diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb11fa1987e162c13a9fba492da41e26fdad7195..75277343f6f69931bfa008d69032734e2e2d0c8d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ LIB_H = \
 	diff.h object.h pack.h pkt-line.h quote.h refs.h list-objects.h sideband.h \
 	run-command.h strbuf.h tag.h tree.h git-compat-util.h revision.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
+	utf8.h reflog-walk.h patch-ids.h attr.h decorate.h progress.h \
+	mailmap.h remote.h
 
 DIFF_OBJS = \
 	diff.o diff-lib.o diffcore-break.o diffcore-order.o \
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ LIB_OBJS = \
 	write_or_die.o trace.o list-objects.o grep.o match-trees.o \
 	alloc.o merge-file.o path-list.o help.o unpack-trees.o $(DIFF_OBJS) \
 	color.o wt-status.o archive-zip.o archive-tar.o shallow.o utf8.o \
-	convert.o attr.o decorate.o progress.o mailmap.o symlinks.o
+	convert.o attr.o decorate.o progress.o mailmap.o symlinks.o remote.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS = \
 	builtin-add.o \
diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index cb78401c946eac9019c2e4e953c3b87ef9e214f3..2612f07f74855ad6dec8ccd605279ab3a502e5e2 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
-
-#define MAX_URI (16)
+#include "remote.h"
 
 static const char push_usage[] = "git-push [--all] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]";
 
-static int all, tags, force, thin = 1, verbose;
+static int all, force, thin = 1, verbose;
 static const char *receivepack;
 
-#define BUF_SIZE (2084)
-static char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
-
 static const char **refspec;
 static int refspec_nr;
 
@@ -27,285 +23,47 @@ static void add_refspec(const char *ref)
 	refspec_nr = nr;
 }
 
