diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 785776086c..60f26fe473 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2231,6 +2231,12 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 		p = uq.buf;
 	}
 
+	/* Git does not track empty, non-toplevel directories. */
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode) && !memcmp(sha1, EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN, 20) && *p) {
+		tree_content_remove(&b->branch_tree, p, NULL);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
 		if (inline_data)
 			die("Git links cannot be specified 'inline': %s",
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index a5ffd9a31e..5873ba4bc3 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 
 		if test ! -z "$1"
 		then
-			output git checkout "$1" ||
+			output git checkout "$1" -- ||
 				die "Could not checkout $1"
 		fi
 
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 #  e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
 #  s, squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
 #  f, fixup = like "squash", but discard this commit's log message
-#  x <cmd>, exec <cmd> = Run a shell command <cmd>, and stop if it fails
+#  x, exec = run command (the rest of the line) using shell
 #
 # If you remove a line here THAT COMMIT WILL BE LOST.
 # However, if you remove everything, the rebase will be aborted.
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index d8e1903026..cbb0ea90ed 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ case "$#" in
 	then
 		head_name="detached HEAD"
 	else
+		echo >&2 "fatal: no such branch: $1"
 		usage
 	fi
 	;;
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ then
 	if test -z "$force_rebase"
 	then
 		# Lazily switch to the target branch if needed...
-		test -z "$switch_to" || git checkout "$switch_to"
+		test -z "$switch_to" || git checkout "$switch_to" --
 		say "Current branch $branch_name is up to date."
 		exit 0
 	else
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index 222d1059ef..986bc14d58 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -919,6 +919,48 @@ test_expect_success \
 	 git diff-tree -C --find-copies-harder -r N4 N6 >actual &&
 	 compare_diff_raw expect actual'
 
+test_expect_success \
+	'N: delete directory by copying' \
+	'cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	OBJID
+	:100644 000000 OBJID OBJID D	foo/bar/qux
+	OBJID
+	:000000 100644 OBJID OBJID A	foo/bar/baz
+	:000000 100644 OBJID OBJID A	foo/bar/qux
+	EOF
+	 empty_tree=$(git mktree </dev/null) &&
+	 cat >input <<-INPUT_END &&
+	commit refs/heads/N-delete
+	committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+	data <<COMMIT
+	collect data to be deleted
+	COMMIT
+
+	deleteall
+	M 100644 inline foo/bar/baz
+	data <<DATA_END
+	hello
+	DATA_END
+	C "foo/bar/baz" "foo/bar/qux"
+	C "foo/bar/baz" "foo/bar/quux/1"
+	C "foo/bar/baz" "foo/bar/quuux"
+	M 040000 $empty_tree foo/bar/quux
+	M 040000 $empty_tree foo/bar/quuux
+
+	commit refs/heads/N-delete
+	committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+	data <<COMMIT
+	delete subdirectory
+	COMMIT
+
+	M 040000 $empty_tree foo/bar/qux
+	INPUT_END
+	 git fast-import <input &&
+	 git rev-list N-delete |
+		git diff-tree -r --stdin --root --always |
+		sed -e "s/$_x40/OBJID/g" >actual &&
+	 test_cmp expect actual'
+
 test_expect_success \
 	'N: modify copied tree' \
 	'cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 42f2f14496..0fdc541a7c 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ unset GIT_NOTES_REF
 unset GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF
 unset GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF
 unset GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE
+unset GIT_REFLOG_ACTION
+unset GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP
+unset GIT_QUIET
 GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY=5
 export GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY
 export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME