@@ -388,7 +425,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 		}
 		chdir("..");
 		do {
-			if (!offset) {
+			if (offset <= minoffset) {
 				if (nongit_ok) {
 					if (chdir(cwd))
 						die("Cannot come back to cwd");
@@ -397,7 +434,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 				}
 				die("Not a git repository");
 			}
-		} while (cwd[--offset] != '/');
+		} while (offset > minoffset && cwd[--offset] != '/');
 	}
 
 	inside_git_dir = 0;

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 453bc43..0c60849 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -83,14 +83,20 @@ int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int offset_1st_component(const char *path)
+{
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	if (isalpha(path[0]) && path[1] == ':')
+		return 2 + (path[2] == '/');
+#endif
+	return *path == '/';
+}
+
 int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path)
 {
-	char *pos = path;
+	char *pos = path + offset_1st_component(path);
 	struct stat st;
 
-	if (is_absolute_path(path))
-		pos++;
-
 	while (pos) {
 		pos = strchr(pos, '/');
 		if (!pos)

compat/mingw.c, date.c

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 71bca96..24f783b 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ int mkstemp(char *template)
 
 int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz)
 {
+	extern time_t my_mktime(struct tm *tm);
+	SYSTEMTIME st;
+	struct tm tm;
+	GetSystemTime(&st);
+	tm.tm_year = st.wYear-1900;
+	tm.tm_mon = st.wMonth-1;
+	tm.tm_mday = st.wDay;
+	tm.tm_hour = st.wHour;
+	tm.tm_min = st.wMinute;
+	tm.tm_sec = st.wSecond;
+	tv->tv_sec = my_mktime(&tm);
+	if (tv->tv_sec < 0)
+		return -1;
+	tv->tv_usec = st.wMilliseconds*1000;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 8f70500..9c16eae 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "cache.h"
 
-static time_t my_mktime(struct tm *tm)
+time_t my_mktime(struct tm *tm)
 {
 	static const int mdays[] = {
 	    0, 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 3b57464..c576f5a 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PRIuMAX
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 #define PRIuMAX "llu"
+#else
+#define PRIuMAX "I64u"
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 24f783b..4888a03 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -129,12 +129,121 @@ struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 	return &p;
 }
 
-int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out)
+static HANDLE timer_event;
+static HANDLE timer_thread;
+static int timer_interval;
+static int one_shot;
+static sig_handler_t timer_fn = SIG_DFL;
+
+/* The timer works like this:
+ * The thread, ticktack(), is basically a trivial routine that most of the
+ * time only waits to receive the signal to terminate. The main thread
+ * tells the thread to terminate by setting the timer_event to the signalled
+ * state.
+ * But ticktack() does not wait indefinitely; instead, it interrupts the
+ * wait state every now and then, namely exactly after timer's interval
+ * length. At these opportunities it calls the signal handler.
+ */
+
+static __stdcall unsigned ticktack(void *dummy)
+{
+	while (WaitForSingleObject(timer_event, timer_interval) == WAIT_TIMEOUT) {
+		if (timer_fn == SIG_DFL)
+			die("Alarm");
+		if (timer_fn != SIG_IGN)
+			timer_fn(SIGALRM);
+		if (one_shot)
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int start_timer_thread(void)
 {
+	timer_event = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
+	if (timer_event) {
+		timer_thread = (HANDLE) _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, ticktack, NULL, 0, NULL);
+		if (!timer_thread )
+			return errno = ENOMEM,
+				error("cannot start timer thread");
+	} else
+		return errno = ENOMEM,
+			error("cannot allocate resources timer");
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void stop_timer_thread(void)
+{
+	if (timer_event)
+		SetEvent(timer_event);	/* tell thread to terminate */
+	if (timer_thread) {
+		int rc = WaitForSingleObject(timer_thread, 1000);
+		if (rc == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
+			error("timer thread did not terminate timely");
+		else if (rc != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+			error("waiting for timer thread failed: %lu",
+			      GetLastError());
+		CloseHandle(timer_thread);
+	}
+	if (timer_event)
+		CloseHandle(timer_event);
+	timer_event = NULL;
+	timer_thread = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int is_timeval_eq(const struct timeval *i1, const struct timeval *i2)
+{
+	return i1->tv_sec == i2->tv_sec && i1->tv_usec == i2->tv_usec;
+}
+
+int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out)
+{
+	static const struct timeval zero;
+	static int atexit_done;
+
+	if (out != NULL)
+		return errno = EINVAL,
+			error("setitmer param 3 != NULL not implemented");
+	if (!is_timeval_eq(&in->it_interval, &zero) &&
+	    !is_timeval_eq(&in->it_interval, &in->it_value))
+		return errno = EINVAL,
+			error("setitmer: it_interval must be zero or eq it_value");
+
+	if (timer_thread)
+		stop_timer_thread();
+
+	if (is_timeval_eq(&in->it_value, &zero) &&
+	    is_timeval_eq(&in->it_interval, &zero))
+		return 0;
+
+	timer_interval = in->it_value.tv_sec * 1000 + in->it_value.tv_usec / 1000;
+	one_shot = is_timeval_eq(&in->it_interval, &zero);
+	if (!atexit_done) {
+		atexit(stop_timer_thread);
+		atexit_done = 1;
+	}
+	return start_timer_thread();
+}
+
 int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out)
 {
+	if (sig != SIGALRM)
+		return errno = EINVAL,
+			error("sigaction only implemented for SIGALRM");
+	if (out != NULL)
+		return errno = EINVAL,
+			error("sigaction: param 3 != NULL not implemented");
+
+	timer_fn = in->sa_handler;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+#undef signal
+sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler)
+{
+	if (sig != SIGALRM)
+		return signal(sig, handler);
+	sig_handler_t old = timer_fn;
+	timer_fn = handler;
+	return old;
+}
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index c576f5a..483ace2 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 
+sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
+#define signal mingw_signal
+
 #endif /* __MINGW32__ */
 
 #endif

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 4888a03..77e4b83 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -115,6 +115,40 @@ int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+#undef vsnprintf
+/* Note that the size parameter specifies the available space, i.e.
+ * includes the trailing NUL byte; but Windows's vsnprintf expects the
+ * number of characters to write without the trailing NUL.
+ */
+
+/* This is out of line because it uses alloca() behind the scenes,
+ * which must not be called in a loop (alloca() reclaims the allocations
+ * only at function exit).
+ */
+static int try_vsnprintf(size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	char buf[size];	/* gcc-ism */
+	return vsnprintf(buf, size-1, fmt, args);
+}
+
+int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	int len;
+	if (size > 0) {
+		len = vsnprintf(buf, size-1, fmt, args);
+		if (len >= 0)
+			return len;
+	}
+	/* ouch, buffer too small; need to compute the size */
+	if (size < 250)
+		size = 250;
+	do {
+		size *= 4;
+		len = try_vsnprintf(size, fmt, args);
+	} while (len < 0);
+	return len;
+}
+
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
 	static char user_name[100];
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 483ace2..6fa93b6 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 
+int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+#define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
+
 sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
 #define signal mingw_signal
 