-static int expand_one_ref(const char *ref, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
-{
-	/* Ignore the "refs/" at the beginning of the refname */
-	ref += 5;
-
-	if (!prefixcmp(ref, "tags/"))
-		add_refspec(xstrdup(ref));
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void expand_refspecs(void)
-{
-	if (all) {
-		if (refspec_nr)
-			die("cannot mix '--all' and a refspec");
-
-		/*
-		 * No need to expand "--all" - we'll just use
-		 * the "--all" flag to send-pack
-		 */
-		return;
-	}
-	if (!tags)
-		return;
-	for_each_ref(expand_one_ref, NULL);
-}
-
-struct wildcard_cb {
-	const char *from_prefix;
-	int from_prefix_len;
-	const char *to_prefix;
-	int to_prefix_len;
-	int force;
-};
-
-static int expand_wildcard_ref(const char *ref, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct wildcard_cb *cb = cb_data;
-	int len = strlen(ref);
-	char *expanded, *newref;
-
-	if (len < cb->from_prefix_len ||
-	    memcmp(cb->from_prefix, ref, cb->from_prefix_len))
-		return 0;
-	expanded = xmalloc(len * 2 + cb->force +
-			   (cb->to_prefix_len - cb->from_prefix_len) + 2);
-	newref = expanded + cb->force;
-	if (cb->force)
-		expanded[0] = '+';
-	memcpy(newref, ref, len);
-	newref[len] = ':';
-	memcpy(newref + len + 1, cb->to_prefix, cb->to_prefix_len);
-	strcpy(newref + len + 1 + cb->to_prefix_len,
-	       ref + cb->from_prefix_len);
-	add_refspec(expanded);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int wildcard_ref(const char *ref)
-{
-	int len;
-	const char *colon;
-	struct wildcard_cb cb;
-
-	memset(&cb, 0, sizeof(cb));
-	if (ref[0] == '+') {
-		cb.force = 1;
-		ref++;
-	}
-	len = strlen(ref);
-	colon = strchr(ref, ':');
-	if (! (colon && ref < colon &&
-	       colon[-2] == '/' && colon[-1] == '*' &&
-	       /* "<mine>/<asterisk>:<yours>/<asterisk>" is at least 7 bytes */
-	       7 <= len &&
-	       ref[len-2] == '/' && ref[len-1] == '*') )
-		return 0 ;
-	cb.from_prefix = ref;
-	cb.from_prefix_len = colon - ref - 1;
-	cb.to_prefix = colon + 1;
-	cb.to_prefix_len = len - (colon - ref) - 2;
-	for_each_ref(expand_wildcard_ref, &cb);
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static void set_refspecs(const char **refs, int nr)
 {
-	if (nr) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
-			const char *ref = refs[i];
-			if (!strcmp("tag", ref)) {
-				char *tag;
-				int len;
-				if (nr <= ++i)
-					die("tag shorthand without <tag>");
-				len = strlen(refs[i]) + 11;
-				tag = xmalloc(len);
-				strcpy(tag, "refs/tags/");
-				strcat(tag, refs[i]);
-				ref = tag;
-			}
-			else if (wildcard_ref(ref))
-				continue;
-			add_refspec(ref);
-		}
-	}
-	expand_refspecs();
-}
-
-static int get_remotes_uri(const char *repo, const char *uri[MAX_URI])
-{
-	int n = 0;
-	FILE *f = fopen(git_path("remotes/%s", repo), "r");
-	int has_explicit_refspec = refspec_nr || all || tags;
-
-	if (!f)
-		return -1;
-	while (fgets(buffer, BUF_SIZE, f)) {
-		int is_refspec;
-		char *s, *p;
-
-		if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "URL:")) {
-			is_refspec = 0;
-			s = buffer + 4;
-		} else if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "Push:")) {
-			is_refspec = 1;
-			s = buffer + 5;
-		} else
-			continue;
-
-		/* Remove whitespace at the head.. */
-		while (isspace(*s))
-			s++;
-		if (!*s)
-			continue;
-
-		/* ..and at the end */
-		p = s + strlen(s);
-		while (isspace(p[-1]))
-			*--p = 0;
-
-		if (!is_refspec) {
-			if (n < MAX_URI)
-				uri[n++] = xstrdup(s);
-			else
-				error("more than %d URL's specified, ignoring the rest", MAX_URI);
-		}
-		else if (is_refspec && !has_explicit_refspec) {
-			if (!wildcard_ref(s))
-				add_refspec(xstrdup(s));
-		}
-	}
-	fclose(f);
-	if (!n)
-		die("remote '%s' has no URL", repo);
-	return n;
-}
-
-static const char **config_uri;
-static const char *config_repo;
-static int config_repo_len;
-static int config_current_uri;
-static int config_get_refspecs;
-static int config_get_receivepack;
-
-static int get_remote_config(const char* key, const char* value)
-{
-	if (!prefixcmp(key, "remote.") &&
-	    !strncmp(key + 7, config_repo, config_repo_len)) {
-		if (!strcmp(key + 7 + config_repo_len, ".url")) {
-			if (config_current_uri < MAX_URI)
-				config_uri[config_current_uri++] = xstrdup(value);
-			else
-				error("more than %d URL's specified, ignoring the rest", MAX_URI);
-		}
-		else if (config_get_refspecs &&
-			 !strcmp(key + 7 + config_repo_len, ".push")) {
-			if (!wildcard_ref(value))
-				add_refspec(xstrdup(value));
-		}
-		else if (config_get_receivepack &&
-			 !strcmp(key + 7 + config_repo_len, ".receivepack")) {
-			if (!receivepack) {
-				char *rp = xmalloc(strlen(value) + 16);
-				sprintf(rp, "--receive-pack=%s", value);
-				receivepack = rp;
-			} else
-				error("more than one receivepack given, using the first");
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int get_config_remotes_uri(const char *repo, const char *uri[MAX_URI])
-{
-	config_repo_len = strlen(repo);
-	config_repo = repo;
-	config_current_uri = 0;
-	config_uri = uri;
-	config_get_refspecs = !(refspec_nr || all || tags);
-	config_get_receivepack = (receivepack == NULL);
-
-	git_config(get_remote_config);
-	return config_current_uri;
-}
-
-static int get_branches_uri(const char *repo, const char *uri[MAX_URI])
-{
-	const char *slash = strchr(repo, '/');
-	int n = slash ? slash - repo : 1000;
-	FILE *f = fopen(git_path("branches/%.*s", n, repo), "r");
-	char *s, *p;
-	int len;
-
-	if (!f)
-		return 0;
-	s = fgets(buffer, BUF_SIZE, f);
-	fclose(f);
-	if (!s)
-		return 0;
-	while (isspace(*s))
-		s++;
-	if (!*s)
-		return 0;
-	p = s + strlen(s);
-	while (isspace(p[-1]))
-		*--p = 0;
-	len = p - s;
-	if (slash)
-		len += strlen(slash);
-	p = xmalloc(len + 1);
-	strcpy(p, s);
-	if (slash)
-		strcat(p, slash);
-	uri[0] = p;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/*
- * Read remotes and branches file, fill the push target URI
- * list.  If there is no command line refspecs, read Push: lines
- * to set up the *refspec list as well.
- * return the number of push target URIs
- */
-static int read_config(const char *repo, const char *uri[MAX_URI])
-{
-	int n;
-
-	if (*repo != '/') {
-		n = get_remotes_uri(repo, uri);
-		if (n > 0)
-			return n;
-
-		n = get_config_remotes_uri(repo, uri);
-		if (n > 0)
-			return n;
-
-		n = get_branches_uri(repo, uri);
-		if (n > 0)
-			return n;
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+		const char *ref = refs[i];
+		if (!strcmp("tag", ref)) {
+			char *tag;
+			int len;
+			if (nr <= ++i)
+				die("tag shorthand without <tag>");
+			len = strlen(refs[i]) + 11;
+			tag = xmalloc(len);
+			strcpy(tag, "refs/tags/");
+			strcat(tag, refs[i]);
+			ref = tag;
+		}
+		add_refspec(ref);
 	}
-
-	uri[0] = repo;
-	return 1;
 }
 
 static int do_push(const char *repo)
 {
-	const char *uri[MAX_URI];
-	int i, n, errs;
+	int i, errs;
 	int common_argc;
 	const char **argv;
 	int argc;
+	struct remote *remote = remote_get(repo);
 
-	n = read_config(repo, uri);
-	if (n <= 0)
+	if (!remote)
 		die("bad repository '%s'", repo);
 
