diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index 02133d5fc9a14df7f4fe24d97bdf9980e77f807a..cfb9906bb52f5bd81301e4859759b17ab124cada 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog
+'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...] < changelog
+'git commit-tree' [(-p <parent>)...] [(-m <message>)...] [(-F <file>)...] <tree>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly.  See
 linkgit:git-commit[1] instead.
 
 Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and
-emits the new commit object id on stdout.
+emits the new commit object id on stdout. The log message is read
+from the standard input, unless `-m` or `-F` options are given.
 
 A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
 parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
@@ -39,9 +41,17 @@ OPTIONS
 <tree>::
 	An existing tree object
 
--p <parent commit>::
+-p <parent>::
 	Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
 
+-m <message>::
+	A paragraph in the commig log message. This can be given more than
+	once and each <message> becomes its own paragraph.
+
+-F <file>::
+	Read the commit log message from the given file. Use `-` to read
+	from the standard input.
+
 
 Commit Information
 ------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d78bd7693524a4d1c64df0f7b1a02c6f9fbc512a..ed8232075e017b43519298083a6c678ea9c806d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ LIB_H += fmt-merge-msg.h
 LIB_H += fsck.h
 LIB_H += gettext.h
 LIB_H += git-compat-util.h
+LIB_H += gpg-interface.h
 LIB_H += graph.h
 LIB_H += grep.h
 LIB_H += hash.h
@@ -629,6 +630,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += entry.o
 LIB_OBJS += environment.o
 LIB_OBJS += exec_cmd.o
 LIB_OBJS += fsck.o
+LIB_OBJS += gpg-interface.o
 LIB_OBJS += graph.o
 LIB_OBJS += grep.o
 LIB_OBJS += hash.o
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 0e9da9083491eb3c18464b730f481cf74ee82430..e94a5dc8a5557e44d35286ee5f70c7929a4d3a51 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ extern const char git_usage_string[];
 extern const char git_more_info_string[];
 
 extern void prune_packed_objects(int);
+
+struct fmt_merge_msg_opts {
+	unsigned add_title:1;
+	int shortlog_len;
+};
+
 extern int fmt_merge_msg(struct strbuf *in, struct strbuf *out,
-			 int merge_title, int shortlog_len);
+			 struct fmt_merge_msg_opts *);
 extern void commit_notes(struct notes_tree *t, const char *msg);
 
 struct notes_rewrite_cfg {
diff --git a/builtin/commit-tree.c b/builtin/commit-tree.c
index d083795e26e7893c6b7d466f9bcf2be1311cfeb2..b9c331225f0d5c960e9e03f2c92d498f8f01f74c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-tree.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 
-static const char commit_tree_usage[] = "git commit-tree <sha1> [(-p <sha1>)...] < changelog";
+static const char commit_tree_usage[] = "git commit-tree [(-p <sha1>)...] [-m <message>] [-F <file>] <sha1> <changelog";
 
 static void new_parent(struct commit *parent, struct commit_list **parents_p)
 {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static void new_parent(struct commit *parent, struct commit_list **parents_p)
 
 int cmd_commit_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, got_tree = 0;
 	struct commit_list *parents = NULL;
 	unsigned char tree_sha1[20];
 	unsigned char commit_sha1[20];
@@ -37,24 +37,66 @@ int cmd_commit_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (argc < 2 || !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
 		usage(commit_tree_usage);
-	if (get_sha1(argv[1], tree_sha1))
-		die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[1]);
 
-	for (i = 2; i < argc; i += 2) {
-		unsigned char sha1[20];
-		const char *a, *b;
-		a = argv[i]; b = argv[i+1];
-		if (!b || strcmp(a, "-p"))
-			usage(commit_tree_usage);
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		const char *arg = argv[i];
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-p")) {
+			unsigned char sha1[20];
+			if (argc <= ++i)
+				usage(commit_tree_usage);
+			if (get_sha1(argv[i], sha1))
+				die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[i]);
+			assert_sha1_type(sha1, OBJ_COMMIT);
+			new_parent(lookup_commit(sha1), &parents);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-m")) {
+			if (argc <= ++i)
+				usage(commit_tree_usage);
+			if (buffer.len)
+				strbuf_addch(&buffer, '\n');
+			strbuf_addstr(&buffer, argv[i]);
+			strbuf_complete_line(&buffer);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-F")) {
+			int fd;
 
-		if (get_sha1(b, sha1))
-			die("Not a valid object name %s", b);
-		assert_sha1_type(sha1, OBJ_COMMIT);
-		new_parent(lookup_commit(sha1), &parents);
+			if (argc <= ++i)
+				usage(commit_tree_usage);
+			if (buffer.len)
+				strbuf_addch(&buffer, '\n');
+			if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-"))
+				fd = 0;
+			else {
+				fd = open(argv[i], O_RDONLY);
+				if (fd < 0)
+					die_errno("git commit-tree: failed to open '%s'",
+						  argv[i]);
+			}
+			if (strbuf_read(&buffer, fd, 0) < 0)
+				die_errno("git commit-tree: failed to read '%s'",
+					  argv[i]);
+			if (fd && close(fd))
+				die_errno("git commit-tree: failed to close '%s'",
+					  argv[i]);
+			strbuf_complete_line(&buffer);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (get_sha1(arg, tree_sha1))
+			die("Not a valid object name %s", arg);
+		if (got_tree)
+			die("Cannot give more than one trees");
+		got_tree = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (strbuf_read(&buffer, 0, 0) < 0)
-		die_errno("git commit-tree: failed to read");
+	if (!buffer.len) {
+		if (strbuf_read(&buffer, 0, 0) < 0)
+			die_errno("git commit-tree: failed to read");
+	}
 
 	if (commit_tree(buffer.buf, tree_sha1, parents, commit_sha1, NULL)) {
 		strbuf_release(&buffer);
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 8f2bebecf313a0e4b742f9327ec178c7e3547dd2..cf1447204fbec4979972130432b50107524eac39 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int allow_fast_forward = 1;
 	struct wt_status s;
 	struct commit *current_head = NULL;
+	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL;
 
