diff --git a/docs/manifest-format.txt b/docs/manifest-format.txt
index e48b75f..28a21bb 100644
--- a/docs/manifest-format.txt
+++ b/docs/manifest-format.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     <!ATTLIST remote alias        CDATA #IMPLIED>
     <!ATTLIST remote fetch        CDATA #REQUIRED>
     <!ATTLIST remote review       CDATA #IMPLIED>
+    <!ATTLIST remote revision     CDATA #IMPLIED>
 
     <!ELEMENT default (EMPTY)>
     <!ATTLIST default remote      IDREF #IMPLIED>
@@ -112,6 +113,10 @@
 are uploaded to by `repo upload`.  This attribute is optional;
 if not specified then `repo upload` will not function.
 
+Attribute `revision`: Name of a Git branch (e.g. `master` or
+`refs/heads/master`). Remotes with their own revision will override
+the default revision.
+
 Element default
 ---------------
 
@@ -132,14 +137,14 @@
 this value. If this value is not set, projects will use `revision`
 by default instead.
 
-Attribute `sync_j`: Number of parallel jobs to use when synching.
+Attribute `sync-j`: Number of parallel jobs to use when synching.
 
-Attribute `sync_c`: Set to true to only sync the given Git
+Attribute `sync-c`: Set to true to only sync the given Git
 branch (specified in the `revision` attribute) rather than the
-whole ref space.  Project elements lacking a sync_c element of
+whole ref space.  Project elements lacking a sync-c element of
 their own will use this value.
 
-Attribute `sync_s`: Set to true to also sync sub-projects.
+Attribute `sync-s`: Set to true to also sync sub-projects.
 
 
 Element manifest-server
@@ -208,7 +213,8 @@
 (e.g. just "master") or absolute (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
 Tags and/or explicit SHA-1s should work in theory, but have not
 been extensively tested.  If not supplied the revision given by
-the default element is used.
+the remote element is used if applicable, else the default
+element is used.
 
 Attribute `dest-branch`: Name of a Git branch (e.g. `master`).
 When using `repo upload`, changes will be submitted for code
@@ -226,11 +232,11 @@
 If the project has a parent element, the `name` and `path` here
 are the prefixed ones.
 
-Attribute `sync_c`: Set to true to only sync the given Git
+Attribute `sync-c`: Set to true to only sync the given Git
 branch (specified in the `revision` attribute) rather than the
 whole ref space.
 
-Attribute `sync_s`: Set to true to also sync sub-projects.
+Attribute `sync-s`: Set to true to also sync sub-projects.
 
 Attribute `upstream`: Name of the Git branch in which a sha1
 can be found.  Used when syncing a revision locked manifest in
diff --git a/git_command.py b/git_command.py
index 354fc71..53b3e75 100644
--- a/git_command.py
+++ b/git_command.py
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
   def version(self):
     p = GitCommand(None, ['--version'], capture_stdout=True)
     if p.Wait() == 0:
-      return p.stdout
+      return p.stdout.decode('utf-8')
     return None
 
   def version_tuple(self):
     global _git_version
     if _git_version is None:
-      ver_str = git.version().decode('utf-8')
+      ver_str = git.version()
       _git_version = Wrapper().ParseGitVersion(ver_str)
       if _git_version is None:
         print('fatal: "%s" unsupported' % ver_str, file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index 32879ec..aa07d1b 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import json
 import os
-import pickle
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     return cls(configfile = os.path.join(gitdir, 'config'),
                defaults = defaults)
 
-  def __init__(self, configfile, defaults=None, pickleFile=None):
+  def __init__(self, configfile, defaults=None, jsonFile=None):
     self.file = configfile
     self.defaults = defaults
     self._cache_dict = None
@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@
     self._remotes = {}
     self._branches = {}
 
