diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f22f98b734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+GIT v1.5.5.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.5.2
+--------------------
+
+ * "git send-email --compose" did not notice that non-ascii contents
+   needed some MIME magic.
+
+ * "git fast-export" did not export octopus merges correctly.
+
+Also comes with various documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 505ac056e6..18330cdcd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-bundle - Move objects and refs by archive
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-bundle' create <file> [git-rev-list args]
+'git-bundle' create <file> <git-rev-list args>
 'git-bundle' verify <file>
 'git-bundle' list-heads <file> [refname...]
 'git-bundle' unbundle <file> [refname...]
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 1f68dec541..7182bb7f7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
 * link:v1.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.5.5.3.txt[1.5.5.3],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.5.2.txt[1.5.5.2],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.5.1.txt[1.5.5.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.5.txt[1.5.5].
 
-* link:v1.5.5.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5.2]
+* link:v1.5.5.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5.3]
 
 * link:v1.5.4.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.4.5]
 
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index 07872c8ea7..b294c1f88c 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (interactive) {
 		interactive_add(argc, argv, prefix);
+		if (read_cache() < 0)
+			die("index file corrupt");
 		commit_style = COMMIT_AS_IS;
 		return get_index_file();
 	}
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 80e99e5394..d04c346e12 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ case "$filter_subdir" in
 	;;
 *)
 	git rev-list --reverse --topo-order --default HEAD \
-		--parents --full-history "$@" -- "$filter_subdir"
+		--parents "$@" -- "$filter_subdir"
 esac > ../revs || die "Could not get the commits"
 commits=$(wc -l <../revs | tr -d " ")
 
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 8308e2208e..57a19058a4 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2756,7 +2756,7 @@ sub git_print_page_nav {
 }
 
 sub format_paging_nav {
-	my ($action, $hash, $head, $page, $nrevs) = @_;
+	my ($action, $hash, $head, $page, $has_next_link) = @_;
 	my $paging_nav;
 
 
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ sub format_paging_nav {
 		$paging_nav .= " &sdot; prev";
 	}
 
-	if ($nrevs >= (100 * ($page+1)-1)) {
+	if ($has_next_link) {
 		$paging_nav .= " &sdot; " .
 			$cgi->a({-href => href(-replay=>1, page=>$page+1),
 			         -accesskey => "n", -title => "Alt-n"}, "next");
@@ -4665,7 +4665,7 @@ sub git_log {
 
 	my @commitlist = parse_commits($hash, 101, (100 * $page));
 
-	my $paging_nav = format_paging_nav('log', $hash, $head, $page, (100 * ($page+1)));
+	my $paging_nav = format_paging_nav('log', $hash, $head, $page, $#commitlist >= 100);
 
 	git_header_html();
 	git_print_page_nav('log','', $hash,undef,undef, $paging_nav);
@@ -5585,7 +5585,7 @@ sub git_shortlog {
 
 	my @commitlist = parse_commits($hash, 101, (100 * $page));
 
-	my $paging_nav = format_paging_nav('shortlog', $hash, $head, $page, (100 * ($page+1)));
+	my $paging_nav = format_paging_nav('shortlog', $hash, $head, $page, $#commitlist >= 100);
 	my $next_link = '';
 	if ($#commitlist >= 100) {
 		$next_link =
diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
index 1e8a205e53..e26f726930 100755
--- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ test_expect_success 'subdirectory filter result looks okay' '
 	test_must_fail git show sub:subdir
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'setup and filter history that requires --full-history' '
+test_expect_success 'more setup' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	mkdir subdir &&
 	echo A > subdir/new &&
@@ -107,16 +107,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup and filter history that requires --full-history' '
 	git rm a &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m "again subdir on master" &&
-	git merge branch &&
-	git branch sub-master &&
-	git-filter-branch -f --subdirectory-filter subdir sub-master
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'subdirectory filter result looks okay' '
-	test 3 = $(git rev-list -1 --parents sub-master | wc -w) &&
-	git show sub-master^:new &&
-	git show sub-master^2:new &&
-	test_must_fail git show sub:subdir
+	git merge branch
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'use index-filter to move into a subdirectory' '