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
 		usage_with_options(builtin_commit_usage, builtin_commit_options);
@@ -1425,7 +1426,6 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			pptr = &commit_list_insert(c->item, pptr)->next;
 	} else if (whence == FROM_MERGE) {
 		struct strbuf m = STRBUF_INIT;
-		struct commit *commit;
 		FILE *fp;
 
 		if (!reflog_msg)
@@ -1436,11 +1436,12 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading"),
 				  git_path("MERGE_HEAD"));
 		while (strbuf_getline(&m, fp, '\n') != EOF) {
-			unsigned char sha1[20];
-			if (get_sha1_hex(m.buf, sha1) < 0)
+			struct commit *parent;
+
+			parent = get_merge_parent(m.buf);
+			if (!parent)
 				die(_("Corrupt MERGE_HEAD file (%s)"), m.buf);
-			commit = lookup_commit_or_die(sha1, "MERGE_HEAD");
-			pptr = &commit_list_insert(commit, pptr)->next;
+			pptr = &commit_list_insert(parent, pptr)->next;
 		}
 		fclose(fp);
 		strbuf_release(&m);
@@ -1483,12 +1484,16 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (commit_tree(sb.buf, active_cache_tree->sha1, parents, sha1,
-			author_ident.buf)) {
+	if (amend)
+		extra = read_commit_extra_headers(current_head);
+
+	if (commit_tree_extended(sb.buf, active_cache_tree->sha1, parents, sha1,
+				 author_ident.buf, extra)) {
 		rollback_index_files();
 		die(_("failed to write commit object"));
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&author_ident);
+	free_commit_extra_headers(extra);
 
 	ref_lock = lock_any_ref_for_update("HEAD",
 					   !current_head
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 91731b909aeb22bf8d4e366b8b92281ac0f9ac0c..494a7f9976f870a28dbbbcb4196954a827f6bfdb 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -436,8 +436,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 		}
 		note[note_len] = '\0';
 		fprintf(fp, "%s\t%s\t%s",
-			sha1_to_hex(commit ? commit->object.sha1 :
-				    rm->old_sha1),
+			sha1_to_hex(rm->old_sha1),
 			rm->merge ? "" : "not-for-merge",
 			note);
 		for (i = 0; i < url_len; ++i)
diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 26e74126397e576577b793c11da7dbcdaba7f727..ed95349b424f2f3d2aa671a277b346ae6198d34c 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 #include "fmt-merge-msg.h"
+#include "gpg-interface.h"
 
 static const char * const fmt_merge_msg_usage[] = {
 	"git fmt-merge-msg [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>]|--no-log] [--file <file>]",
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ int fmt_merge_msg_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* merge data per repository where the merged tips came from */
 struct src_data {
 	struct string_list branch, tag, r_branch, generic;
 	int head_status;
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ static int handle_line(char *line)
 		line[len - 1] = 0;
 	line += 42;
 
+	/*
+	 * At this point, line points at the beginning of comment e.g.
+	 * "branch 'frotz' of git://that/repository.git".
+	 * Find the repository name and point it with src.
+	 */
 	src = strstr(line, " of ");
 	if (src) {
 		*src = 0;
@@ -242,7 +249,7 @@ static void shortlog(const char *name,
 	string_list_clear(&subjects, 0);
 }
 
-static void do_fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
+static void fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
 	const char *current_branch) {
 	int i = 0;
 	char *sep = "";
@@ -295,8 +302,73 @@ static void do_fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
 		strbuf_addf(out, " into %s\n", current_branch);
 }
 
-static int do_fmt_merge_msg(int merge_title, struct strbuf *in,
-	struct strbuf *out, int shortlog_len) {
+static void fmt_tag_signature(struct strbuf *tagbuf,
+			      struct strbuf *sig,
+			      const char *buf,
+			      unsigned long len)
+{
+	const char *tag_body = strstr(buf, "\n\n");
+	if (tag_body) {
+		tag_body += 2;
+		strbuf_add(tagbuf, tag_body, buf + len - tag_body);
+	}
+	strbuf_complete_line(tagbuf);
+	strbuf_add_lines(tagbuf, "# ", sig->buf, sig->len);
+}
+
+static void fmt_merge_msg_sigs(struct strbuf *out)
+{
+	int i, tag_number = 0, first_tag = 0;
+	struct strbuf tagbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < origins.nr; i++) {
+		unsigned char *sha1 = origins.items[i].util;
+		enum object_type type;
+		unsigned long size, len;
+		char *buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+		struct strbuf sig = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		if (!buf || type != OBJ_TAG)
+			goto next;
+		len = parse_signature(buf, size);
+
+		if (size == len)
+			; /* merely annotated */
+		else if (verify_signed_buffer(buf, len, buf + len, size - len, &sig)) {
+			if (!sig.len)
+				strbuf_addstr(&sig, "gpg verification failed.\n");
+		}
+
+		if (!tag_number++) {
+			fmt_tag_signature(&tagbuf, &sig, buf, len);
+			first_tag = i;
+		} else {
+			if (tag_number == 2) {
+				struct strbuf tagline = STRBUF_INIT;
+				strbuf_addf(&tagline, "\n# %s\n",
+					    origins.items[first_tag].string);
+				strbuf_insert(&tagbuf, 0, tagline.buf,
+					      tagline.len);
+				strbuf_release(&tagline);
+			}
+			strbuf_addf(&tagbuf, "\n# %s\n",
+				    origins.items[i].string);
+			fmt_tag_signature(&tagbuf, &sig, buf, len);
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&sig);
+	next:
+		free(buf);
+	}
+	if (tagbuf.len) {
+		strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
+		strbuf_addbuf(out, &tagbuf);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&tagbuf);
+}
+
+int fmt_merge_msg(struct strbuf *in, struct strbuf *out,
+		  struct fmt_merge_msg_opts *opts)
+{
 	int i = 0, pos = 0;
 	unsigned char head_sha1[20];
 	const char *current_branch;
@@ -322,13 +394,13 @@ static int do_fmt_merge_msg(int merge_title, struct strbuf *in,
 			die ("Error in line %d: %.*s", i, len, p);
 	}
 
-	if (!srcs.nr)
-		return 0;
+	if (opts->add_title && srcs.nr)
+		fmt_merge_msg_title(out, current_branch);
 
-	if (merge_title)
-		do_fmt_merge_msg_title(out, current_branch);
+	if (origins.nr)
+		fmt_merge_msg_sigs(out);
 
-	if (shortlog_len) {
+	if (opts->shortlog_len) {
 		struct commit *head;
 		struct rev_info rev;
 
@@ -344,14 +416,11 @@ static int do_fmt_merge_msg(int merge_title, struct strbuf *in,
 		for (i = 0; i < origins.nr; i++)
 			shortlog(origins.items[i].string,
 				 origins.items[i].util,
-				 head, &rev, shortlog_len, out);
+				 head, &rev, opts->shortlog_len, out);
 	}
-	return 0;
-}
 
-int fmt_merge_msg(struct strbuf *in, struct strbuf *out,
-		  int merge_title, int shortlog_len) {
-	return do_fmt_merge_msg(merge_title, in, out, shortlog_len);
+	strbuf_complete_line(out);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -376,6 +445,7 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	FILE *in = stdin;
 	struct strbuf input = STRBUF_INIT, output = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret;
+	struct fmt_merge_msg_opts opts;
 
 	git_config(fmt_merge_msg_config, NULL);
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, fmt_merge_msg_usage,
@@ -384,14 +454,6 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_with_options(fmt_merge_msg_usage, options);
 	if (shortlog_len < 0)
 		shortlog_len = (merge_log_config > 0) ? merge_log_config : 0;
-	if (message && !shortlog_len) {
-		char nl = '\n';
-		write_in_full(STDOUT_FILENO, message, strlen(message));
-		write_in_full(STDOUT_FILENO, &nl, 1);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (shortlog_len < 0)
-		die("Negative --log=%d", shortlog_len);
 
 	if (inpath && strcmp(inpath, "-")) {
 		in = fopen(inpath, "r");
@@ -404,10 +466,12 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (message)
 		strbuf_addstr(&output, message);
-	ret = fmt_merge_msg(&input, &output,
-			    message ? 0 : 1,
-			    shortlog_len);
 