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 77e4b83..9d03ea5 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -90,6 +90,252 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static const char *parse_interpreter(const char *cmd)
+{
+	static char buf[100];
+	char *p, *opt;
+	int n, fd;
+
+	/* don't even try a .exe */
+	n = strlen(cmd);
+	if (n >= 4 && !strcasecmp(cmd+n-4, ".exe"))
+		return NULL;
+
+	fd = open(cmd, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return NULL;
+	n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
+	close(fd);
+	if (n < 4)	/* at least '#!/x' and not error */
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (buf[0] != '#' || buf[1] != '!')
+		return NULL;
+	buf[n] = '\0';
+	p = strchr(buf, '\n');
+	if (!p)
+		return NULL;
+
+	*p = '\0';
+	if (!(p = strrchr(buf+2, '/')) && !(p = strrchr(buf+2, '\\')))
+		return NULL;
+	/* strip options */
+	if ((opt = strchr(p+1, ' ')))
+		*opt = '\0';
+	return p+1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Splits the PATH into parts.
+ */
+static char **get_path_split(void)
+{
+	char *p, **path, *envpath = getenv("PATH");
+	int i, n = 0;
+
+	if (!envpath || !*envpath)
+		return NULL;
+
+	envpath = xstrdup(envpath);
+	p = envpath;
+	while (p) {
+		char *dir = p;
+		p = strchr(p, ';');
+		if (p) *p++ = '\0';
+		if (*dir) {	/* not earlier, catches series of ; */
+			++n;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!n)
+		return NULL;
+
+	path = xmalloc((n+1)*sizeof(char*));
+	p = envpath;
+	i = 0;
+	do {
+		if (*p)
+			path[i++] = xstrdup(p);
+		p = p+strlen(p)+1;
+	} while (i < n);
+	path[i] = NULL;
+
+	free(envpath);
+
+	return path;
+}
+
+static void free_path_split(char **path)
+{
+	if (!path)
+		return;
+
+	char **p = path;
+	while (*p)
+		free(*p++);
+	free(path);
+}
+
+/*
+ * exe_only means that we only want to detect .exe files, but not scripts
+ * (which do not have an extension)
+ */
+static char *lookup_prog(const char *dir, const char *cmd, int isexe, int exe_only)
+{
+	char path[MAX_PATH];
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s.exe", dir, cmd);
+
+	if (!isexe && access(path, F_OK) == 0)
+		return xstrdup(path);
+	path[strlen(path)-4] = '\0';
+	if ((!exe_only || isexe) && access(path, F_OK) == 0)
+		return xstrdup(path);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Determines the absolute path of cmd using the the split path in path.
+ * If cmd contains a slash or backslash, no lookup is performed.
+ */
+static char *path_lookup(const char *cmd, char **path, int exe_only)
+{
+	char *prog = NULL;
+	int len = strlen(cmd);
+	int isexe = len >= 4 && !strcasecmp(cmd+len-4, ".exe");
+
+	if (strchr(cmd, '/') || strchr(cmd, '\\'))
+		prog = xstrdup(cmd);
+
+	while (!prog && *path)
+		prog = lookup_prog(*path++, cmd, isexe, exe_only);
+
+	return prog;
+}
+
+static int try_shell_exec(const char *cmd, char *const *argv, char **env)
+{
+	const char *interpr = parse_interpreter(cmd);
+	char **path;
+	char *prog;
+	int pid = 0;
+
+	if (!interpr)
+		return 0;
+	path = get_path_split();
+	prog = path_lookup(interpr, path, 1);
+	if (prog) {
+		int argc = 0;
+		const char **argv2;
+		while (argv[argc]) argc++;
+		argv2 = xmalloc(sizeof(*argv) * (argc+2));
+		argv2[0] = (char *)interpr;
+		argv2[1] = (char *)cmd;	/* full path to the script file */
+		memcpy(&argv2[2], &argv[1], sizeof(*argv) * argc);
+		pid = spawnve(_P_NOWAIT, prog, argv2, (const char **)env);
+		if (pid >= 0) {
+			int status;
+			if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
+				status = 255;
+			exit(status);
+		}
+		pid = 1;	/* indicate that we tried but failed */
+		free(prog);
+		free(argv2);
+	}
+	free_path_split(path);
+	return pid;
+}
+
+static void mingw_execve(const char *cmd, char *const *argv, char *const *env)
+{
+	/* check if git_command is a shell script */
+	if (!try_shell_exec(cmd, argv, (char **)env)) {
+		int pid, status;
+
+		pid = spawnve(_P_NOWAIT, cmd, (const char **)argv, (const char **)env);
+		if (pid < 0)
+			return;
+		if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
+			status = 255;
+		exit(status);
+	}
+}
+
+void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
+{
+	char **path = get_path_split();
+	char *prog = path_lookup(cmd, path, 0);
+
+	if (prog) {
+		mingw_execve(prog, argv, environ);
+		free(prog);
+	} else
+		errno = ENOENT;
+
+	free_path_split(path);
+}
+
+char **copy_environ()
+{
+	char **env;
+	int i = 0;
+	while (environ[i])
+		i++;
+	env = xmalloc((i+1)*sizeof(*env));
+	for (i = 0; environ[i]; i++)
+		env[i] = xstrdup(environ[i]);
+	env[i] = NULL;
+	return env;
+}
+
+void free_environ(char **env)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; env[i]; i++)
+		free(env[i]);
+	free(env);
+}
+
+static int lookup_env(char **env, const char *name, size_t nmln)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; env[i]; i++) {
+		if (0 == strncmp(env[i], name, nmln)
+		    && '=' == env[i][nmln])
+			/* matches */
+			return i;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If name contains '=', then sets the variable, otherwise it unsets it
+ */
+char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name)
+{
+	char *eq = strchrnul(name, '=');
+	int i = lookup_env(env, name, eq-name);
+
+	if (i < 0) {
+		if (*eq) {
+			for (i = 0; env[i]; i++)
+				;
+			env = xrealloc(env, (i+2)*sizeof(*env));
+			env[i] = xstrdup(name);
+			env[i+1] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		free(env[i]);
+		if (*eq)
+			env[i] = xstrdup(name);
+		else
+			for (; env[i]; i++)
+				env[i] = env[i+1];
+	}
+	return env;
+}
+
 #undef rename
 int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 {
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 6fa93b6..e191a46 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 #define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
 
+void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
+#define execvp mingw_execvp
+
 sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
 #define signal mingw_signal
 

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 9d03ea5..fe6f6ce 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -55,6 +55,51 @@ int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int pipe(int filedes[2])
+{
+	int fd;
+	HANDLE h[2], parent;
+
+	if (_pipe(filedes, 8192, 0) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	parent = GetCurrentProcess();
+
+	if (!DuplicateHandle (parent, (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(filedes[0]),
+			parent, &h[0], 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (!DuplicateHandle (parent, (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(filedes[1]),
+			parent, &h[1], 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		CloseHandle(h[0]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	fd = _open_osfhandle((int)h[0], O_NOINHERIT);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		CloseHandle(h[0]);
+		CloseHandle(h[1]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(filedes[0]);
+	filedes[0] = fd;
+	fd = _open_osfhandle((int)h[1], O_NOINHERIT);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		close(filedes[0]);
+		close(filedes[1]);
+		CloseHandle(h[1]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(filedes[1]);
+	filedes[1] = fd;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index e191a46..170c279 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -571,14 +571,11 @@ static inline int waitpid(pid_t pid, unsigned *status, unsigned options)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-
-static inline int pipe(int filedes[2])
-{ return _pipe(filedes, 8192, 0); }
-
 /*
  * implementations of missing functions
  */
 
+int pipe(int filedes[2]);
 unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds);
 int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz);
 int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout);

git-compat-util.h, run-command.c

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 170c279..046891d 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -608,6 +608,14 @@ void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
 sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
 #define signal mingw_signal
 
+/*
+ * helpers
+ */
+
+char **copy_environ(void);
+void free_environ(char **env);
+char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name);
+
 #endif /* __MINGW32__ */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 476d00c..873f6d0 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -53,17 +53,8 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 		cmd->err = fderr[0];
 	}
 