-    if pickleFile is None:
-      self._pickle = os.path.join(
+    self._json = jsonFile
+    if self._json is None:
+      self._json = os.path.join(
         os.path.dirname(self.file),
-        '.repopickle_' + os.path.basename(self.file))
-    else:
-      self._pickle = pickleFile
+        '.repo_' + os.path.basename(self.file) + '.json')
 
   def Has(self, name, include_defaults = True):
     """Return true if this configuration file has the key.
@@ -217,9 +216,9 @@
     """Resolve any url.*.insteadof references.
     """
     for new_url in self.GetSubSections('url'):
-      old_url = self.GetString('url.%s.insteadof' % new_url)
-      if old_url is not None and url.startswith(old_url):
-        return new_url + url[len(old_url):]
+      for old_url in self.GetString('url.%s.insteadof' % new_url, True):
+        if old_url is not None and url.startswith(old_url):
+          return new_url + url[len(old_url):]
     return url
 
   @property
@@ -248,50 +247,41 @@
     return self._cache_dict
 
   def _Read(self):
-    d = self._ReadPickle()
+    d = self._ReadJson()
     if d is None:
       d = self._ReadGit()
-      self._SavePickle(d)
+      self._SaveJson(d)
     return d
 
-  def _ReadPickle(self):
+  def _ReadJson(self):
     try:
-      if os.path.getmtime(self._pickle) \
+      if os.path.getmtime(self._json) \
       <= os.path.getmtime(self.file):
-        os.remove(self._pickle)
+        os.remove(self._json)
         return None
     except OSError:
       return None
     try:
-      Trace(': unpickle %s', self.file)
-      fd = open(self._pickle, 'rb')
+      Trace(': parsing %s', self.file)
+      fd = open(self._json)
       try:
-        return pickle.load(fd)
+        return json.load(fd)
       finally:
         fd.close()
-    except EOFError:
-      os.remove(self._pickle)
-      return None
-    except IOError:
-      os.remove(self._pickle)
-      return None
-    except pickle.PickleError:
-      os.remove(self._pickle)
+    except (IOError, ValueError):
+      os.remove(self._json)
       return None
 
-  def _SavePickle(self, cache):
+  def _SaveJson(self, cache):
     try:
-      fd = open(self._pickle, 'wb')
+      fd = open(self._json, 'w')
       try:
-        pickle.dump(cache, fd, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
+        json.dump(cache, fd, indent=2)
       finally:
         fd.close()
-    except IOError:
-      if os.path.exists(self._pickle):
-        os.remove(self._pickle)
-    except pickle.PickleError:
-      if os.path.exists(self._pickle):
-        os.remove(self._pickle)
+    except (IOError, TypeError):
+      if os.path.exists(self.json):
+        os.remove(self._json)
 
   def _ReadGit(self):
     """
@@ -707,7 +697,7 @@
       self._Set('merge', self.merge)
 
     else:
-      fd = open(self._config.file, 'ab')
+      fd = open(self._config.file, 'a')
       try:
         fd.write('[branch "%s"]\n' % self.name)
         if self.remote:
diff --git a/hooks/commit-msg b/hooks/commit-msg
index 5ca2b11..d8f009b 100755
--- a/hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# From Gerrit Code Review 2.6
 #
 # Part of Gerrit Code Review (http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/)
 #
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
 #
 add_ChangeId() {
 	clean_message=`sed -e '
-		/^diff --git a\/.*/{
+		/^diff --git .*/{
 			s///
 			q
 		}
@@ -39,6 +38,11 @@
 		return
 	fi
 
+	if test "false" = "`git config --bool --get gerrit.createChangeId`"
+	then
+		return
+	fi
+
 	# Does Change-Id: already exist? if so, exit (no change).
 	if grep -i '^Change-Id:' "$MSG" >/dev/null
 	then
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@
 	# Skip the line starting with the diff command and everything after it,
 	# up to the end of the file, assuming it is only patch data.
 	# If more than one line before the diff was empty, strip all but one.
-	/^diff --git a/ {
+	/^diff --git / {
 		blankLines = 0
 		while (getline) { }
 		next
diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index e2f58e6..3517c15 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@
                alias=None,
                fetch=None,
                manifestUrl=None,
-               review=None):
+               review=None,
+               revision=None):
     self.name = name
     self.fetchUrl = fetch
     self.manifestUrl = manifestUrl
     self.remoteAlias = alias
     self.reviewUrl = review
+    self.revision = revision
     self.resolvedFetchUrl = self._resolveFetchUrl()
 
