diff --git a/git-archimport.perl b/git-archimport.perl
index 841738d5c..6792624d4 100755
--- a/git-archimport.perl
+++ b/git-archimport.perl
@@ -346,12 +346,10 @@ sub process_patchset_accurate {
     } 
     
     # update the index with all the changes we got
+    system('git-diff-files --name-only -z | '.
+            'git-update-index --remove -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
     system('git-ls-files --others -z | '.
             'git-update-index --add -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
-    system('git-ls-files --deleted -z | '.
-            'git-update-index --remove -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
-    system('git-ls-files -z | '.
-             'git-update-index -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -416,22 +414,14 @@ sub process_patchset_fast {
     # imports don't give us good info
     # on added files. Shame on them
     if ($ps->{type} eq 'i' || $ps->{type} eq 't') {
-        system('git-ls-files --others -z | '.
-                'git-update-index --add -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
         system('git-ls-files --deleted -z | '.
                 'git-update-index --remove -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
+        system('git-ls-files --others -z | '.
+                'git-update-index --add -z --stdin') == 0 or die "$! $?\n";
     }
 
     # TODO: handle removed_directories and renamed_directories:
-   
-    if (my $add = $ps->{new_files}) {
-        while (@$add) {
-            my @slice = splice(@$add, 0, 100);
-            system('git-update-index','--add','--',@slice) == 0 or
-                            die "Error in git-update-index --add: $! $?\n";
-        }
-    }
-   
+
     if (my $del = $ps->{removed_files}) {
         unlink @$del;
         while (@$del) {
@@ -462,6 +452,14 @@ sub process_patchset_fast {
         }
     }
 
+    if (my $add = $ps->{new_files}) {
+        while (@$add) {
+            my @slice = splice(@$add, 0, 100);
+            system('git-update-index','--add','--',@slice) == 0 or
+                            die "Error in git-update-index --add: $! $?\n";
+        }
+    }
+
     if (my $mod = $ps->{modified_files}) {
         while (@$mod) {
             my @slice = splice(@$mod, 0, 100);
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 00fc3bacd..24f983434 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ sub _line {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return undef;
 }
 sub file {
 	my($self,$fn,$rev) = @_;
@@ -372,19 +373,15 @@ sub file {
 	$self->_file($fn,$rev) and $res = $self->_line($fh);
 
 	if (!defined $res) {
-	    # retry
+	    print STDERR "Server has gone away while fetching $fn $rev, retrying...\n";
+	    truncate $fh, 0;
 	    $self->conn();
-	    $self->_file($fn,$rev)
-		    or die "No file command send\n";
+	    $self->_file($fn,$rev) or die "No file command send";
 	    $res = $self->_line($fh);
-	    die "No input: $fn $rev\n" unless defined $res;
+	    die "Retry failed" unless defined $res;
 	}
 	close ($fh);
 
-	if ($res eq '') {
-	    die "Looks like the server has gone away while fetching $fn $rev -- exiting!";
-	}
-
 	return ($name, $res);
 }
 
diff --git a/git-mv.perl b/git-mv.perl
index 83dc7e45c..2ea852c91 100755
--- a/git-mv.perl
+++ b/git-mv.perl
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ ()
     $dst = shift @dstArgs;
     $bad = "";
 
+    for ($src, $dst) {
+	# Be nicer to end-users by doing ".//a/./b/.//./c" ==> "a/b/c"
+	s|^\./||;
+	s|/\./|/| while (m|/\./|);
+	s|//+|/|g;
+	# Also "a/b/../c" ==> "a/c"
+	1 while (s,(^|/)[^/]+/\.\./,$1,);
+    }
+
     if ($opt_v) {
 	print "Checking rename of '$src' to '$dst'\n";
     }