diff --git a/Build/Configure.hs b/Build/Configure.hs
--- a/Build/Configure.hs
+++ b/Build/Configure.hs
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
-{- Checks system configuration and generates SysConfig. -}
+{- Checks system configuration and generates Build/SysConfig. -}
 
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-tabs #-}
 
 module Build.Configure where
 
-import Control.Monad.IfElse
-import Control.Applicative
-import Prelude
-
 import Build.TestConfig
-import Build.Version
-import Git.Version
+import Utility.Env.Basic
+import qualified Git.Version
 
+import Control.Monad
+
 tests :: [TestCase]
 tests =
-	[ TestCase "version" (Config "packageversion" . StringConfig <$> getVersion)
-	, TestCase "git" $ testCmd "git" "git --version >/dev/null"
+	[ TestCase "git" $ testCmd "git" "git --version >/dev/null"
 	, TestCase "git version" getGitVersion
 	]
 
 getGitVersion :: Test
-getGitVersion = Config "gitversion" . StringConfig . show
-	<$> Git.Version.installed
+getGitVersion = go =<< getEnv "FORCE_GIT_VERSION"
+  where
+	go (Just s) = return $ Config "gitversion" $ StringConfig s
+	go Nothing = do
+		v <- Git.Version.installed
+		let oldestallowed = Git.Version.normalize "2.1"
+		when (v < oldestallowed) $
+			error $ "installed git version " ++ show v ++ " is too old! (Need " ++ show oldestallowed ++ " or newer)"
+		return $ Config "gitversion" $ StringConfig $ show v
 
 run :: [TestCase] -> IO ()
 run ts = do
 	config <- runTests ts
 	writeSysConfig config
-	whenM (isReleaseBuild) $
-		cabalSetup "git-repair.cabal"
diff --git a/Build/TestConfig.hs b/Build/TestConfig.hs
--- a/Build/TestConfig.hs
+++ b/Build/TestConfig.hs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import Utility.Path
 import Utility.Monad
 import Utility.SafeCommand
-import Utility.Directory
+import Utility.SystemDirectory
 
 import System.IO
 import System.FilePath
diff --git a/Build/Version.hs b/Build/Version.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/Build/Version.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-{- Package version determination, for configure script. -}
-
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-tabs #-}
-
-module Build.Version where
-
-import Data.List
-import System.Environment
-import Data.Char
-import System.Process
-import Control.Applicative
-import Prelude
-
-import Utility.Monad
-import Utility.Exception
-import Utility.Directory
-
-type Version = String
-
-{- Set when making an official release. (Distribution vendors should set
- - this too.) -}
-isReleaseBuild :: IO Bool
-isReleaseBuild = (== Just "1") <$> catchMaybeIO (getEnv "RELEASE_BUILD")
-
-{- Version is usually based on the major version from the changelog, 
- - plus the date of the last commit, plus the git rev of that commit.
- - This works for autobuilds, ad-hoc builds, etc.
- -
- - If git or a git repo is not available, or something goes wrong,
- - or this is a release build, just use the version from the changelog. -}
-getVersion :: IO Version
-getVersion = do
-	changelogversion <- getChangelogVersion
-	ifM (isReleaseBuild)
-		( return changelogversion
-		, catchDefaultIO changelogversion $ do
-			let major = takeWhile (/= '.') changelogversion
-			autoversion <- takeWhile (\c -> isAlphaNum c || c == '-') <$> readProcess "sh"
-				[ "-c"
-				, "git log -n 1 --format=format:'%ci %h'| sed -e 's/-//g' -e 's/ .* /-g/'"
-				] ""
-			if null autoversion
-				then return changelogversion
-				else return $ concat [ major, ".", autoversion ]
-		)
-	
-getChangelogVersion :: IO Version
-getChangelogVersion = do
-	changelog <- readFile "CHANGELOG"
-	let verline = takeWhile (/= '\n') changelog
-	return $ middle (words verline !! 1)
-  where
-	middle = drop 1 . init
-
-{- Set up cabal file with version. -}
-cabalSetup :: FilePath -> IO ()
-cabalSetup cabalfile = do
-	version <- takeWhile (\c -> isDigit c || c == '.')
-		<$> getChangelogVersion
-	cabal <- readFile cabalfile
-	writeFile tmpcabalfile $ unlines $ 
-		map (setfield "Version" version) $
-		lines cabal
-	renameFile tmpcabalfile cabalfile
-  where
-	tmpcabalfile = cabalfile++".tmp"
-	setfield field value s
-		| fullfield `isPrefixOf` s = fullfield ++ value
-		| otherwise = s
-	  where
-		fullfield = field ++ ": "
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+git-repair (1.20230814) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Merge from git-annex.
+  * Support building with unix-compat 0.7
+
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:14:40 -0400
+
 git-repair (1.20220404) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Avoid treating refs that are not commit objects as evidence of
diff --git a/Common.hs b/Common.hs
--- a/Common.hs
+++ b/Common.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import System.Posix.IO as X hiding (createPipe)
 #endif
 import System.Exit as X
-import System.PosixCompat.Files as X
+import System.PosixCompat.Files as X (FileStatus)
 
 import Utility.Misc as X
 import Utility.Exception as X
diff --git a/Git.hs b/Git.hs
--- a/Git.hs
+++ b/Git.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- git repository handling 
  -
- - This is written to be completely independant of git-annex and should be
+ - This is written to be completely independent of git-annex and should be
  - suitable for other uses.
  -
  - Copyright 2010-2021 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@
 repoLocation Repo { location = Local { worktree = Just dir } } = fromRawFilePath dir
 repoLocation Repo { location = Local { gitdir = dir } } = fromRawFilePath dir
 repoLocation Repo { location = LocalUnknown dir } = fromRawFilePath dir
-repoLocation Repo { location = Unknown } = error "unknown repoLocation"
+repoLocation Repo { location = Unknown } = giveup "unknown repoLocation"
 
 {- Path to a repository. For non-bare, this is the worktree, for bare, 
- - it's the gitdit, and for URL repositories, is the path on the remote
+ - it's the gitdir, and for URL repositories, is the path on the remote
  - host. -}
 repoPath :: Repo -> RawFilePath
 repoPath Repo { location = Url u } = toRawFilePath $ unEscapeString $ uriPath u
 repoPath Repo { location = Local { worktree = Just d } } = d
 repoPath Repo { location = Local { gitdir = d } } = d
 repoPath Repo { location = LocalUnknown dir } = dir
-repoPath Repo { location = Unknown } = error "unknown repoPath"
-repoPath Repo { location = UnparseableUrl _u } = error "unknwon repoPath"
+repoPath Repo { location = Unknown } = giveup "unknown repoPath"
+repoPath Repo { location = UnparseableUrl _u } = giveup "unknown repoPath"
 
 repoWorkTree :: Repo -> Maybe RawFilePath
 repoWorkTree Repo { location = Local { worktree = Just d } } = Just d
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 {- Path to a local repository's .git directory. -}
 localGitDir :: Repo -> RawFilePath
 localGitDir Repo { location = Local { gitdir = d } } = d
-localGitDir _ = error "unknown localGitDir"
+localGitDir _ = giveup "unknown localGitDir"
 
 {- Some code needs to vary between URL and normal repos,
  - or bare and non-bare, these functions help with that. -}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
 assertLocal :: Repo -> a -> a
 assertLocal repo action
-	| repoIsUrl repo = error $ unwords
+	| repoIsUrl repo = giveup $ unwords
 		[ "acting on non-local git repo"
 		, repoDescribe repo
 		, "not supported"
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 #if mingw32_HOST_OS
 	isexecutable f = doesFileExist f
 #else
-	isexecutable f = isExecutable . fileMode <$> getFileStatus f
+	isexecutable f = isExecutable . fileMode <$> getSymbolicLinkStatus f
 #endif
 
 {- Makes the path to a local Repo be relative to the cwd. -}
diff --git a/Git/CatFile.hs b/Git/CatFile.hs
--- a/Git/CatFile.hs
+++ b/Git/CatFile.hs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 			content <- readObjectContent from r
 			return $ Just (content, sha, objtype)
 		Just DNE -> return Nothing
-		Nothing -> error $ "unknown response from git cat-file " ++ show (header, object)
+		Nothing -> giveup $ "unknown response from git cat-file " ++ show (header, object)
   where
 	-- Slow fallback path for filenames containing newlines.
 	newlinefallback = queryObjectType object (catFileGitRepo h) >>= \case
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	eatchar expected = do
 		c <- hGetChar h
 		when (c /= expected) $
-			error $ "missing " ++ (show expected) ++ " from git cat-file"
+			giveup $ "missing " ++ (show expected) ++ " from git cat-file"
 readObjectContent _ DNE = error "internal"
 
 {- Gets the size and type of an object, without reading its content. -}
diff --git a/Git/Config.hs b/Git/Config.hs
--- a/Git/Config.hs
+++ b/Git/Config.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- git repository configuration handling
  -
- - Copyright 2010-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2010-2022 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import qualified Git.Command
 import qualified Git.Construct
 import Utility.UserInfo
+import Utility.Process.Transcript
+import Utility.Debug
 
 {- Returns a single git config setting, or a fallback value if not set. -}
 get :: ConfigKey -> ConfigValue -> Repo -> ConfigValue
@@ -55,12 +57,22 @@
 read' :: Repo -> IO Repo
 read' repo = go repo
   where
-	go Repo { location = Local { gitdir = d } } = git_config d
-	go Repo { location = LocalUnknown d } = git_config d
+	-- Passing --git-dir changes git's behavior when run in a
+	-- repository belonging to another user. When the git directory
+	-- was explicitly specified, pass that in order to get the local
+	-- git config.
+	go Repo { location = Local { gitdir = d } }
+		| gitDirSpecifiedExplicitly repo = git_config ["--git-dir=."] d
+	-- Run in worktree when there is one, since running in the .git
+	-- directory will trigger safe.bareRepository=explicit, even
+	-- when not in a bare repository.
+	go Repo { location = Local { worktree = Just d } } = git_config [] d
+	go Repo { location = Local { gitdir = d } } = git_config [] d
+	go Repo { location = LocalUnknown d } = git_config [] d
 	go _ = assertLocal repo $ error "internal"
-	git_config d = withCreateProcess p (git_config' p)
+	git_config addparams d = withCreateProcess p (git_config' p)
 	  where
-		params = ["config", "--null", "--list"]
+		params = addparams ++ ["config", "--null", "--list"]
 		p = (proc "git" params)
 			{ cwd = Just (fromRawFilePath d)
 			, env = gitEnv repo
@@ -94,20 +106,24 @@
 hRead :: Repo -> ConfigStyle -> Handle -> IO Repo
 hRead repo st h = do
 	val <- S.hGetContents h
-	store val st repo
+	let c = parse val st
+	debug (DebugSource "Git.Config") $ "git config read: " ++
+		show (map (\(k, v) -> (show k, map show v)) (M.toList c))
+	storeParsed c repo
 
 {- Stores a git config into a Repo, returning the new version of the Repo.
  - The git config may be multiple lines, or a single line.
  - Config settings can be updated incrementally.
  -}
 store :: S.ByteString -> ConfigStyle -> Repo -> IO Repo
-store s st repo = do
-	let c = parse s st
-	updateLocation $ repo
-		{ config = (M.map Prelude.head c) `M.union` config repo
-		, fullconfig = M.unionWith (++) c (fullconfig repo)
-		}
+store s st = storeParsed (parse s st)
 
