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diff --git a/tig.c b/tig.c
index b3356ed..b6df54c 100644
--- a/tig.c
+++ b/tig.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static void report(const char *msg, ...);
 #define S_ISGITLINK(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == 0160000)
 
 /* Some ASCII-shorthands fitted into the ncurses namespace. */
+#define KEY_CTL(x)	((x) & 0x1f) /* KEY_CTL(A) == ^A == \1 */
 #define KEY_TAB		'\t'
 #define KEY_RETURN	'\r'
 #define KEY_ESC		27
@@ -140,13 +141,6 @@ static struct ref_list *get_ref_list(const char *id);
 static void foreach_ref(bool (*visitor)(void *data, const struct ref *ref), void *data);
 static int load_refs(void);
 
-enum format_flags {
-	FORMAT_ALL,		/* Perform replacement in all arguments. */
-	FORMAT_NONE		/* No replacement should be performed. */
-};
-
-static bool format_argv(const char *dst[], const char *src[], enum format_flags flags);
-
 enum input_status {
 	INPUT_OK,
 	INPUT_SKIP,
@@ -216,7 +210,7 @@ string_ncopy_do(char *dst, size_t dstlen, const char *src, size_t srclen)
 #define string_add(dst, from, src) \
 	string_ncopy_do(dst + (from), sizeof(dst) - (from), src, sizeof(src))
 
-static void
+static size_t
 string_expand(char *dst, size_t dstlen, const char *src, int tabsize)
 {
 	size_t size, pos;
@@ -235,6 +229,7 @@ string_expand(char *dst, size_t dstlen, const char *src, int tabsize)
 	}
 
 	dst[size] = 0;
+	return pos;
 }
 
 static char *
@@ -683,8 +678,59 @@ argv_free(const char *argv[])
 {
 	int argc;
 
+	if (!argv)
+		return;
 	for (argc = 0; argv[argc]; argc++)
 		free((void *) argv[argc]);
+	argv[0] = NULL;
+}
+
+static size_t
+argv_size(const char **argv)
+{
+	int argc = 0;
+
+	while (argv && argv[argc])
+		argc++;
+
+	return argc;
+}
+
+DEFINE_ALLOCATOR(argv_realloc, const char *, SIZEOF_ARG)
+
+static bool
+argv_append(const char ***argv, const char *arg)
+{
+	size_t argc = argv_size(*argv);
+
+	if (!argv_realloc(argv, argc, 2))
+		return FALSE;
+
+	(*argv)[argc++] = strdup(arg);
+	(*argv)[argc] = NULL;
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+static bool
+argv_append_array(const char ***dst_argv, const char *src_argv[])
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; src_argv && src_argv[i]; i++)
+		if (!argv_append(dst_argv, src_argv[i]))
+			return FALSE;
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+static bool
+argv_copy(const char ***dst, const char *src[])
+{
+	int argc;
+
+	for (argc = 0; src[argc]; argc++)
+		if (!argv_append(dst, src[argc]))
+			return FALSE;
+	return TRUE;
 }
 
 
@@ -702,12 +748,9 @@ enum io_type {
 };
 
 struct io {
-	enum io_type type;	/* The requested type of pipe. */
-	const char *dir;	/* Directory from which to execute. */
-	pid_t pid;		/* PID of spawned process. */
 	int pipe;		/* Pipe end for reading or writing. */
+	pid_t pid;		/* PID of spawned process. */
 	int error;		/* Error status. */
-	const char *argv[SIZEOF_ARG];	/* Shell command arguments. */
 	char *buf;		/* Read buffer. */
 	size_t bufalloc;	/* Allocated buffer size. */
 	size_t bufsize;		/* Buffer content size. */
@@ -716,30 +759,10 @@ struct io {
 };
 
 static void
-io_reset(struct io *io)
+io_init(struct io *io)
 {
+	memset(io, 0, sizeof(*io));
 	io->pipe = -1;
-	io->pid = 0;
-	io->buf = io->bufpos = NULL;
-	io->bufalloc = io->bufsize = 0;
-	io->error = 0;
-	io->eof = 0;
-}
-
-static void
-io_init(struct io *io, const char *dir, enum io_type type)
-{
-	io_reset(io);
-	io->type = type;
-	io->dir = dir;
-}
-
-static bool
-io_format(struct io *io, const char *dir, enum io_type type,
-	  const char *argv[], enum format_flags flags)
-{
-	io_init(io, dir, type);
-	return format_argv(io->argv, argv, flags);
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -749,7 +772,7 @@ io_open(struct io *io, const char *fmt, ...)
 	bool fits;
 	va_list args;
 
-	io_init(io, NULL, IO_FD);
+	io_init(io);
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	fits = vsnprintf(name, sizeof(name), fmt, args) < sizeof(name);
@@ -779,7 +802,7 @@ io_done(struct io *io)
 	if (io->pipe != -1)
 		close(io->pipe);
 	free(io->buf);
-	io_reset(io);
+	io_init(io);
 
 	while (pid > 0) {
 		int status;
@@ -802,35 +825,37 @@ io_done(struct io *io)
 }
 
 static bool
-io_start(struct io *io)
+io_run(struct io *io, enum io_type type, const char *dir, const char *argv[], ...)
 {
 	int pipefds[2] = { -1, -1 };
+	va_list args;
 
-	if (io->type == IO_FD)
-		return TRUE;
+	io_init(io);
 
-	if ((io->type == IO_RD || io->type == IO_WR) && pipe(pipefds) < 0) {
+	if ((type == IO_RD || type == IO_WR) && pipe(pipefds) < 0) {
 		io->error = errno;
 		return FALSE;
-	} else if (io->type == IO_AP) {
-		pipefds[1] = io->pipe;
+	} else if (type == IO_AP) {
+		va_start(args, argv);
+		pipefds[1] = va_arg(args, int);
+		va_end(args);
 	}
 
 	if ((io->pid = fork())) {
 		if (io->pid == -1)
 			io->error = errno;
-		if (pipefds[!(io->type == IO_WR)] != -1)
-			close(pipefds[!(io->type == IO_WR)]);
+		if (pipefds[!(type == IO_WR)] != -1)
+			close(pipefds[!(type == IO_WR)]);
 		if (io->pid != -1) {
-			io->pipe = pipefds[!!(io->type == IO_WR)];
+			io->pipe = pipefds[!!(type == IO_WR)];
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
 	} else {
-		if (io->type != IO_FG) {
+		if (type != IO_FG) {
 			int devnull = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-			int readfd  = io->type == IO_WR ? pipefds[0] : devnull;
-			int writefd = (io->type == IO_RD || io->type == IO_AP)
+			int readfd  = type == IO_WR ? pipefds[0] : devnull;
+			int writefd = (type == IO_RD || type == IO_AP)
 							? pipefds[1] : devnull;
 
 			dup2(readfd,  STDIN_FILENO);
@@ -844,71 +869,42 @@ io_start(struct io *io)
 				close(pipefds[1]);
 		}
 
-		if (io->dir && *io->dir && chdir(io->dir) == -1)
+		if (dir && *dir && chdir(dir) == -1)
 			exit(errno);
 
-		execvp(io->argv[0], (char *const*) io->argv);
+		execvp(argv[0], (char *const*) argv);
 		exit(errno);
 	}
 
-	if (pipefds[!!(io->type == IO_WR)] != -1)
-		close(pipefds[!!(io->type == IO_WR)]);
+	if (pipefds[!!(type == IO_WR)] != -1)
+		close(pipefds[!!(type == IO_WR)]);
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
 static bool
-io_run(struct io *io, const char **argv, const char *dir, enum io_type type)
+io_complete(enum io_type type, const char **argv, const char *dir, int fd)
 {
-	io_init(io, dir, type);
-	if (!format_argv(io->argv, argv, FORMAT_NONE))
-		return FALSE;
-	return io_start(io);
-}
+	struct io io;
 
-static int
-io_complete(struct io *io)
-{
-	return io_start(io) && io_done(io);
+	return io_run(&io, type, dir, argv, fd) && io_done(&io);
 }
 
-static int
+static bool
 io_run_bg(const char **argv)
 {
-	struct io io = {};
-
-	if (!io_format(&io, NULL, IO_BG, argv, FORMAT_NONE))
-		return FALSE;
-	return io_complete(&io);
+	return io_complete(IO_BG, argv, NULL, -1);
 }
 
 static bool
 io_run_fg(const char **argv, const char *dir)
 {
-	struct io io = {};
-
-	if (!io_format(&io, dir, IO_FG, argv, FORMAT_NONE))
-		return FALSE;
-	return io_complete(&io);
-}
-
-static bool
-io_run_append(const char **argv, enum format_flags flags, int fd)
-{
-	struct io io = {};
-
-	if (!io_format(&io, NULL, IO_AP, argv, flags)) {
-		close(fd);
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	io.pipe = fd;
-	return io_complete(&io);
+	return io_complete(IO_FG, argv, dir, -1);
 }
 
