diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt
index 78df418257..49e52264ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Fixes since v1.5.3.4
 
  * "git-add -i" did not handle single line hunks correctly.
 
- * "git-rebase -i" failed if external diff drivers were used for one
-   or more files in a commit.  It now avoids calling the external
-   diff drivers.
+ * "git-rebase -i" and "git-stash apply" failed if external diff
+   drivers were used for one or more files in a commit.  They now
+   avoid calling the external diff drivers.
 
  * "git-log --follow" did not work unless diff generation (e.g. -p)
    was also requested.
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ Fixes since v1.5.3.4
 
  * "git-instaweb" no longer fails on Mac OS X.
 
+ * "git-cvsexportcommit" didn't always create new parent directories
+   before trying to create new child directories.  Fixed.
+
+ * "git-fetch" printed a scary (but bogus) error message while
+   fetching a tag that pointed to a tree or blob.  The error did
+   not impact correctness, only user perception.  The bogus error
+   is no longer printed.
+
+ * Git segfaulted when reading an invalid .gitattributes file.  Fixed.
+
  * post-receive-email example hook fixed was fixed for
    non-fast-forward updates.
 
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 92704a3f61..741db3b468 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -209,8 +209,11 @@ static struct match_attr *parse_attr_line(const char *line, const char *src,
 		num_attr = 0;
 		cp = name + namelen;
 		cp = cp + strspn(cp, blank);
-		while (*cp)
+		while (*cp) {
 			cp = parse_attr(src, lineno, cp, &num_attr, res);
+			if (!cp)
+				return NULL;
+		}
 		if (pass)
 			break;
 		res = xcalloc(1,
diff --git a/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index 1e43d79221..e26817de21 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp,
 
 	if (get_sha1(head, sha1))
 		return error("Not a valid object name: %s", head);
-	commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+	commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 1);
 	if (!commit)
 		not_for_merge = 1;
 
diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 9cf22fef41..660e1552d4 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #define HOST_NAME_MAX 256
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NI_MAXSERV
+#define NI_MAXSERV 32
+#endif
+
 static int log_syslog;
 static int verbose;
 static int reuseaddr;
diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index 7a955d4530..f284c88a46 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@
 
 print "Patch applied successfully. Adding new files and directories to CVS\n";
 my $dirtypatch = 0;
+
+#
+# We have to add the directories in order otherwise we will have
+# problems when we try and add the sub-directory of a directory we
+# have not added yet.
+#
+# Luckily this is easy to deal with by sorting the directories and
+# dealing with the shortest ones first.
+#
+@dirs = sort { length $a <=> length $b} @dirs;
+
 foreach my $d (@dirs) {
     if (system(@cvs,'add',$d)) {
 	$dirtypatch = 1;
diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index 7ba61625ba..def3163ebb 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ show_stash () {
 
 	w_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s") &&
 	b_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$s^") &&
-	git diff $flags $b_commit $w_commit
+	git diff-tree $flags $b_commit $w_commit
 }
 
 apply_stash () {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ apply_stash () {
 	unstashed_index_tree=
 	if test -n "$unstash_index" && test "$b_tree" != "$i_tree"
 	then
-		git diff --binary $s^2^..$s^2 | git apply --cached
+		git diff-tree --binary $s^2^..$s^2 | git apply --cached
 		test $? -ne 0 &&
 			die 'Conflicts in index. Try without --index.'
 		unstashed_index_tree=$(git-write-tree) ||
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ apply_stash () {
 			git read-tree "$unstashed_index_tree"
 		else
 			a="$TMP-added" &&
-			git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=A $c_tree >"$a" &&
+			git diff-index --cached --name-only --diff-filter=A $c_tree >"$a" &&
 			git read-tree --reset $c_tree &&
 			git update-index --add --stdin <"$a" ||
 				die "Cannot unstage modified files"
diff --git a/t/t0020-crlf.sh b/t/t0020-crlf.sh
index 0807d9f01a..62bc4bb077 100755
--- a/t/t0020-crlf.sh
+++ b/t/t0020-crlf.sh
@@ -371,4 +371,11 @@ test_expect_success 'in-tree .gitattributes (4)' '
 	}
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'invalid .gitattributes (must not crash)' '
+
+	echo "three +crlf" >>.gitattributes &&
+	git diff
+
+'
+
 test_done