+	memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
+	opts.add_title = !message;
+	opts.shortlog_len = shortlog_len;
+
+	ret = fmt_merge_msg(&input, &output, &opts);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	write_in_full(STDOUT_FILENO, output.buf, output.len);
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 3fc54923b500712097a4918f14a1e58b261e34c4..7349396d5b44f6ee894e0f0f50e2b66bb31203be 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -409,20 +409,10 @@ static void finish(struct commit *head_commit,
 	strbuf_release(&reflog_message);
 }
 
-static struct object *want_commit(const char *name)
-{
-	struct object *obj;
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
-	if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
-		return NULL;
-	obj = parse_object(sha1);
-	return peel_to_type(name, 0, obj, OBJ_COMMIT);
-}
-
 /* Get the name for the merge commit's message. */
 static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 {
-	struct object *remote_head;
+	struct commit *remote_head;
 	unsigned char branch_head[20], buf_sha[20];
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -434,7 +424,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 	remote = bname.buf;
 
 	memset(branch_head, 0, sizeof(branch_head));
-	remote_head = want_commit(remote);
+	remote_head = get_merge_parent(remote);
 	if (!remote_head)
 		die(_("'%s' does not point to a commit"), remote);
 
@@ -444,6 +434,11 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
+		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/tags/")) {
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\ttag '%s' of .\n",
+				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
 			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
@@ -485,7 +480,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 		if (resolve_ref(truname.buf, buf_sha, 1, NULL)) {
 			strbuf_addf(msg,
 				    "%s\t\tbranch '%s'%s of .\n",
-				    sha1_to_hex(remote_head->sha1),
+				    sha1_to_hex(remote_head->object.sha1),
 				    truname.buf + 11,
 				    (early ? " (early part)" : ""));
 			strbuf_release(&truname);
@@ -515,7 +510,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 	strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tcommit '%s'\n",
-		sha1_to_hex(remote_head->sha1), remote);
+		sha1_to_hex(remote_head->object.sha1), remote);
 cleanup:
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	strbuf_release(&bname);
@@ -716,7 +711,7 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
 				die(_("Unknown option for merge-recursive: -X%s"), xopts[x]);
 
 		o.branch1 = head_arg;
-		o.branch2 = remoteheads->item->util;
+		o.branch2 = merge_remote_util(remoteheads->item)->name;
 
 		for (j = common; j; j = j->next)
 			commit_list_insert(j->item, &reversed);
@@ -1056,9 +1051,16 @@ static void write_merge_state(void)
 	struct commit_list *j;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	for (j = remoteheads; j; j = j->next)
-		strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s\n",
-			sha1_to_hex(j->item->object.sha1));
+	for (j = remoteheads; j; j = j->next) {
+		unsigned const char *sha1;
+		struct commit *c = j->item;
+		if (c->util && merge_remote_util(c)->obj) {
+			sha1 = merge_remote_util(c)->obj->sha1;
+		} else {
+			sha1 = c->object.sha1;
+		}
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+	}
 	filename = git_path("MERGE_HEAD");
 	fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0666);
 	if (fd < 0)
@@ -1197,7 +1199,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		argv += 2;
 		argc -= 2;
 	} else if (!head_commit) {
-		struct object *remote_head;
+		struct commit *remote_head;
 		/*
 		 * If the merged head is a valid one there is no reason
 		 * to forbid "git merge" into a branch yet to be born.
@@ -1211,12 +1213,12 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (!allow_fast_forward)
 			die(_("Non-fast-forward commit does not make sense into "
 			    "an empty head"));
-		remote_head = want_commit(argv[0]);
+		remote_head = get_merge_parent(argv[0]);
 		if (!remote_head)
 			die(_("%s - not something we can merge"), argv[0]);
-		read_empty(remote_head->sha1, 0);
-		update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->sha1, NULL, 0,
-				DIE_ON_ERR);
+		read_empty(remote_head->object.sha1, 0);
+		update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->object.sha1,
+			   NULL, 0, DIE_ON_ERR);
 		return 0;
 	} else {
 		struct strbuf merge_names = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1225,19 +1227,20 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		head_arg = "HEAD";
 
 		/*
-		 * All the rest are the commits being merged;
-		 * prepare the standard merge summary message to
-		 * be appended to the given message.  If remote
-		 * is invalid we will die later in the common
-		 * codepath so we discard the error in this
-		 * loop.
+		 * All the rest are the commits being merged; prepare
+		 * the standard merge summary message to be appended
+		 * to the given message.
 		 */
 		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
 			merge_name(argv[i], &merge_names);
 
 		if (!have_message || shortlog_len) {
-			fmt_merge_msg(&merge_names, &merge_msg, !have_message,
-				      shortlog_len);
+			struct fmt_merge_msg_opts opts;
+			memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
+			opts.add_title = !have_message;
+			opts.shortlog_len = shortlog_len;
+
+			fmt_merge_msg(&merge_names, &merge_msg, &opts);
 			if (merge_msg.len)
 				strbuf_setlen(&merge_msg, merge_msg.len - 1);
 		}
@@ -1254,19 +1257,20 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	strbuf_reset(&buf);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-		struct object *o;
-		struct commit *commit;
-
-		o = want_commit(argv[i]);
-		if (!o)
+		struct commit *commit = get_merge_parent(argv[i]);
+		if (!commit)
 			die(_("%s - not something we can merge"), argv[i]);
-		commit = lookup_commit(o->sha1);
-		commit->util = (void *)argv[i];
 		remotes = &commit_list_insert(commit, remotes)->next;
-
-		strbuf_addf(&buf, "GITHEAD_%s", sha1_to_hex(o->sha1));
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, "GITHEAD_%s",
+			    sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 		setenv(buf.buf, argv[i], 1);
 		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		if (merge_remote_util(commit) &&
+		    merge_remote_util(commit)->obj &&
+		    merge_remote_util(commit)->obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
+			option_edit = 1;
+			allow_fast_forward = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!use_strategies) {
@@ -1310,7 +1314,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			!hashcmp(common->item->object.sha1, head_commit->object.sha1)) {
 		/* Again the most common case of merging one remote. */
 		struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
-		struct object *o;
+		struct commit *commit;
 		char hex[41];
 
 		strcpy(hex, find_unique_abbrev(head_commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
@@ -1324,14 +1328,15 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (have_message)
 			strbuf_addstr(&msg,
 				" (no commit created; -m option ignored)");
-		o = want_commit(sha1_to_hex(remoteheads->item->object.sha1));
-		if (!o)
+		commit = remoteheads->item;
+		if (!commit)
 			return 1;
 
-		if (checkout_fast_forward(head_commit->object.sha1, remoteheads->item->object.sha1))
+		if (checkout_fast_forward(head_commit->object.sha1,
+					  commit->object.sha1))
 			return 1;
 