+storeParsed :: M.Map ConfigKey [ConfigValue] -> Repo -> IO Repo
+storeParsed c repo = updateLocation $ repo
+	{ config = (M.map Prelude.head c) `M.union` config repo
+	, fullconfig = M.unionWith (++) c (fullconfig repo)
+	}
+
 {- Stores a single config setting in a Repo, returning the new version of
  - the Repo. Config settings can be updated incrementally. -}
 store' :: ConfigKey -> ConfigValue -> Repo -> Repo
@@ -123,14 +139,28 @@
  - based on the core.bare and core.worktree settings.
  -}
 updateLocation :: Repo -> IO Repo
-updateLocation r@(Repo { location = LocalUnknown d })
-	| isBare r = ifM (doesDirectoryExist (fromRawFilePath dotgit))
-			( updateLocation' r $ Local dotgit Nothing
-			, updateLocation' r $ Local d Nothing
-			)
-	| otherwise = updateLocation' r $ Local dotgit (Just d)
+updateLocation r@(Repo { location = LocalUnknown d }) = case isBare r of
+	Just True -> ifM (doesDirectoryExist (fromRawFilePath dotgit))
+		( updateLocation' r $ Local dotgit Nothing
+		, updateLocation' r $ Local d Nothing
+		)
+	Just False -> mknonbare
+	{- core.bare not in config, probably because safe.directory
+	 - did not allow reading the config -}
+	Nothing -> ifM (Git.Construct.isBareRepo (fromRawFilePath d))
+		( mkbare
+		, mknonbare
+		)
   where
 	dotgit = d P.</> ".git"
+	-- git treats eg ~/foo as a bare git repository located in
+	-- ~/foo/.git if ~/foo/.git/config has core.bare=true
+	mkbare = ifM (doesDirectoryExist (fromRawFilePath dotgit))
+		( updateLocation' r $ Local dotgit Nothing
+		, updateLocation' r $ Local d Nothing
+		)
+	mknonbare = updateLocation' r $ Local dotgit (Just d)
+
 updateLocation r@(Repo { location = l@(Local {}) }) = updateLocation' r l
 updateLocation r = return r
 
@@ -202,8 +232,9 @@
 boolConfig' True = "true"
 boolConfig' False = "false"
 
-isBare :: Repo -> Bool
-isBare r = fromMaybe False $ isTrueFalse' =<< getMaybe coreBare r
+{- Note that repoIsLocalBare is often better to use than this. -}
+isBare :: Repo -> Maybe Bool
+isBare r = isTrueFalse' =<< getMaybe coreBare r
 
 coreBare :: ConfigKey
 coreBare = "core.bare"
@@ -273,3 +304,27 @@
 	)
   where
 	ps = [Param "config", Param "--unset-all", Param (decodeBS k)]
+
+{- git "fixed" CVE-2022-24765 by preventing git-config from
+ - listing per-repo configs when the repo is not owned by
+ - the current user. Detect if this fix is in effect for the
+ - repo.
+ -}
+checkRepoConfigInaccessible :: Repo -> IO Bool
+checkRepoConfigInaccessible r
+	-- When --git-dir or GIT_DIR is used to specify the git
+	-- directory, git does not check for CVE-2022-24765.
+	| gitDirSpecifiedExplicitly r = return False
+	| otherwise = do
+		-- Cannot use gitCommandLine here because specifying --git-dir
+		-- will bypass the git security check.
+		let p = (proc "git" ["config", "--local", "--list"])
+			{ cwd = Just (fromRawFilePath (repoPath r))
+			, env = gitEnv r
+			}
+		(out, ok) <- processTranscript' p Nothing
+		if not ok
+			then do
+				debug (DebugSource "Git.Config") ("config output: " ++ out)
+				return True
+			else return False
diff --git a/Git/Construct.hs b/Git/Construct.hs
--- a/Git/Construct.hs
+++ b/Git/Construct.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- Construction of Git Repo objects
  -
- - Copyright 2010-2021 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2010-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 	checkForRepo,
 	newFrom,
 	adjustGitDirFile,
+	isBareRepo,
 ) where
 
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import Git.FilePath
 import qualified Git.Url as Url
 import Utility.UserInfo
+import Utility.Url.Parse
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified System.FilePath.ByteString as P
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@
 fromAbsPath dir
 	| absoluteGitPath dir = fromPath dir
 	| otherwise =
-		error $ "internal error, " ++ show dir ++ " is not absolute"
+		giveup $ "internal error, " ++ show dir ++ " is not absolute"
 
 {- Construct a Repo for a remote's url.
  -
@@ -103,10 +105,10 @@
 
 fromUrl' :: String -> IO Repo
 fromUrl' url
-	| "file://" `isPrefixOf` url = case parseURI url of
+	| "file://" `isPrefixOf` url = case parseURIPortable url of
 		Just u -> fromAbsPath $ toRawFilePath $ unEscapeString $ uriPath u
 		Nothing -> pure $ newFrom $ UnparseableUrl url
-	| otherwise = case parseURI url of
+	| otherwise = case parseURIPortable url of
 		Just u -> pure $ newFrom $ Url u
 		Nothing -> pure $ newFrom $ UnparseableUrl url
 
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@
 				, auth
 				, fromRawFilePath (repoPath r)
 				]
-			in r { location = Url $ fromJust $ parseURI absurl }
+			in r { location = Url $ fromJust $ parseURIPortable absurl }
 		_ -> r
 
 {- Calculates a list of a repo's configured remotes, by parsing its config. -}
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@
 	filterkeys f = filterconfig (\(k,_) -> f k)
 	remotepairs = filterkeys isRemoteUrlKey
 	construct (k,v) = remoteNamedFromKey k $
-		fromRemoteLocation (fromConfigValue v) repo
+		fromRemoteLocation (fromConfigValue v) False repo
 
 {- Sets the name of a remote when constructing the Repo to represent it. -}
 remoteNamed :: String -> IO Repo -> IO Repo
@@ -155,9 +157,15 @@
 	Just n -> Just <$> remoteNamed n r
 
 {- Constructs a new Repo for one of a Repo's remotes using a given
- - location (ie, an url). -}
-fromRemoteLocation :: String -> Repo -> IO Repo
-fromRemoteLocation s repo = gen $ parseRemoteLocation s repo
+ - location (ie, an url). 
+ -
+ - knownurl can be true if the location is known to be an url. This allows
+ - urls that don't parse as urls to be used, returning UnparseableUrl.
+ - If knownurl is false, the location may still be an url, if it parses as
+ - one.
+ -}
+fromRemoteLocation :: String -> Bool -> Repo -> IO Repo
+fromRemoteLocation s knownurl repo = gen $ parseRemoteLocation s knownurl repo
   where
 	gen (RemotePath p) = fromRemotePath p repo
 	gen (RemoteUrl u) = fromUrl u
@@ -216,7 +224,7 @@
 checkForRepo dir = 
 	check isRepo $
 		check (checkGitDirFile (toRawFilePath dir)) $
-			check isBareRepo $
+			check (checkdir (isBareRepo dir)) $
 				return Nothing
   where
 	check test cont = maybe cont (return . Just) =<< test
@@ -225,17 +233,18 @@
 		, return Nothing
 		)
 	isRepo = checkdir $ 
-		gitSignature (".git" </> "config")
+		doesFileExist (dir </> ".git" </> "config")
 			<||>
-		-- A git-worktree lacks .git/config, but has .git/commondir.
+		-- A git-worktree lacks .git/config, but has .git/gitdir.
 		-- (Normally the .git is a file, not a symlink, but it can
 		-- be converted to a symlink and git will still work;
 		-- this handles that case.)
-		gitSignature (".git" </> "gitdir")
-	isBareRepo = checkdir $ gitSignature "config"
-		<&&> doesDirectoryExist (dir </> "objects")
-	gitSignature file = doesFileExist $ dir </> file
+		doesFileExist (dir </>  ".git" </> "gitdir")
 
+isBareRepo :: FilePath -> IO Bool
+isBareRepo dir = doesFileExist (dir </> "config")
+	<&&> doesDirectoryExist (dir </> "objects")
+
 -- Check for a .git file.
 checkGitDirFile :: RawFilePath -> IO (Maybe RepoLocation)
 checkGitDirFile dir = adjustGitDirFile' $ Local 
@@ -277,5 +286,6 @@
 	, gitEnv = Nothing
 	, gitEnvOverridesGitDir = False
 	, gitGlobalOpts = []
+	, gitDirSpecifiedExplicitly = False
 	}
 
diff --git a/Git/CurrentRepo.hs b/Git/CurrentRepo.hs
--- a/Git/CurrentRepo.hs
+++ b/Git/CurrentRepo.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- The current git repository.
  -
- - Copyright 2012-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2012-2022 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@
 			{ gitdir = absd
 			, worktree = Just curr
 			}
-		r <- Git.Config.read $ newFrom loc
-		return $ if Git.Config.isBare r
+		r <- Git.Config.read $ (newFrom loc)
+			{ gitDirSpecifiedExplicitly = True }
+		return $ if fromMaybe False (Git.Config.isBare r)
 			then r { location = (location r) { worktree = Nothing } }
 			else r
 	configure Nothing Nothing = giveup "Not in a git repository."
diff --git a/Git/Destroyer.hs b/Git/Destroyer.hs
--- a/Git/Destroyer.hs
+++ b/Git/Destroyer.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 import Utility.QuickCheck
 import Utility.FileMode
 import Utility.Tmp
+import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 
+import System.PosixCompat.Files
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import Data.Word
 
@@ -95,12 +97,12 @@
 		case d of
 			Empty s -> withfile s $ \f ->
 				withSaneMode f $ do
-					removeWhenExistsWith removeLink f
+					removeWhenExistsWith R.removeLink (toRawFilePath f)
 					writeFile f ""
 			Reverse s -> withfile s $ \f ->
 				withSaneMode f $
 					B.writeFile f =<< B.reverse <$> B.readFile f
-			Delete s -> withfile s $ removeWhenExistsWith removeLink
+			Delete s -> withfile s $ removeWhenExistsWith R.removeLink . toRawFilePath
 			AppendGarbage s garbage ->
 				withfile s $ \f ->
 					withSaneMode f $
@@ -127,15 +129,15 @@
 								]
 			ScrambleFileMode s mode ->
 				withfile s $ \f ->
-					setFileMode f mode
+					R.setFileMode (toRawFilePath f) mode
 			SwapFiles a b ->
 				withfile a $ \fa ->
 					withfile b $ \fb -> 
 						unless (fa == fb) $
 							withTmpFile "swap" $ \tmp _ -> do
-								moveFile fa tmp
-								moveFile fb fa
-								moveFile tmp fa
+								moveFile (toRawFilePath fa) (toRawFilePath tmp)
+								moveFile (toRawFilePath fb) (toRawFilePath fa)
+								moveFile (toRawFilePath tmp) (toRawFilePath fa)
   where
 	-- A broken .git/config is not recoverable.
 	-- Don't damage hook scripts, to avoid running arbitrary code. ;)
diff --git a/Git/FilePath.hs b/Git/FilePath.hs
--- a/Git/FilePath.hs
+++ b/Git/FilePath.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  - top of the repository even when run in a subdirectory. Adding some
  - types helps keep that straight.
  -
- - Copyright 2012-2019 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2012-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 
 import Common
 import Git
+import Git.Quote
 
 import qualified System.FilePath.ByteString as P
 import qualified System.FilePath.Posix.ByteString
 import GHC.Generics
 import Control.DeepSeq
-import qualified Data.ByteString as S
 
 {- A RawFilePath, relative to the top of the git repository. -}
 newtype TopFilePath = TopFilePath { getTopFilePath :: RawFilePath }
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
 {- A file in a branch or other treeish. -}
 data BranchFilePath = BranchFilePath Ref TopFilePath
 	deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
-
+ 
 {- Git uses the branch:file form to refer to a BranchFilePath -}
-descBranchFilePath :: BranchFilePath -> S.ByteString
+descBranchFilePath :: BranchFilePath -> StringContainingQuotedPath
 descBranchFilePath (BranchFilePath b f) =
-	fromRef' b <> ":" <> getTopFilePath f
+	UnquotedByteString (fromRef' b) <> ":" <> QuotedPath (getTopFilePath f)
 