+	if (remote->receivepack) {
+		char *rp = xmalloc(strlen(remote->receivepack) + 16);
+		sprintf(rp, "--receive-pack=%s", remote->receivepack);
+		receivepack = rp;
+	}
+	if (!refspec && !all && remote->push_refspec_nr) {
+		refspec = remote->push_refspec;
+		refspec_nr = remote->push_refspec_nr;
+	}
+
 	argv = xmalloc((refspec_nr + 10) * sizeof(char *));
 	argv[0] = "dummy-send-pack";
 	argc = 1;
@@ -318,18 +76,23 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo)
 	common_argc = argc;
 
 	errs = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->uri_nr; i++) {
 		int err;
 		int dest_argc = common_argc;
 		int dest_refspec_nr = refspec_nr;
 		const char **dest_refspec = refspec;
-		const char *dest = uri[i];
+		const char *dest = remote->uri[i];
 		const char *sender = "send-pack";
 		if (!prefixcmp(dest, "http://") ||
 		    !prefixcmp(dest, "https://"))
 			sender = "http-push";
-		else if (thin)
-			argv[dest_argc++] = "--thin";
+		else {
+			char *rem = xmalloc(strlen(remote->name) + 10);
+			sprintf(rem, "--remote=%s", remote->name);
+			argv[dest_argc++] = rem;
+			if (thin)
+				argv[dest_argc++] = "--thin";
+		}
 		argv[0] = sender;
 		argv[dest_argc++] = dest;
 		while (dest_refspec_nr--)
@@ -341,7 +104,7 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo)
 		if (!err)
 			continue;
 
-		error("failed to push to '%s'", uri[i]);
+		error("failed to push to '%s'", remote->uri[i]);
 		switch (err) {
 		case -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK:
 			error("unable to fork for %s", sender);
@@ -362,7 +125,7 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo)
 int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i;
-	const char *repo = "origin";	/* default repository */
+	const char *repo = NULL;	/* default repository */
 
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
@@ -385,7 +148,7 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--tags")) {
-			tags = 1;
+			add_refspec("refs/tags/*");
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--force") || !strcmp(arg, "-f")) {
@@ -411,5 +174,8 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage(push_usage);
 	}
 	set_refspecs(argv + i, argc - i);
+	if (all && refspec)
+		usage(push_usage);
+
 	return do_push(repo);
 }
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index cd875bc2e95ded83eb8619eec106fff88a9012c4..ec85d93e0d39a3c55c9579c734401b80331aa19a 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -467,8 +467,6 @@ struct ref {
 extern pid_t git_connect(int fd[2], char *url, const char *prog, int flags);
 extern int finish_connect(pid_t pid);
 extern int path_match(const char *path, int nr, char **match);
-extern int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
-		      int nr_refspec, char **refspec, int all);
 extern int get_ack(int fd, unsigned char *result_sha1);
 extern struct ref **get_remote_heads(int in, struct ref **list, int nr_match, char **match, unsigned int flags);
 extern int server_supports(const char *feature);
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 375739205f72062c7b51e16ca4cdecc053e1c2da..8cbda88dda02e7de74149af1b387e537f77bc497 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "remote.h"
 
 static char *server_capabilities;
 