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	cmd->pid = fork();
-	if (cmd->pid < 0) {
-		if (need_in)
-			close_pair(fdin);
-		if (need_out)
-			close_pair(fdout);
-		if (need_err)
-			close_pair(fderr);
-		return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK;
-	}
-
 	if (!cmd->pid) {
 		if (cmd->no_stdin)
 			dup_devnull(0);
@@ -112,6 +103,84 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 		}
 		die("exec %s failed.", cmd->argv[0]);
 	}
+#else
+	int s0 = -1, s1 = -1, s2 = -1;	/* backups of stdin, stdout, stderr */
+	const char *sargv0 = cmd->argv[0];
+	char **env = environ;
+	struct strbuf git_cmd;
+
+	if (cmd->no_stdin) {
+		s0 = dup(0);
+		dup_devnull(0);
+	} else if (need_in) {
+		s0 = dup(0);
+		dup2(fdin[0], 0);
+	} else if (cmd->in) {
+		s0 = dup(0);
+		dup2(cmd->in, 0);
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->no_stdout) {
+		s1 = dup(1);
+		dup_devnull(1);
+	} else if (cmd->stdout_to_stderr) {
+		s1 = dup(1);
+		dup2(2, 1);
+	} else if (need_out) {
+		s1 = dup(1);
+		dup2(fdout[1], 1);
+	} else if (cmd->out > 1) {
+		s1 = dup(1);
+		dup2(cmd->out, 1);
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->no_stderr) {
+		s2 = dup(2);
+		dup_devnull(2);
+	} else if (need_err) {
+		s2 = dup(2);
+		dup2(fderr[1], 2);
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->dir)
+		die("chdir in start_command() not implemented");
+	if (cmd->env) {
+		env = copy_environ();
+		for (; *cmd->env; cmd->env++)
+			env = env_setenv(env, *cmd->env);
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->git_cmd) {
+		strbuf_init(&git_cmd, 0);
+		strbuf_addf(&git_cmd, "git-%s", cmd->argv[0]);
+		cmd->argv[0] = git_cmd.buf;
+	}
+
+	cmd->pid = spawnvpe(_P_NOWAIT, cmd->argv[0], cmd->argv, (const char **)env);
+
+	if (cmd->env)
+		free_environ(env);
+	if (cmd->git_cmd)
+		strbuf_release(&git_cmd);
+
+	cmd->argv[0] = sargv0;
+	if (s0 >= 0)
+		dup2(s0, 0), close(s0);
+	if (s1 >= 0)
+		dup2(s1, 1), close(s1);
+	if (s2 >= 0)
+		dup2(s2, 2), close(s2);
+#endif
+
+	if (cmd->pid < 0) {
+		if (need_in)
+			close_pair(fdin);
+		if (need_out)
+			close_pair(fdout);
+		if (need_err)
+			close_pair(fderr);
+		return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK;
+	}
 
 	if (need_in)
 		close(fdin[0]);

Makefile, templates/Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 069939f..7d4a591 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
+	NOEXECTEMPL = .noexec
 endif
 ifneq (,$(findstring arm,$(uname_M)))
 	ARM_SHA1 = YesPlease
@@ -849,7 +850,7 @@ ifndef NO_TCLTK
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitk-git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) all
 endif
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)perl $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' all
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1)
+	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) NOEXECTEMPL='$(NOEXECTEMPL)'
 
 strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $(PROGRAMS) git$X
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index ebd3a62..b341105 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ RM ?= rm -f
 prefix ?= $(HOME)
 template_dir ?= $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates
 # DESTDIR=
+# set NOEXECTEMPL to non-empty to change the names of hook scripts
+# so that the tools will not find them
 
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
 DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
@@ -32,7 +34,11 @@ boilerplates.made : $(bpsrc)
 		mkdir -p blt/$$dir && \
 		case "$$boilerplate" in \
 		*--) ;; \
-		*) cp $$boilerplate blt/$$dst ;; \
+		*) if test -n "$$(sed -ne '/^#!\//p' -e '1q' < "$$boilerplate")"; then \
+			cp "$$boilerplate" "blt/$${dst}$(NOEXECTEMPL)"; \
+		   else \
+			cp "$$boilerplate" "blt/$$dst"; \
+		   fi ;; \
 		esac || exit; \
 	done && \
 	date >$@

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index fe6f6ce..837d741 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -102,6 +102,61 @@ int pipe(int filedes[2])
 
 int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)
 {
+	int i, pending;
+
+	if (timeout != -1)
+		return errno = EINVAL, error("poll timeout not supported");
+
+	/* When there is only one fd to wait for, then we pretend that
+	 * input is available and let the actual wait happen when the
+	 * caller invokes read().
+	 */
+	if (nfds == 1) {
+		if (!(ufds[0].events & POLLIN))
+			return errno = EINVAL, error("POLLIN not set");
+		ufds[0].revents = POLLIN;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+repeat:
+	pending = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < nfds; i++) {
+		DWORD avail = 0;
+		HANDLE h = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(ufds[i].fd);
+		if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+			return -1;	/* errno was set */
+
+		if (!(ufds[i].events & POLLIN))
+			return errno = EINVAL, error("POLLIN not set");
+
+		/* this emulation works only for pipes */
+		if (!PeekNamedPipe(h, NULL, 0, NULL, &avail, NULL)) {
+			int err = GetLastError();
+			if (err == ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE) {
+				ufds[i].revents = POLLHUP;
+				pending++;
+			} else {
+				errno = EINVAL;
+				return error("PeekNamedPipe failed,"
+					" GetLastError: %u", err);
+			}
+		} else if (avail) {
+			ufds[i].revents = POLLIN;
+			pending++;
+		} else
+			ufds[i].revents = 0;
+	}
+	if (!pending) {
+		/* The only times that we spin here is when the process
+		 * that is connected through the pipes is waiting for
+		 * its own input data to become available. But since
+		 * the process (pack-objects) is itself CPU intensive,
+		 * it will happily pick up the time slice that we are
+		 * relinguishing here.
+		 */
+		Sleep(0);
+		goto repeat;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 

diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 5ac3572..7e18ac8 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -529,7 +529,13 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url_orig,
 		end = host;
 
 	path = strchr(end, c);
-	if (path) {
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	/* host must have at least 2 chars to catch DOS C:/path */
+	if (path && path - end > 1)
+#else
+	if (path)
+#endif
+	{
 		if (c == ':') {
 			protocol = PROTO_SSH;
 			*path++ = '\0';

run-command.c, run-command.h, upload-pack.c

diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 873f6d0..3834f86 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -276,13 +276,23 @@ int run_command_v_opt_cd_env(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir, const
 	return run_command(&cmd);
 }
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+static __stdcall unsigned run_thread(void *data)
+{
+	struct async *async = data;
+	return async->proc(async->fd_for_proc, async->data);
+}
+#endif
+
 int start_async(struct async *async)
 {
 	int pipe_out[2];
 
 	if (pipe(pipe_out) < 0)
 		return error("cannot create pipe: %s", strerror(errno));
+	async->out = pipe_out[0];
 
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	async->pid = fork();
 	if (async->pid < 0) {
 		error("fork (async) failed: %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -293,16 +303,33 @@ int start_async(struct async *async)
 		close(pipe_out[0]);
 		exit(!!async->proc(pipe_out[1], async->data));
 	}
-	async->out = pipe_out[0];
 	close(pipe_out[1]);
+#else
+	async->fd_for_proc = pipe_out[1];
+	async->tid = (HANDLE) _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, run_thread, async, 0, NULL);
+	if (!async->tid) {
+		error("cannot create thread: %s", strerror(errno));
+		close_pair(pipe_out);
+		return -1;
+	}
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int finish_async(struct async *async)
 {
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (wait_or_whine(async->pid))
 		ret = error("waitpid (async) failed");
+#else
+	DWORD ret = 0;
+	if (WaitForSingleObject(async->tid, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+		ret = error("waiting for thread failed: %lu", GetLastError());
+	else if (!GetExitCodeThread(async->tid, &ret))
+		ret = error("cannot get thread exit code: %lu", GetLastError());
+	CloseHandle(async->tid);
+#endif
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 1fc781d..0bbac86 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ struct async {
 	int (*proc)(int fd, void *data);
 	void *data;
 	int out;	/* caller reads from here and closes it */
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	pid_t pid;
+#else
+	HANDLE tid;
+	int fd_for_proc;
+#endif
 };
 
 int start_async(struct async *async);
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index b26d053..3c99c8d 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static int do_rev_list(int fd, void *create_full_pack)
 		die("revision walk setup failed");
 	mark_edges_uninteresting(revs.commits, &revs, show_edge);
 	traverse_commit_list(&revs, show_commit, show_object);
+	fflush(pack_pipe);
+	fclose(pack_pipe);
 	return 0;
 }
 

diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 0d686c3..640e29d 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@ die() {
 	exit 1
 }
 