 {- Path to a TopFilePath, within the provided git repo. -}
 fromTopFilePath :: TopFilePath -> Git.Repo -> RawFilePath
diff --git a/Git/Filename.hs b/Git/Filename.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/Git/Filename.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{- Some git commands output encoded filenames, in a rather annoyingly complex
- - C-style encoding.
- -
- - Copyright 2010, 2011 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
- -
- - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
- -}
-
-module Git.Filename where
-
-import Common
-import Utility.Format (decode_c, encode_c)
-import Utility.QuickCheck
-
-import Data.Char
-import Data.Word
-import qualified Data.ByteString as S
-
--- encoded filenames will be inside double quotes
-decode :: S.ByteString -> RawFilePath
-decode b = case S.uncons b of
-	Nothing -> b
-	Just (h, t)
-		| h /= q -> b
-		| otherwise -> case S.unsnoc t of
-			Nothing -> b
-			Just (i, l)
-				| l /= q -> b
-				| otherwise ->
-					encodeBS $ decode_c $ decodeBS i
-  where
-  	q :: Word8
-	q = fromIntegral (ord '"')
-
-{- Should not need to use this, except for testing decode. -}
-encode :: RawFilePath -> S.ByteString
-encode s = encodeBS $ "\"" ++ encode_c (decodeBS s) ++ "\""
-
--- Encoding and then decoding roundtrips only when the string does not
--- contain high unicode, because eg,  both "\12345" and "\227\128\185"
--- are encoded to "\343\200\271".
---
--- That is not a real-world problem, and using TestableFilePath
--- limits what's tested to ascii, so avoids running into it.
-prop_encode_decode_roundtrip :: TestableFilePath -> Bool
-prop_encode_decode_roundtrip ts = 
-	s == fromRawFilePath (decode (encode (toRawFilePath s)))
-  where
-	s = fromTestableFilePath ts
diff --git a/Git/HashObject.hs b/Git/HashObject.hs
--- a/Git/HashObject.hs
+++ b/Git/HashObject.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- git hash-object interface
  -
- - Copyright 2011-2019 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2011-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -21,26 +21,47 @@
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as S8
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import Data.ByteString.Builder
+import Data.Char
 
-type HashObjectHandle = CoProcess.CoProcessHandle
+data HashObjectHandle = HashObjectHandle CoProcess.CoProcessHandle Repo [CommandParam]
 
 hashObjectStart :: Bool -> Repo -> IO HashObjectHandle
-hashObjectStart writeobject = gitCoProcessStart True $ catMaybes
-	[ Just (Param "hash-object")
-	, if writeobject then Just (Param "-w") else Nothing
-	, Just (Param "--stdin-paths")
-	, Just (Param "--no-filters")
-	]
+hashObjectStart writeobject repo = do
+	h <- gitCoProcessStart True (ps ++ [Param "--stdin-paths"]) repo
+	return (HashObjectHandle h repo ps)
+  where
+	ps = catMaybes
+		[ Just (Param "hash-object")
+		, if writeobject then Just (Param "-w") else Nothing
+		, Just (Param "--no-filters")
+		]
 
 hashObjectStop :: HashObjectHandle -> IO ()
-hashObjectStop = CoProcess.stop
+hashObjectStop (HashObjectHandle h _ _) = CoProcess.stop h
 
 {- Injects a file into git, returning the Sha of the object. -}
 hashFile :: HashObjectHandle -> RawFilePath -> IO Sha
-hashFile h file = CoProcess.query h send receive
+hashFile hdl@(HashObjectHandle h _ _) file = do
+	-- git hash-object chdirs to the top of the repository on
+	-- start, so if the filename is relative, it will
+	-- not work. This seems likely to be a git bug.
+	-- So, make the filename absolute, which will work now
+	-- and also if git's behavior later changes.
+	file' <- absPath file
+	if newline `S.elem` file'
+		then hashFile' hdl file
+		else CoProcess.query h (send file') receive
   where
-	send to = S8.hPutStrLn to =<< absPath file
+	send file' to = S8.hPutStrLn to file'
 	receive from = getSha "hash-object" $ S8.hGetLine from
+	newline = fromIntegral (ord '\n')
+
+{- Runs git hash-object once per call, rather than using a running
+ - one, so is slower. But, is able to handle newlines in the filepath,
+ - which --stdin-paths cannot. -}
+hashFile' :: HashObjectHandle -> RawFilePath -> IO Sha
+hashFile' (HashObjectHandle _ repo ps) file = getSha "hash-object" $
+	pipeReadStrict (ps ++ [File (fromRawFilePath file)]) repo
 
 class HashableBlob t where
 	hashableBlobToHandle :: Handle -> t -> IO ()
diff --git a/Git/LsFiles.hs b/Git/LsFiles.hs
--- a/Git/LsFiles.hs
+++ b/Git/LsFiles.hs
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 		&& isus x || isus y
 		&& not (isus x && isus y)
 
-{- Gets the InodeCache equivilant information stored in the git index.
+{- Gets the InodeCache equivalent information stored in the git index.
  -
  - Note that this uses a --debug option whose output could change at some
  - point in the future. If the output is not as expected, will use Nothing.
diff --git a/Git/LsTree.hs b/Git/LsTree.hs
--- a/Git/LsTree.hs
+++ b/Git/LsTree.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import Git
 import Git.Command
 import Git.FilePath
-import qualified Git.Filename
+import qualified Git.Quote
 import Utility.Attoparsec
 
 import Numeric
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 		-- sha
 		<*> (Ref <$> A8.takeTill A8.isSpace)
 
-	fileparser = asTopFilePath . Git.Filename.decode <$> A.takeByteString
+	fileparser = asTopFilePath . Git.Quote.unquote <$> A.takeByteString
 
 	sizeparser = fmap Just A8.decimal
 
diff --git a/Git/Quote.hs b/Git/Quote.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Git/Quote.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+{- Some git commands output quoted filenames, in a rather annoyingly complex
+ - C-style encoding.
+ -
+ - Copyright 2010-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ -
+ - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
+ -}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, TypeSynonymInstances #-}
+
+module Git.Quote (
+	unquote,
+	quote,
+	noquote,
+	QuotePath(..),
+	StringContainingQuotedPath(..),
+	quotedPaths,
+	prop_quote_unquote_roundtrip,
+) where
+
+import Common
+import Utility.Format (decode_c, encode_c, encode_c', isUtf8Byte)
+import Utility.QuickCheck
+import Utility.SafeOutput
+
+import Data.Char
+import Data.Word
+import Data.String
+import qualified Data.ByteString as S
+import qualified Data.Semigroup as Sem
+import Prelude
+
+unquote :: S.ByteString -> RawFilePath
+unquote b = case S.uncons b of
+	Nothing -> b
+	Just (h, t)
+		| h /= q -> b
+		| otherwise -> case S.unsnoc t of
+			Nothing -> b
+			Just (i, l)
+				| l /= q -> b
+				| otherwise -> decode_c i
+  where
+  	q :: Word8
+	q = fromIntegral (ord '"')
+
+-- always encodes and double quotes, even in cases that git does not
+quoteAlways :: RawFilePath -> S.ByteString
+quoteAlways s = "\"" <> encode_c needencode s <> "\""
+  where
+	needencode c = isUtf8Byte c || c == fromIntegral (ord '"')
+
+-- git config core.quotePath controls whether to quote unicode characters
+newtype QuotePath = QuotePath Bool
+
+class Quoteable t where
+	-- double quotes and encodes when git would
+	quote :: QuotePath -> t -> S.ByteString
+
+	noquote :: t -> S.ByteString
+
+instance Quoteable RawFilePath where
+	quote (QuotePath qp) s = case encode_c' needencode s of
+		Nothing -> s
+		Just s' -> "\"" <> s' <> "\""
+	  where
+		needencode c
+			| c == fromIntegral (ord '"') = True
+			| qp = isUtf8Byte c
+			| otherwise = False
+
+	noquote = id
+
+-- Allows building up a string that contains paths, which will get quoted.
+-- With OverloadedStrings, strings are passed through without quoting.
+-- Eg: QuotedPath f <> ": not found"
+data StringContainingQuotedPath
+	= UnquotedString String 
+	| UnquotedByteString S.ByteString 
+	| QuotedPath RawFilePath
+	| StringContainingQuotedPath :+: StringContainingQuotedPath
+	deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+quotedPaths :: [RawFilePath] -> StringContainingQuotedPath
+quotedPaths [] = mempty
+quotedPaths (p:ps) = QuotedPath p <> if null ps
+	then mempty
+	else " " <> quotedPaths ps
+
+instance Quoteable StringContainingQuotedPath where
+	quote _ (UnquotedString s) = safeOutput (encodeBS s)
+	quote _ (UnquotedByteString s) = safeOutput s
+	quote qp (QuotedPath p) = quote qp p
+	quote qp (a :+: b) = quote qp a <> quote qp b
+
+	noquote (UnquotedString s) = encodeBS s
+	noquote (UnquotedByteString s) = s
+	noquote (QuotedPath p) = p
+	noquote (a :+: b) = noquote a <> noquote b
+
+instance IsString StringContainingQuotedPath where
+	fromString = UnquotedByteString . encodeBS
+
+instance Sem.Semigroup StringContainingQuotedPath where
+	UnquotedString a <> UnquotedString b = UnquotedString (a <> b)
+	UnquotedByteString a <> UnquotedByteString b = UnquotedByteString (a <> b)
+	a <> b = a :+: b
+
+instance Monoid StringContainingQuotedPath where
+	mempty = UnquotedByteString mempty
+
+-- Encoding and then decoding roundtrips only when the string does not
+-- contain high unicode, because eg, both "\12345" and "\227\128\185"
+-- are encoded to "\343\200\271".
+--
+-- That is not a real-world problem, and using TestableFilePath
+-- limits what's tested to ascii, so avoids running into it.
+prop_quote_unquote_roundtrip :: TestableFilePath -> Bool
+prop_quote_unquote_roundtrip ts = 
+	s == fromRawFilePath (unquote (quoteAlways (toRawFilePath s)))
+  where
+	s = fromTestableFilePath ts
diff --git a/Git/Remote.hs b/Git/Remote.hs
--- a/Git/Remote.hs
+++ b/Git/Remote.hs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 {- Construct a legal git remote name out of an arbitrary input string.
  -
  - There seems to be no formal definition of this in the git source,
- - just some ad-hoc checks, and some other things that fail with certian
+ - just some ad-hoc checks, and some other things that fail with certain
  - types of names (like ones starting with '-').
  -}
 makeLegalName :: String -> RemoteName
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	legal c = isAlphaNum c
 	
 data RemoteLocation = RemoteUrl String | RemotePath FilePath
-	deriving (Eq)
+	deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 remoteLocationIsUrl :: RemoteLocation -> Bool
 remoteLocationIsUrl (RemoteUrl _) = True
@@ -75,16 +75,18 @@
 
