diff --git a/docs/manifest-format.txt b/docs/manifest-format.txt
index 65cd70b..d5c6a02 100644
--- a/docs/manifest-format.txt
+++ b/docs/manifest-format.txt
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@
 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
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@
 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 380bdd2..aa07d1b 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -216,9 +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
@@ -697,7 +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 bd1ab69..890c954 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -86,16 +86,20 @@
     # about here are:
     # * no scheme in the base url, like <hostname:port>
     # * persistent-https://
+    # * rpc://
     # We handle this by replacing these with obscure protocols
     # and then replacing them with the original when we are done.
     # gopher -> <none>
     # wais -> persistent-https
+    # nntp -> rpc
     if manifestUrl.find(':') != manifestUrl.find('/') - 1:
       manifestUrl = 'gopher://' + manifestUrl
     manifestUrl = re.sub(r'^persistent-https://', 'wais://', manifestUrl)
+    manifestUrl = re.sub(r'^rpc://', 'nntp://', manifestUrl)
     url = urllib.parse.urljoin(manifestUrl, url)
     url = re.sub(r'^gopher://', '', url)
     url = re.sub(r'^wais://', 'persistent-https://', url)
+    url = re.sub(r'^nntp://', 'rpc://', url)
     return url
 
   def ToRemoteSpec(self, projectName):
@@ -264,6 +268,8 @@
         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')
diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index e070351..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:
@@ -1706,6 +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,
@@ -1808,19 +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):
@@ -2205,6 +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):
diff --git a/repo b/repo
index 3fd0166..6338483 100755
--- a/repo
+++ b/repo
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
       try:
         _Init(args)
       except CloneFailure:
-        shutil.rmtree(repodir, ignore_errors=True)
+        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(repodir, S_repo), ignore_errors=True)
         sys.exit(1)
       repo_main, rel_repo_dir = _FindRepo()
     else:
diff --git a/subcmds/branches.py b/subcmds/branches.py
index f714c1e..2902684 100644
--- a/subcmds/branches.py
+++ b/subcmds/branches.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     return self.current > 0
 
   @property
+  def IsSplitCurrent(self):
+    return self.current != 0 and self.current != len(self.projects)
+
+  @property
   def IsPublished(self):
     return self.published > 0
 
@@ -139,10 +143,14 @@
       if in_cnt < project_cnt:
         fmt = out.write
         paths = []
-        if in_cnt < project_cnt - in_cnt:
+        non_cur_paths = []
+        if i.IsSplitCurrent or (in_cnt < project_cnt - in_cnt):
           in_type = 'in'
           for b in i.projects:
-            paths.append(b.project.relpath)
+            if not i.IsSplitCurrent or b.current:
+              paths.append(b.project.relpath)
+            else:
+              non_cur_paths.append(b.project.relpath)
         else:
           fmt = out.notinproject
           in_type = 'not in'
@@ -154,13 +162,19 @@
               paths.append(p.relpath)
 
         s = ' %s %s' % (in_type, ', '.join(paths))
-        if width + 7 + len(s) < 80:
+        if not i.IsSplitCurrent and (width + 7 + len(s) < 80):
+          fmt = out.current if i.IsCurrent else fmt
           fmt(s)
         else:
           fmt(' %s:' % in_type)
+          fmt = out.current if i.IsCurrent else out.write
           for p in paths:
             out.nl()
             fmt(width*' ' + '          %s' % p)
+          fmt = out.write
+          for p in non_cur_paths:
+            out.nl()
+            fmt(width*' ' + '          %s' % p)
       else:
         out.write(' in all projects')
       out.nl()
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