diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 280ef2058c..827a49970d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --add name value
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-config' [--system | --global] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-config' [--system | --global] --add name value
+'git-config' [--system | --global] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
 'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --get name [value_regex]
 'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --rename-section old_name new_name
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --remove-section name
+'git-config' [--system | --global] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global] --rename-section old_name new_name
+'git-config' [--system | --global] --remove-section name
 'git-config' [--system | --global] -l | --list
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES).
 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
 'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
-a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
+a "true" or "false" string for bool).  Type specifiers currently only
+take effect for reading operations.  If no type specifier is passed,
 no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
 
 This command will fail if:
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 7408285050..8956d0f842 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -623,9 +623,10 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	    (rename && force_create))
 		usage(builtin_branch_usage);
 
-	head = xstrdup(resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, NULL));
+	head = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, NULL);
 	if (!head)
 		die("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref.");
+	head = xstrdup(head);
 	if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD")) {
 		detached = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 33297aa8a7..b23e190678 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -186,13 +186,11 @@ static const char *external_diff(void)
 	return external_diff_cmd;
 }
 
-#define TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN		50
-
 static struct diff_tempfile {
 	const char *name; /* filename external diff should read from */
 	char hex[41];
 	char mode[10];
-	char tmp_path[TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN];
+	char tmp_path[PATH_MAX];
 } diff_temp[2];
 
 static int count_lines(const char *data, int size)
@@ -1561,7 +1559,7 @@ static void prep_temp_blob(struct diff_tempfile *temp,
 {
 	int fd;
 
-	fd = git_mkstemp(temp->tmp_path, TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN, ".diff_XXXXXX");
+	fd = git_mkstemp(temp->tmp_path, PATH_MAX, ".diff_XXXXXX");
 	if (fd < 0)
 		die("unable to create temp-file");
 	if (write_in_full(fd, blob, size) != size)
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index f20090721a..29b55a1604 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 		int option;
 	} commands[] = {
 		{ "add", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NOT_BARE },
-		{ "annotate", cmd_annotate, USE_PAGER },
+		{ "annotate", cmd_annotate, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "apply", cmd_apply },
 		{ "archive", cmd_archive },
 		{ "blame", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index a1d777ca81..3f3fd2d7f7 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -436,6 +436,40 @@ test_expect_success numbers '
 	test z1048576 = "z$m"
 '
 
+cat > expect << EOF
+true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success bool '
+
+	git-config bool.true1 01 &&
+	git-config bool.true2 -1 &&
+	git-config bool.true3 YeS &&
+	git-config bool.true4 true &&
+	git-config bool.false1 000 &&
+	git-config bool.false2 "" &&
+	git-config bool.false3 nO &&
+	git-config bool.false4 FALSE &&
+	rm -f result &&
+	for i in 1 2 3 4
+	do
+	    git-config --bool --get bool.true$i >>result
+	    git-config --bool --get bool.false$i >>result
+        done &&
+	cmp expect result'
+
+test_expect_failure 'invalid bool' '
+
+	git-config bool.nobool foobar &&
+	git-config --bool --get bool.nobool'
+
 rm .git/config
 
 git-config quote.leading " test"
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 906ce69ea6..cac2411b9d 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -414,10 +414,6 @@ static void verify_uptodate(struct cache_entry *ce,
 			return;
 		errno = 0;
 	}
-	if (o->reset) {
-		ce->ce_flags |= htons(CE_UPDATE);
-		return;
-	}
 	if (errno == ENOENT)
 		return;
 	die("Entry '%s' not uptodate. Cannot merge.", ce->name);