-		finish(head_commit, o->sha1, msg.buf);
+		finish(head_commit, commit->object.sha1, msg.buf);
 		drop_save();
 		return 0;
 	} else if (!remoteheads->next && common->next)
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 9b6fd95494fd80240f88d49224199b7e621717e4..cca120552a89bf6be4a5fe2d9b187eba2af04d15 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
+#include "gpg-interface.h"
 
 static const char * const git_tag_usage[] = {
 	"git tag [-a|-s|-u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg>|-F <file>] <tagname> [<head>]",
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ static const char * const git_tag_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static char signingkey[1000];
-
 struct tag_filter {
 	const char **patterns;
 	int lines;
@@ -208,60 +207,7 @@ static int verify_tag(const char *name, const char *ref,
 
 static int do_sign(struct strbuf *buffer)
 {
-	struct child_process gpg;
-	const char *args[4];
-	char *bracket;
-	int len;
-	int i, j;
-
-	if (!*signingkey) {
-		if (strlcpy(signingkey, git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME),
-				sizeof(signingkey)) > sizeof(signingkey) - 1)
-			return error(_("committer info too long."));
-		bracket = strchr(signingkey, '>');
-		if (bracket)
-			bracket[1] = '\0';
-	}
-
-	/* When the username signingkey is bad, program could be terminated
-	 * because gpg exits without reading and then write gets SIGPIPE. */
-	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-
-	memset(&gpg, 0, sizeof(gpg));
-	gpg.argv = args;
-	gpg.in = -1;
-	gpg.out = -1;
-	args[0] = "gpg";
-	args[1] = "-bsau";
-	args[2] = signingkey;
-	args[3] = NULL;
-
-	if (start_command(&gpg))
-		return error(_("could not run gpg."));
-
-	if (write_in_full(gpg.in, buffer->buf, buffer->len) != buffer->len) {
-		close(gpg.in);
-		close(gpg.out);
-		finish_command(&gpg);
-		return error(_("gpg did not accept the tag data"));
-	}
-	close(gpg.in);
-	len = strbuf_read(buffer, gpg.out, 1024);
-	close(gpg.out);
-
-	if (finish_command(&gpg) || !len || len < 0)
-		return error(_("gpg failed to sign the tag"));
-
-	/* Strip CR from the line endings, in case we are on Windows. */
-	for (i = j = 0; i < buffer->len; i++)
-		if (buffer->buf[i] != '\r') {
-			if (i != j)
-				buffer->buf[j] = buffer->buf[i];
-			j++;
-		}
-	strbuf_setlen(buffer, j);
-
-	return 0;
+	return sign_buffer(buffer, buffer, get_signing_key());
 }
 
 static const char tag_template[] =
@@ -270,21 +216,11 @@ static const char tag_template[] =
 	"# Write a tag message\n"
 	"#\n");
 
-static void set_signingkey(const char *value)
-{
-	if (strlcpy(signingkey, value, sizeof(signingkey)) >= sizeof(signingkey))
-		die(_("signing key value too long (%.10s...)"), value);
-}
-
 static int git_tag_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(var, "user.signingkey")) {
-		if (!value)
-			return config_error_nonbool(var);
-		set_signingkey(value);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
+	int status = git_gpg_config(var, value, cb);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -463,7 +399,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (keyid) {
 		sign = 1;
-		set_signingkey(keyid);
+		set_signing_key(keyid);
 	}
 	if (sign)
 		annotate = 1;
diff --git a/builtin/verify-tag.c b/builtin/verify-tag.c
index 313476604967bb2962350c82d45ffad04eab09e1..28c21743381db95f6ddb4b185ec34cdbff686866 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-tag.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-tag.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include <signal.h>
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "gpg-interface.h"
 
 static const char * const verify_tag_usage[] = {
 		"git verify-tag [-v|--verbose] <tag>...",
@@ -19,42 +20,16 @@ static const char * const verify_tag_usage[] = {
 
 static int run_gpg_verify(const char *buf, unsigned long size, int verbose)
 {
-	struct child_process gpg;
-	const char *args_gpg[] = {"gpg", "--verify", "FILE", "-", NULL};
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	size_t len;
-	int fd, ret;
+	int len;
 
-	fd = git_mkstemp(path, PATH_MAX, ".git_vtag_tmpXXXXXX");
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return error("could not create temporary file '%s': %s",
-						path, strerror(errno));
-	if (write_in_full(fd, buf, size) < 0)
-		return error("failed writing temporary file '%s': %s",
-						path, strerror(errno));
-	close(fd);
-
-	/* find the length without signature */
 	len = parse_signature(buf, size);
 	if (verbose)
 		write_in_full(1, buf, len);
 
-	memset(&gpg, 0, sizeof(gpg));
-	gpg.argv = args_gpg;
-	gpg.in = -1;
-	args_gpg[2] = path;
-	if (start_command(&gpg)) {
-		unlink(path);
-		return error("could not run gpg.");
-	}
-
-	write_in_full(gpg.in, buf, len);
-	close(gpg.in);
-	ret = finish_command(&gpg);
+	if (size == len)
+		return error("no signature found");
 
-	unlink_or_warn(path);
-
-	return ret;
+	return verify_signed_buffer(buf, len, buf + len, size - len, NULL);
 }
 
 static int verify_tag(const char *name, int verbose)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 15c619d1619f1e807f1f8a143db2b047fc418905..d29ce99631653997ae0f9236d286b9ab28a1e721 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ extern int get_sha1_mb(const char *str, unsigned char *sha1);
 
 extern int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name, const char *full_name, const char **rules);
 extern const char *ref_rev_parse_rules[];
-extern const char *ref_fetch_rules[];
+#define ref_fetch_rules ref_rev_parse_rules
 