   def __eq__(self, other):
@@ -159,6 +161,8 @@
       e.setAttribute('alias', r.remoteAlias)
     if r.reviewUrl is not None:
       e.setAttribute('review', r.reviewUrl)
+    if r.revision is not None:
+      e.setAttribute('revision', r.revision)
 
   def Save(self, fd, peg_rev=False, peg_rev_upstream=True):
     """Write the current manifest out to the given file descriptor.
@@ -240,7 +244,8 @@
       if d.remote:
         remoteName = d.remote.remoteAlias or d.remote.name
       if not d.remote or p.remote.name != remoteName:
-        e.setAttribute('remote', p.remote.name)
+        remoteName = p.remote.name
+        e.setAttribute('remote', remoteName)
       if peg_rev:
         if self.IsMirror:
           value = p.bare_git.rev_parse(p.revisionExpr + '^0')
@@ -252,8 +257,12 @@
           # isn't our value, and the if the default doesn't already have that
           # covered.
           e.setAttribute('upstream', p.revisionExpr)
-      elif not d.revisionExpr or p.revisionExpr != d.revisionExpr:
-        e.setAttribute('revision', p.revisionExpr)
+      else:
+        revision = self.remotes[remoteName].revision or d.revisionExpr
+        if not revision or revision != p.revisionExpr:
+          e.setAttribute('revision', p.revisionExpr)
+        if p.upstream and p.upstream != p.revisionExpr:
+          e.setAttribute('upstream', p.upstream)
 
       for c in p.copyfiles:
         ce = doc.createElement('copyfile')
@@ -310,7 +319,7 @@
   @property
   def projects(self):
     self._Load()
-    return self._paths.values()
+    return list(self._paths.values())
 
   @property
   def remotes(self):
@@ -592,8 +601,11 @@
     review = node.getAttribute('review')
     if review == '':
       review = None
+    revision = node.getAttribute('revision')
+    if revision == '':
+      revision = None
     manifestUrl = self.manifestProject.config.GetString('remote.origin.url')
-    return _XmlRemote(name, alias, fetch, manifestUrl, review)
+    return _XmlRemote(name, alias, fetch, manifestUrl, review, revision)
 
   def _ParseDefault(self, node):
     """
@@ -686,7 +698,7 @@
       raise ManifestParseError("no remote for project %s within %s" %
             (name, self.manifestFile))
 
-    revisionExpr = node.getAttribute('revision')
+    revisionExpr = node.getAttribute('revision') or remote.revision
     if not revisionExpr:
       revisionExpr = self._default.revisionExpr
     if not revisionExpr:
@@ -872,10 +884,8 @@
     fromProjects = self.paths
     toProjects = manifest.paths
 
-    fromKeys = fromProjects.keys()
-    fromKeys.sort()
-    toKeys = toProjects.keys()
-    toKeys.sort()
+    fromKeys = sorted(fromProjects.keys())
+    toKeys = sorted(toProjects.keys())
 
     diff = {'added': [], 'removed': [], 'changed': [], 'unreachable': []}
 
diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index 127176e..95403cc 100644
--- a/project.py
+++ b/project.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 def _lwrite(path, content):
   lock = '%s.lock' % path
 
-  fd = open(lock, 'wb')
+  fd = open(lock, 'w')
   try:
     fd.write(content)
   finally:
@@ -259,10 +259,12 @@
   def __init__(self,
                name,
                url = None,
-               review = None):
+               review = None,
+               revision = None):
     self.name = name
     self.url = url
     self.review = review
+    self.revision = revision
 
 class RepoHook(object):
   """A RepoHook contains information about a script to run as a hook.
@@ -438,7 +440,8 @@
       # and  convert to a HookError w/ just the failing traceback.
       context = {}
       try:
-        execfile(self._script_fullpath, context)
+        exec(compile(open(self._script_fullpath).read(),
+                     self._script_fullpath, 'exec'), context)
       except Exception:
         raise HookError('%s\nFailed to import %s hook; see traceback above.' % (
                         traceback.format_exc(), self._hook_type))
@@ -1657,7 +1660,8 @@
 
       remote = RemoteSpec(self.remote.name,
                           url = url,
-                          review = self.remote.review)
+                          review = self.remote.review,
+                          revision = self.remote.revision)
       subproject = Project(manifest = self.manifest,
                            name = name,
                            remote = remote,
@@ -1702,6 +1706,7 @@
     if command.Wait() != 0:
       raise GitError('git archive %s: %s' % (self.name, command.stderr))
 