@@ -128,245 +129,6 @@ int path_match(const char *path, int nr, char **match)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct refspec {
-	char *src;
-	char *dst;
-	char force;
-};
-
-/*
- * A:B means fast forward remote B with local A.
- * +A:B means overwrite remote B with local A.
- * +A is a shorthand for +A:A.
- * A is a shorthand for A:A.
- * :B means delete remote B.
- */
-static struct refspec *parse_ref_spec(int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct refspec *rs = xcalloc(sizeof(*rs), (nr_refspec + 1));
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_refspec; i++) {
-		char *sp, *dp, *ep;
-		sp = refspec[i];
-		if (*sp == '+') {
-			rs[i].force = 1;
-			sp++;
-		}
-		ep = strchr(sp, ':');
-		if (ep) {
-			dp = ep + 1;
-			*ep = 0;
-		}
-		else
-			dp = sp;
-		rs[i].src = sp;
-		rs[i].dst = dp;
-	}
-	rs[nr_refspec].src = rs[nr_refspec].dst = NULL;
-	return rs;
-}
-
-static int count_refspec_match(const char *pattern,
-			       struct ref *refs,
-			       struct ref **matched_ref)
-{
-	int patlen = strlen(pattern);
-	struct ref *matched_weak = NULL;
-	struct ref *matched = NULL;
-	int weak_match = 0;
-	int match = 0;
-
-	for (weak_match = match = 0; refs; refs = refs->next) {
-		char *name = refs->name;
-		int namelen = strlen(name);
-		int weak_match;
-
-		if (namelen < patlen ||
-		    memcmp(name + namelen - patlen, pattern, patlen))
-			continue;
-		if (namelen != patlen && name[namelen - patlen - 1] != '/')
-			continue;
-
-		/* A match is "weak" if it is with refs outside
-		 * heads or tags, and did not specify the pattern
-		 * in full (e.g. "refs/remotes/origin/master") or at
-		 * least from the toplevel (e.g. "remotes/origin/master");
-		 * otherwise "git push $URL master" would result in
-		 * ambiguity between remotes/origin/master and heads/master
-		 * at the remote site.
-		 */
-		if (namelen != patlen &&
-		    patlen != namelen - 5 &&
-		    prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/") &&
-		    prefixcmp(name, "refs/tags/")) {
-			/* We want to catch the case where only weak
-			 * matches are found and there are multiple
-			 * matches, and where more than one strong
-			 * matches are found, as ambiguous.  One
-			 * strong match with zero or more weak matches
-			 * are acceptable as a unique match.
-			 */
-			matched_weak = refs;
-			weak_match++;
-		}
-		else {
-			matched = refs;
-			match++;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!matched) {
-		*matched_ref = matched_weak;
-		return weak_match;
-	}
-	else {
-		*matched_ref = matched;
-		return match;
-	}
-}
-
-static void link_dst_tail(struct ref *ref, struct ref ***tail)
-{
-	**tail = ref;
-	*tail = &ref->next;
-	**tail = NULL;
-}
-
-static struct ref *try_explicit_object_name(const char *name)
-{
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
-	struct ref *ref;
-	int len;
-
-	if (!*name) {
-		ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ref) + 20);
-		strcpy(ref->name, "(delete)");
-		hashclr(ref->new_sha1);
-		return ref;
-	}
-	if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
-		return NULL;
-	len = strlen(name) + 1;
-	ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ref) + len);
-	memcpy(ref->name, name, len);
-	hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, sha1);
-	return ref;
-}
-
-static int match_explicit_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst,
-			       struct ref ***dst_tail, struct refspec *rs)
-{
-	int i, errs;
-	for (i = errs = 0; rs[i].src; i++) {
-		struct ref *matched_src, *matched_dst;
-
-		matched_src = matched_dst = NULL;
-		switch (count_refspec_match(rs[i].src, src, &matched_src)) {
-		case 1:
-			break;
-		case 0:
-			/* The source could be in the get_sha1() format
-			 * not a reference name.  :refs/other is a
-			 * way to delete 'other' ref at the remote end.
-			 */
-			matched_src = try_explicit_object_name(rs[i].src);
-			if (matched_src)
-				break;
-			errs = 1;
-			error("src refspec %s does not match any.",
-			      rs[i].src);
-			break;
-		default:
-			errs = 1;
-			error("src refspec %s matches more than one.",
-			      rs[i].src);
-			break;
-		}
-		switch (count_refspec_match(rs[i].dst, dst, &matched_dst)) {
-		case 1:
-			break;
-		case 0:
-			if (!memcmp(rs[i].dst, "refs/", 5)) {
-				int len = strlen(rs[i].dst) + 1;
-				matched_dst = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*dst) + len);
-				memcpy(matched_dst->name, rs[i].dst, len);
-				link_dst_tail(matched_dst, dst_tail);
-			}
-			else if (!strcmp(rs[i].src, rs[i].dst) &&
-				 matched_src) {
-				/* pushing "master:master" when
-				 * remote does not have master yet.
-				 */
-				int len = strlen(matched_src->name) + 1;
-				matched_dst = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*dst) + len);
-				memcpy(matched_dst->name, matched_src->name,
-				       len);
-				link_dst_tail(matched_dst, dst_tail);
-			}
-			else {
-				errs = 1;
-				error("dst refspec %s does not match any "
-				      "existing ref on the remote and does "
-				      "not start with refs/.", rs[i].dst);
-			}
-			break;
-		default:
-			errs = 1;
-			error("dst refspec %s matches more than one.",
-			      rs[i].dst);
-			break;
-		}
-		if (errs)
-			continue;
-		if (matched_dst->peer_ref) {
-			errs = 1;
-			error("dst ref %s receives from more than one src.",
-			      matched_dst->name);
-		}
-		else {
-			matched_dst->peer_ref = matched_src;
-			matched_dst->force = rs[i].force;
-		}
-	}
-	return -errs;
-}
-
-static struct ref *find_ref_by_name(struct ref *list, const char *name)
-{
-	for ( ; list; list = list->next)
-		if (!strcmp(list->name, name))
-			return list;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
-	       int nr_refspec, char **refspec, int all)
-{
-	struct refspec *rs = parse_ref_spec(nr_refspec, refspec);
-
-	if (nr_refspec)
-		return match_explicit_refs(src, dst, dst_tail, rs);
-
-	/* pick the remainder */
-	for ( ; src; src = src->next) {
-		struct ref *dst_peer;
-		if (src->peer_ref)
-			continue;
-		dst_peer = find_ref_by_name(dst, src->name);
-		if ((dst_peer && dst_peer->peer_ref) || (!dst_peer && !all))
-			continue;
-		if (!dst_peer) {
-			/* Create a new one and link it */
-			int len = strlen(src->name) + 1;
-			dst_peer = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*dst_peer) + len);
-			memcpy(dst_peer->name, src->name, len);
-			hashcpy(dst_peer->new_sha1, src->new_sha1);
-			link_dst_tail(dst_peer, dst_tail);
-		}
-		dst_peer->peer_ref = src;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 enum protocol {
 	PROTO_LOCAL = 1,
 	PROTO_SSH,
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index e3f767582bfc71fc3d1b90be8fa76ab3ad7e1664..79d2c3860825ba1e68fff555b4433731d51c1b52 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "remote.h"
 
 #include <expat.h>
 
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 2ae3235b2f0a7a2860eb8e51a999db68490a1c78..ef4484d2937727b131eade1c6b62180cd9722976 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -603,15 +603,20 @@ int get_ref_sha1(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1)
 
 static inline int bad_ref_char(int ch)
 {
-	return (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' ||
-		ch == '~' || ch == '^' || ch == ':' ||
-		/* 2.13 Pattern Matching Notation */
-		ch == '?' || ch == '*' || ch == '[');
+	if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' ||
+	    ch == '~' || ch == '^' || ch == ':')
+		return 1;
+	/* 2.13 Pattern Matching Notation */
+	if (ch == '?' || ch == '[') /* Unsupported */
+		return 1;
+	if (ch == '*') /* Supported at the end */
+		return 2;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int check_ref_format(const char *ref)
 {
-	int ch, level;
+	int ch, level, bad_type;
 	const char *cp = ref;
 
 	level = 0;
@@ -622,13 +627,19 @@ int check_ref_format(const char *ref)
 			return -1; /* should not end with slashes */
 