 extern int create_symref(const char *ref, const char *refs_heads_master, const char *logmsg);
 extern int validate_headref(const char *ref);
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 73b7e00292ba2de33fa43b5f028fd807a460af34..b78127403be65f5c26e35e53a59b91860396194a 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -840,14 +840,160 @@ struct commit_list *reduce_heads(struct commit_list *heads)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static void handle_signed_tag(struct commit *parent, struct commit_extra_header ***tail)
+{
+	struct merge_remote_desc *desc;
+	struct commit_extra_header *mergetag;
+	char *buf;
+	unsigned long size, len;
+	enum object_type type;
+
+	desc = merge_remote_util(parent);
+	if (!desc || !desc->obj)
+		return;
+	buf = read_sha1_file(desc->obj->sha1, &type, &size);
+	if (!buf || type != OBJ_TAG)
+		goto free_return;
+	len = parse_signature(buf, size);
+	if (size == len)
+		goto free_return;
+	/*
+	 * We could verify this signature and either omit the tag when
+	 * it does not validate, but the integrator may not have the
+	 * public key of the signer of the tag he is merging, while a
+	 * later auditor may have it while auditing, so let's not run
+	 * verify-signed-buffer here for now...
+	 *
+	 * if (verify_signed_buffer(buf, len, buf + len, size - len, ...))
+	 *	warn("warning: signed tag unverified.");
+	 */
+	mergetag = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*mergetag));
+	mergetag->key = xstrdup("mergetag");
+	mergetag->value = buf;
+	mergetag->len = size;
+
+	**tail = mergetag;
+	*tail = &mergetag->next;
+	return;
+
+free_return:
+	free(buf);
+}
+
+void append_merge_tag_headers(struct commit_list *parents,
+			      struct commit_extra_header ***tail)
+{
+	while (parents) {
+		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
+		handle_signed_tag(parent, tail);
+		parents = parents->next;
+	}
+}
+
+static void add_extra_header(struct strbuf *buffer,
+			     struct commit_extra_header *extra)
+{
+	strbuf_addstr(buffer, extra->key);
+	if (extra->len)
+		strbuf_add_lines(buffer, " ", extra->value, extra->len);
+	else
+		strbuf_addch(buffer, '\n');
+}
+
+struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_headers(struct commit *commit)
+{
+	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL;
+	unsigned long size;
+	enum object_type type;
+	char *buffer = read_sha1_file(commit->object.sha1, &type, &size);
+	if (buffer && type == OBJ_COMMIT)
+		extra = read_commit_extra_header_lines(buffer, size);
+	free(buffer);
+	return extra;
+}
+
+static inline int standard_header_field(const char *field, size_t len)
+{
+	return ((len == 4 && !memcmp(field, "tree ", 5)) ||
+		(len == 6 && !memcmp(field, "parent ", 7)) ||
+		(len == 6 && !memcmp(field, "author ", 7)) ||
+		(len == 9 && !memcmp(field, "committer ", 10)) ||
+		(len == 8 && !memcmp(field, "encoding ", 9)));
+}
+
+struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_header_lines(const char *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL, **tail = &extra, *it = NULL;
+	const char *line, *next, *eof, *eob;
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	for (line = buffer, eob = line + size;
+	     line < eob && *line != '\n';
+	     line = next) {
+		next = memchr(line, '\n', eob - line);
+		next = next ? next + 1 : eob;
+		if (*line == ' ') {
+			/* continuation */
+			if (it)
+				strbuf_add(&buf, line + 1, next - (line + 1));
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (it)
+			it->value = strbuf_detach(&buf, &it->len);
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		it = NULL;
+
+		eof = strchr(line, ' ');
+		if (next <= eof)
+			eof = next;
+
+		if (standard_header_field(line, eof - line))
+			continue;
+
+		it = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*it));
+		it->key = xmemdupz(line, eof-line);
+		*tail = it;
+		tail = &it->next;
+		if (eof + 1 < next)
+			strbuf_add(&buf, eof + 1, next - (eof + 1));
+	}
+	if (it)
+		it->value = strbuf_detach(&buf, &it->len);
+	return extra;
+}
+
+void free_commit_extra_headers(struct commit_extra_header *extra)
+{
+	while (extra) {
+		struct commit_extra_header *next = extra->next;
+		free(extra->key);
+		free(extra->value);
+		free(extra);
+		extra = next;
+	}
+}
+
+int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
+		struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
+		const char *author)
+{
+	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL, **tail = &extra;
+	int result;
+
+	append_merge_tag_headers(parents, &tail);
+	result = commit_tree_extended(msg, tree, parents, ret, author, extra);
+	free_commit_extra_headers(extra);
+	return result;
+}
+
 static const char commit_utf8_warn[] =
 "Warning: commit message does not conform to UTF-8.\n"
 "You may want to amend it after fixing the message, or set the config\n"
 "variable i18n.commitencoding to the encoding your project uses.\n";
 
-int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
-		struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
-		const char *author)
+int commit_tree_extended(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
+			 struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
+			 const char *author, struct commit_extra_header *extra)
 {
 	int result;
 	int encoding_is_utf8;
@@ -868,8 +1014,10 @@ int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
 	 */
 	while (parents) {
 		struct commit_list *next = parents->next;
+		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
+
 		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "parent %s\n",
-			sha1_to_hex(parents->item->object.sha1));
+			    sha1_to_hex(parent->object.sha1));
 		free(parents);
 		parents = next;
 	}
@@ -881,6 +1029,11 @@ int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
 	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "committer %s\n", git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME));
 	if (!encoding_is_utf8)
 		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "encoding %s\n", git_commit_encoding);
+
+	while (extra) {
+		add_extra_header(&buffer, extra);
+		extra = extra->next;
+	}
 	strbuf_addch(&buffer, '\n');
 
 	/* And add the comment */
@@ -894,3 +1047,22 @@ int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
 	strbuf_release(&buffer);
 	return result;
 }
+
+struct commit *get_merge_parent(const char *name)
+{
+	struct object *obj;
+	struct commit *commit;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
+		return NULL;
+	obj = parse_object(sha1);
+	commit = (struct commit *)peel_to_type(name, 0, obj, OBJ_COMMIT);
+	if (commit && !commit->util) {
+		struct merge_remote_desc *desc;
+		desc = xmalloc(sizeof(*desc));
+		desc->obj = obj;
+		desc->name = strdup(name);
+		commit->util = desc;
+	}
+	return commit;
+}
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 009b113e5bb5d04bdfb116897cc17dc5f5a2fa9c..3745f120994cb6876e1ccc1bfc5e07c6cc3fc5c9 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -181,8 +181,41 @@ static inline int single_parent(struct commit *commit)
 
 struct commit_list *reduce_heads(struct commit_list *heads);
 
+struct commit_extra_header {
+	struct commit_extra_header *next;
+	char *key;
+	char *value;
+	size_t len;
+};
+
+extern void append_merge_tag_headers(struct commit_list *parents,
+				     struct commit_extra_header ***tail);
+
 extern int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
-		struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
-		const char *author);
+		       struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
+		       const char *author);
+
+extern int commit_tree_extended(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
+				struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
+				const char *author,
+				struct commit_extra_header *);
+
+extern struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_headers(struct commit *);
+extern struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_header_lines(const char *buf, size_t len);
+
+extern void free_commit_extra_headers(struct commit_extra_header *extra);
+
+struct merge_remote_desc {
+	struct object *obj; /* the named object, could be a tag */
+	const char *name;
+};
+#define merge_remote_util(commit) ((struct merge_remote_desc *)((commit)->util))
+
+/*
+ * Given "name" from the command line to merge, find the commit object
+ * and return it, while storing merge_remote_desc in its ->util field,
+ * to allow callers to tell if we are told to merge a tag.
+ */
+struct commit *get_merge_parent(const char *name);
 