+# Fix some commands on Windows
+case $(uname -s) in
+*MINGW*)
+	# pwd must return a path with a drive letter
+	bin_pwd() {
+		# there are no symlinks to resolve: /bin/pwd is not needed
+		builtin pwd -W
+	}
+	pwd() {
+		builtin pwd -W
+	}
+	;;
+*)
+	bin_pwd() {
+		/bin/pwd
+	}
+	;;
+esac
+
 usage() {
 	exec "$0" -h
 }
@@ -40,7 +59,7 @@ eval "$(echo "$OPTIONS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)
 
 get_repo_base() {
 	(
-		cd "`/bin/pwd`" &&
+		cd "$(bin_pwd)" &&
 		cd "$1" || cd "$1.git" &&
 		{
 			cd .git

git-clone.sh, git-sh-setup.sh, t/test-lib.sh

diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 640e29d..1fc5c92 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ die() {
 # Fix some commands on Windows
 case $(uname -s) in
 *MINGW*)
+	# Windows has its own (incompatible) find
+	find () {
+		/usr/bin/find "$@"
+	}
 	# pwd must return a path with a drive letter
 	bin_pwd() {
 		# there are no symlinks to resolve: /bin/pwd is not needed
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index a44b1c7..822aa6f 100755
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -142,3 +142,20 @@ then
 	}
 	: ${GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY="$GIT_DIR/objects"}
 fi
+
+# Fix some commands on Windows
+case $(uname -s) in
+*MINGW*)
+	# Windows has its own (incompatible) sort and find
+	sort () {
+		/usr/bin/sort "$@"
+	}
+	find () {
+		/usr/bin/find "$@"
+	}
+	# sync is missing
+	sync () {
+		:	# no implementation
+	}
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 83889c4..e2010d5 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -366,3 +366,16 @@ do
 		test_done
 	esac
 done
+
+# Fix some commands on Windows
+case $(uname -s) in
+*MINGW*)
+	# Windows has its own (incompatible) sort and find
+	sort () {
+		/usr/bin/sort "$@"
+	}
+	find () {
+		/usr/bin/find "$@"
+	}
+	;;
+esac

diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 1fc5c92..87fc0fb 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,33 @@ case $(uname -s) in
 	find () {
 		/usr/bin/find "$@"
 	}
+	# need an emulation of cpio
+	cpio() {
+		case "$1" in
+		-pumd)	cp_arg=-pr;;
+		-pumdl)	cp_arg=-lr;;
+		*)	die "cpio $1 unexpected";;
+		esac
+		# copy only files and empty directories
+		prev=
+		while read f; do
+			if test -d "$f"; then
+				# here we assume that directories are listed after
+				# its files (aka 'find -depth'), hence, a directory
+				# that is not empty will be a leading sub-string
+				# of the preceding entry
+				case "$prev" in
+				"$f"/* ) ;;
+				*)	echo "$f";;
+				esac
+			else
+				echo "$f"
+			fi
+			prev="$f"
+		done |
+		xargs --no-run-if-empty \
+			cp $cp_arg --target-directory="$2" --parents
+	}
 	# pwd must return a path with a drive letter
 	bin_pwd() {
 		# there are no symlinks to resolve: /bin/pwd is not needed

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 837d741..1260be8 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -436,6 +436,52 @@ char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name)
 	return env;
 }
 
+/* this is the first function to call into WS_32; initialize it */
+#undef gethostbyname
+struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host)
+{
+	WSADATA wsa;
+
+	if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa))
+		die("unable to initialize winsock subsystem, error %d",
+			WSAGetLastError());
+	atexit((void(*)(void)) WSACleanup);
+	return gethostbyname(host);
+}
+
+int mingw_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol)
+{
+	int sockfd;
+	SOCKET s = WSASocket(domain, type, protocol, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) {
+		/*
+		 * WSAGetLastError() values are regular BSD error codes
+		 * biased by WSABASEERR.
+		 * However, strerror() does not know about networking
+		 * specific errors, which are values beginning at 38 or so.
+		 * Therefore, we choose to leave the biased error code
+		 * in errno so that _if_ someone looks up the code somewhere,
+		 * then it is at least the number that are usually listed.
+		 */
+		errno = WSAGetLastError();
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* convert into a file descriptor */
+	if ((sockfd = _open_osfhandle(s, O_RDWR|O_BINARY)) < 0) {
+		closesocket(s);
+		return error("unable to make a socket file descriptor: %s",
+			strerror(errno));
+	}
+	return sockfd;
+}
+
+#undef connect
+int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz)
+{
+	SOCKET s = (SOCKET)_get_osfhandle(sockfd);
+	return connect(s, sa, sz);
+}
+
 #undef rename
 int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 {
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 046891d..0324789 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -596,6 +596,15 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 #define getcwd mingw_getcwd
 
+struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host);
+#define gethostbyname mingw_gethostbyname
+
+int mingw_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+#define socket mingw_socket
+
+int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz);
+#define connect mingw_connect
+
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h, run-command.c

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 1260be8..146c170 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
+#include "../strbuf.h"
 
 unsigned int _CRT_fmode = _O_BINARY;
 
@@ -190,6 +191,65 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17w5ykft(vs.71).aspx
+ * (Parsing C++ Command-Line Arguments)
+ */
+static const char *quote_arg(const char *arg)
+{
+	/* count chars to quote */
+	int len = 0, n = 0;
+	int force_quotes = 0;
+	char *q, *d;
+	const char *p = arg;
+	if (!*p) force_quotes = 1;
+	while (*p) {
+		if (isspace(*p) || *p == '*' || *p == '?')
+			force_quotes = 1;
+		else if (*p == '"')
+			n++;
+		else if (*p == '\\') {
+			int count = 0;
+			while (*p == '\\') {
+				count++;
+				p++;
+				len++;
+			}
+			if (*p == '"')
+				n += count*2 + 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		len++;
+		p++;
+	}
+	if (!force_quotes && n == 0)
+		return arg;
+
+	/* insert \ where necessary */
+	d = q = xmalloc(len+n+3);
+	*d++ = '"';
+	while (*arg) {
+		if (*arg == '"')
+			*d++ = '\\';
+		else if (*arg == '\\') {
+			int count = 0;
+			while (*arg == '\\') {
+				count++;
+				*d++ = *arg++;
+			}
+			if (*arg == '"') {
+				while (count-- > 0)
+					*d++ = '\\';
+				*d++ = '\\';
+			}
+		}
+		*d++ = *arg++;
+	}
+	*d++ = '"';
+	*d++ = 0;
+	return q;
+}
+
 static const char *parse_interpreter(const char *cmd)
 {
 	static char buf[100];
@@ -311,6 +371,138 @@ static char *path_lookup(const char *cmd, char **path, int exe_only)
 	return prog;
 }
 