+
   def _RemoteFetch(self, name=None,
                    current_branch_only=False,
                    initial=False,
@@ -1804,19 +1809,30 @@
     else:
       cmd.append('--tags')
 
+    spec = []
     if not current_branch_only:
       # Fetch whole repo
-      cmd.append(str((u'+refs/heads/*:') + remote.ToLocal('refs/heads/*')))
+      spec.append(str((u'+refs/heads/*:') + remote.ToLocal('refs/heads/*')))
     elif tag_name is not None:
-      cmd.append('tag')
-      cmd.append(tag_name)
+      spec.append('tag')
+      spec.append(tag_name)
     else:
       branch = self.revisionExpr
       if is_sha1:
         branch = self.upstream
       if branch.startswith(R_HEADS):
         branch = branch[len(R_HEADS):]
-      cmd.append(str((u'+refs/heads/%s:' % branch) + remote.ToLocal('refs/heads/%s' % branch)))
+      spec.append(str((u'+refs/heads/%s:' % branch) + remote.ToLocal('refs/heads/%s' % branch)))
+    cmd.extend(spec)
+
+    shallowfetch = self.config.GetString('repo.shallowfetch')
+    if shallowfetch and shallowfetch != ' '.join(spec):
+      GitCommand(self, ['fetch', '--unshallow', name] + shallowfetch.split(),
+                 bare=True, ssh_proxy=ssh_proxy).Wait()
+    if depth:
+        self.config.SetString('repo.shallowfetch', ' '.join(spec))
+    else:
+        self.config.SetString('repo.shallowfetch', None)
 
     ok = False
     for _i in range(2):
@@ -2201,6 +2217,14 @@
         if name in symlink_dirs and not os.path.lexists(src):
           os.makedirs(src)
 
+        # If the source file doesn't exist, ensure the destination
+        # file doesn't either.
+        if name in symlink_files and not os.path.lexists(src):
+          try:
+            os.remove(dst)
+          except OSError:
+            pass
+
         if name in to_symlink:
           os.symlink(os.path.relpath(src, os.path.dirname(dst)), dst)
         elif copy_all and not os.path.islink(dst):
@@ -2321,8 +2345,8 @@
           out = iter(out[:-1].split('\0'))  # pylint: disable=W1401
           while out:
             try:
-              info = out.next()
-              path = out.next()
+              info = next(out)
+              path = next(out)
             except StopIteration:
               break
 
@@ -2348,7 +2372,7 @@
             info = _Info(path, *info)
             if info.status in ('R', 'C'):
               info.src_path = info.path
-              info.path = out.next()
+              info.path = next(out)
             r[info.path] = info
         return r
       finally:
diff --git a/repo b/repo
index b8c414b..3fd0166 100755
--- a/repo
+++ b/repo
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@
 
 # Python version check
 ver = sys.version_info
-if ver[0] == 3:
-  _print('warning: Python 3 support is currently experimental. YMMV.\n'
-         'Please use Python 2.6 - 2.7 instead.',
-         file=sys.stderr)
 if (ver[0], ver[1]) < MIN_PYTHON_VERSION:
   _print('error: Python version %s unsupported.\n'
          'Please use Python 2.6 - 2.7 instead.'
@@ -768,4 +764,8 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+  if ver[0] == 3:
+    _print('warning: Python 3 support is currently experimental. YMMV.\n'
+           'Please use Python 2.6 - 2.7 instead.',
+           file=sys.stderr)
   main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/subcmds/forall.py b/subcmds/forall.py
index 03ebcb2..7771ec1 100644
--- a/subcmds/forall.py
+++ b/subcmds/forall.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
+import errno
 import fcntl
+import multiprocessing
 import re
 import os
 import select
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
   'log',
 ]
 