 		/* we are at the beginning of the path component */
-		if (ch == '.' || bad_ref_char(ch))
+		if (ch == '.')
 			return -1;
+		bad_type = bad_ref_char(ch);
+		if (bad_type) {
+			return (bad_type == 2 && !*cp) ? -3 : -1;
+		}
 
 		/* scan the rest of the path component */
 		while ((ch = *cp++) != 0) {
-			if (bad_ref_char(ch))
-				return -1;
+			bad_type = bad_ref_char(ch);
+			if (bad_type) {
+				return (bad_type == 2 && !*cp) ? -3 : -1;
+			}
 			if (ch == '/')
 				break;
 			if (ch == '.' && *cp == '.')
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d904616cdb18769487df5bca331988fccc2e2c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -0,0 +1,553 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+
+static struct remote **remotes;
+static int allocated_remotes;
+
+#define BUF_SIZE (2048)
+static char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
+
+static void add_push_refspec(struct remote *remote, const char *ref)
+{
+	int nr = remote->push_refspec_nr + 1;
+	remote->push_refspec =
+		xrealloc(remote->push_refspec, nr * sizeof(char *));
+	remote->push_refspec[nr-1] = ref;
+	remote->push_refspec_nr = nr;
+}
+
+static void add_fetch_refspec(struct remote *remote, const char *ref)
+{
+	int nr = remote->fetch_refspec_nr + 1;
+	remote->fetch_refspec =
+		xrealloc(remote->fetch_refspec, nr * sizeof(char *));
+	remote->fetch_refspec[nr-1] = ref;
+	remote->fetch_refspec_nr = nr;
+}
+
+static void add_uri(struct remote *remote, const char *uri)
+{
+	int nr = remote->uri_nr + 1;
+	remote->uri =
+		xrealloc(remote->uri, nr * sizeof(char *));
+	remote->uri[nr-1] = uri;
+	remote->uri_nr = nr;
+}
+
+static struct remote *make_remote(const char *name, int len)
+{
+	int i, empty = -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < allocated_remotes; i++) {
+		if (!remotes[i]) {
+			if (empty < 0)
+				empty = i;
+		} else {
+			if (len ? (!strncmp(name, remotes[i]->name, len) &&
+				   !remotes[i]->name[len]) :
+			    !strcmp(name, remotes[i]->name))
+				return remotes[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (empty < 0) {
+		empty = allocated_remotes;
+		allocated_remotes += allocated_remotes ? allocated_remotes : 1;
+		remotes = xrealloc(remotes,
+				   sizeof(*remotes) * allocated_remotes);
+		memset(remotes + empty, 0,
+		       (allocated_remotes - empty) * sizeof(*remotes));
+	}
+	remotes[empty] = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct remote));
+	if (len)
+		remotes[empty]->name = xstrndup(name, len);
+	else
+		remotes[empty]->name = xstrdup(name);
+	return remotes[empty];
+}
+
+static void read_remotes_file(struct remote *remote)
+{
+	FILE *f = fopen(git_path("remotes/%s", remote->name), "r");
+
+	if (!f)
+		return;
+	while (fgets(buffer, BUF_SIZE, f)) {
+		int value_list;
+		char *s, *p;
+
+		if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "URL:")) {
+			value_list = 0;
+			s = buffer + 4;
+		} else if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "Push:")) {
+			value_list = 1;
+			s = buffer + 5;
+		} else if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "Pull:")) {
+			value_list = 2;
+			s = buffer + 5;
+		} else
+			continue;
+
+		while (isspace(*s))
+			s++;
+		if (!*s)
+			continue;
+
+		p = s + strlen(s);
+		while (isspace(p[-1]))
+			*--p = 0;
+
+		switch (value_list) {
+		case 0:
+			add_uri(remote, xstrdup(s));
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			add_push_refspec(remote, xstrdup(s));
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			add_fetch_refspec(remote, xstrdup(s));
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(f);
+}
+
+static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote)
+{
+	const char *slash = strchr(remote->name, '/');
+	int n = slash ? slash - remote->name : 1000;
+	FILE *f = fopen(git_path("branches/%.*s", n, remote->name), "r");
+	char *s, *p;
+	int len;
+
+	if (!f)
+		return;
+	s = fgets(buffer, BUF_SIZE, f);
+	fclose(f);
+	if (!s)
+		return;
+	while (isspace(*s))
+		s++;
+	if (!*s)
+		return;
+	p = s + strlen(s);
+	while (isspace(p[-1]))
+		*--p = 0;
+	len = p - s;
+	if (slash)
+		len += strlen(slash);
+	p = xmalloc(len + 1);
+	strcpy(p, s);
+	if (slash)
+		strcat(p, slash);
+	add_uri(remote, p);
+}
+
+static char *default_remote_name = NULL;
+static const char *current_branch = NULL;
+static int current_branch_len = 0;
+
+static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value)
+{
+	const char *name;
+	const char *subkey;
+	struct remote *remote;
+	if (!prefixcmp(key, "branch.") && current_branch &&
+	    !strncmp(key + 7, current_branch, current_branch_len) &&
+	    !strcmp(key + 7 + current_branch_len, ".remote")) {
+		free(default_remote_name);
+		default_remote_name = xstrdup(value);
+	}
+	if (prefixcmp(key,  "remote."))
+		return 0;
+	name = key + 7;
+	subkey = strrchr(name, '.');
+	if (!subkey)
+		return error("Config with no key for remote %s", name);
+	if (*subkey == '/') {
+		warning("Config remote shorthand cannot begin with '/': %s", name);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	remote = make_remote(name, subkey - name);
+	if (!value) {
+		/* if we ever have a boolean variable, e.g. "remote.*.disabled"
+		 * [remote "frotz"]
+		 *      disabled
+		 * is a valid way to set it to true; we get NULL in value so
+		 * we need to handle it here.
+		 *
+		 * if (!strcmp(subkey, ".disabled")) {
+		 *      val = git_config_bool(key, value);
+		 *      return 0;
+		 * } else
+		 *
+		 */
+		return 0; /* ignore unknown booleans */
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(subkey, ".url")) {