+static int env_compare(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	char *const *ea = a;
+	char *const *eb = b;
+	return strcasecmp(*ea, *eb);
+}
+
+static pid_t mingw_spawnve(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env,
+			   int prepend_cmd)
+{
+	STARTUPINFO si;
+	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
+	struct strbuf envblk, args;
+	unsigned flags;
+	BOOL ret;
+
+	/* Determine whether or not we are associated to a console */
+	HANDLE cons = CreateFile("CONOUT$", GENERIC_WRITE,
+			FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+	if (cons == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		/* There is no console associated with this process.
+		 * Since the child is a console process, Windows
+		 * would normally create a console window. But
+		 * since we'll be redirecting std streams, we do
+		 * not need the console.
+		 */
+		flags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
+	} else {
+		/* There is already a console. If we specified
+		 * CREATE_NO_WINDOW here, too, Windows would
+		 * disassociate the child from the console.
+		 * Go figure!
+		 */
+		flags = 0;
+		CloseHandle(cons);
+	}
+	memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
+	si.cb = sizeof(si);
+	si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
+	si.hStdInput = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(0);
+	si.hStdOutput = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(1);
+	si.hStdError = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(2);
+
+	/* concatenate argv, quoting args as we go */
+	strbuf_init(&args, 0);
+	if (prepend_cmd) {
+		char *quoted = (char *)quote_arg(cmd);
+		strbuf_addstr(&args, quoted);
+		if (quoted != cmd)
+			free(quoted);
+	}
+	for (; *argv; argv++) {
+		char *quoted = (char *)quote_arg(*argv);
+		if (*args.buf)
+			strbuf_addch(&args, ' ');
+		strbuf_addstr(&args, quoted);
+		if (quoted != *argv)
+			free(quoted);
+	}
+
+	if (env) {
+		int count = 0;
+		char **e, **sorted_env;
+
+		for (e = env; *e; e++)
+			count++;
+
+		/* environment must be sorted */
+		sorted_env = xmalloc(sizeof(*sorted_env) * (count + 1));
+		memcpy(sorted_env, env, sizeof(*sorted_env) * (count + 1));
+		qsort(sorted_env, count, sizeof(*sorted_env), env_compare);
+
+		strbuf_init(&envblk, 0);
+		for (e = sorted_env; *e; e++) {
+			strbuf_addstr(&envblk, *e);
+			strbuf_addch(&envblk, '\0');
+		}
+		free(sorted_env);
+	}
+
+	memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
+	ret = CreateProcess(cmd, args.buf, NULL, NULL, TRUE, flags,
+		env ? envblk.buf : NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
+
+	if (env)
+		strbuf_release(&envblk);
+	strbuf_release(&args);
+
+	if (!ret) {
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+	return (pid_t)pi.hProcess;
+}
+
+pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+	char **path = get_path_split();
+	char *prog = path_lookup(cmd, path, 0);
+
+	if (!prog) {
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		pid = -1;
+	}
+	else {
+		const char *interpr = parse_interpreter(prog);
+
+		if (interpr) {
+			const char *argv0 = argv[0];
+			char *iprog = path_lookup(interpr, path, 1);
+			argv[0] = prog;
+			if (!iprog) {
+				errno = ENOENT;
+				pid = -1;
+			}
+			else {
+				pid = mingw_spawnve(iprog, argv, env, 1);
+				free(iprog);
+			}
+			argv[0] = argv0;
+		}
+		else
+			pid = mingw_spawnve(prog, argv, env, 0);
+		free(prog);
+	}
+	free_path_split(path);
+	return pid;
+}
+
 static int try_shell_exec(const char *cmd, char *const *argv, char **env)
 {
 	const char *interpr = parse_interpreter(cmd);
@@ -326,11 +518,10 @@ static int try_shell_exec(const char *cmd, char *const *argv, char **env)
 		int argc = 0;
 		const char **argv2;
 		while (argv[argc]) argc++;
-		argv2 = xmalloc(sizeof(*argv) * (argc+2));
-		argv2[0] = (char *)interpr;
-		argv2[1] = (char *)cmd;	/* full path to the script file */
-		memcpy(&argv2[2], &argv[1], sizeof(*argv) * argc);
-		pid = spawnve(_P_NOWAIT, prog, argv2, (const char **)env);
+		argv2 = xmalloc(sizeof(*argv) * (argc+1));
+		argv2[0] = (char *)cmd;	/* full path to the script file */
+		memcpy(&argv2[1], &argv[1], sizeof(*argv) * argc);
+		pid = mingw_spawnve(prog, argv2, env, 1);
 		if (pid >= 0) {
 			int status;
 			if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
@@ -351,7 +542,7 @@ static void mingw_execve(const char *cmd, char *const *argv, char *const *env)
 	if (!try_shell_exec(cmd, argv, (char **)env)) {
 		int pid, status;
 
-		pid = spawnve(_P_NOWAIT, cmd, (const char **)argv, (const char **)env);
+		pid = mingw_spawnve(cmd, (const char **)argv, (char **)env, 0);
 		if (pid < 0)
 			return;
 		if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 0324789..570eb10 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 #define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
 
+pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env);
 void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
 #define execvp mingw_execvp
 
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 3834f86..5ed338c 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 		cmd->argv[0] = git_cmd.buf;
 	}
 
-	cmd->pid = spawnvpe(_P_NOWAIT, cmd->argv[0], cmd->argv, (const char **)env);
+	cmd->pid = mingw_spawnvpe(cmd->argv[0], cmd->argv, env);
 
 	if (cmd->env)
 		free_environ(env);

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 146c170..d44fbb3 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -23,6 +23,138 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+static inline time_t filetime_to_time_t(const FILETIME *ft)
+{
+	long long winTime = ((long long)ft->dwHighDateTime << 32) + ft->dwLowDateTime;
+	winTime -= 116444736000000000LL; /* Windows to Unix Epoch conversion */
+	winTime /= 10000000;		 /* Nano to seconds resolution */
+	return (time_t)winTime;
+}
+
+extern int _getdrive( void );
+/* We keep the do_lstat code in a separate function to avoid recursion.
+ * When a path ends with a slash, the stat will fail with ENOENT. In
+ * this case, we strip the trailing slashes and stat again.
+ */
+static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+{
+	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fdata;
+
+	if (GetFileAttributesExA(file_name, GetFileExInfoStandard, &fdata)) {
+		int fMode = S_IREAD;
+		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+			fMode |= S_IFDIR;
+		else
+			fMode |= S_IFREG;
+		if (!(fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
+			fMode |= S_IWRITE;
+
+		buf->st_ino = 0;
+		buf->st_gid = 0;
+		buf->st_uid = 0;
+		buf->st_nlink = 1;
+		buf->st_mode = fMode;
+		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow; /* Can't use nFileSizeHigh, since it's not a stat64 */
+		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = (_getdrive() - 1);
+		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
+		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
+		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
+		errno = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	switch (GetLastError()) {
+	case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
+	case ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION:
+	case ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION:
+	case ERROR_SHARING_BUFFER_EXCEEDED:
+		errno = EACCES;
+		break;
+	case ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW:
+		errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
+		break;
+	case ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY:
+		errno = ENOMEM;
+		break;
+	default:
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		break;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* We provide our own lstat/fstat functions, since the provided
+ * lstat/fstat functions are so slow. These stat functions are
+ * tailored for Git's usage (read: fast), and are not meant to be
+ * complete. Note that Git stat()s are redirected to mingw_lstat()
+ * too, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks that well.
+ */
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+{
+	int namelen;
+	static char alt_name[PATH_MAX];
+
+	if (!do_lstat(file_name, buf))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* if file_name ended in a '/', Windows returned ENOENT;
+	 * try again without trailing slashes
+	 */
+	if (errno != ENOENT)
+		return -1;
+
+	namelen = strlen(file_name);
+	if (namelen && file_name[namelen-1] != '/')
+		return -1;
+	while (namelen && file_name[namelen-1] == '/')
+		--namelen;
+	if (!namelen || namelen >= PATH_MAX)
+		return -1;
+
+	memcpy(alt_name, file_name, namelen);
+	alt_name[namelen] = 0;
+	return do_lstat(alt_name, buf);
+}
+
+#undef fstat
+int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)
+{
+	HANDLE fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
+	BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION fdata;
+
+	if (fh == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		errno = EBADF;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* direct non-file handles to MS's fstat() */
+	if (GetFileType(fh) != FILE_TYPE_DISK)
+		return fstat(fd, buf);
+
+	if (GetFileInformationByHandle(fh, &fdata)) {
+		int fMode = S_IREAD;
+		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+			fMode |= S_IFDIR;
+		else
+			fMode |= S_IFREG;
+		if (!(fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
+			fMode |= S_IWRITE;
+
+		buf->st_ino = 0;
+		buf->st_gid = 0;
+		buf->st_uid = 0;
+		buf->st_nlink = 1;
+		buf->st_mode = fMode;
+		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow; /* Can't use nFileSizeHigh, since it's not a stat64 */
+		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = (_getdrive() - 1);
+		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
+		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
+		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
+		return 0;
+	}
+	errno = EBADF;
+	return -1;
+}
+
 unsigned int sleep (unsigned int seconds)
 {
 	Sleep(seconds*1000);
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 570eb10..0583a1f 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ struct itimerval {
 #define ITIMER_REAL 0
 