+
 class ForallColoring(Coloring):
   def __init__(self, config):
     Coloring.__init__(self, config, 'forall')
@@ -132,9 +135,31 @@
     g.add_option('-v', '--verbose',
                  dest='verbose', action='store_true',
                  help='Show command error messages')
+    g.add_option('-j', '--jobs',
+                 dest='jobs', action='store', type='int', default=1,
+                 help='number of commands to execute simultaneously')
 
   def WantPager(self, opt):
-    return opt.project_header
+    return opt.project_header and opt.jobs == 1
+
+  def _SerializeProject(self, project):
+    """ Serialize a project._GitGetByExec instance.
+
+    project._GitGetByExec is not pickle-able. Instead of trying to pass it
+    around between processes, make a dict ourselves containing only the
+    attributes that we need.
+
+    """
+    return {
+      'name': project.name,
+      'relpath': project.relpath,
+      'remote_name': project.remote.name,
+      'lrev': project.GetRevisionId(),
+      'rrev': project.revisionExpr,
+      'annotations': dict((a.name, a.value) for a in project.annotations),
+      'gitdir': project.gitdir,
+      'worktree': project.worktree,
+    }
 
   def Execute(self, opt, args):
     if not opt.command:
@@ -173,11 +198,7 @@
       # pylint: enable=W0631
 
     mirror = self.manifest.IsMirror
-    out = ForallColoring(self.manifest.manifestProject.config)
-    out.redirect(sys.stdout)
-
     rc = 0
-    first = True
 
     if not opt.regex:
       projects = self.GetProjects(args)
@@ -186,113 +207,156 @@
 
     os.environ['REPO_COUNT'] = str(len(projects))
 