+		add_uri(remote, xstrdup(value));
+	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".push")) {
+		add_push_refspec(remote, xstrdup(value));
+	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".fetch")) {
+		add_fetch_refspec(remote, xstrdup(value));
+	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".receivepack")) {
+		if (!remote->receivepack)
+			remote->receivepack = xstrdup(value);
+		else
+			error("more than one receivepack given, using the first");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void read_config(void)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	const char *head_ref;
+	int flag;
+	if (default_remote_name) // did this already
+		return;
+	default_remote_name = xstrdup("origin");
+	current_branch = NULL;
+	head_ref = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 0, &flag);
+	if (head_ref && (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
+	    !prefixcmp(head_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
+		current_branch = head_ref + strlen("refs/heads/");
+		current_branch_len = strlen(current_branch);
+	}
+	git_config(handle_config);
+}
+
+static struct refspec *parse_ref_spec(int nr_refspec, const char **refspec)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct refspec *rs = xcalloc(sizeof(*rs), nr_refspec);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_refspec; i++) {
+		const char *sp, *ep, *gp;
+		sp = refspec[i];
+		if (*sp == '+') {
+			rs[i].force = 1;
+			sp++;
+		}
+		gp = strchr(sp, '*');
+		ep = strchr(sp, ':');
+		if (gp && ep && gp > ep)
+			gp = NULL;
+		if (ep) {
+			if (ep[1]) {
+				const char *glob = strchr(ep + 1, '*');
+				if (!glob)
+					gp = NULL;
+				if (gp)
+					rs[i].dst = xstrndup(ep + 1,
+							     glob - ep - 1);
+				else
+					rs[i].dst = xstrdup(ep + 1);
+			}
+		} else {
+			ep = sp + strlen(sp);
+		}
+		if (gp) {
+			rs[i].pattern = 1;
+			ep = gp;
+		}
+		rs[i].src = xstrndup(sp, ep - sp);
+	}
+	return rs;
+}
+
+struct remote *remote_get(const char *name)
+{
+	struct remote *ret;
+
+	read_config();
+	if (!name)
+		name = default_remote_name;
+	ret = make_remote(name, 0);
+	if (name[0] != '/') {
+		if (!ret->uri)
+			read_remotes_file(ret);
+		if (!ret->uri)
+			read_branches_file(ret);
+	}
+	if (!ret->uri)
+		add_uri(ret, name);
+	if (!ret->uri)
+		return NULL;
+	ret->fetch = parse_ref_spec(ret->fetch_refspec_nr, ret->fetch_refspec);
+	ret->push = parse_ref_spec(ret->push_refspec_nr, ret->push_refspec);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int remote_has_uri(struct remote *remote, const char *uri)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->uri_nr; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(remote->uri[i], uri))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int remote_find_tracking(struct remote *remote, struct refspec *refspec)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->fetch_refspec_nr; i++) {
+		struct refspec *fetch = &remote->fetch[i];
+		if (!fetch->dst)
+			continue;
+		if (fetch->pattern) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(refspec->src, fetch->src)) {
+				refspec->dst =
+					xmalloc(strlen(fetch->dst) +
+						strlen(refspec->src) -
+						strlen(fetch->src) + 1);
+				strcpy(refspec->dst, fetch->dst);
+				strcpy(refspec->dst + strlen(fetch->dst),
+				       refspec->src + strlen(fetch->src));
+				refspec->force = fetch->force;
+				return 0;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (!strcmp(refspec->src, fetch->src)) {
+				refspec->dst = xstrdup(fetch->dst);
+				refspec->force = fetch->force;
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	refspec->dst = NULL;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int count_refspec_match(const char *pattern,
+			       struct ref *refs,
+			       struct ref **matched_ref)
+{
+	int patlen = strlen(pattern);
+	struct ref *matched_weak = NULL;
+	struct ref *matched = NULL;
+	int weak_match = 0;
+	int match = 0;
+
+	for (weak_match = match = 0; refs; refs = refs->next) {
+		char *name = refs->name;
+		int namelen = strlen(name);
+		int weak_match;
+
+		if (namelen < patlen ||
+		    memcmp(name + namelen - patlen, pattern, patlen))
+			continue;
+		if (namelen != patlen && name[namelen - patlen - 1] != '/')
+			continue;
+
+		/* A match is "weak" if it is with refs outside
+		 * heads or tags, and did not specify the pattern
+		 * in full (e.g. "refs/remotes/origin/master") or at
+		 * least from the toplevel (e.g. "remotes/origin/master");
+		 * otherwise "git push $URL master" would result in
+		 * ambiguity between remotes/origin/master and heads/master
+		 * at the remote site.
+		 */
+		if (namelen != patlen &&
+		    patlen != namelen - 5 &&
+		    prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/") &&
+		    prefixcmp(name, "refs/tags/")) {
+			/* We want to catch the case where only weak
+			 * matches are found and there are multiple
+			 * matches, and where more than one strong
+			 * matches are found, as ambiguous.  One
+			 * strong match with zero or more weak matches
+			 * are acceptable as a unique match.
+			 */
+			matched_weak = refs;
+			weak_match++;
+		}
+		else {
+			matched = refs;
+			match++;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!matched) {
+		*matched_ref = matched_weak;
+		return weak_match;
+	}
+	else {
+		*matched_ref = matched;
+		return match;
+	}
+}
+
+static void link_dst_tail(struct ref *ref, struct ref ***tail)
+{
+	**tail = ref;
+	*tail = &ref->next;
+	**tail = NULL;
+}
+
+static struct ref *try_explicit_object_name(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	struct ref *ref;
