diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 447e522a7b..c183dc9da0 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 --stat::
 	Generate a diffstat instead of a patch.
 
+--patch-with-stat::
+	Generate patch and prepend its diffstat.
+
 -z::
 	\0 line termination on output
 
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index f1b672d2dc..b54bbfa627 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ struct diffstat_t {
 	int alloc;
 	struct diffstat_file {
 		char *name;
+		unsigned is_unmerged:1;
+		unsigned is_binary:1;
 		unsigned int added, deleted;
 	} **files;
 };
@@ -245,11 +247,11 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t* data)
 	if (data->nr == 0)
 		return;
 
-	printf("---\n");
-
 	for (i = 0; i < data->nr; i++) {
 		struct diffstat_file *file = data->files[i];
 
+		if (file->is_binary || file->is_unmerged)
+			continue;
 		if (max_change < file->added + file->deleted)
 			max_change = file->added + file->deleted;
 		len = strlen(file->name);
@@ -294,11 +296,15 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t* data)
 		if (max + len > 70)
 			max = 70 - len;
 
-		if (added < 0) {
-			/* binary file */
+		if (data->files[i]->is_binary) {
 			printf(" %s%-*s |  Bin\n", prefix, len, name);
 			goto free_diffstat_file;
-		} else if (added + deleted == 0) {
+		}
+		else if (data->files[i]->is_unmerged) {
+			printf(" %s%-*s |  Unmerged\n", prefix, len, name);
+			goto free_diffstat_file;
+		}
+		else if (added + deleted == 0) {
 			total_files--;
 			goto free_diffstat_file;
 		}
@@ -426,11 +432,16 @@ static void builtin_diffstat(const char *name_a, const char *name_b,
 
 	data = diffstat_add(diffstat, name_a ? name_a : name_b);
 
+	if (!one || !two) {
+		data->is_unmerged = 1;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0)
 		die("unable to read files to diff");
 
 	if (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2))
-		data->added = -1;
+		data->is_binary = 1;
 	else {
 		/* Crazy xdl interfaces.. */
 		xpparam_t xpp;
@@ -1049,6 +1060,10 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--stat"))
 		options->output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--patch-with-stat")) {
+		options->output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+		options->with_stat = 1;
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-z"))
 		options->line_termination = 0;
 	else if (!strncmp(arg, "-l", 2))
@@ -1518,7 +1533,7 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
 	int diff_output_format = options->output_format;
 	struct diffstat_t *diffstat = NULL;
 
-	if (diff_output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT) {
+	if (diff_output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT || options->with_stat) {
 		diffstat = xcalloc(sizeof (struct diffstat_t), 1);
 		diffstat->xm.consume = diffstat_consume;
 	}
@@ -1530,6 +1545,17 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
 		}
 		putchar(options->line_termination);
 	}
+	if (options->with_stat) {
+		for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
+			struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
+			flush_one_pair(p, DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT, options,
+					diffstat);
+		}
+		show_stats(diffstat);
+		free(diffstat);
+		diffstat = NULL;
+		putchar(options->line_termination);
+	}
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
 		flush_one_pair(p, diff_output_format, options, diffstat);
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 2f8aff2cd4..f783baef14 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ struct diff_options {
 	const char *pickaxe;
 	unsigned recursive:1,
 		 with_raw:1,
+		 with_stat:1,
 		 tree_in_recursive:1,
 		 full_index:1;
 	int break_opt;
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ extern void diffcore_std_no_resolve(struct diff_options *);
 "  --patch-with-raw\n" \
 "                output both a patch and the diff-raw format.\n" \
 "  --stat        show diffstat instead of patch.\n" \
+"  --patch-with-stat\n" \
+"                output a patch and prepend its diffstat.\n" \
 "  --name-only   show only names of changed files.\n" \
 "  --name-status show names and status of changed files.\n" \
 "  --full-index  show full object name on index lines.\n" \
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c87accfa1a..2e0ae5e58e 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -333,8 +333,10 @@ static int cmd_log_wc(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp,
 		pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, ~0, buf,
 				    LOGSIZE, wcopt->abbrev);
 		printf("%s\n", buf);
-		if (wcopt->do_diff)
+		if (wcopt->do_diff) {
+			printf("---\n");
 			log_tree_commit(opt, commit);
+		}
 		shown = 1;
 		free(commit->buffer);
 		commit->buffer = NULL;
@@ -392,6 +394,12 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 	};
 	int i;
 
+	/* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */
+	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
+		argv[1] = argv[0];
+		argv[0] = cmd = "help";
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
 		struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
 		if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))