 {- Determines if a given remote location is an url, or a local
  - path. Takes the repository's insteadOf configuration into account. -}
-parseRemoteLocation :: String -> Repo -> RemoteLocation
-parseRemoteLocation s repo = ret $ calcloc s
+parseRemoteLocation :: String -> Bool -> Repo -> RemoteLocation
+parseRemoteLocation s knownurl repo = go
   where
-	ret v
+ 	s' = calcloc s
+	go
 #ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
-		| dosstyle v = RemotePath (dospath v)
+		| dosstyle s' = RemotePath (dospath s')
 #endif
-		| scpstyle v = RemoteUrl (scptourl v)
-		| urlstyle v = RemoteUrl v
-		| otherwise = RemotePath v
+		| scpstyle s' = RemoteUrl (scptourl s')
+		| urlstyle s' = RemoteUrl s'
+		| knownurl && s' == s = RemoteUrl s'
+		| otherwise = RemotePath s'
 	-- insteadof config can rewrite remote location
 	calcloc l
 		| null insteadofs = l
diff --git a/Git/Repair.hs b/Git/Repair.hs
--- a/Git/Repair.hs
+++ b/Git/Repair.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import Git.Fsck
 import Git.Index
 import Git.Env
+import Git.FilePath
 import qualified Git.Config as Config
 import qualified Git.Construct as Construct
 import qualified Git.LsTree as LsTree
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
 			let dest = objectsDir r P.</> f
 			createDirectoryIfMissing True
 				(fromRawFilePath (parentDir dest))
-			moveFile objfile (fromRawFilePath dest)
+			moveFile (toRawFilePath objfile) dest
 		forM_ packs $ \packfile -> do
 			let f = toRawFilePath packfile
 			removeWhenExistsWith R.removeLink f
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
 		return True
 
 {- Try to retrieve a set of missing objects, from the remotes of a
- - repository. Returns any that could not be retreived.
+ - repository. Returns any that could not be retrieved.
  -
  - If another clone of the repository exists locally, which might not be a
  - remote of the repo being repaired, its path can be passed as a reference
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@
 getAllRefs' :: FilePath -> IO [Ref]
 getAllRefs' refdir = do
 	let topsegs = length (splitPath refdir) - 1
-	let toref = Ref . encodeBS . joinPath . drop topsegs . splitPath
+	let toref = Ref . toInternalGitPath . encodeBS 
+		. joinPath . drop topsegs . splitPath
 	map toref <$> dirContentsRecursive refdir
 
 explodePackedRefsFile :: Repo -> IO ()
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@
 		let gitd = localGitDir r
 		let dest = gitd P.</> fromRef' ref
 		let dest' = fromRawFilePath dest
-		createDirectoryUnder gitd (parentDir dest)
+		createDirectoryUnder [gitd] (parentDir dest)
 		unlessM (doesFileExist dest') $
 			writeFile dest' (fromRef sha)
 
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@
 	reinject (file, sha, mode, _) = case toTreeItemType mode of
 		Nothing -> return Nothing
 		Just treeitemtype -> Just <$>
-			UpdateIndex.stageFile sha treeitemtype (fromRawFilePath file) r
+			UpdateIndex.stageFile sha treeitemtype file r
 
 newtype GoodCommits = GoodCommits (S.Set Sha)
 
diff --git a/Git/Sha.hs b/Git/Sha.hs
--- a/Git/Sha.hs
+++ b/Git/Sha.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 getSha :: String -> IO S.ByteString -> IO Sha
 getSha subcommand a = maybe bad return =<< extractSha <$> a
   where
-	bad = error $ "failed to read sha from git " ++ subcommand
+	bad = giveup $ "failed to read sha from git " ++ subcommand
 
 {- Extracts the Sha from a ByteString. 
  -
diff --git a/Git/Types.hs b/Git/Types.hs
--- a/Git/Types.hs
+++ b/Git/Types.hs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 	, gitEnvOverridesGitDir :: Bool
 	-- global options to pass to git when running git commands
 	, gitGlobalOpts :: [CommandParam]
+	-- True only when --git-dir or GIT_DIR was used
+	, gitDirSpecifiedExplicitly :: Bool
 	} deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
 
 newtype ConfigKey = ConfigKey S.ByteString
diff --git a/Git/UpdateIndex.hs b/Git/UpdateIndex.hs
--- a/Git/UpdateIndex.hs
+++ b/Git/UpdateIndex.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- git-update-index library
  -
- - Copyright 2011-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2011-2022 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@
 	<> "\t"
 	<> indexPath file
 
-stageFile :: Sha -> TreeItemType -> FilePath -> Repo -> IO Streamer
+stageFile :: Sha -> TreeItemType -> RawFilePath -> Repo -> IO Streamer
 stageFile sha treeitemtype file repo = do
-	p <- toTopFilePath (toRawFilePath file) repo
+	p <- toTopFilePath file repo
 	return $ pureStreamer $ updateIndexLine sha treeitemtype p
 
 {- A streamer that removes a file from the index. -}
-unstageFile :: FilePath -> Repo -> IO Streamer
+unstageFile :: RawFilePath -> Repo -> IO Streamer
 unstageFile file repo = do
-	p <- toTopFilePath (toRawFilePath file) repo
+	p <- toTopFilePath file repo
 	return $ unstageFile' p
 
 unstageFile' :: TopFilePath -> Streamer
@@ -135,9 +135,17 @@
 indexPath :: TopFilePath -> InternalGitPath
 indexPath = toInternalGitPath . getTopFilePath
 
-{- Refreshes the index, by checking file stat information.  -}
-refreshIndex :: Repo -> ((RawFilePath -> IO ()) -> IO ()) -> IO Bool
-refreshIndex repo feeder = withCreateProcess p go
+{- Refreshes the index, by checking file stat information.
+ -
+ - The action is passed a callback that it can use to send filenames to
+ - update-index. Sending Nothing will wait for update-index to finish
+ - updating the index.
+ -}
+refreshIndex :: (MonadIO m, MonadMask m) => Repo -> ((Maybe RawFilePath -> IO ()) -> m ()) -> m ()
+refreshIndex repo feeder = bracket
+	(liftIO $ createProcess p)
+	(liftIO . cleanupProcess)
+	go
   where
 	params = 
 		[ Param "update-index"
@@ -150,10 +158,12 @@
 	p = (gitCreateProcess params repo)
 		{ std_in = CreatePipe }
 
-	go (Just h) _ _ pid = do
-		feeder $ \f ->
-			S.hPut h (S.snoc f 0)
-		hFlush h
-		hClose h
-		checkSuccessProcess pid
-	go _ _ _ _ = error "internal"
+	go (Just h, _, _, pid) = do
+		let closer = do
+			hClose h
+			forceSuccessProcess p pid
+		feeder $ \case
+			Just f -> S.hPut h (S.snoc f 0)
+			Nothing -> closer
+		liftIO $ closer
+	go _ = error "internal"
diff --git a/Utility/DataUnits.hs b/Utility/DataUnits.hs
--- a/Utility/DataUnits.hs
+++ b/Utility/DataUnits.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- data size display and parsing
  -
- - Copyright 2011 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2011-2022 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - License: BSD-2-clause
  -
@@ -21,14 +21,20 @@
  - error. This was bad.
  -
  - So, a committee was formed. And it arrived at a committee-like decision,
- - which satisfied noone, confused everyone, and made the world an uglier
- - place. As with all committees, this was meh.
+ - which satisfied no one, confused everyone, and made the world an uglier
+ - place. As with all committees, this was meh. Or in this case, "mib".
  -
  - And the drive manufacturers happily continued selling drives that are
  - increasingly smaller than you'd expect, if you don't count on your
  - fingers. But that are increasingly too big for anyone to much notice.
  - This caused me to need git-annex.
  -
+ - Meanwhile, over in telecommunications land, they were using entirely
+ - different units that differ only in capitalization sometimes.
+ - (At one point this convinced me that it was a good idea to buy an ISDN
+ - line because 128 kb/s sounded really fast! But it was really only 128
+ - kbit/s...)
+ -
  - Thus, I use units here that I loathe. Because if I didn't, people would
  - be confused that their drives seem the wrong size, and other people would
  - complain at me for not being standards compliant. And we call this
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@
 module Utility.DataUnits (
 	dataUnits,
 	storageUnits,
-	memoryUnits,
+	committeeUnits,
 	bandwidthUnits,
 	oldSchoolUnits,
 	Unit(..),
@@ -62,28 +68,30 @@
 	deriving (Ord, Show, Eq)
 
 dataUnits :: [Unit]
-dataUnits = storageUnits ++ memoryUnits
+dataUnits = storageUnits ++ committeeUnits ++ bandwidthUnits
 
 {- Storage units are (stupidly) powers of ten. -}
 storageUnits :: [Unit]
 storageUnits =
-	[ Unit (p 8) "YB" "yottabyte"
+	[ Unit (p 10) "QB" "quettabyte"
+	, Unit (p 9) "RB" "ronnabyte"
+	, Unit (p 8) "YB" "yottabyte"
 	, Unit (p 7) "ZB" "zettabyte"
 	, Unit (p 6) "EB" "exabyte"
 	, Unit (p 5) "PB" "petabyte"
 	, Unit (p 4) "TB" "terabyte"
 	, Unit (p 3) "GB" "gigabyte"
 	, Unit (p 2) "MB" "megabyte"
-	, Unit (p 1) "kB" "kilobyte" -- weird capitalization thanks to committe
-	, Unit (p 0) "B" "byte"
+	, Unit (p 1) "kB" "kilobyte" -- weird capitalization thanks to committee
+	, Unit 1 "B" "byte"
 	]
   where
 	p :: Integer -> Integer
 	p n = 1000^n
 
-{- Memory units are (stupidly named) powers of 2. -}
-memoryUnits :: [Unit]
-memoryUnits =
+{- Committee units are (stupidly named) powers of 2. -}
+committeeUnits :: [Unit]
+committeeUnits =
 	[ Unit (p 8) "YiB" "yobibyte"
 	, Unit (p 7) "ZiB" "zebibyte"
 	, Unit (p 6) "EiB" "exbibyte"
@@ -92,19 +100,37 @@
 	, Unit (p 3) "GiB" "gibibyte"
 	, Unit (p 2) "MiB" "mebibyte"
 	, Unit (p 1) "KiB" "kibibyte"
-	, Unit (p 0) "B" "byte"
+	, Unit 1 "B" "byte"
 	]
   where
 	p :: Integer -> Integer
 	p n = 2^(n*10)
 
-{- Bandwidth units are only measured in bits if you're some crazy telco. -}
+{- Bandwidth units are (stupidly) measured in bits, not bytes, and are
+ - (also stupidly) powers of ten. 
+ -
+ - While it's fairly common for "Mb", "Gb" etc to be used, that differs
+ - from "MB", "GB", etc only in case, and readSize is case-insensitive.
+ - So "Mbit", "Gbit" etc are used instead to avoid parsing ambiguity.
+ -}
 bandwidthUnits :: [Unit]
-bandwidthUnits = error "stop trying to rip people off"
+bandwidthUnits =
+	[ Unit (p 8) "Ybit" "yottabit"
+	, Unit (p 7) "Zbit" "zettabit"
+	, Unit (p 6) "Ebit" "exabit"
+	, Unit (p 5) "Pbit" "petabit"
+	, Unit (p 4) "Tbit" "terabit"
+	, Unit (p 3) "Gbit" "gigabit"
+	, Unit (p 2) "Mbit" "megabit"
+	, Unit (p 1) "kbit" "kilobit" -- weird capitalization thanks to committee
+	]
+  where
+	p :: Integer -> Integer
+	p n = (1000^n) `div` 8
 
 {- Do you yearn for the days when men were men and megabytes were megabytes? -}
 oldSchoolUnits :: [Unit]
-oldSchoolUnits = zipWith (curry mingle) storageUnits memoryUnits
+oldSchoolUnits = zipWith (curry mingle) storageUnits committeeUnits
   where
 	mingle (Unit _ a n, Unit s' _ _) = Unit s' a n
 
diff --git a/Utility/Directory.hs b/Utility/Directory.hs
--- a/Utility/Directory.hs
+++ b/Utility/Directory.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import Control.Monad
 import System.FilePath
-import System.PosixCompat.Files hiding (removeLink)
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (isDirectory, isSymbolicLink)
 import Control.Applicative
 import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafeInterleaveIO)
 import Data.Maybe
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 import Utility.SystemDirectory
 import Utility.Exception
 import Utility.Monad
-import Utility.Applicative
+import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
+import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 
 dirCruft :: FilePath -> Bool
 dirCruft "." = True
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
 		| otherwise = do
 			let skip = collect (entry:files) dirs' entries
 			let recurse = collect files (entry:dirs') entries
-			ms <- catchMaybeIO $ getSymbolicLinkStatus entry
+			ms <- catchMaybeIO $ R.getSymbolicLinkStatus (toRawFilePath entry)
 			case ms of
 				(Just s) 
 					| isDirectory s -> recurse
@@ -87,9 +88,10 @@
 		| skipdir (takeFileName dir) = go c dirs
 		| otherwise = unsafeInterleaveIO $ do
 			subdirs <- go []
-				=<< filterM (isDirectory <$$> getSymbolicLinkStatus)
+				=<< filterM isdir
 				=<< catchDefaultIO [] (dirContents dir)
 			go (subdirs++dir:c) dirs
+	isdir p = isDirectory <$> R.getSymbolicLinkStatus (toRawFilePath p)
 
 {- Use with an action that removes something, which may or may not exist.
  -
diff --git a/Utility/Directory/Create.hs b/Utility/Directory/Create.hs
--- a/Utility/Directory/Create.hs
+++ b/Utility/Directory/Create.hs
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 import Utility.PartialPrelude
 
 {- Like createDirectoryIfMissing True, but it will only create
- - missing parent directories up to but not including the directory
- - in the first parameter.
+ - missing parent directories up to but not including a directory
+ - from the first parameter.
  -
- - For example, createDirectoryUnder "/tmp/foo" "/tmp/foo/bar/baz"
+ - For example, createDirectoryUnder ["/tmp/foo"] "/tmp/foo/bar/baz"
  - will create /tmp/foo/bar if necessary, but if /tmp/foo does not exist,
  - it will throw an exception.
  -
@@ -45,40 +45,43 @@
  - FilePath (or the same as it), it will fail with an exception
  - even if the second FilePath's parent directory already exists.
  -
- - Either or both of the FilePaths can be relative, or absolute.
+ - The FilePaths can be relative, or absolute. 
  - They will be normalized as necessary.
  -
  - Note that, the second FilePath, if relative, is relative to the current
- - working directory, not to the first FilePath.
+ - working directory.
  -}
-createDirectoryUnder :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath -> IO ()
-createDirectoryUnder topdir dir =
-	createDirectoryUnder' topdir dir R.createDirectory
+createDirectoryUnder :: [RawFilePath] -> RawFilePath -> IO ()
+createDirectoryUnder topdirs dir =
+	createDirectoryUnder' topdirs dir R.createDirectory
 
 createDirectoryUnder'
 	:: (MonadIO m, MonadCatch m)
-	=> RawFilePath
+	=> [RawFilePath]
 	-> RawFilePath
 	-> (RawFilePath -> m ())
 	-> m ()
-createDirectoryUnder' topdir dir0 mkdir = do
-	p <- liftIO $ relPathDirToFile topdir dir0
-	let dirs = P.splitDirectories p
-	-- Catch cases where the dir is not beneath the topdir.
+createDirectoryUnder' topdirs dir0 mkdir = do
+	relps <- liftIO $ forM topdirs $ \topdir -> relPathDirToFile topdir dir0
+	let relparts = map P.splitDirectories relps
+	-- Catch cases where dir0 is not beneath a topdir.
 	-- If the relative path between them starts with "..",
 	-- it's not. And on Windows, if they are on different drives,
 	-- the path will not be relative.
-	if headMaybe dirs == Just ".." || P.isAbsolute p
-		then liftIO $ ioError $ customerror userErrorType
-			("createDirectoryFrom: not located in " ++ fromRawFilePath topdir)
-		-- If dir0 is the same as the topdir, don't try to create
-		-- it, but make sure it does exist.
-		else if null dirs
-			then liftIO $ unlessM (doesDirectoryExist (fromRawFilePath topdir)) $
-				ioError $ customerror doesNotExistErrorType
-					"createDirectoryFrom: does not exist"
-			else createdirs $
-				map (topdir P.</>) (reverse (scanl1 (P.</>) dirs))
+	let notbeneath = \(_topdir, (relp, dirs)) -> 
+		headMaybe dirs /= Just ".." && not (P.isAbsolute relp)
+	case filter notbeneath $ zip topdirs (zip relps relparts) of
+		((topdir, (_relp, dirs)):_)
+			-- If dir0 is the same as the topdir, don't try to
+			-- create it, but make sure it does exist.
+			| null dirs ->
+				liftIO $ unlessM (doesDirectoryExist (fromRawFilePath topdir)) $
+					ioError $ customerror doesNotExistErrorType $
+						"createDirectoryFrom: " ++ fromRawFilePath topdir ++ " does not exist"
+			| otherwise -> createdirs $
+					map (topdir P.</>) (reverse (scanl1 (P.</>) dirs))
+		_ -> liftIO $ ioError $ customerror userErrorType
+			("createDirectoryFrom: not located in " ++ unwords (map fromRawFilePath topdirs))
   where
 	customerror t s = mkIOError t s Nothing (Just (fromRawFilePath dir0))
 
diff --git a/Utility/Exception.hs b/Utility/Exception.hs
--- a/Utility/Exception.hs
+++ b/Utility/Exception.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- Simple IO exception handling (and some more)
  -
- - Copyright 2011-2016 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2011-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - License: BSD-2-clause
  -}
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	bracketIO,
 	catchNonAsync,
 	tryNonAsync,
+	nonAsyncHandler,
 	tryWhenExists,
 	catchIOErrorType,
 	IOErrorType(..),
@@ -28,21 +29,24 @@
 
 import Control.Monad.Catch as X hiding (Handler)
 import qualified Control.Monad.Catch as M
-import Control.Exception (IOException, AsyncException)
-import Control.Exception (SomeAsyncException)
+import Control.Exception (IOException, AsyncException, SomeAsyncException)
 import Control.Monad
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO, MonadIO)
 import System.IO.Error (isDoesNotExistError, ioeGetErrorType)
 import GHC.IO.Exception (IOErrorType(..))
 
 import Utility.Data
+import Utility.SafeOutput
 
 {- Like error, this throws an exception. Unlike error, if this exception
  - is not caught, it won't generate a backtrace. So use this for situations
  - where there's a problem that the user is expected to see in some
- - circumstances. -}
+ - circumstances.
+ -
+ - Also, control characters are filtered out of the message.
+ -}
 giveup :: [Char] -> a
-giveup = errorWithoutStackTrace
+giveup = errorWithoutStackTrace . safeOutput
 
 {- Catches IO errors and returns a Bool -}
 catchBoolIO :: MonadCatch m => m Bool -> m Bool
@@ -81,11 +85,7 @@
  - ThreadKilled and UserInterrupt get through.
  -}
 catchNonAsync :: MonadCatch m => m a -> (SomeException -> m a) -> m a
-catchNonAsync a onerr = a `catches`
-	[ M.Handler (\ (e :: AsyncException) -> throwM e)
-	, M.Handler (\ (e :: SomeAsyncException) -> throwM e)
-	, M.Handler (\ (e :: SomeException) -> onerr e)
-	]
+catchNonAsync a onerr = a `catches` (nonAsyncHandler onerr)
 
 tryNonAsync :: MonadCatch m => m a -> m (Either SomeException a)
 tryNonAsync a = go `catchNonAsync` (return . Left)
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@
 	go = do
 		v <- a
 		return (Right v)
+
+nonAsyncHandler :: MonadCatch m => (SomeException -> m a) -> [M.Handler m a]
+nonAsyncHandler onerr = 
+	[ M.Handler (\ (e :: AsyncException) -> throwM e)
+	, M.Handler (\ (e :: SomeAsyncException) -> throwM e)
+	, M.Handler (\ (e :: SomeException) -> onerr e)
+	]
 
 {- Catches only DoesNotExist exceptions, and lets all others through. -}
 tryWhenExists :: MonadCatch m => m a -> m (Maybe a)
diff --git a/Utility/FileMode.hs b/Utility/FileMode.hs
--- a/Utility/FileMode.hs
+++ b/Utility/FileMode.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- File mode utilities.
  -
- - Copyright 2010-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2010-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - License: BSD-2-clause
  -}
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 import System.IO
 import Control.Monad
 import System.PosixCompat.Types
-import System.PosixCompat.Files hiding (removeLink)
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (unionFileModes, intersectFileModes, stdFileMode, nullFileMode, groupReadMode, ownerReadMode, ownerWriteMode, ownerExecuteMode, groupWriteMode, groupExecuteMode, otherReadMode, otherWriteMode, otherExecuteMode, fileMode)
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (setFileCreationMask)
+#endif
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import Foreign (complement)
 import Control.Monad.Catch
@@ -100,17 +103,20 @@
 isExecutable :: FileMode -> Bool
 isExecutable mode = combineModes executeModes `intersectFileModes` mode /= 0
 
-{- Runs an action without that pesky umask influencing it, unless the
- - passed FileMode is the standard one. -}
-noUmask :: (MonadIO m, MonadMask m) => FileMode -> m a -> m a
-#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
-noUmask mode a
-	| mode == stdFileMode = a
-	| otherwise = withUmask nullFileMode a
-#else
-noUmask _ a = a
-#endif
+data ModeSetter = ModeSetter FileMode (RawFilePath -> IO ())
 
+{- Runs an action which should create the file, passing it the desired
+ - initial file mode. Then runs the ModeSetter's action on the file, which
+ - can adjust the initial mode if umask prevented the file from being
+ - created with the right mode. -}
+applyModeSetter :: Maybe ModeSetter -> RawFilePath -> (Maybe FileMode -> IO a) -> IO a
+applyModeSetter (Just (ModeSetter mode modeaction)) file a = do
+	r <- a (Just mode)
+	void $ tryIO $ modeaction file
+	return r
+applyModeSetter Nothing _ a = 
+	a Nothing
+
 withUmask :: (MonadIO m, MonadMask m) => FileMode -> m a -> m a
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
 withUmask umask a = bracket setup cleanup go
@@ -169,10 +175,10 @@
 	(\h -> hPutStr h content)
 
 writeFileProtected' :: RawFilePath -> (Handle -> IO ()) -> IO ()
-writeFileProtected' file writer = protectedOutput $
-	withFile (fromRawFilePath file) WriteMode $ \h -> do
-		void $ tryIO $ modifyFileMode file $ removeModes otherGroupModes
-		writer h
+writeFileProtected' file writer = do
+	h <- protectedOutput $ openFile (fromRawFilePath file) WriteMode
+	void $ tryIO $ modifyFileMode file $ removeModes otherGroupModes
+	writer h
 
 protectedOutput :: IO a -> IO a
 protectedOutput = withUmask 0o0077
diff --git a/Utility/FileSize.hs b/Utility/FileSize.hs
--- a/Utility/FileSize.hs
+++ b/Utility/FileSize.hs
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@
 	getFileSize',
 ) where
 
-import System.PosixCompat.Files hiding (removeLink)
-import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 #ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
 import Control.Exception (bracket)
 import System.IO
 import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
+#else
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (fileSize)
 #endif
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (FileStatus)
+import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 
 type FileSize = Integer
 
diff --git a/Utility/Format.hs b/Utility/Format.hs
--- a/Utility/Format.hs
+++ b/Utility/Format.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {- Formatted string handling.
  -
- - Copyright 2010-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2010-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - License: BSD-2-clause
  -}
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 	Format,
 	gen,
 	format,
+	escapedFormat,
 	formatContainsVar,
 	decode_c,
 	encode_c,
 	encode_c',
+	isUtf8Byte,
 	prop_encode_c_decode_c_roundtrip
 ) where
 
