diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java
index 95423609a..4724677bb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndexTest.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void testIndexingLargeObject() throws IOException,
 				+ "B\n" //
 				+ "B\n").getBytes("UTF-8");
 		SimilarityIndex si = new SimilarityIndex();
-		si.hash(new ByteArrayInputStream(in), in.length);
+		si.hash(new ByteArrayInputStream(in), in.length, false);
 		assertEquals(2, si.size());
 	}
 
@@ -103,6 +103,48 @@ public void testCommonScore_SameFiles() throws TableFullException {
 		assertEquals(100, dst.score(src, 100));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testCommonScore_SameFiles_CR_canonicalization()
+			throws TableFullException {
+		String text = "" //
+				+ "A\r\n" //
+				+ "B\r\n" //
+				+ "D\r\n" //
+				+ "B\r\n";
+		SimilarityIndex src = hash(text);
+		SimilarityIndex dst = hash(text.replace("\r", ""));
+		assertEquals(8, src.common(dst));
+		assertEquals(8, dst.common(src));
+
+		assertEquals(100, src.score(dst, 100));
+		assertEquals(100, dst.score(src, 100));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCommonScoreLargeObject_SameFiles_CR_canonicalization()
+			throws TableFullException, IOException {
+		String text = "" //
+				+ "A\r\n" //
+				+ "B\r\n" //
+				+ "D\r\n" //
+				+ "B\r\n";
+		SimilarityIndex src = new SimilarityIndex();
+		byte[] bytes1 = text.getBytes("UTF-8");
+		src.hash(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes1), bytes1.length, true);
+		src.sort();
+
+		SimilarityIndex dst = new SimilarityIndex();
+		byte[] bytes2 = text.replace("\r", "").getBytes("UTF-8");
+		dst.hash(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes2), bytes2.length, true);
+		dst.sort();
+
+		assertEquals(8, src.common(dst));
+		assertEquals(8, dst.common(src));
+
+		assertEquals(100, src.score(dst, 100));
+		assertEquals(100, dst.score(src, 100));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testCommonScore_EmptyFiles() throws TableFullException {
 		SimilarityIndex src = hash("");
@@ -132,24 +174,8 @@ public void testCommonScore_SimiliarBy75() throws TableFullException {
 	}
 
