diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88b89f956fc46e2e2b417efee654b48d7b12768f..3395a9e102957b02bbc6e1c25c56c8a97b8e5c76 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)) : % : %.py
 git-cherry-pick: git-revert
 	cp $< $@
 
+# format-patch records GIT_VERSION
+git-format-patch: Makefile
+
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
 %.o: %.S
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 084e37a37ad42138866dda7c14816702745c5bd8..8d6c0667c7dc9c8ef92ba494d0ddc625e0f01260 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,29 @@ git-core (1.0.0.GIT-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
  -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:12:05 -0800
 
+git-core (1.0.3-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * GIT 1.0.3 maintenance release.
+
+ -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:13:33 -0800
+
+git-core (1.0.0b-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * GIT 1.0.0b to include two more fixes.
+
+ -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:50:21 -0800
+
+git-core (1.0.0a-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * GIT 1.0.0a to include the following fixes:
+  
+    - Avoid misleading success message on error (Johannes)
+    - objects/info/packs: work around bug in http-fetch.c::fetch_indices()
+    - http-fetch.c: fix objects/info/pack parsing.
+    - An off-by-one bug found by valgrind (Pavel)
+
+ -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:17:17 -0800
+
 git-core (1.0.0-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * GIT 1.0.0
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index 3cd6ef91af59fdb42a664cb8d9bdb5b591ecb789..61b2188adbb68d94b2d5906be63c89bda879b4b0 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ static void process_object_response(void *callback_data)
 	obj_req->state = COMPLETE;
 
 	/* Use alternates if necessary */
-	if (obj_req->http_code == 404) {
+	if (obj_req->http_code == 404 ||
+	    obj_req->curl_result == CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE) {
 		fetch_alternates(alt->base);
 		if (obj_req->repo->next != NULL) {
 			obj_req->repo =
@@ -475,7 +476,8 @@ static void process_alternates_response(void *callback_data)
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (slot->curl_result != CURLE_OK) {
-		if (slot->http_code != 404) {
+		if (slot->http_code != 404 &&
+		    slot->curl_result != CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE) {
 			got_alternates = -1;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -637,7 +639,8 @@ static int fetch_indices(struct alt_base *repo)
 	if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
 		run_active_slot(slot);
 		if (slot->curl_result != CURLE_OK) {
-			if (slot->http_code == 404) {
+			if (slot->http_code == 404 ||
+			    slot->curl_result == CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE) {
 				repo->got_indices = 1;
 				free(buffer.buffer);
 				return 0;
@@ -802,7 +805,8 @@ static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 		ret = error("Request for %s aborted", hex);
 	} else if (obj_req->curl_result != CURLE_OK &&
 		   obj_req->http_code != 416) {
-		if (obj_req->http_code == 404)
+		if (obj_req->http_code == 404 ||
+		    obj_req->curl_result == CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE)
 			ret = -1; /* Be silent, it is probably in a pack. */
 		else
 			ret = error("%s (curl_result = %d, http_code = %ld, sha1 = %s)",
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 5bc2f017bca8e9c92352b19469b3c1021844ddec..0d41f9a1787429a1498ce82e1af7e7d93cea5a41 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -231,23 +231,21 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 		if (!force_update &&
 		    !is_zero_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
 		    !ref->force) {
-			if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1)) {
-				error("remote '%s' object %s does not "
-				      "exist on local",
-				      ref->name, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
-				ret = -2;
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			/* We assume that local is fsck-clean.  Otherwise
-			 * you _could_ have an old tag which points at
-			 * something you do not have, which may or may not
-			 * be a commit.
-			 */
-			if (!ref_newer(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1,
+			if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1) ||
+			    !ref_newer(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1,
 				       ref->old_sha1)) {
-				error("remote ref '%s' is not a strict "
-				      "subset of local ref '%s'.", ref->name,
+				/* We do not have the remote ref, or
+				 * we know that the remote ref is not
+				 * an ancestor of what we are trying to
+				 * push.  Either way this can be losing
+				 * commits at the remote end and likely
+				 * we were not up to date to begin with.
+				 */
+				error("remote '%s' is not a strict "
+				      "subset of local ref '%s'. "
+				      "maybe you are not up-to-date and "
+				      "need to pull first?",
+				      ref->name,
 				      ref->peer_ref->name);
 				ret = -2;
 				continue;
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 601147351d251b305c122dcfae6dbdae72b08bb5..d451a94efed7d36d55cf1b77324eaf55e0d50d69 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ char * sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1)
 		*buf++ = hex[val >> 4];
 		*buf++ = hex[val & 0xf];
 	}
+	*buf = '\0';
+
 	return buffer;
 }