@@ -21,12 +23,11 @@
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Word (Word8)
 import Data.List (isPrefixOf)
-import qualified Codec.Binary.UTF8.String
 import qualified Data.Map as M
+import qualified Data.ByteString as S
 
 import Utility.PartialPrelude
-
-type FormatString = String
+import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
 
 {- A format consists of a list of fragments. -}
 type Format = [Frag]
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@
   where
 	expand (Const s) = s
 	expand (Var name j esc)
-		| esc = justify j $ encode_c' isSpace $ getvar name
+		| esc = justify j $ decodeBS $ escapedFormat $
+			encodeBS $ getvar name
 		| otherwise = justify j $ getvar name
 	getvar name = fromMaybe "" $ M.lookup name vars
 	justify UnJustified s        = s
@@ -62,6 +64,13 @@
 	pad i s = take (i - length s) spaces
 	spaces = repeat ' '
 
+escapedFormat :: S.ByteString -> S.ByteString
+escapedFormat = encode_c needescape
+  where
+	needescape c = isUtf8Byte c ||
+		isSpace (chr (fromIntegral c)) ||
+		c == fromIntegral (ord '"')
+
 {- Generates a Format that can be used to expand variables in a
  - format string, such as "${foo} ${bar;10} ${baz;-10}\n"
  -
@@ -69,8 +78,8 @@
  -
  - Also, "${escaped_foo}" will apply encode_c to the value of variable foo.
  -}
-gen :: FormatString -> Format
-gen = filter (not . empty) . fuse [] . scan [] . decode_c
+gen :: String -> Format
+gen = filter (not . empty) . fuse [] . scan [] . decodeBS . decode_c . encodeBS
   where
 	-- The Format is built up in reverse, for efficiency,
 	-- and can have many adjacent Consts. Fusing it fixes both
@@ -122,33 +131,50 @@
 {- Decodes a C-style encoding, where \n is a newline (etc),
  - \NNN is an octal encoded character, and \xNN is a hex encoded character.
  -}
-decode_c :: FormatString -> String
-decode_c [] = []
-decode_c s = unescape ("", s)
+decode_c :: S.ByteString -> S.ByteString
+decode_c s
+	| S.null s = S.empty
+	| otherwise = unescape (S.empty, s)
   where
-	e = '\\'
-	unescape (b, []) = b
-	-- look for escapes starting with '\'
-	unescape (b, v) = b ++ fst pair ++ unescape (handle $ snd pair)
+	e = fromIntegral (ord '\\')
+	x = fromIntegral (ord 'x')
+	isescape c = c == e
+	unescape (b, v)
+		| S.null v = b
+		| otherwise = b <> fst pair <> unescape (handle $ snd pair)
 	  where
-		pair = span (/= e) v
-	isescape x = x == e
-	handle (x:'x':n1:n2:rest)
-		| isescape x && allhex = (fromhex, rest)
+		pair = S.span (not . isescape) v
+	handle b
+		| S.length b >= 1 && isescape (S.index b 0) = handle' b
+		| otherwise = (S.empty, b)
+	
+	handle' b
+		| S.length b >= 4
+			&& S.index b 1 == x
+			&& allhex = (fromhex, rest)
 	  where
+		n1 = chr (fromIntegral (S.index b 2))
+		n2 = chr (fromIntegral (S.index b 3))
+	  	rest = S.drop 4 b
 		allhex = isHexDigit n1 && isHexDigit n2
-		fromhex = [chr $ readhex [n1, n2]]
+		fromhex = encodeBS [chr $ readhex [n1, n2]]
 		readhex h = Prelude.read $ "0x" ++ h :: Int
-	handle (x:n1:n2:n3:rest)
-		| isescape x && alloctal = (fromoctal, rest)
+	handle' b
+		| S.length b >= 4 && alloctal = (fromoctal, rest)
 	  where
+		n1 = chr (fromIntegral (S.index b 1))
+		n2 = chr (fromIntegral (S.index b 2))
+		n3 = chr (fromIntegral (S.index b 3))
+	  	rest = S.drop 4 b
 		alloctal = isOctDigit n1 && isOctDigit n2 && isOctDigit n3
-		fromoctal = [chr $ readoctal [n1, n2, n3]]
+		fromoctal = encodeBS [chr $ readoctal [n1, n2, n3]]
 		readoctal o = Prelude.read $ "0o" ++ o :: Int
-	-- \C is used for a few special characters
-	handle (x:nc:rest)
-		| isescape x = ([echar nc], rest)
+	handle' b
+		| S.length b >= 2 = 
+			(S.singleton (fromIntegral (ord (echar nc))), rest)
 	  where
+		nc = chr (fromIntegral (S.index b 1))
+		rest = S.drop 2 b
 		echar 'a' = '\a'
 		echar 'b' = '\b'
 		echar 'f' = '\f'
@@ -156,39 +182,51 @@
 		echar 'r' = '\r'
 		echar 't' = '\t'
 		echar 'v' = '\v'
-		echar a = a
-	handle n = ("", n)
+		echar a = a -- \\ decodes to '\', and \" to '"'
+	handle' b = (S.empty, b)
 
-{- Inverse of decode_c. -}
-encode_c :: String -> FormatString
-encode_c = encode_c' (const False)
+{- Inverse of decode_c. Encodes ascii control characters as well as
+ - bytes that match the predicate. (And also '\' itself.)
+ -}
+encode_c :: (Word8 -> Bool) -> S.ByteString -> S.ByteString
+encode_c p s = fromMaybe s (encode_c' p s)
 
-{- Encodes special characters, as well as any matching the predicate. -}
-encode_c' :: (Char -> Bool) -> String -> FormatString
-encode_c' p = concatMap echar
+{- Returns Nothing when nothing needs to be escaped in the input ByteString. -}
+encode_c' :: (Word8 -> Bool) -> S.ByteString -> Maybe S.ByteString
+encode_c' p s
+	| S.any needencode s = Just (S.concatMap echar s)
+	| otherwise = Nothing
   where
-	e c = '\\' : [c]
-	echar '\a' = e 'a'
-	echar '\b' = e 'b'
-	echar '\f' = e 'f'
-	echar '\n' = e 'n'
-	echar '\r' = e 'r'
-	echar '\t' = e 't'
-	echar '\v' = e 'v'
-	echar '\\' = e '\\'
-	echar '"'  = e '"'
+	e = fromIntegral (ord '\\')
+	q = fromIntegral (ord '"')
+	del = 0x7F
+	iscontrol c = c < 0x20
+
+	echar 0x7 = ec 'a'
+	echar 0x8 = ec 'b'
+	echar 0x0C = ec 'f'
+	echar 0x0A = ec 'n'
+	echar 0x0D = ec 'r'
+	echar 0x09 = ec 't'
+	echar 0x0B = ec 'v'
 	echar c
-		| ord c < 0x20 = e_asc c -- low ascii
-		| ord c >= 256 = e_utf c -- unicode
-		| ord c > 0x7E = e_asc c -- high ascii
-		| p c          = e_asc c
-		| otherwise    = [c]
-	-- unicode character is decomposed to individual Word8s,
-	-- and each is shown in octal
-	e_utf c = showoctal =<< (Codec.Binary.UTF8.String.encode [c] :: [Word8])
-	e_asc c = showoctal $ ord c
-	showoctal i = '\\' : printf "%03o" i
+		| iscontrol c = showoctal c -- other control characters
+		| c == e = ec '\\' -- escape the escape character itself
+		| c == del = showoctal c
+		| p c = if c == q
+			then ec '"' -- escape double quote
+			else showoctal c
+		| otherwise = S.singleton c
+	
+	needencode c = iscontrol c || c == e || c == del || p c
 
+	ec c = S.pack [e, fromIntegral (ord c)]
+
+	showoctal i = encodeBS ('\\' : printf "%03o" i)
+
+isUtf8Byte :: Word8 -> Bool
+isUtf8Byte c = c >= 0x80
+
 {- For quickcheck. 
  -
  - Encoding and then decoding roundtrips only when
@@ -198,6 +236,7 @@
  - This property papers over the problem, by only testing ascii.
  -}
 prop_encode_c_decode_c_roundtrip :: String -> Bool
-prop_encode_c_decode_c_roundtrip s = s' == decode_c (encode_c s')
+prop_encode_c_decode_c_roundtrip s = s' == 
+	decodeBS (decode_c (encode_c isUtf8Byte (encodeBS s')))
   where
 	s' = filter isAscii s
diff --git a/Utility/InodeCache.hs b/Utility/InodeCache.hs
--- a/Utility/InodeCache.hs
+++ b/Utility/InodeCache.hs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	inodeCacheToMtime,
 	inodeCacheToEpochTime,
 	inodeCacheEpochTimeRange,
+	replaceInode,
 
 	SentinalFile(..),
 	SentinalStatus(..),
@@ -50,11 +51,10 @@
 import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 
 import System.PosixCompat.Types
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (isRegularFile, fileID)
 import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
 
-#ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
-import Data.Word (Word64)
-#else
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
 import qualified System.Posix.Files as Posix
 #endif
 
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@
 	let t = inodeCacheToEpochTime i
 	in (t-1, t+1)
 
-{- For backwards compatability, support low-res mtime with no
+replaceInode :: FileID -> InodeCache -> InodeCache
+replaceInode inode (InodeCache (InodeCachePrim _ sz mtime)) =
+	InodeCache (InodeCachePrim inode sz mtime)
+
+{- For backwards compatibility, support low-res mtime with no
  - fractional seconds. -}
 data MTime = MTimeLowRes EpochTime | MTimeHighRes POSIXTime
 	deriving (Show, Ord)
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@
 
 genInodeCache :: RawFilePath -> TSDelta -> IO (Maybe InodeCache)
 genInodeCache f delta = catchDefaultIO Nothing $
-	toInodeCache delta f =<< R.getFileStatus f
+	toInodeCache delta f =<< R.getSymbolicLinkStatus f
 
 toInodeCache :: TSDelta -> RawFilePath -> FileStatus -> IO (Maybe InodeCache)
 toInodeCache d f s = toInodeCache' d f s (fileID s)
@@ -243,7 +247,7 @@
  - On Windows, time stamp differences are ignored, since they change
  - with the timezone.
  -
- - When the sential file does not exist, InodeCaches canot reliably be
+ - When the sential file does not exist, InodeCaches cannot reliably be
  - compared, so the assumption is that there is has been a change.
  -}
 checkSentinalFile :: SentinalFile -> IO SentinalStatus
diff --git a/Utility/Metered.hs b/Utility/Metered.hs
--- a/Utility/Metered.hs
+++ b/Utility/Metered.hs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import Utility.HumanTime
 import Utility.SimpleProtocol as Proto
 import Utility.ThreadScheduler
+import Utility.SafeOutput
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import qualified Data.ByteString as S
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@
   where
 	stdouthandler l = 
 		unless (quietMode oh) $
-			putStrLn l
+			putStrLn (safeOutput l)
 
 {- To suppress progress output, while displaying other messages,
  - filter out lines that contain \r (typically used to reset to the
@@ -491,14 +492,14 @@
 		, estimatedcompletion
 		]
   where
-	amount = roughSize' memoryUnits True 2 new
+	amount = roughSize' committeeUnits True 2 new
 	percentamount = case mtotalsize of
 		Just (TotalSize totalsize) ->
 			let p = showPercentage 0 $
 				percentage totalsize (min new totalsize)
 			in p ++ replicate (6 - length p) ' ' ++ amount
 		Nothing -> amount
-	rate = roughSize' memoryUnits True 0 bytespersecond ++ "/s"
+	rate = roughSize' committeeUnits True 0 bytespersecond ++ "/s"
 	bytespersecond
 		| duration == 0 = fromIntegral transferred
 		| otherwise = floor $ fromIntegral transferred / duration
diff --git a/Utility/Misc.hs b/Utility/Misc.hs
--- a/Utility/Misc.hs
+++ b/Utility/Misc.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	readFileStrict,
 	separate,
 	separate',
+	separateEnd',
 	firstLine,
 	firstLine',
 	segment,
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@
 		| S.null b = r
 		| otherwise = (a, S.tail b)
 