 	private static SimilarityIndex hash(String text) throws TableFullException {
-		SimilarityIndex src = new SimilarityIndex() {
-			@Override
-			void hash(byte[] raw, int ptr, final int end)
-					throws TableFullException {
-				while (ptr < end) {
-					int hash = raw[ptr] & 0xff;
-					int start = ptr;
-					do {
-						int c = raw[ptr++] & 0xff;
-						if (c == '\n')
-							break;
-					} while (ptr < end && ptr - start < 64);
-					add(hash, ptr - start);
-				}
-			}
-		};
+		SimilarityIndex src = new SimilarityIndex();
 		byte[] raw = Constants.encode(text);
-		src.setFileSize(raw.length);
 		src.hash(raw, 0, raw.length);
 		src.sort();
 		return src;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreMatcherParametrizedTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreMatcherParametrizedTest.java
index cbfe6f279..699542c57 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreMatcherParametrizedTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreMatcherParametrizedTest.java
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
@@ -236,16 +239,62 @@ public void testParentDirectoryGitIgnores() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testTrailingSlash() {
+	public void testDirModeAndNoRegex() {
 		String pattern = "/src/";
 		assertMatched(pattern, "/src/");
 		assertMatched(pattern, "/src/new");
 		assertMatched(pattern, "/src/new/a.c");
 		assertMatched(pattern, "/src/a.c");
+		// no match as a "file" pattern, because rule is for directories only
 		assertNotMatched(pattern, "/src");
 		assertNotMatched(pattern, "/srcA/");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testDirModeAndRegex1() {
+		// IgnoreRule was buggy for some cases below, therefore using "Assume"
+		Boolean assume = useOldRule;
+
+		String pattern = "a/*/src/";
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/");
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/new");
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/new/a.c");
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/a.c");
+		// no match as a "file" pattern, because rule is for directories only
+		assertNotMatched(pattern, "a/b/src", assume);
+		assertNotMatched(pattern, "a/b/srcA/");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDirModeAndRegex2() {
+		// IgnoreRule was buggy for some cases below, therefore using "Assume"
+		Boolean assume = useOldRule;
+
+		String pattern = "a/[a-b]/src/";
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/");
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/new");
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/new/a.c");
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/a.c");
+		// no match as a "file" pattern, because rule is for directories only
+		assertNotMatched(pattern, "a/b/src", assume);
+		assertNotMatched(pattern, "a/b/srcA/");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDirModeAndRegex3() {
+		// IgnoreRule was buggy for some cases below, therefore using "Assume"
+		Boolean assume = useOldRule;
+
+		String pattern = "**/src/";
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/", assume);
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/new", assume);
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/new/a.c", assume);
+		assertMatched(pattern, "a/b/src/a.c", assume);
+		// no match as a "file" pattern, because rule is for directories only
+		assertNotMatched(pattern, "a/b/src", assume);
+		assertNotMatched(pattern, "a/b/srcA/", assume);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testNameOnlyMatches() {
 		/*
@@ -321,11 +370,16 @@ public void testNegation() {
 	 *            Pattern as it would appear in a .gitignore file
 	 * @param target
 	 *            Target file path relative to repository's GIT_DIR
+	 * @param assume
 	 */
-	public void assertMatched(String pattern, String target) {
+	public void assertMatched(String pattern, String target, Boolean... assume) {
 		boolean value = match(pattern, target);
-		assertTrue("Expected a match for: " + pattern + " with: " + target,
-				value);
+		if (assume.length == 0 || !assume[0].booleanValue())
+			assertTrue("Expected a match for: " + pattern + " with: " + target,
+					value);
+		else
+			assumeTrue("Expected a match for: " + pattern + " with: " + target,
+					value);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -336,11 +390,17 @@ public void assertMatched(String pattern, String target) {
 	 *            Pattern as it would appear in a .gitignore file
 	 * @param target
 	 *            Target file path relative to repository's GIT_DIR
+	 * @param assume
 	 */
-	public void assertNotMatched(String pattern, String target) {
+	public void assertNotMatched(String pattern, String target,
+			Boolean... assume) {
 		boolean value = match(pattern, target);
-		assertFalse("Expected no match for: " + pattern + " with: " + target,
-				value);
+		if (assume.length == 0 || !assume[0].booleanValue())
+			assertFalse("Expected no match for: " + pattern + " with: "
+					+ target, value);
+		else
+			assumeFalse("Expected no match for: " + pattern + " with: "
+					+ target, value);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -355,16 +415,43 @@ public void assertNotMatched(String pattern, String target) {
 	 */
 	private boolean match(String pattern, String target) {
 		boolean isDirectory = target.endsWith("/");
+		boolean match;
 		if (useOldRule.booleanValue()) {
 			IgnoreRule r = new IgnoreRule(pattern);
-			// If speed of this test is ever an issue, we can use a presetRule
-			// field
-			// to avoid recompiling a pattern each time.
-			return r.isMatch(target, isDirectory);
+			match = r.isMatch(target, isDirectory);
+		} else {
+			FastIgnoreRule r = new FastIgnoreRule(pattern);
+			match = r.isMatch(target, isDirectory);
+		}
+
+		if (isDirectory) {
+			boolean noTrailingSlash = matchAsDir(pattern,
+					target.substring(0, target.length() - 1));
+			if (match != noTrailingSlash) {
+				String message = "Difference in result for directory pattern: "
+						+ pattern + " with: " + target
+						+ " if target is given without trailing slash";
+				Assert.assertEquals(message, match, noTrailingSlash);
+			}
+		}
+		return match;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param target
+	 *            must not ends with a slash!
+	 * @param pattern
+	 *            same as {@link #match(String, String)}
+	 * @return same as {@link #match(String, String)}
+	 */
+	private boolean matchAsDir(String pattern, String target) {
+		assertFalse(target.endsWith("/"));
+		if (useOldRule.booleanValue()) {
+			IgnoreRule r = new IgnoreRule(pattern);
+			return r.isMatch(target, true);
 		}
 		FastIgnoreRule r = new FastIgnoreRule(pattern);
-		// If speed of this test is ever an issue, we can use a presetRule field
-		// to avoid recompiling a pattern each time.
-		return r.isMatch(target, isDirectory);
+		return r.isMatch(target, true);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0001_PersonIdentTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0001_PersonIdentTest.java
index 1b7276bf7..315c49560 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0001_PersonIdentTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0001_PersonIdentTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.lib;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
@@ -83,4 +84,15 @@ public void nullForNameShouldThrowIllegalArgumentException() {
 	public void nullForEmailShouldThrowIllegalArgumentException() {
 		new PersonIdent("A U Thor", null);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testToExternalStringTrimsNameAndEmail() throws Exception {
+		PersonIdent personIdent = new PersonIdent("  A U Thor  ",
+				"  author@example.com  ");
+
+		String externalString = personIdent.toExternalString();
+
+		assertTrue(externalString.startsWith("A U Thor <author@example.com>"));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java
index 17ccb9726..f376b8e36 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityIndex.java
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ class SimilarityIndex {
 	/** Maximum value of the count field, also mask to extract the count. */
 	private static final long MAX_COUNT = (1L << KEY_SHIFT) - 1;
 