 #define st_blocks st_size/512	/* will be cleaned up later */
-#define lstat stat
 
 /*
  * trivial stubs
@@ -608,6 +607,15 @@ int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz);
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 
+/* Use mingw_lstat() instead of lstat()/stat() and
+ * mingw_fstat() instead of fstat() on Windows.
+ */
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf);
+int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf);
+#define fstat mingw_fstat
+#define lstat mingw_lstat
+#define stat(x,y) mingw_lstat(x,y)
+
 int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 #define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf
 

compat/mingw.c, git-compat-util.h

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index d44fbb3..0888288 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ static inline time_t filetime_to_time_t(const FILETIME *ft)
 	return (time_t)winTime;
 }
 
+static inline size_t size_to_blocks(size_t s)
+{
+	return (s+511)/512;
+}
+
 extern int _getdrive( void );
 /* We keep the do_lstat code in a separate function to avoid recursion.
  * When a path ends with a slash, the stat will fail with ENOENT. In
@@ -52,10 +57,10 @@ static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_ino = 0;
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
 		buf->st_uid = 0;
-		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = fMode;
 		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow; /* Can't use nFileSizeHigh, since it's not a stat64 */
-		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = (_getdrive() - 1);
+		buf->st_blocks = size_to_blocks(buf->st_size);
+		buf->st_dev = _getdrive() - 1;
 		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
 		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
 		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
  * complete. Note that Git stat()s are redirected to mingw_lstat()
  * too, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks that well.
  */
-int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
 {
 	int namelen;
 	static char alt_name[PATH_MAX];
@@ -117,7 +122,8 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 }
 
 #undef fstat
-int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)
+#undef stat
+int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct mingw_stat *buf)
 {
 	HANDLE fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
 	BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION fdata;
@@ -127,8 +133,22 @@ int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)
 		return -1;
 	}
 	/* direct non-file handles to MS's fstat() */
-	if (GetFileType(fh) != FILE_TYPE_DISK)
-		return fstat(fd, buf);
+	if (GetFileType(fh) != FILE_TYPE_DISK) {
+		struct stat st;
+		if (fstat(fd, &st))
+			return -1;
+		buf->st_ino = st.st_ino;
+		buf->st_gid = st.st_gid;
+		buf->st_uid = st.st_uid;
+		buf->st_mode = st.st_mode;
+		buf->st_size = st.st_size;
+		buf->st_blocks = size_to_blocks(buf->st_size);
+		buf->st_dev = st.st_dev;
+		buf->st_atime = st.st_atime;
+		buf->st_mtime = st.st_mtime;
+		buf->st_ctime = st.st_ctime;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (GetFileInformationByHandle(fh, &fdata)) {
 		int fMode = S_IREAD;
@@ -142,10 +162,10 @@ int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_ino = 0;
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
 		buf->st_uid = 0;
-		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = fMode;
 		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow; /* Can't use nFileSizeHigh, since it's not a stat64 */
-		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = (_getdrive() - 1);
+		buf->st_blocks = size_to_blocks(buf->st_size);
+		buf->st_dev = _getdrive() - 1;
 		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
 		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
 		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 0583a1f..4a53b3b 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -508,8 +508,6 @@ struct itimerval {
 };
 #define ITIMER_REAL 0
 
-#define st_blocks st_size/512	/* will be cleaned up later */
-
 /*
  * trivial stubs
  */
@@ -609,12 +607,22 @@ int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 
 /* Use mingw_lstat() instead of lstat()/stat() and
  * mingw_fstat() instead of fstat() on Windows.
+ * struct stat is redefined because it lacks the st_blocks member.
  */
-int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf);
-int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf);
+struct mingw_stat {
+	unsigned st_mode;
+	time_t st_mtime, st_atime, st_ctime;
+	unsigned st_dev, st_ino, st_uid, st_gid;
+	size_t st_size;
+	size_t st_blocks;
+};
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf);
+int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct mingw_stat *buf);
 #define fstat mingw_fstat
 #define lstat mingw_lstat
-#define stat(x,y) mingw_lstat(x,y)
+#define stat mingw_stat
+static inline int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
+{ return mingw_lstat(file_name, buf); }
 
 int mingw_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 #define vsnprintf mingw_vsnprintf

diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index 343545d..3f3fa79 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 #define MAX_ARGS	32
 
 extern char **environ;
-static const char *builtin_exec_path = GIT_EXEC_PATH;
 static const char *argv_exec_path;
 
+static const char *builtin_exec_path(void)
+{
+	return GIT_EXEC_PATH;
+}
+
 void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
 {
 	argv_exec_path = exec_path;
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ const char *git_exec_path(void)
 		return env;
 	}
 
-	return builtin_exec_path;
+	return builtin_exec_path();
 }
 
 static void add_path(struct strbuf *out, const char *path)
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ void setup_path(const char *cmd_path)
 
 	add_path(&new_path, argv_exec_path);
 	add_path(&new_path, getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT));
-	add_path(&new_path, builtin_exec_path);
+	add_path(&new_path, builtin_exec_path());
 	add_path(&new_path, cmd_path);
 
 	if (old_path)

diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index 3f3fa79..6d2f740 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -8,7 +8,36 @@ static const char *argv_exec_path;
 
 static const char *builtin_exec_path(void)
 {
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	return GIT_EXEC_PATH;
+#else
+	int len;
+	char *p, *q, *sl;
+	static char *ep;
+	if (ep)
+		return ep;
+
+	len = strlen(_pgmptr);
+	if (len < 2)
+		return ep = ".";
+
+	p = ep = xmalloc(len+1);
+	q = _pgmptr;
+	sl = NULL;
+	/* copy program name, turn '\\' into '/', skip last part */
+	while ((*p = *q)) {
+		if (*q == '\\' || *q == '/') {
+			*p = '/';
+			sl = p;
+		}
+		p++, q++;
+	}
+	if (sl)
+		*sl = '\0';
+	else
+		ep[0] = '.', ep[1] = '\0';
+	return ep;
+#endif
 }
 
 void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d4a591..15b13c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
 	NOEXECTEMPL = .noexec
+	template_dir = ../share/git-core/templates/
+	ETC_GITCONFIG = ../etc/gitconfig
 endif
 ifneq (,$(findstring arm,$(uname_M)))
 	ARM_SHA1 = YesPlease

Makefile, templates/Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15b13c0..53a4e2a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ GITWEB_FAVICON = git-favicon.png
 GITWEB_SITE_HEADER =
 GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER =
 
-export prefix bindir gitexecdir sharedir template_dir htmldir sysconfdir
+export prefix bindir gitexecdir sharedir htmldir sysconfdir
 
 CC = gcc
 AR = ar
@@ -1094,6 +1094,13 @@ remove-dashes:
 