+separateEnd' :: (Word8 -> Bool) -> S.ByteString -> (S.ByteString, S.ByteString)
+separateEnd' c l = unbreak $ S.breakEnd c l
+  where
+	unbreak r@(a, b)
+		| S.null a = r
+		| otherwise = (S.init a, b)
+
 {- Breaks out the first line. -}
 firstLine :: String -> String
 firstLine = takeWhile (/= '\n')
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@
 prop_segment_regressionTest = all id
 	-- Even an empty list is a segment.
 	[ segment (== "--") [] == [[]]
-	-- There are two segements in this list, even though the first is empty.
+	-- There are two segments in this list, even though the first is empty.
 	, segment (== "--") ["--", "foo", "bar"] == [[],["foo","bar"]]
 	]
 
diff --git a/Utility/Monad.hs b/Utility/Monad.hs
--- a/Utility/Monad.hs
+++ b/Utility/Monad.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	getM,
 	anyM,
 	allM,
+	partitionM,
 	untilTrue,
 	ifM,
 	(<||>),
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@
 allM :: Monad m => (a -> m Bool) -> [a] -> m Bool
 allM _ [] = return True
 allM p (x:xs) = p x <&&> allM p xs
+
+partitionM :: Monad m => (a -> m Bool) -> [a] -> m ([a], [a])
+partitionM _ [] = return ([], [])
+partitionM p (x:xs) = do
+	r <- p x
+	(as, bs) <- partitionM p xs
+	return $ if r then (x:as, bs) else (as, x:bs)
 
 {- Runs an action on values from a list until it succeeds. -}
 untilTrue :: Monad m => [a] -> (a -> m Bool) -> m Bool
diff --git a/Utility/MoveFile.hs b/Utility/MoveFile.hs
--- a/Utility/MoveFile.hs
+++ b/Utility/MoveFile.hs
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
 ) where
 
 import Control.Monad
-import System.FilePath
-import System.PosixCompat.Files hiding (removeLink)
 import System.IO.Error
 import Prelude
 
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+import System.PosixCompat.Files (isDirectory)
 import Control.Monad.IfElse
 import Utility.SafeCommand
 #endif
@@ -28,17 +27,19 @@
 import Utility.Tmp
 import Utility.Exception
 import Utility.Monad
+import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
+import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 
 {- Moves one filename to another.
  - First tries a rename, but falls back to moving across devices if needed. -}
-moveFile :: FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ()
-moveFile src dest = tryIO (rename src dest) >>= onrename
+moveFile :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath -> IO ()
+moveFile src dest = tryIO (R.rename src dest) >>= onrename
   where
 	onrename (Right _) = noop
 	onrename (Left e)
 		| isPermissionError e = rethrow
 		| isDoesNotExistError e = rethrow
-		| otherwise = viaTmp mv dest ()
+		| otherwise = viaTmp mv (fromRawFilePath dest) ()
 	  where
 		rethrow = throwM e
 
@@ -46,16 +47,20 @@
 			-- copyFile is likely not as optimised as
 			-- the mv command, so we'll use the command.
 			--
-			-- But, while Windows has a "mv", it does not seem very
-			-- reliable, so use copyFile there.
+			-- But, while Windows has a "mv", it does not
+			-- seem very reliable, so use copyFile there.
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS	
 			-- If dest is a directory, mv would move the file
 			-- into it, which is not desired.
 			whenM (isdir dest) rethrow
-			ok <- boolSystem "mv" [Param "-f", Param src, Param tmp]
+			ok <- boolSystem "mv"
+				[ Param "-f"
+				, Param (fromRawFilePath src)
+				, Param tmp
+				]
 			let e' = e
 #else
-			r <- tryIO $ copyFile src tmp
+			r <- tryIO $ copyFile (fromRawFilePath src) tmp
 			let (ok, e') = case r of
 				Left err -> (False, err)
 				Right _ -> (True, e)
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@
 
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS	
 	isdir f = do
-		r <- tryIO $ getFileStatus f
+		r <- tryIO $ R.getSymbolicLinkStatus f
 		case r of
 			(Left _) -> return False
 			(Right s) -> return $ isDirectory s
diff --git a/Utility/Path.hs b/Utility/Path.hs
--- a/Utility/Path.hs
+++ b/Utility/Path.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	runSegmentPaths',
 	dotfile,
 	splitShortExtensions,
+	splitShortExtensions',
 	relPathDirToFileAbs,
 	inSearchPath,
 	searchPath,
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
  -
  - This does not guarantee that two paths that refer to the same location,
  - and are both relative to the same location (or both absolute) will
- - yeild the same result. Run both through normalise from System.RawFilePath
+ - yield the same result. Run both through normalise from System.RawFilePath
  - to ensure that.
  -}
 simplifyPath :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
 
 {- Checks if the first RawFilePath is, or could be said to contain the second.
  - For example, "foo/" contains "foo/bar". Also, "foo", "./foo", "foo/" etc
- - are all equivilant.
+ - are all equivalent.
  -}
 dirContains :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath -> Bool
 dirContains a b = a == b
diff --git a/Utility/Path/AbsRel.hs b/Utility/Path/AbsRel.hs
--- a/Utility/Path/AbsRel.hs
+++ b/Utility/Path/AbsRel.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  - Also simplifies it using simplifyPath.
  -
  - The first parameter is a base directory (ie, the cwd) to use if the path
- - is not already absolute, and should itsef be absolute.
+ - is not already absolute, and should itself be absolute.
  -
  - Does not attempt to deal with edge cases or ensure security with
  - untrusted inputs.
diff --git a/Utility/Process.hs b/Utility/Process.hs
--- a/Utility/Process.hs
+++ b/Utility/Process.hs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 	stdoutHandle,
 	stderrHandle,
 	processHandle,
+	showCmd,
 	devNull,
 ) where
 
@@ -188,11 +189,13 @@
 debugProcess :: CreateProcess -> ProcessHandle -> IO ()
 debugProcess p h = do
 	pid <- getPid h
-	debug "Utility.Process" $ unwords
+	debug "Utility.Process" $ unwords $
 		[ describePid pid
 		, action ++ ":"
 		, showCmd p
-		]
+		] ++ case cwd p of
+			Nothing -> []
+			Just c -> ["in", show c]
   where
 	action
 		| piped (std_in p) && piped (std_out p) = "chat"
diff --git a/Utility/Process/Transcript.hs b/Utility/Process/Transcript.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utility/Process/Transcript.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+{- Process transcript
+ -
+ - Copyright 2012-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ -
+ - License: BSD-2-clause
+ -}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-tabs #-}
+
+module Utility.Process.Transcript (
+	processTranscript,
+	processTranscript',
+	processTranscript'',
+) where
+
+import Utility.Process
+
+import System.IO
+import System.Exit
+import Control.Concurrent.Async
+import Control.Monad
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+import Control.Exception
+import qualified System.Posix.IO
+#else
+import Control.Applicative
+#endif
+import Data.Maybe
+import Prelude
+
+-- | Runs a process and returns a transcript combining its stdout and
+-- stderr, and whether it succeeded or failed.
+processTranscript :: String -> [String] -> (Maybe String) -> IO (String, Bool)
+processTranscript cmd opts = processTranscript' (proc cmd opts)
+
+-- | Also feeds the process some input.
+processTranscript' :: CreateProcess -> Maybe String -> IO (String, Bool)
+processTranscript' cp input = do
+	(t, c) <- processTranscript'' cp input
+	return (t, c == ExitSuccess)
+
+processTranscript'' :: CreateProcess -> Maybe String -> IO (String, ExitCode)
+processTranscript'' cp input = do
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+{- This implementation interleves stdout and stderr in exactly the order
+ - the process writes them. -}
+ 	let setup = do
+		(readf, writef) <- System.Posix.IO.createPipe
+		System.Posix.IO.setFdOption readf System.Posix.IO.CloseOnExec True
+		System.Posix.IO.setFdOption writef System.Posix.IO.CloseOnExec True
+		readh <- System.Posix.IO.fdToHandle readf
+		writeh <- System.Posix.IO.fdToHandle writef
+		return (readh, writeh)
+	let cleanup (readh, writeh) = do
+		hClose readh
+		hClose writeh
+	bracket setup cleanup $ \(readh, writeh) -> do
+		let cp' = cp
+			{ std_in = if isJust input then CreatePipe else Inherit
+			, std_out = UseHandle writeh
+			, std_err = UseHandle writeh
+			}
+		withCreateProcess cp' $ \hin hout herr pid -> do
+			get <- asyncreader pid readh
+			writeinput input (hin, hout, herr, pid)
+			code <- waitForProcess pid
+			transcript <- wait get
+			return (transcript, code)
+#else
+{- This implementation for Windows puts stderr after stdout. -}
+	let cp' = cp 
+		{ std_in = if isJust input then CreatePipe else Inherit
+		, std_out = CreatePipe
+		, std_err = CreatePipe
+		}
+	withCreateProcess cp' $ \hin hout herr pid -> do
+		let p = (hin, hout, herr, pid)
+		getout <- asyncreader pid (stdoutHandle p)
+		geterr <- asyncreader pid (stderrHandle p)
+		writeinput input p
+		code <- waitForProcess pid
+		transcript <- (++) <$> wait getout <*> wait geterr
+		return (transcript, code)
+#endif
+  where
+	asyncreader pid h = async $ reader pid h []
+	reader pid h c = hGetLineUntilExitOrEOF pid h >>= \case
+		Nothing -> return (unlines (reverse c))
+		Just l -> reader pid h (l:c)
+	writeinput (Just s) p = do
+		let inh = stdinHandle p
+		unless (null s) $ do
+			hPutStr inh s
+			hFlush inh
+		hClose inh
+	writeinput Nothing _ = return ()
diff --git a/Utility/QuickCheck.hs b/Utility/QuickCheck.hs
--- a/Utility/QuickCheck.hs
+++ b/Utility/QuickCheck.hs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  -}
 
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-tabs #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
 
 module Utility.QuickCheck
diff --git a/Utility/RawFilePath.hs b/Utility/RawFilePath.hs
--- a/Utility/RawFilePath.hs
+++ b/Utility/RawFilePath.hs
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
  -
  - On Windows, filenames are in unicode, so RawFilePaths have to be
  - decoded. So this library will work, but less efficiently than using
- - FilePath would.
+ - FilePath would. However, this library also takes care to support long
+ - filenames on Windows, by either using other libraries that do, or by
+ - doing UNC-style conversion itself.
  -
- - Copyright 2019-2020 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ - Copyright 2019-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
  - License: BSD-2-clause
  -}
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@
 	getCurrentDirectory,
 	createDirectory,
 	setFileMode,
+	setOwnerAndGroup,
+	rename,
+	createNamedPipe,
+	fileAccess,
 ) where
 