 #endif /* COMMIT_H */
diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff232c8c5d47f42481e3de365442e46967432022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "gpg-interface.h"
+#include "sigchain.h"
+
+static char *configured_signing_key;
+
+void set_signing_key(const char *key)
+{
+	free(configured_signing_key);
+	configured_signing_key = xstrdup(key);
+}
+
+int git_gpg_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "user.signingkey")) {
+		if (!value)
+			return config_error_nonbool(var);
+		set_signing_key(value);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const char *get_signing_key(void)
+{
+	if (configured_signing_key)
+		return configured_signing_key;
+	return git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME|IDENT_NO_DATE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a detached signature for the contents of "buffer" and append
+ * it after "signature"; "buffer" and "signature" can be the same
+ * strbuf instance, which would cause the detached signature appended
+ * at the end.
+ */
+int sign_buffer(struct strbuf *buffer, struct strbuf *signature, const char *signing_key)
+{
+	struct child_process gpg;
+	const char *args[4];
+	ssize_t len;
+	size_t i, j, bottom;
+
+	memset(&gpg, 0, sizeof(gpg));
+	gpg.argv = args;
+	gpg.in = -1;
+	gpg.out = -1;
+	args[0] = "gpg";
+	args[1] = "-bsau";
+	args[2] = signing_key;
+	args[3] = NULL;
+
+	if (start_command(&gpg))
+		return error(_("could not run gpg."));
+
+	/*
+	 * When the username signingkey is bad, program could be terminated
+	 * because gpg exits without reading and then write gets SIGPIPE.
+	 */
+	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
+	if (write_in_full(gpg.in, buffer->buf, buffer->len) != buffer->len) {
+		close(gpg.in);
+		close(gpg.out);
+		finish_command(&gpg);
+		return error(_("gpg did not accept the data"));
+	}
+	close(gpg.in);
+
+	bottom = signature->len;
+	len = strbuf_read(signature, gpg.out, 1024);
+	close(gpg.out);
+
+	sigchain_pop(SIGPIPE);
+
+	if (finish_command(&gpg) || !len || len < 0)
+		return error(_("gpg failed to sign the data"));
+
+	/* Strip CR from the line endings, in case we are on Windows. */
+	for (i = j = bottom; i < signature->len; i++)
+		if (signature->buf[i] != '\r') {
+			if (i != j)
+				signature->buf[j] = signature->buf[i];
+			j++;
+		}
+	strbuf_setlen(signature, j);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Run "gpg" to see if the payload matches the detached signature.
+ * gpg_output_to tells where the output from "gpg" should go:
+ *   < 0: /dev/null
+ *   = 0: standard error of the calling process
+ *   > 0: the specified file descriptor
+ */
+int verify_signed_buffer(const char *payload, size_t payload_size,
+			 const char *signature, size_t signature_size,
+			 struct strbuf *gpg_output)
+{
+	struct child_process gpg;
+	const char *args_gpg[] = {"gpg", "--verify", "FILE", "-", NULL};
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	int fd, ret;
+
+	fd = git_mkstemp(path, PATH_MAX, ".git_vtag_tmpXXXXXX");
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return error("could not create temporary file '%s': %s",
+			     path, strerror(errno));
+	if (write_in_full(fd, signature, signature_size) < 0)
+		return error("failed writing detached signature to '%s': %s",
+			     path, strerror(errno));
+	close(fd);
+
+	memset(&gpg, 0, sizeof(gpg));
+	gpg.argv = args_gpg;
+	gpg.in = -1;
+	if (gpg_output)
+		gpg.err = -1;
+	args_gpg[2] = path;
+	if (start_command(&gpg)) {
+		unlink(path);
+		return error("could not run gpg.");
+	}
+
+	write_in_full(gpg.in, payload, payload_size);
+	close(gpg.in);
+
+	if (gpg_output)
+		strbuf_read(gpg_output, gpg.err, 0);
+	ret = finish_command(&gpg);
+
+	unlink_or_warn(path);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/gpg-interface.h b/gpg-interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9c36088cea3c1d419c23354e095320ebebd90a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpg-interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef GPG_INTERFACE_H
+#define GPG_INTERFACE_H
+
+extern int sign_buffer(struct strbuf *buffer, struct strbuf *signature, const char *signing_key);
+extern int verify_signed_buffer(const char *payload, size_t payload_size, const char *signature, size_t signature_size, struct strbuf *gpg_output);
+extern int git_gpg_config(const char *, const char *, void *);
+extern void set_signing_key(const char *);
+extern const char *get_signing_key(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index cc664c39b66b0bb499dec13a22880a6096423fa6..5a2db296b83d1ab23bfce23913c036a71dc81398 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -38,16 +38,15 @@ static struct tree *shift_tree_object(struct tree *one, struct tree *two,
 	return lookup_tree(shifted);
 }
 
-/*
- * A virtual commit has (const char *)commit->util set to the name.
- */
-
 static struct commit *make_virtual_commit(struct tree *tree, const char *comment)
 {
 	struct commit *commit = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct commit));
+	struct merge_remote_desc *desc = xmalloc(sizeof(*desc));
+
+	desc->name = comment;
+	desc->obj = (struct object *)commit;
 	commit->tree = tree;
-	commit->util = (void*)comment;
-	/* avoid warnings */
+	commit->util = desc;
 	commit->object.parsed = 1;
 	return commit;
 }
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ static void output_commit_title(struct merge_options *o, struct commit *commit)
 	for (i = o->call_depth; i--;)
 		fputs("  ", stdout);
 	if (commit->util)
-		printf("virtual %s\n", (char *)commit->util);
+		printf("virtual %s\n", merge_remote_util(commit)->name);
 	else {
 		printf("%s ", find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 		if (parse_commit(commit) != 0)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index e7843eb6b70b7de6c1ed1992db7adee1d99b27bc..c74b6e2a70222386383edb89789dbb7880768157 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -998,13 +998,6 @@ const char *ref_rev_parse_rules[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-const char *ref_fetch_rules[] = {
-	"%.*s",
-	"refs/%.*s",
-	"refs/heads/%.*s",
-	NULL
-};
-
 int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name, const char *full_name, const char **rules)
 {
 	const char **p;
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 3ad2cc00160fbf24e1e4904bb37ce44e8c414ce5..a849705197a6ad3d0d2ab9de22b269de6b4fc2b1 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -397,3 +397,17 @@ int strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 
 	return len;
 }
+
+void strbuf_add_lines(struct strbuf *out, const char *prefix,
+		      const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	while (size) {
+		const char *next = memchr(buf, '\n', size);
+		next = next ? (next + 1) : (buf + size);
+		strbuf_addstr(out, prefix);
+		strbuf_add(out, buf, next - buf);
+		size -= next - buf;
+		buf = next;
+	}
+	strbuf_complete_line(out);
+}
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 46a33f8c46985c4377071011d6ea48d6d3fe5331..08fc13d386b410ee9163c8408557e06ab4df7833 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ extern void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
 __attribute__((format (printf,2,0)))
 extern void strbuf_vaddf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 
+extern void strbuf_add_lines(struct strbuf *sb, const char *prefix, const char *buf, size_t size);
+
+static inline void strbuf_complete_line(struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	if (sb->len && sb->buf[sb->len - 1] != '\n')
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+}
+
 extern size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *, size_t, FILE *);
 /* XXX: if read fails, any partial read is undone */
 extern ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint);
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index 983e34bec67a4cc4ba1182332e495377cc879ac9..222f7559e92caa2a0bbd128b0bb6bac14e2e113f 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -346,11 +346,11 @@ test_expect_success 'set up more tangled history' '
 '
 
 cat > expect <<\EOF
-*   Merge commit 'reach'
+*   Merge tag 'reach'
 |\
 | \
 |  \
-*-. \   Merge commit 'octopus-a'; commit 'octopus-b'
+*-. \   Merge tags 'octopus-a' and 'octopus-b'
 |\ \ \
 * | | | seventh
 | | * | octopus-b
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index e0af4c4e62c40a563f692361944cc58e2c8e38e2..e88dbd50f3368296a0e0487d7ed1675646ee9594 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short tag name' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short remote name' '
+test_expect_success 'fetch can now resolve short remote name' '
 
 	cd "$D" &&
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/six/HEAD HEAD &&
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short remote name' '
 	cd six &&
 	git init &&
 