 ### Installation rules
 
+ifeq ($(firstword $(subst /, ,$(template_dir))),..)
+template_instdir = $(gitexecdir)/$(template_dir)
+else
+template_instdir = $template_dir
+endif
+export template_instdir
+
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexecdir_SQ)'
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index b341105..eb08702 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ INSTALL ?= install
 TAR ?= tar
 RM ?= rm -f
 prefix ?= $(HOME)
-template_dir ?= $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates
+template_instdir ?= $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates
 # DESTDIR=
 # set NOEXECTEMPL to non-empty to change the names of hook scripts
 # so that the tools will not find them
 
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
 DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
-template_dir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(template_dir))
+template_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(template_instdir))
 
 all: boilerplates.made custom
 
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ clean:
 	$(RM) -r blt boilerplates.made
 
 install: all
-	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_dir_SQ)'
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)'
 	(cd blt && $(TAR) cf - .) | \
-	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_dir_SQ)' && $(TAR) xf -)
+	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && $(TAR) xf -)

diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index ca002f9..3f7f8c1 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 
 /*
- * This is split up from the rest of git so that we might do
- * something different on Windows, for example.
+ * This is split up from the rest of git so that we can do
+ * something different on Windows.
  */
 
 static int spawned_pager;
 
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 static void run_pager(const char *pager)
 {
 	/*
@@ -22,11 +23,31 @@ static void run_pager(const char *pager)
 	execlp(pager, pager, NULL);
 	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager, NULL);
 }
+#else
+#include "run-command.h"
+
+static const char *pager_argv[] = { "sh", "-c", NULL, NULL };
+static struct child_process pager_process = {
+	.argv = pager_argv,
+	.in = -1
+};
+static void wait_for_pager(void)
+{
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
+	/* signal EOF to pager */
+	close(1);
+	close(2);
+	finish_command(&pager_process);
+}
+#endif
 
 void setup_pager(void)
 {
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	pid_t pid;
 	int fd[2];
+#endif
 	const char *pager = getenv("GIT_PAGER");
 
 	if (!isatty(1))
@@ -45,6 +66,7 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 
 	spawned_pager = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */
 
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 	if (pipe(fd) < 0)
 		return;
 	pid = fork();
@@ -72,6 +94,20 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 	run_pager(pager);
 	die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
 	exit(255);
+#else
+	/* spawn the pager */
+	pager_argv[2] = pager;
+	if (start_command(&pager_process))
+		return;
+
+	/* original process continues, but writes to the pipe */
+	dup2(pager_process.in, 1);
+	dup2(pager_process.in, 2);
+	close(pager_process.in);
+
+	/* this makes sure that the parent terminates after the pager */
+	atexit(wait_for_pager);
+#endif
 }
 
 int pager_in_use(void)

diff --git a/write_or_die.c b/write_or_die.c
index e125e11..f3b8566 100644
--- a/write_or_die.c
+++ b/write_or_die.c
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ void maybe_flush_or_die(FILE *f, const char *desc)
 			return;
 	}
 	if (fflush(f)) {
-		if (errno == EPIPE)
+		/*
+		 * On Windows, EPIPE is returned only by the first write()
+		 * after the reading end has closed its handle; subsequent
+		 * write()s return EINVAL.
+		 */
+		if (errno == EPIPE || errno == EINVAL)
 			exit(0);
 		die("write failure on %s: %s", desc, strerror(errno));
 	}

diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 32d780a..e4999ea 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -312,15 +312,17 @@ static void wt_status_print_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 static void wt_status_print_verbose(struct wt_status *s)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
-	int saved_stdout;
+	int saved_stdout = -1;
 
 	fflush(s->fp);
 
 	/* Sigh, the entire diff machinery is hardcoded to output to
 	 * stdout.  Do the dup-dance...*/
-	saved_stdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
-	if (saved_stdout < 0 ||dup2(fileno(s->fp), STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
-		die("couldn't redirect stdout\n");
+	if (fileno(s->fp) != STDOUT_FILENO) {
+		saved_stdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
+		if (saved_stdout < 0 ||dup2(fileno(s->fp), STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
+			die("couldn't redirect stdout\n");
+	}
 
 	init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
 	setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, s->reference);
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_verbose(struct wt_status *s)
 
 	fflush(stdout);
 
-	if (dup2(saved_stdout, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
+	if (saved_stdout >= 0 && dup2(saved_stdout, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
 		die("couldn't restore stdout\n");
 	close(saved_stdout);
 }

diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 8143dcd..0248c76 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -163,6 +163,32 @@ static void pretty_print_string_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, int longest)
 	}
 }
 
+static int is_executable(const char *name)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (stat(name, &st) || /* stat, not lstat */
+	    !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+		return 0;
+
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	/* cannot trust the executable bit, peek into the file instead */
+	char buf[3] = { 0 };
+	int n;
+	int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
+	st.st_mode &= ~S_IXUSR;
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		n = read(fd, buf, 2);
+		if (n == 2)
+			/* DOS executables start with "MZ" */
+			if (!strcmp(buf, "#!") || !strcmp(buf, "MZ"))
+				st.st_mode |= S_IXUSR;
+		close(fd);
+	}
+#endif
+	return st.st_mode & S_IXUSR;
+}
+
 static unsigned int list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
 					 const char *path)
 {
@@ -176,15 +202,12 @@ static unsigned int list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
 		return 0;
 
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
-		struct stat st;
 		int entlen;
 
 		if (prefixcmp(de->d_name, prefix))
 			continue;
 
-		if (stat(de->d_name, &st) || /* stat, not lstat */
-		    !S_ISREG(st.st_mode) ||
-		    !(st.st_mode & S_IXUSR))
+		if (!is_executable(de->d_name))
 			continue;
 
 		entlen = strlen(de->d_name) - prefix_len;
@@ -208,6 +231,11 @@ static void list_commands(void)
 	const char *env_path = getenv("PATH");
 	char *paths, *path, *colon;
 	const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	char sep = ';';
+#else
+	char sep = ':';
+#endif
 
 	if (exec_path)
 		longest = list_commands_in_dir(&main_cmds, exec_path);
@@ -219,7 +247,7 @@ static void list_commands(void)
 
 	path = paths = xstrdup(env_path);
 	while (1) {
-		if ((colon = strchr(path, ':')))
+		if ((colon = strchr(path, sep)))
 			*colon = 0;
 
 		len = list_commands_in_dir(&other_cmds, path);

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 4260952..7f18539 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ int git_mkstemp(char *path, size_t len, const char *template)
 	size_t n;
 
 	tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	/* on Windows it is TMP and TEMP */
+	if (!tmp)
+	    tmp = getenv("TMP");
+	if (!tmp)
+	    tmp = getenv("TEMP");
+#endif
 	if (!tmp)
 		tmp = "/tmp";
 	n = snprintf(path, len, "%s/%s", tmp, template);

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 4a53b3b..5ecdd40 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -631,6 +631,10 @@ pid_t mingw_spawnvpe(const char *cmd, const char **argv, char **env);
 void mingw_execvp(const char *cmd, char *const *argv);
 #define execvp mingw_execvp
 
+static inline unsigned int git_ntohl(unsigned int x)
+{ return (unsigned int)ntohl(x); }
+#define ntohl git_ntohl
+
 sig_handler_t mingw_signal(int sig, sig_handler_t handler);
 #define signal mingw_signal
 

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 5ecdd40..4a8df8e 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ extern int git_munmap(void *start, size_t length);
 #define pread git_pread
 extern ssize_t git_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 #endif
+/* Forward decl that will remind us if its twin in cache.h changes.
+   This function in used in compat/pread.c.  But we can't include
+   cache.h there. */
+extern int read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
 
 #ifdef NO_SETENV
 #define setenv gitsetenv

Makefile, cache.h, compat/mingw.c, connect.c, exec_cmd.c, git-compat-util.h, help.c, setup.c, sha1_file.c, templates/Makefile, transport.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 53a4e2a..2ea53c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ PROGRAMS = \
 	git-pack-redundant$X git-var$X \
 	git-merge-tree$X \
 	git-merge-recursive$X \
+	$(POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS) \
 	$(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
 