-    for (cnt, project) in enumerate(projects):
-      env = os.environ.copy()
-      def setenv(name, val):
-        if val is None:
-          val = ''
-        env[name] = val.encode()
-
-      setenv('REPO_PROJECT', project.name)
-      setenv('REPO_PATH', project.relpath)
-      setenv('REPO_REMOTE', project.remote.name)
-      setenv('REPO_LREV', project.GetRevisionId())
-      setenv('REPO_RREV', project.revisionExpr)
-      setenv('REPO_I', str(cnt + 1))
-      for a in project.annotations:
-        setenv("REPO__%s" % (a.name), a.value)
-
-      if mirror:
-        setenv('GIT_DIR', project.gitdir)
-        cwd = project.gitdir
-      else:
-        cwd = project.worktree
-
-      if not os.path.exists(cwd):
-        if (opt.project_header and opt.verbose) \
-        or not opt.project_header:
-          print('skipping %s/' % project.relpath, file=sys.stderr)
-        continue
-
-      if opt.project_header:
-        stdin = subprocess.PIPE
-        stdout = subprocess.PIPE
-        stderr = subprocess.PIPE
-      else:
-        stdin = None
-        stdout = None
-        stderr = None
-
-      p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
-                           cwd = cwd,
-                           shell = shell,
-                           env = env,
-                           stdin = stdin,
-                           stdout = stdout,
-                           stderr = stderr)
-
-      if opt.project_header:
-        class sfd(object):
-          def __init__(self, fd, dest):
-            self.fd = fd
-            self.dest = dest
-          def fileno(self):
-            return self.fd.fileno()
-
-        empty = True
-        errbuf = ''
-
-        p.stdin.close()
-        s_in = [sfd(p.stdout, sys.stdout),
-                sfd(p.stderr, sys.stderr)]
-
-        for s in s_in:
-          flags = fcntl.fcntl(s.fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
-          fcntl.fcntl(s.fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags | os.O_NONBLOCK)
-
-        while s_in:
-          in_ready, _out_ready, _err_ready = select.select(s_in, [], [])
-          for s in in_ready:
-            buf = s.fd.read(4096)
-            if not buf:
-              s.fd.close()
-              s_in.remove(s)
-              continue
-
-            if not opt.verbose:
-              if s.fd != p.stdout:
-                errbuf += buf
-                continue
-
-            if empty:
-              if first:
-                first = False
-              else:
-                out.nl()
-
-              if mirror:
-                project_header_path = project.name
-              else:
-                project_header_path = project.relpath
-              out.project('project %s/', project_header_path)
-              out.nl()
-              out.flush()
-              if errbuf:
-                sys.stderr.write(errbuf)
-                sys.stderr.flush()
-                errbuf = ''
-              empty = False
-
-            s.dest.write(buf)
-            s.dest.flush()
-
-      r = p.wait()
-      if r != 0:
-        if r != rc:
-          rc = r
-        if opt.abort_on_errors:
-          print("error: %s: Aborting due to previous error" % project.relpath,
-                file=sys.stderr)
-          sys.exit(r)
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(opt.jobs)
+    try:
+      config = self.manifest.manifestProject.config
+      results_it = pool.imap(
+         DoWorkWrapper,
+         [[mirror, opt, cmd, shell, cnt, config, self._SerializeProject(p)]
+          for cnt, p in enumerate(projects)]
+      )
+      pool.close()
+      for r in results_it:
+        rc = rc or r
+        if r != 0 and opt.abort_on_errors:
+          raise Exception('Aborting due to previous error')
+    except (KeyboardInterrupt, WorkerKeyboardInterrupt):
+      # Catch KeyboardInterrupt raised inside and outside of workers
+      print('Interrupted - terminating the pool')
+      pool.terminate()
+      rc = rc or errno.EINTR
+    except Exception as e:
+      # Catch any other exceptions raised
+      print('Got an error, terminating the pool: %r' % e,
+            file=sys.stderr)
+      pool.terminate()
+      rc = rc or getattr(e, 'errno', 1)
+    finally:
+      pool.join()
     if rc != 0:
       sys.exit(rc)
+
+
+class WorkerKeyboardInterrupt(Exception):
+  """ Keyboard interrupt exception for worker processes. """
+  pass
+
+
+def DoWorkWrapper(args):
+  """ A wrapper around the DoWork() method.
+
+  Catch the KeyboardInterrupt exceptions here and re-raise them as a different,
+  ``Exception``-based exception to stop it flooding the console with stacktraces
+  and making the parent hang indefinitely.
+
+  """
+  project = args.pop()
+  try:
+    return DoWork(project, *args)
+  except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    print('%s: Worker interrupted' % project['name'])
+    raise WorkerKeyboardInterrupt()
+
+
+def DoWork(project, mirror, opt, cmd, shell, cnt, config):
+  env = os.environ.copy()
+  def setenv(name, val):
+    if val is None:
+      val = ''
+    env[name] = val.encode()
+
+  setenv('REPO_PROJECT', project['name'])
+  setenv('REPO_PATH', project['relpath'])
+  setenv('REPO_REMOTE', project['remote_name'])
+  setenv('REPO_LREV', project['lrev'])
+  setenv('REPO_RREV', project['rrev'])
+  setenv('REPO_I', str(cnt + 1))
+  for name in project['annotations']:
+    setenv("REPO__%s" % (name), project['annotations'][name])
+
+  if mirror:
+    setenv('GIT_DIR', project['gitdir'])
+    cwd = project['gitdir']
+  else:
+    cwd = project['worktree']
+
+  if not os.path.exists(cwd):
+    if (opt.project_header and opt.verbose) \
+    or not opt.project_header:
+      print('skipping %s/' % project['relpath'], file=sys.stderr)
+    return
+
+  if opt.project_header:
+    stdin = subprocess.PIPE
+    stdout = subprocess.PIPE
+    stderr = subprocess.PIPE
+  else:
+    stdin = None
+    stdout = None
+    stderr = None
+
+  p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+                       cwd=cwd,
+                       shell=shell,
+                       env=env,
+                       stdin=stdin,
+                       stdout=stdout,
+                       stderr=stderr)
+
+  if opt.project_header:
+    out = ForallColoring(config)
+    out.redirect(sys.stdout)
+    class sfd(object):
+      def __init__(self, fd, dest):
+        self.fd = fd
+        self.dest = dest
+      def fileno(self):
+        return self.fd.fileno()
+
+    empty = True
+    errbuf = ''
+
+    p.stdin.close()
+    s_in = [sfd(p.stdout, sys.stdout),
+            sfd(p.stderr, sys.stderr)]
+
+    for s in s_in:
+      flags = fcntl.fcntl(s.fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
+      fcntl.fcntl(s.fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags | os.O_NONBLOCK)
+
+    while s_in:
+      in_ready, _out_ready, _err_ready = select.select(s_in, [], [])
+      for s in in_ready:
+        buf = s.fd.read(4096)
+        if not buf:
+          s.fd.close()
+          s_in.remove(s)
+          continue
+
+        if not opt.verbose:
+          if s.fd != p.stdout:
+            errbuf += buf
+            continue
+
+        if empty and out:
+          if not cnt == 0:
+            out.nl()
+
+          if mirror:
+            project_header_path = project['name']
+          else:
+            project_header_path = project['relpath']
+          out.project('project %s/', project_header_path)
+          out.nl()
+          out.flush()
+          if errbuf:
+            sys.stderr.write(errbuf)
+            sys.stderr.flush()
+            errbuf = ''
+          empty = False
+
+        s.dest.write(buf)
+        s.dest.flush()
+
+  r = p.wait()
+  return r
diff --git a/subcmds/status.py b/subcmds/status.py
index 41c4429..b42675e 100644
--- a/subcmds/status.py
+++ b/subcmds/status.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     try:
       state = project.PrintWorkTreeStatus(output)
       if state == 'CLEAN':
-        clean_counter.next()
+        next(clean_counter)
     finally:
       sem.release()
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
       for project in all_projects:
         state = project.PrintWorkTreeStatus()
         if state == 'CLEAN':
-          counter.next()
+          next(counter)
     else:
       sem = _threading.Semaphore(opt.jobs)
       threads_and_output = []
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         t.join()
         output.dump(sys.stdout)
         output.close()
-    if len(all_projects) == counter.next():
+    if len(all_projects) == next(counter):
       print('nothing to commit (working directory clean)')
 