-	test_must_fail git fetch .. six:six
-
+	git fetch .. six:six
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'create bundle 1' '
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default
index 2e0414f6c3d006ac6f06b884a13397c67f6b7df1..a1bc3d53a606bb67eb5b808834c57a53e1b32fbe 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # br-branches-default
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f		branch 'master' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge
index ca2cc1d1b44e3edc8cd42e2e77d0f85658a52195..e3a41ae811fb9957e8ac91b96a5d0c538c0515e1 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # br-branches-default-merge
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	branch 'master' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge_branches-default b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge_branches-default
index 7d947cd80f9cf656024206f1ea31da0d9f10f493..1f60561cb12b37d2c85662476d5e3a8d11c4f1f2 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge_branches-default
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-merge_branches-default
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # br-branches-default-merge branches-default
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	branch 'master' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus
index ec39c54b7e242ddbeec76f55b98f555d562aa271..f31e1b3080f3cc0344ba88674d9de1d968cd372f 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	branch 'master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus_branches-default b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus_branches-default
index 6bf42e24b67b526bac49e3cdb287e32513f4a6c4..7060bd9ae59d02f7d4457e90aee06407c30da976 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus_branches-default
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default-octopus_branches-default
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	branch 'master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default_branches-default b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default_branches-default
index 4a2bf3c95ca474417d1dd54d1ac0bcc02bb5f402..8cbd718936223fd7dec89638d5ad9a4933a37e9d 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default_branches-default
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-default_branches-default
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # br-branches-default branches-default
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f		branch 'master' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one
index 12ac8d20fba1c8a9402b92aa71e2e6797101a042..c98f67052638fd340b4c2069c85536b69e123b5c 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # br-branches-one
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge
index b4b3b35ce0e2f46a16b015a74b771eb90ed3ebad..aa1c8a937ea1ab67e519adad0b5e3483c240411f 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # br-branches-one-merge
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge_branches-one b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge_branches-one
index 2ecef384eb7d823104581bfe2b4bd240b449e5df..c93310a730b0dca890d42525148196645a8ca869 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge_branches-one
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-merge_branches-one
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # br-branches-one-merge branches-one
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus
index 96e3029416b46ab4192d3e4aaa285a02489e4054..97c4b544b8c2c4466ab62759533703896f31ca4c 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # br-branches-one-octopus
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus_branches-one b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus_branches-one
index 55e0bad621cde0c93e6a6fb92dc259c61986aba5..df705f74c7d6e24577ae48f1e783706d7ec939eb 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus_branches-one
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one-octopus_branches-one
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # br-branches-one-octopus branches-one
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one_branches-one b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one_branches-one
index 281fa09d481a2d04788d5c1b0a67b8f569203ebc..96890e5bd9920bfe3ea27a7e992f689b01badc2f 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one_branches-one
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-branches-one_branches-one
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # br-branches-one branches-one
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit
index e2fa9c8654647e46baa89d24501b050209aefdc1..68fc927263ed582621fe3385770603900e7ce841 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge
index ec1a7231aa7875df2cebd32411bad4861c233dcd..f6475b717a0d42a8944ab1a9593fe226a519c7a5 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge_config-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge_config-explicit
index 54f689151ff1006561309f6f7ca5e3523f8626c4..018bdd752a500295a5f1685ed53d1489fe780bf3 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge_config-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-merge_config-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus
index 7011dfc18140aade896592c853bec85567d4ccc8..36d0270502637ce0d54b29b3f3c3839c8ca8d50c 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus_config-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus_config-explicit
index bdad51f87163b51c378aaa1ca9bed8fe4a461af1..6654ad0898dfa7573a0552ec40489fd5c212ca85 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus_config-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit-octopus_config-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit_config-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit_config-explicit
index 1b237dde6e03b9bb1f4b9ad0b5ab75ae31127b57..b19b0162e1f234965687acb5041c504258d5ab68 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit_config-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-explicit_config-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob
index e75ec2f72b4420cf27bcb959ab83518d93e115b1..946d70ca0718e499d576772059060c5304d1e7f2 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge
index ce8f739a0d5f53d24d1408e0e39719c0411e3c0d..8bb5e8bc4e3ed113b59c19f08316ffc2785d5209 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge_config-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge_config-glob
index 5817bed8f88fcc11b9d5e67ce0863249339eeb2c..113c08dabe284a2d8a4de2b0a6f9dae7fde87103 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge_config-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-merge_config-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus
index 938e532db25e684599b39d1c862680a1caf8ea23..9bbd537579fe82441b6ae3cd93b97967b3f97763 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8		branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus_config-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus_config-glob
index c9225bf6ff060118ae85b5c666085b3a558db16e..4e510437d912057c7c61165cf13e610037d67274 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus_config-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-config-glob-octopus_config-glob
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 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-remote-glob_remote-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.br-remote-glob_remote-glob
index 646dbc877008edae3644ceef92fd5bed990eb784..20ba5cb1725d4b97a3bc9ac2c2f5a9abf207d063 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-remote-glob_remote-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-remote-glob_remote-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig
index 65ce6d99e2631fd777de10e11b3a58db5859c29a..887ccfc41f57fcf85f10a44deafa08fbd2c4d041 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_--tags_.._.git b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_--tags_.._.git
index 8258c808689d883b97867b3d07ca89e08146de12..1669cc4af0e8b3d179bcff9dd850f2f363278005 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_--tags_.._.git
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_--tags_.._.git
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # br-unconfig --tags ../.git
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file
index f02bab2fb4a1e07c6128fb899bf42183d1f0965e..74115361ba00984ca2fd174ea2dd686e7ec2d7ae 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		tag 'tag-one' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file
index 85de41109ecfb6fd4ac3a1b3b15489b83506a63c..7726983818f81aa230a91d5512b079f2b6b733a5 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # br-unconfig ../.git tag tag-one-tree tag tag-three-file
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three
index 0da2337f1b95b2011524b3d047a291747bd80305..7b3750ce5c0136030fd8b50ad87c6b0231f1cffe 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # br-unconfig ../.git tag tag-one tag tag-three
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		tag 'tag-one' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		tag 'tag-three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899		tag 'tag-three' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-default b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-default
index fc7041eefc2150417abc504e25f9d82049b3102e..da30e3c62c269b8a94b29f9edcb4a24d26185463 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-default
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-default
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # br-unconfig branches-default
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f		branch 'master' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-one b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-one
index e94cde745b58aeb360e2db064466260f2362cf87..e4614314c54e10b6abc285ad35b385de889b6cf4 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-one
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_branches-one
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # br-unconfig branches-one
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-explicit
index 01a283e70d9d10373c363d1fe15b39949bba8d89..ed323c98713c55658906f053517b9543eac7c5e6 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-glob
index 3a556c5e964785046cc43e9c13351818f436b857..2372ed03c5c506300b233dc983475905c20d2499 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_config-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-explicit
index db216dfa562e894999c565d44d43abb6c6dd562e..6318dd11b4c2d62e89b3be7b32bafaccc18da301 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-glob
index aee65c204d1b1468adaee9d41dc5c0a47a3ae999..1d9afad7d841a7d300c7653b19334c35a33bcdf0 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.br-unconfig_remote-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master b/t/t5515/fetch.master
index 950fd078db7ccbe27825183cb0236a0dcc45139a..9b29d6720002a3cd7fa19157762d26e908173d52 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_--tags_.._.git b/t/t5515/fetch.master_--tags_.._.git
index 0e59950c7b5e18521b59a17d3aaddc3a314a6f9c..8a7493537b99ac9592fd548300d5332e4163ab77 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_--tags_.._.git
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_--tags_.._.git
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # master --tags ../.git
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file b/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file
index 82868524ca40041b243e146064f4451d6899f3c4..0672d1292f5fab7043842ac142fcdc5474a0cdcb 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_one_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three-file
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		tag 'tag-one' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file b/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file
index 2e133eff296d291045e86fe6a8cba958106b9aae..0fd737cf81fd852d31346022c7e2b24545079fd2 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one-tree_tag_tag-three-file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # master ../.git tag tag-one-tree tag tag-three-file
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three b/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three
index 92b18b40ccc883bede4d2067aa4bf7a529d2f059..e488986653714b1af47a2ed11f18eb05283d1d81 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_.._.git_tag_tag-one_tag_tag-three
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # master ../.git tag tag-one tag tag-three
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		tag 'tag-one' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b		tag 'tag-three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899		tag 'tag-three' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-default b/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-default
index 603d6d23312b6a58d95a685803d8b19f0e0ac4e2..2eedd3bfa4a5f4a14c911cd37e00d40e9b0d1171 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-default
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-default
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # master branches-default
 754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f		branch 'master' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-one b/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-one
index fe9bb0b7982951ccf85934e42ff7c9620e2312b4..901ce21d333c8c5a37bcc8953f81f93faf415563 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-one
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_branches-one
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # master branches-one
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689		branch 'one' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-explicit
index 4be97c75752571d46aef0283f164abea025a1be8..251c826aa9dea34ce01bdee293b7c35b02bf6228 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-glob
index cb0726ff8d7ea9e801497b564b680710c2a273af..27c158e332f291dcde9aa345807c3b077c28dfd7 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_config-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-explicit b/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-explicit
index 44a1ca84296079356eabc3fd37d04529a3492409..b3cfe6b98b24f9ffb241d8cea37c70123c6f3273 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-explicit
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-explicit
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-glob b/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-glob
index 724e8db0a533248cab6784696c90db02ca1435f3..118befd1e483cb91eb8a28b6bba362565dcd59d5 100644
--- a/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-glob
+++ b/t/t5515/fetch.master_remote-glob
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	branch 'one' of ../
 0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	branch 'three' of ../
 6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	branch 'two' of ../
-754b754407bf032e9a2f9d5a9ad05ca79a6b228f	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
+6c9dec2b923228c9ff994c6cfe4ae16c12408dc5	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-master' of ../
 8e32a6d901327a23ef831511badce7bf3bf46689	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one' of ../
 22feea448b023a2d864ef94b013735af34d238ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-one-tree' of ../
-0567da4d5edd2ff4bb292a465ba9e64dcad9536b	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
+c61a82b60967180544e3c19f819ddbd0c9f89899	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three' of ../
 0e3b14047d3ee365f4f2a1b673db059c3972589c	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-three-file' of ../
-6134ee8f857693b96ff1cc98d3e2fd62b199e5a8	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
+525b7fb068d59950d185a8779dc957c77eed73ba	not-for-merge	tag 'tag-two' of ../
diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
index 3008e4e1210900be3bdc2e28dddd681ce8ec3551..5d8c428543bd61a27489af72045b4e1816d240e9 100755
--- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ printf '%s\n' '1 X' 2 3 4 '5 X' 6 7 8 '9 X' >result.1-5-9
 >empty
 