 # Empty...
@@ -541,9 +542,11 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
 	NO_SVN_TESTS = YesPlease
 	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER = YesPlease
-	NO_EXTRA_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
+	NO_POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DPATH_SEP="';'"
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DPRIuMAX=\"I64u\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
@@ -611,8 +614,8 @@ ifdef ZLIB_PATH
 endif
 EXTLIBS += -lz
 
-ifndef NO_EXTRA_PROGRAMS
-	EXTRA_PROGRAMS += \
+ifndef NO_POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS
+	POSIX_ONLY_PROGRAMS = \
 		git-daemon$X \
 		git-imap-send$X
 endif
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 3e4e10a..781fa40 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -441,11 +441,7 @@ int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
 char *enter_repo(char *path, int strict);
 static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
-	return path[0] == '/';
-#else
-	return path[0] == '/' || (path[0] && path[1] == ':');
-#endif
+	return path[0] == '/' || has_dos_drive_prefix(path);
 }
 const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path);
 
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 0888288..6733727 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -330,16 +330,13 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm 
*result)
 #undef getcwd
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 {
+	int i;
 	char *ret = getcwd(pointer, len);
 	if (!ret)
 		return ret;
-	if (pointer[0] != 0 && pointer[1] == ':') {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 2; pointer[i]; i++)
-			/* Thanks, Bill. You'll burn in hell for that. */
-			if (pointer[i] == '\\')
-				pointer[i] = '/';
-	}
+	for (i = 0; pointer[i]; i++)
+		if (pointer[i] == '\\')
+			pointer[i] = '/';
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 7e18ac8..cb81b8c 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -529,13 +529,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char 
*url_orig,
 		end = host;
 
 	path = strchr(end, c);
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-	/* host must have at least 2 chars to catch DOS C:/path */
-	if (path && path - end > 1)
-#else
-	if (path)
-#endif
-	{
+	if (path && !has_dos_drive_prefix(end)) {
 		if (c == ':') {
 			protocol = PROTO_SSH;
 			*path++ = '\0';
diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index 6d2f740..84db7ee 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ static void add_path(struct strbuf *out, const char *path)
 		else
 			strbuf_addstr(out, make_absolute_path(path));
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-		strbuf_addch(out, ';');
-#else
-		strbuf_addch(out, ':');
-#endif
+		strbuf_addch(out, PATH_SEP);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 4a8df8e..3ea0d91 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PRIuMAX
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
 #define PRIuMAX "llu"
-#else
-#define PRIuMAX "I64u"
 #endif
+
+#ifndef PATH_SEP
+#define PATH_SEP ':'
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ extern int git_munmap(void *start, size_t length);
 #define pread git_pread
 extern ssize_t git_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 #endif
-/* Forward decl that will remind us if its twin in cache.h changes.
-   This function in used in compat/pread.c.  But we can't include
-   cache.h there. */
+/*
+ * Forward decl that will remind us if its twin in cache.h changes.
+ * This function is used in compat/pread.c.  But we can't include
+ * cache.h there.
+ */
 extern int read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
 
 #ifdef NO_SETENV
@@ -650,6 +652,18 @@ char **copy_environ(void);
 void free_environ(char **env);
 char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name);
 
+static inline int has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
+{
+	return isalpha(*path) && path[1] == ':';
+}
+
+#else /* __MINGW32__ */
+
+static inline int has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* __MINGW32__ */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 0248c76..b53c6d7 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -231,11 +231,6 @@ static void list_commands(void)
 	const char *env_path = getenv("PATH");
 	char *paths, *path, *colon;
 	const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-	char sep = ';';
-#else
-	char sep = ':';
-#endif
 
 	if (exec_path)
 		longest = list_commands_in_dir(&main_cmds, exec_path);
@@ -247,7 +242,7 @@ static void list_commands(void)
 
 	path = paths = xstrdup(env_path);
 	while (1) {
-		if ((colon = strchr(path, sep)))
+		if ((colon = strchr(path, PATH_SEP)))
 			*colon = 0;
 
 		len = list_commands_in_dir(&other_cmds, path);
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 77cc461..212763f 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ static inline int is_dir_sep(char c) { return c == '/'; }
 
 static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 {
-	char *dst0 = dst;
+	char *dst0;
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-	if (isalpha(*src) && src[1] == ':') {
+	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(src)) {
 		*dst++ = *src++;
 		*dst++ = *src++;
-		dst0 = dst;
 	}
-#endif
+	dst0 = dst;
+
 	if (is_dir_sep(*src)) {
 		*dst++ = '/';
 		while (is_dir_sep(*src))
@@ -39,30 +38,22 @@ static int sanitary_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 		 * (4) "../"          -- strip one, eat slash and continue.
 		 */
 		if (c == '.') {
-			switch (src[1]) {
-			case '\0':
+			if (!src[1]) {
 				/* (1) */
 				src++;
 				break;
-			case '/':
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-			case '\\':
-#endif
+			} else if (is_dir_sep(src[1])) {
 				/* (2) */
 				src += 2;
 				while (is_dir_sep(*src))
 					src++;
 				continue;
-			case '.':
-				switch (src[2]) {
-				case '\0':
+			} else if (src[1] == '.') {
+				if (!src[2]) {
 					/* (3) */
 					src += 2;
 					goto up_one;
-				case '/':
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-				case '\\':
-#endif
+				} else if (is_dir_sep(src[2])) {
 					/* (4) */
 					src += 3;
 					while (is_dir_sep(*src))
@@ -397,10 +388,8 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 
 	if (!getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)-1))
 		die("Unable to read current working directory");
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-	if (cwd[1] == ':')
+	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(cwd))
 		minoffset = 2;
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Test in the following order (relative to the cwd):
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 0c60849..fa34c75 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -85,10 +85,8 @@ int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1)
 
 static inline int offset_1st_component(const char *path)
 {
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-	if (isalpha(path[0]) && path[1] == ':')
+	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(path))
 		return 2 + (path[2] == '/');
-#endif
 	return *path == '/';
 }
 
@@ -395,11 +393,7 @@ void prepare_alt_odb(void)
 	if (!alt) alt = "";
 
 	alt_odb_tail = &alt_odb_list;
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-	link_alt_odb_entries(alt, alt + strlen(alt), ';', NULL, 0);
-#else
-	link_alt_odb_entries(alt, alt + strlen(alt), ':', NULL, 0);
-#endif
+	link_alt_odb_entries(alt, alt + strlen(alt), PATH_SEP, NULL, 0);
 
 	read_info_alternates(get_object_directory(), 0);
 }
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index eb08702..6c0da7a 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ boilerplates.made : $(bpsrc)
 		mkdir -p blt/$$dir && \
 		case "$$boilerplate" in \
 		*--) ;; \
-		*) if test -n "$$(sed -ne '/^#!\//p' -e '1q' < "$$boilerplate")"; then \
-			cp "$$boilerplate" "blt/$${dst}$(NOEXECTEMPL)"; \
-		   else \
-			cp "$$boilerplate" "blt/$$dst"; \
-		   fi ;; \
+		hooks--*) cp $$boilerplate blt/$${dst}$(NOEXECTEMPL) ;; \
+		*) cp $$boilerplate blt/$$dst ;; \
 		esac || exit; \
 	done && \
 	date >$@
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 397983d..266a6cc 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -692,7 +692,8 @@ static int is_local(const char *url)
 {
 	const char *colon = strchr(url, ':');
 	const char *slash = strchr(url, '/');
-	return !colon || (slash && slash < colon);
+	return !colon || (slash && slash < colon) ||
+		has_dos_drive_prefix(url);
 }
 
 static int is_file(const char *url)