 static bool
-io_run_rd(struct io *io, const char **argv, const char *dir, enum format_flags flags)
+io_run_append(const char **argv, int fd)
 {
-	return io_format(io, dir, IO_RD, argv, flags) && io_start(io);
+	return io_complete(IO_AP, argv, NULL, fd);
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -1043,10 +1039,9 @@ io_read_buf(struct io *io, char buf[], size_t bufsize)
 static bool
 io_run_buf(const char **argv, char buf[], size_t bufsize)
 {
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 
-	return io_run_rd(&io, argv, NULL, FORMAT_NONE)
-	    && io_read_buf(&io, buf, bufsize);
+	return io_run(&io, IO_RD, NULL, argv) && io_read_buf(&io, buf, bufsize);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1056,9 +1051,6 @@ io_load(struct io *io, const char *separators,
 	char *name;
 	int state = OK;
 
-	if (!io_start(io))
-		return ERR;
-
 	while (state == OK && (name = io_get(io, '\n', TRUE))) {
 		char *value;
 		size_t namelen;
@@ -1091,10 +1083,11 @@ static int
 io_run_load(const char **argv, const char *separators,
 	    int (*read_property)(char *, size_t, char *, size_t))
 {
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 
-	return io_format(&io, NULL, IO_RD, argv, FORMAT_NONE)
-		? io_load(&io, separators, read_property) : ERR;
+	if (!io_run(&io, IO_RD, NULL, argv))
+		return ERR;
+	return io_load(&io, separators, read_property);
 }
 
 
@@ -1143,6 +1136,7 @@ io_run_load(const char **argv, const char *separators,
 	REQ_(MOVE_LAST_LINE,	"Move cursor to last line"), \
 	\
 	REQ_GROUP("Scrolling") \
+	REQ_(SCROLL_FIRST_COL,	"Scroll to the first line columns"), \
 	REQ_(SCROLL_LEFT,	"Scroll two columns left"), \
 	REQ_(SCROLL_RIGHT,	"Scroll two columns right"), \
 	REQ_(SCROLL_LINE_UP,	"Scroll one line up"), \
@@ -1160,7 +1154,6 @@ io_run_load(const char **argv, const char *separators,
 	REQ_(OPTIONS,		"Open option menu"), \
 	REQ_(TOGGLE_LINENO,	"Toggle line numbers"), \
 	REQ_(TOGGLE_DATE,	"Toggle date display"), \
-	REQ_(TOGGLE_DATE_SHORT, "Toggle short (date-only) dates"), \
 	REQ_(TOGGLE_AUTHOR,	"Toggle author display"), \
 	REQ_(TOGGLE_REV_GRAPH,	"Toggle revision graph visualization"), \
 	REQ_(TOGGLE_REFS,	"Toggle reference display (tags/branches)"), \
@@ -1230,6 +1223,7 @@ static bool opt_line_number		= FALSE;
 static bool opt_line_graphics		= TRUE;
 static bool opt_rev_graph		= FALSE;
 static bool opt_show_refs		= TRUE;
+static bool opt_untracked_dirs_content	= TRUE;
 static int opt_num_interval		= 5;
 static double opt_hscroll		= 0.50;
 static double opt_scale_split_view	= 2.0 / 3.0;
@@ -1250,6 +1244,9 @@ static char opt_git_dir[SIZEOF_STR]	= "";
 static signed char opt_is_inside_work_tree	= -1; /* set to TRUE or FALSE */
 static char opt_editor[SIZEOF_STR]	= "";
 static FILE *opt_tty			= NULL;
+static const char **opt_diff_args	= NULL;
+static const char **opt_rev_args	= NULL;
+static const char **opt_file_args	= NULL;
 
 #define is_initial_commit()	(!get_ref_head())
 #define is_head_commit(rev)	(!strcmp((rev), "HEAD") || (get_ref_head() && !strcmp(rev, get_ref_head()->id)))
@@ -1442,7 +1439,9 @@ static struct keybinding default_keybindings[] = {
 	{ KEY_TAB,	REQ_VIEW_NEXT },
 	{ KEY_RETURN,	REQ_ENTER },
 	{ KEY_UP,	REQ_PREVIOUS },
+	{ KEY_CTL('P'),	REQ_PREVIOUS },
 	{ KEY_DOWN,	REQ_NEXT },
+	{ KEY_CTL('N'),	REQ_NEXT },
 	{ 'R',		REQ_REFRESH },
 	{ KEY_F(5),	REQ_REFRESH },
 	{ 'O',		REQ_MAXIMIZE },
@@ -1453,16 +1452,21 @@ static struct keybinding default_keybindings[] = {
 	{ KEY_HOME,	REQ_MOVE_FIRST_LINE },
 	{ KEY_END,	REQ_MOVE_LAST_LINE },
 	{ KEY_NPAGE,	REQ_MOVE_PAGE_DOWN },
+	{ KEY_CTL('D'),	REQ_MOVE_PAGE_DOWN },
 	{ ' ',		REQ_MOVE_PAGE_DOWN },
 	{ KEY_PPAGE,	REQ_MOVE_PAGE_UP },
+	{ KEY_CTL('U'),	REQ_MOVE_PAGE_UP },
 	{ 'b',		REQ_MOVE_PAGE_UP },
 	{ '-',		REQ_MOVE_PAGE_UP },
 