+	int len;
+
+	if (!*name) {
+		ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ref) + 20);
+		strcpy(ref->name, "(delete)");
+		hashclr(ref->new_sha1);
+		return ref;
+	}
+	if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
+		return NULL;
+	len = strlen(name) + 1;
+	ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ref) + len);
+	memcpy(ref->name, name, len);
+	hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, sha1);
+	return ref;
+}
+
+static int match_explicit_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst,
+			       struct ref ***dst_tail, struct refspec *rs,
+			       int rs_nr)
+{
+	int i, errs;
+	for (i = errs = 0; i < rs_nr; i++) {
+		struct ref *matched_src, *matched_dst;
+
+		const char *dst_value = rs[i].dst;
+
+		if (rs[i].pattern)
+			continue;
+
+		if (dst_value == NULL)
+			dst_value = rs[i].src;
+
+		matched_src = matched_dst = NULL;
+		switch (count_refspec_match(rs[i].src, src, &matched_src)) {
+		case 1:
+			break;
+		case 0:
+			/* The source could be in the get_sha1() format
+			 * not a reference name.  :refs/other is a
+			 * way to delete 'other' ref at the remote end.
+			 */
+			matched_src = try_explicit_object_name(rs[i].src);
+			if (matched_src)
+				break;
+			errs = 1;
+			error("src refspec %s does not match any.",
+			      rs[i].src);
+			break;
+		default:
+			errs = 1;
+			error("src refspec %s matches more than one.",
+			      rs[i].src);
+			break;
+		}
+		switch (count_refspec_match(dst_value, dst, &matched_dst)) {
+		case 1:
+			break;
+		case 0:
+			if (!memcmp(dst_value, "refs/", 5)) {
+				int len = strlen(dst_value) + 1;
+				matched_dst = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*dst) + len);
+				memcpy(matched_dst->name, dst_value, len);
+				link_dst_tail(matched_dst, dst_tail);
+			}
+			else if (!strcmp(rs[i].src, dst_value) &&
+				 matched_src) {
+				/* pushing "master:master" when
+				 * remote does not have master yet.
+				 */
+				int len = strlen(matched_src->name) + 1;
+				matched_dst = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*dst) + len);
+				memcpy(matched_dst->name, matched_src->name,
+				       len);
+				link_dst_tail(matched_dst, dst_tail);
+			}
+			else {
+				errs = 1;
+				error("dst refspec %s does not match any "
+				      "existing ref on the remote and does "
+				      "not start with refs/.", dst_value);
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			errs = 1;
+			error("dst refspec %s matches more than one.",
+			      dst_value);
+			break;
+		}
+		if (errs)
+			continue;
+		if (matched_dst->peer_ref) {
+			errs = 1;
+			error("dst ref %s receives from more than one src.",
+			      matched_dst->name);
+		}
+		else {
+			matched_dst->peer_ref = matched_src;
+			matched_dst->force = rs[i].force;
+		}
+	}
+	return -errs;
+}
+
+static struct ref *find_ref_by_name(struct ref *list, const char *name)
+{
+	for ( ; list; list = list->next)
+		if (!strcmp(list->name, name))
+			return list;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int check_pattern_match(struct refspec *rs, int rs_nr, struct ref *src)
+{
+	int i;
+	if (!rs_nr)
+		return 1;
+	for (i = 0; i < rs_nr; i++) {
+		if (rs[i].pattern && !prefixcmp(src->name, rs[i].src))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
+	       int nr_refspec, char **refspec, int all)
+{
+	struct refspec *rs =
+		parse_ref_spec(nr_refspec, (const char **) refspec);
+
+	if (match_explicit_refs(src, dst, dst_tail, rs, nr_refspec))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* pick the remainder */
+	for ( ; src; src = src->next) {
+		struct ref *dst_peer;
+		if (src->peer_ref)
+			continue;
+		if (!check_pattern_match(rs, nr_refspec, src))
+			continue;
+
+		dst_peer = find_ref_by_name(dst, src->name);
+		if (dst_peer && dst_peer->peer_ref)
+			/* We're already sending something to this ref. */
+			continue;
+		if (!dst_peer && !nr_refspec && !all)
+			/* Remote doesn't have it, and we have no
+			 * explicit pattern, and we don't have
+			 * --all. */
+			continue;
+		if (!dst_peer) {
+			/* Create a new one and link it */
+			int len = strlen(src->name) + 1;
+			dst_peer = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*dst_peer) + len);
+			memcpy(dst_peer->name, src->name, len);
+			hashcpy(dst_peer->new_sha1, src->new_sha1);
+			link_dst_tail(dst_peer, dst_tail);
+		}
+		dst_peer->peer_ref = src;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01dbcef67048d2fe068a2ab348013cc3055b5195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#ifndef REMOTE_H
+#define REMOTE_H
+
+struct remote {
+	const char *name;
+
+	const char **uri;
+	int uri_nr;
+
+	const char **push_refspec;
+	struct refspec *push;
+	int push_refspec_nr;
+
+	const char **fetch_refspec;
+	struct refspec *fetch;
+	int fetch_refspec_nr;
+
+	const char *receivepack;
+};
+
+struct remote *remote_get(const char *name);
+
+int remote_has_uri(struct remote *remote, const char *uri);
+
+struct refspec {
+	unsigned force : 1;
+	unsigned pattern : 1;
+
+	const char *src;
+	char *dst;
+};
+
+int match_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail,
+	       int nr_refspec, char **refspec, int all);
+
+/*
+ * For the given remote, reads the refspec's src and sets the other fields.
+ */
+int remote_find_tracking(struct remote *remote, struct refspec *refspec);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 83ee87dcf82d1720c1c39ae377b4c7a595c5a059..fecbda981b7c6c2504abdd7afb94e35e73e18cce 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "remote.h"
 