     if opt.orphans:
diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index a0a6896..6f77310 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
+import json
 import netrc
 from optparse import SUPPRESS_HELP
 import os
-import pickle
 import re
 import shutil
 import socket
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
   _ALPHA = 0.5
 
   def __init__(self, manifest):
-    self._path = os.path.join(manifest.repodir, '.repopickle_fetchtimes')
+    self._path = os.path.join(manifest.repodir, '.repo_fetchtimes.json')
     self._times = None
     self._seen = set()
 
@@ -779,22 +779,17 @@
   def _Load(self):
     if self._times is None:
       try:
-        f = open(self._path, 'rb')
-      except IOError:
-        self._times = {}
-        return self._times
-      try:
+        f = open(self._path)
         try:
-          self._times = pickle.load(f)
-        except IOError:
-          try:
-            os.remove(self._path)
-          except OSError:
-            pass
-          self._times = {}
-      finally:
-        f.close()
-    return self._times
+          self._times = json.load(f)
+        finally:
+          f.close()
+      except (IOError, ValueError):
+        try:
+          os.remove(self._path)
+        except OSError:
+          pass
+        self._times = {}
 
   def Save(self):
     if self._times is None:
@@ -808,13 +803,13 @@
       del self._times[name]
 
     try:
-      f = open(self._path, 'wb')
+      f = open(self._path, 'w')
       try:
-        pickle.dump(self._times, f)
-      except (IOError, OSError, pickle.PickleError):
-        try:
-          os.remove(self._path)
-        except OSError:
-          pass
-    finally:
-      f.close()
+        json.dump(self._times, f, indent=2)
+      finally:
+        f.close()
+    except (IOError, TypeError):
+      try:
+        os.remove(self._path)
+      except OSError:
+        pass
diff --git a/subcmds/upload.py b/subcmds/upload.py
index e2fa261..0ee36df 100644
--- a/subcmds/upload.py
+++ b/subcmds/upload.py
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 from project import RepoHook
 
 from pyversion import is_python3
+# pylint:disable=W0622
 if not is_python3():
-  # pylint:disable=W0622
   input = raw_input
-  # pylint:enable=W0622
+else:
+  unicode = str
+# pylint:enable=W0622
 
 UNUSUAL_COMMIT_THRESHOLD = 5