-	/** Total size of the file we hashed into the structure. */
-	private long fileSize;
+	/**
+	 * Total amount of bytes hashed into the structure, including \n. This is
+	 * usually the size of the file minus number of CRLF encounters.
+	 */
+	private long hashedCnt;
 
 	/** Number of non-zero entries in {@link #idHash}. */
 	private int idSize;
@@ -108,48 +111,59 @@ class SimilarityIndex {
 		idGrowAt = growAt(idHashBits);
 	}
 
-	long getFileSize() {
-		return fileSize;
-	}
-
-	void setFileSize(long size) {
-		fileSize = size;
-	}
-
 	void hash(ObjectLoader obj) throws MissingObjectException, IOException,
 			TableFullException {
 		if (obj.isLarge()) {
-			ObjectStream in = obj.openStream();
-			try {
-				setFileSize(in.getSize());
-				hash(in, fileSize);
-			} finally {
-				in.close();
-			}
+			hashLargeObject(obj);
 		} else {
 			byte[] raw = obj.getCachedBytes();
-			setFileSize(raw.length);
 			hash(raw, 0, raw.length);
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void hashLargeObject(ObjectLoader obj) throws IOException,
+			TableFullException {
+		ObjectStream in1 = obj.openStream();
+		boolean text;
+		try {
+			text = !RawText.isBinary(in1);
+		} finally {
+			in1.close();
+		}
+
+		ObjectStream in2 = obj.openStream();
+		try {
+			hash(in2, in2.getSize(), text);
+		} finally {
+			in2.close();
+		}
+	}
+
 	void hash(byte[] raw, int ptr, final int end) throws TableFullException {
+		final boolean text = !RawText.isBinary(raw);
+		hashedCnt = 0;
 		while (ptr < end) {
 			int hash = 5381;
+			int blockHashedCnt = 0;
 			int start = ptr;
 
 			// Hash one line, or one block, whichever occurs first.
 			do {
 				int c = raw[ptr++] & 0xff;
+				// Ignore CR in CRLF sequence if text
+				if (text && c == '\r' && ptr < end && raw[ptr] == '\n')
+					continue;
+				blockHashedCnt++;
 				if (c == '\n')
 					break;
 				hash = (hash << 5) + hash + c;
 			} while (ptr < end && ptr - start < 64);
-			add(hash, ptr - start);
+			hashedCnt += blockHashedCnt;
+			add(hash, blockHashedCnt);
 		}
 	}
 
-	void hash(InputStream in, long remaining) throws IOException,
+	void hash(InputStream in, long remaining, boolean text) throws IOException,
 			TableFullException {
 		byte[] buf = new byte[4096];
 		int ptr = 0;
@@ -157,6 +171,7 @@ void hash(InputStream in, long remaining) throws IOException,
 
 		while (0 < remaining) {
 			int hash = 5381;
+			int blockHashedCnt = 0;
 
 			// Hash one line, or one block, whichever occurs first.
 			int n = 0;
@@ -170,11 +185,16 @@ void hash(InputStream in, long remaining) throws IOException,
 
 				n++;
 				int c = buf[ptr++] & 0xff;
+				// Ignore CR in CRLF sequence if text
+				if (text && c == '\r' && ptr < cnt && buf[ptr] == '\n')
+					continue;
+				blockHashedCnt++;
 				if (c == '\n')
 					break;
 				hash = (hash << 5) + hash + c;
 			} while (n < 64 && n < remaining);
-			add(hash, n);
+			hashedCnt += blockHashedCnt;
+			add(hash, blockHashedCnt);
 			remaining -= n;
 		}
 	}
@@ -193,7 +213,7 @@ void sort() {
 	}
 
 	int score(SimilarityIndex dst, int maxScore) {
-		long max = Math.max(fileSize, dst.fileSize);
+		long max = Math.max(hashedCnt, dst.hashedCnt);
 		if (max == 0)
 			return maxScore;
 		return (int) ((common(dst) * maxScore) / max);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/PathMatcher.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/PathMatcher.java
index dcecf303c..d3e5f6a05 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/PathMatcher.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/PathMatcher.java
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ boolean iterate(final String path, final int startIncl, final int endExcl,
 						matcher++;
 						match = matches(matcher, path, left, endExcl,
 								assumeDirectory);
-					} else if (dirOnly)
+					} else if (dirOnly && !assumeDirectory)
+						// Directory expectations not met
 						return false;
 				}
 				return match && matcher + 1 == matchers.size();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java
index 69f7fd440..8f7e3eff7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ && getEmailAddress().equals(p.getEmailAddress())
 	 */
 	public String toExternalString() {
 		final StringBuilder r = new StringBuilder();
-		r.append(getName());
+		r.append(getName().trim());
 		r.append(" <"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		r.append(getEmailAddress());
+		r.append(getEmailAddress().trim());
 		r.append("> "); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		r.append(when / 1000);
 		r.append(' ');