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
@@ -47,23 +53,28 @@
 
 #else
 import System.PosixCompat (FileStatus, FileMode)
+-- System.PosixCompat does not handle UNC-style conversion itself,
+-- so all uses of it library have to be pre-converted below. See
+-- https://github.com/jacobstanley/unix-compat/issues/56
 import qualified System.PosixCompat as P
-import qualified System.PosixCompat.Files as F
 import qualified System.Directory as D
 import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
+import Utility.Path.Windows
 
 readSymbolicLink :: RawFilePath -> IO RawFilePath
 readSymbolicLink f = toRawFilePath <$> P.readSymbolicLink (fromRawFilePath f)
 
 createSymbolicLink :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath -> IO ()
-createSymbolicLink a b = P.createSymbolicLink
-	(fromRawFilePath a)
-	(fromRawFilePath b)
+createSymbolicLink a b = do
+	a' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace a
+	b' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace b
+	P.createSymbolicLink a' b'
 
 createLink :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath -> IO ()
-createLink a b = P.createLink
-	(fromRawFilePath a)
-	(fromRawFilePath b)
+createLink a b = do
+	a' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace a
+	b' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace b
+	P.createLink a' b'
 
 {- On windows, removeLink is not available, so only remove files,
  - not symbolic links. -}
@@ -71,10 +82,12 @@
 removeLink = D.removeFile . fromRawFilePath
 
 getFileStatus :: RawFilePath -> IO FileStatus
-getFileStatus = P.getFileStatus . fromRawFilePath
+getFileStatus p = P.getFileStatus . fromRawFilePath
+	=<< convertToWindowsNativeNamespace p
 
 getSymbolicLinkStatus :: RawFilePath -> IO FileStatus
-getSymbolicLinkStatus = P.getSymbolicLinkStatus . fromRawFilePath
+getSymbolicLinkStatus p = P.getSymbolicLinkStatus . fromRawFilePath
+	=<< convertToWindowsNativeNamespace p
 
 doesPathExist :: RawFilePath -> IO Bool
 doesPathExist = D.doesPathExist . fromRawFilePath
@@ -86,5 +99,27 @@
 createDirectory = D.createDirectory . fromRawFilePath
 
 setFileMode :: RawFilePath -> FileMode -> IO () 
-setFileMode = F.setFileMode . fromRawFilePath
+setFileMode p m = do
+	p' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace p
+	P.setFileMode p' m
+
+{- Using renamePath rather than the rename provided in unix-compat
+ - because of this bug https://github.com/jacobstanley/unix-compat/issues/56-}
+rename :: RawFilePath -> RawFilePath -> IO ()
+rename a b = D.renamePath (fromRawFilePath a) (fromRawFilePath b)
+
+setOwnerAndGroup :: RawFilePath -> P.UserID -> P.GroupID -> IO ()
+setOwnerAndGroup p u g = do
+	p' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace p
+	P.setOwnerAndGroup p' u g
+
+createNamedPipe :: RawFilePath -> FileMode -> IO ()
+createNamedPipe p m = do
+	p' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace p
+	P.createNamedPipe p' m
+
+fileAccess :: RawFilePath -> Bool -> Bool -> Bool -> IO Bool
+fileAccess p a b c = do
+	p' <- fromRawFilePath <$> convertToWindowsNativeNamespace p
+	P.fileAccess p' a b c
 #endif
diff --git a/Utility/SafeOutput.hs b/Utility/SafeOutput.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utility/SafeOutput.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{- Safe output to the terminal of possibly attacker-controlled strings,
+ - avoiding displaying control characters.
+ -
+ - Copyright 2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ -
+ - License: BSD-2-clause
+ -}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances, FlexibleInstances, CPP #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-tabs #-}
+
+module Utility.SafeOutput (
+	safeOutput,
+	safeOutputChar,
+) where
+
+import Data.Char
+import qualified Data.ByteString as S
+
+class SafeOutputtable t where
+	safeOutput :: t -> t
+
+instance SafeOutputtable String where
+	safeOutput = filter safeOutputChar
+
+instance SafeOutputtable S.ByteString where
+	safeOutput = S.filter (safeOutputChar . chr . fromIntegral)
+
+safeOutputChar :: Char -> Bool
+safeOutputChar c
+	| not (isControl c) = True
+	| c == '\n' = True
+	| c == '\t' = True
+	| c == '\DEL' = False
+	| ord c > 31 = True
+	| otherwise = False
diff --git a/Utility/SystemDirectory.hs b/Utility/SystemDirectory.hs
--- a/Utility/SystemDirectory.hs
+++ b/Utility/SystemDirectory.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{- System.Directory without its conflicting isSymbolicLink
+{- System.Directory without its conflicting isSymbolicLink and getFileSize.
  -
  - Copyright 2016 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
diff --git a/Utility/Tmp.hs b/Utility/Tmp.hs
--- a/Utility/Tmp.hs
+++ b/Utility/Tmp.hs
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 import System.FilePath
 import System.Directory
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
-import System.PosixCompat.Files hiding (removeLink)
 import System.IO.Error
 
 import Utility.Exception
 import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
 import Utility.FileMode
+import qualified Utility.RawFilePath as R
 
 type Template = String
 
@@ -62,14 +62,15 @@
 		_ <- tryIO $ hClose h
 		tryIO $ removeFile tmpfile
 	use (tmpfile, h) = do
+		let tmpfile' = toRawFilePath tmpfile
 		-- Make mode the same as if the file were created usually,
 		-- not as a temp file. (This may fail on some filesystems
 		-- that don't support file modes well, so ignore
 		-- exceptions.)
-		_ <- liftIO $ tryIO $ setFileMode tmpfile =<< defaultFileMode
+		_ <- liftIO $ tryIO $ R.setFileMode tmpfile' =<< defaultFileMode
 		liftIO $ hClose h
 		a tmpfile content
-		liftIO $ rename tmpfile file
+		liftIO $ R.rename tmpfile' (toRawFilePath file)
 
 {- Runs an action with a tmp file located in the system's tmp directory
  - (or in "." if there is none) then removes the file. -}
diff --git a/Utility/Url/Parse.hs b/Utility/Url/Parse.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utility/Url/Parse.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{- Url parsing.
+ -
+ - Copyright 2011-2023 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ -
+ - License: BSD-2-clause
+ -}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+module Utility.Url.Parse (
+	parseURIPortable,
+	parseURIRelaxed,
+) where
+
+import Network.URI
+#ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
+import qualified System.FilePath.Windows as PW
+#endif
+
+{- On unix this is the same as parseURI. But on Windows,
+ - it can parse urls such as file:///C:/path/to/file
+ - parseURI normally parses that as a path /C:/path/to/file
+ - and this simply removes the excess leading slash when there is a
+ - drive letter after it. -}
+parseURIPortable :: String -> Maybe URI
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+parseURIPortable = parseURI
+#else
+parseURIPortable s
+	| "file:" `isPrefixOf` s = do
+		u <- parseURI s
+		return $ case PW.splitDirectories (uriPath u) of
+			(p:d:_) | all PW.isPathSeparator p && PW.isDrive d ->
+				u { uriPath = dropWhile PW.isPathSeparator (uriPath u) }
+			_ -> u
+	| otherwise = parseURI s
+#endif
+
+{- Allows for spaces and other stuff in urls, properly escaping them. -}
+parseURIRelaxed :: String -> Maybe URI
+parseURIRelaxed s = maybe (parseURIRelaxed' s) Just $
+	parseURIPortable $ escapeURIString isAllowedInURI s
+
+{- Some characters like '[' are allowed in eg, the address of
+ - an uri, but cannot appear unescaped further along in the uri.
+ - This handles that, expensively, by successively escaping each character
+ - from the back of the url until the url parses.
+ -}
+parseURIRelaxed' :: String -> Maybe URI
+parseURIRelaxed' s = go [] (reverse s)
+  where
+	go back [] = parseURI back
+	go back (c:cs) = case parseURI (escapeURIString isAllowedInURI (reverse (c:cs)) ++ back) of
+		Just u -> Just u
+		Nothing -> go (escapeURIChar escapemore c ++ back) cs
+
+	escapemore '[' = False
+	escapemore ']' = False
+	escapemore c = isAllowedInURI c
diff --git a/Utility/UserInfo.hs b/Utility/UserInfo.hs
--- a/Utility/UserInfo.hs
+++ b/Utility/UserInfo.hs
@@ -19,31 +19,32 @@
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
 import Utility.Data
 import Control.Applicative
+import System.Posix.User
+#if MIN_VERSION_unix(2,8,0)
+import System.Posix.User.ByteString (UserEntry)
 #endif
+#endif
 
-import System.PosixCompat
 import Prelude
 
 {- Current user's home directory.
  -
  - getpwent will fail on LDAP or NIS, so use HOME if set. -}
 myHomeDir :: IO FilePath
-myHomeDir = either giveup return =<< myVal env homeDirectory
-  where
+myHomeDir = either giveup return =<<
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
-	env = ["HOME"]
+	myVal ["HOME"] homeDirectory
 #else
-	env = ["USERPROFILE", "HOME"] -- HOME is used in Cygwin
+	myVal ["USERPROFILE", "HOME"] -- HOME is used in Cygwin
 #endif
 
 {- Current user's user name. -}
 myUserName :: IO (Either String String)
-myUserName = myVal env userName
-  where
+myUserName =
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
-	env = ["USER", "LOGNAME"]
+	myVal ["USER", "LOGNAME"] userName
 #else
-	env = ["USERNAME", "USER", "LOGNAME"]
+	myVal ["USERNAME", "USER", "LOGNAME"]
 #endif
 
 myUserGecos :: IO (Maybe String)
@@ -54,16 +55,20 @@
 myUserGecos = eitherToMaybe <$> myVal [] userGecos
 #endif
 
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
 myVal :: [String] -> (UserEntry -> String) -> IO (Either String String)
 myVal envvars extract = go envvars
   where
 	go [] = either (const $ envnotset) (Right . extract) <$> get
 	go (v:vs) = maybe (go vs) (return . Right) =<< getEnv v
-#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
 	-- This may throw an exception if the system doesn't have a
 	-- passwd file etc; don't let it crash.
 	get = tryNonAsync $ getUserEntryForID =<< getEffectiveUserID
 #else
-	get = return envnotset
+myVal :: [String] -> IO (Either String String)
+myVal envvars = go envvars
+  where
+	go [] = return envnotset
+	go (v:vs) = maybe (go vs) (return . Right) =<< getEnv v
 #endif
 	envnotset = Left ("environment not set: " ++ show envvars)
diff --git a/git-repair.cabal b/git-repair.cabal
--- a/git-repair.cabal
+++ b/git-repair.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: git-repair
-Version: 1.20220404
+Version: 1.20230814
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.10
 License: AGPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
   git-repair.1
 
 custom-setup
-  Setup-Depends: base (>= 4.11.1.0), 
+  Setup-Depends: base (>= 4.11.1.0 && < 5.0), 
     hslogger, split, unix-compat, process, unix, filepath,
     filepath-bytestring (>= 1.4.2.1.4), async,
     exceptions, bytestring, directory, IfElse, data-default,
-    mtl, Cabal, time
+    mtl, Cabal (< 4.0), time
 
 source-repository head
   type: git
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     BuildInfo
     Build.Configure
     Build.TestConfig
-    Build.Version
     Common
     Git
     Git.Branch
@@ -73,13 +72,13 @@
     Git.DiffTreeItem
     Git.Env
     Git.FilePath
-    Git.Filename
     Git.Fsck
     Git.HashObject
     Git.Index
     Git.LsFiles
     Git.LsTree
     Git.Objects
+    Git.Quote
     Git.Ref
     Git.RefLog
     Git.Remote
@@ -120,10 +119,12 @@
     Utility.Percentage
     Utility.Process
     Utility.Process.Shim
+    Utility.Process.Transcript
     Utility.QuickCheck
     Utility.RawFilePath
     Utility.Rsync
     Utility.SafeCommand
+    Utility.SafeOutput
     Utility.SimpleProtocol
     Utility.Split
     Utility.SystemDirectory
@@ -133,3 +134,4 @@
     Utility.Tmp.Dir
     Utility.Tuple
     Utility.UserInfo
+    Utility.Url.Parse