 static const char send_pack_usage[] =
 "git-send-pack [--all] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]\n"
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ static int receive_status(int in)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
+static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 {
 	struct ref *ref;
 	int new_refs;
@@ -213,18 +214,19 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 	new_refs = 0;
 	for (ref = remote_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		char old_hex[60], *new_hex;
-		int delete_ref;
+		int will_delete_ref;
 
 		if (!ref->peer_ref)
 			continue;
 
-		delete_ref = is_null_sha1(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1);
-		if (delete_ref && !allow_deleting_refs) {
+
+		will_delete_ref = is_null_sha1(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1);
+		if (will_delete_ref && !allow_deleting_refs) {
 			error("remote does not support deleting refs");
 			ret = -2;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!delete_ref &&
+		if (!will_delete_ref &&
 		    !hashcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1)) {
 			if (verbose)
 				fprintf(stderr, "'%s': up-to-date\n", ref->name);
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 		 */
 
 		if (!force_update &&
-		    !delete_ref &&
+		    !will_delete_ref &&
 		    !is_null_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
 		    !ref->force) {
 			if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1) ||
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 			}
 		}
 		hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1);
-		if (!delete_ref)
+		if (!will_delete_ref)
 			new_refs++;
 		strcpy(old_hex, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
 		new_hex = sha1_to_hex(ref->new_sha1);
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 		else
 			packet_write(out, "%s %s %s",
 				     old_hex, new_hex, ref->name);
-		if (delete_ref)
+		if (will_delete_ref)
 			fprintf(stderr, "deleting '%s'\n", ref->name);
 		else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "updating '%s'", ref->name);
@@ -300,6 +302,28 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 			fprintf(stderr, "\n  from %s\n  to   %s\n",
 				old_hex, new_hex);
 		}
+		if (remote) {
+			struct refspec rs;
+			rs.src = ref->name;
+			remote_find_tracking(remote, &rs);
+			if (rs.dst) {
+				struct ref_lock *lock;
+				fprintf(stderr, " Also local %s\n", rs.dst);
+				if (will_delete_ref) {
+					if (delete_ref(rs.dst, NULL)) {
+						error("Failed to delete");
+					}
+				} else {
+					lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(rs.dst, NULL, 0);
+					if (!lock)
+						error("Failed to lock");
+					else
+						write_ref_sha1(lock, ref->new_sha1,
+							       "update by push");
+				}
+				free(rs.dst);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	packet_flush(out);
@@ -330,6 +354,7 @@ static void verify_remote_names(int nr_heads, char **heads)
 		case -2: /* ok but a single level -- that is fine for
 			  * a match pattern.
 			  */
+		case -3: /* ok but ends with a pattern-match character */
 			continue;
 		}
 		die("remote part of refspec is not a valid name in %s",
@@ -344,6 +369,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char **heads = NULL;
 	int fd[2], ret;
 	pid_t pid;
+	char *remote_name = NULL;
+	struct remote *remote = NULL;
 
 	setup_git_directory();
 	git_config(git_default_config);
@@ -361,6 +388,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				receivepack = arg + 7;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--remote=")) {
+				remote_name = arg + 9;
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--all")) {
 				send_all = 1;
 				continue;
@@ -393,10 +424,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		usage(send_pack_usage);
 	verify_remote_names(nr_heads, heads);
 
+	if (remote_name) {
+		remote = remote_get(remote_name);
+		if (!remote_has_uri(remote, dest)) {
+			die("Destination %s is not a uri for %s",
+			    dest, remote_name);
+		}
+	}
+
 	pid = git_connect(fd, dest, receivepack, verbose ? CONNECT_VERBOSE : 0);
 	if (pid < 0)
 		return 1;
-	ret = send_pack(fd[0], fd[1], nr_heads, heads);
+	ret = send_pack(fd[0], fd[1], remote, nr_heads, heads);
 	close(fd[0]);
 	close(fd[1]);
 	ret |= finish_connect(pid);