 create_merge_msgs () {
-	echo "Merge commit 'c2'" >msg.1-5 &&
-	echo "Merge commit 'c2'; commit 'c3'" >msg.1-5-9 &&
+	echo "Merge tag 'c2'" >msg.1-5 &&
+	echo "Merge tags 'c2' and 'c3'" >msg.1-5-9 &&
 	{
 		echo "Squashed commit of the following:" &&
 		echo &&
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ create_merge_msgs () {
 	} >squash.1-5-9 &&
 	echo >msg.nolog &&
 	{
-		echo "* commit 'c3':" &&
+		echo "* tag 'c3':" &&
 		echo "  commit 3" &&
 		echo
 	} >msg.log
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ verify_parents () {
 
 verify_mergeheads () {
 	printf '%s\n' "$@" >mergehead.expected &&
-	test_cmp mergehead.expected .git/MERGE_HEAD
+	while read sha1 rest
+	do
+		git rev-parse $sha1
+	done <.git/MERGE_HEAD >mergehead.actual &&
+	test_cmp mergehead.expected mergehead.actual
 }
 
 verify_no_mergehead () {
diff --git a/t/t7604-merge-custom-message.sh b/t/t7604-merge-custom-message.sh
index 9114785ef7c850ae2d393bed3565e13f11339ba0..89619cf44608282efa6d75c2ed93cd3bdc4096fc 100755
--- a/t/t7604-merge-custom-message.sh
+++ b/t/t7604-merge-custom-message.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ create_merge_msgs() {
 
 	cp exp.subject exp.log &&
 	echo >>exp.log "" &&
-	echo >>exp.log "* commit 'c2':" &&
+	echo >>exp.log "* tag 'c2':" &&
 	echo >>exp.log "  c2"
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 9225fa6f025cd9586b46f30464a69ccb57ca6b2a..8e7e0a5865d762c1cb859154c2d4735b9bf8722b 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge tag' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit master-3 &&
 	git merge tag-1 &&
-	check_oneline "Merge commit Qtag-1Q"
+	check_oneline "Merge tag Qtag-1Q"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'ambiguous tag' '
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ambiguous tag' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit master-4 &&
 	git merge ambiguous &&
-	check_oneline "Merge commit QambiguousQ"
+	check_oneline "Merge tag QambiguousQ"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index 7d38cc0f4de1c16b5b52725ba7a6a361650a6b41..3aa186df628331e74e8a84d3cc2d313f4518a626 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ int parse_tag(struct tag *item)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Look at a signed tag object, and return the offset where
+ * the embedded detached signature begins, or the end of the
+ * data when there is no such signature.
+ */
 size_t parse_signature(const char *buf, unsigned long size)
 {
 	char *eol;