Merge branch 'master' into next

Merge branch 'master' into next

* master: (148 commits)
  GIT 1.4.0
  v267
  prepend '--' to filelist when calling git-diff-tree
  v266
  remove Christian's email address
  v265
  handle utf8 characters from /etc/passwd
  v264
  fix: Use of uninitialized value
  v263
  allow working in repositories with textual symref HEAD
  resolve textual hashes when looking up "refs"
  v262
  define default colors
  v261
  fix leading whitespace in commit text
  more tags
  v260
  attach tag to the link
  v259
  ...