 	/* Scrolling */
+	{ '|',		REQ_SCROLL_FIRST_COL },
 	{ KEY_LEFT,	REQ_SCROLL_LEFT },
 	{ KEY_RIGHT,	REQ_SCROLL_RIGHT },
 	{ KEY_IC,	REQ_SCROLL_LINE_UP },
+	{ KEY_CTL('Y'),	REQ_SCROLL_LINE_UP },
 	{ KEY_DC,	REQ_SCROLL_LINE_DOWN },
+	{ KEY_CTL('E'),	REQ_SCROLL_LINE_DOWN },
 	{ 'w',		REQ_SCROLL_PAGE_UP },
 	{ 's',		REQ_SCROLL_PAGE_DOWN },
 
@@ -1477,6 +1481,7 @@ static struct keybinding default_keybindings[] = {
 	{ 'z',		REQ_STOP_LOADING },
 	{ 'v',		REQ_SHOW_VERSION },
 	{ 'r',		REQ_SCREEN_REDRAW },
+	{ KEY_CTL('L'),	REQ_SCREEN_REDRAW },
 	{ 'o',		REQ_OPTIONS },
 	{ '.',		REQ_TOGGLE_LINENO },
 	{ 'D',		REQ_TOGGLE_DATE },
@@ -1625,16 +1630,17 @@ get_key_value(const char *name)
 		if (!strcasecmp(key_table[i].name, name))
 			return key_table[i].value;
 
+	if (strlen(name) == 2 && name[0] == '^' && isprint(*name))
+		return (int)name[1] & 0x1f;
 	if (strlen(name) == 1 && isprint(*name))
 		return (int) *name;
-
 	return ERR;
 }
 
 static const char *
 get_key_name(int key_value)
 {
-	static char key_char[] = "'X'";
+	static char key_char[] = "'X'\0";
 	const char *seq = NULL;
 	int key;
 
@@ -1642,10 +1648,17 @@ get_key_name(int key_value)
 		if (key_table[key].value == key_value)
 			seq = key_table[key].name;
 
-	if (seq == NULL &&
-	    key_value < 127 &&
-	    isprint(key_value)) {
-		key_char[1] = (char) key_value;
+	if (seq == NULL && key_value < 0x7f) {
+		char *s = key_char + 1;
+
+		if (key_value >= 0x20) {
+			*s++ = key_value;
+		} else {
+			*s++ = '^';
+			*s++ = 0x40 | (key_value & 0x1f);
+		}
+		*s++ = '\'';
+		*s++ = '\0';
 		seq = key_char;
 	}
 
@@ -1722,7 +1735,7 @@ get_keys(enum keymap keymap, enum request request, bool all)
 struct run_request {
 	enum keymap keymap;
 	int key;
-	const char *argv[SIZEOF_ARG];
+	const char **argv;
 };
 
 static struct run_request *run_request;
@@ -1731,22 +1744,19 @@ static size_t run_requests;
 DEFINE_ALLOCATOR(realloc_run_requests, struct run_request, 8)
 
 static enum request
-add_run_request(enum keymap keymap, int key, int argc, const char **argv)
+add_run_request(enum keymap keymap, int key, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct run_request *req;
 
-	if (argc >= ARRAY_SIZE(req->argv) - 1)
-		return REQ_NONE;
-
 	if (!realloc_run_requests(&run_request, run_requests, 1))
 		return REQ_NONE;
 
 	req = &run_request[run_requests];
 	req->keymap = keymap;
 	req->key = key;
-	req->argv[0] = NULL;
+	req->argv = NULL;
 
-	if (!format_argv(req->argv, argv, FORMAT_NONE))
+	if (!argv_copy(&req->argv, argv))
 		return REQ_NONE;
 
 	return REQ_NONE + ++run_requests;
@@ -1767,16 +1777,11 @@ add_builtin_run_requests(void)
 	const char *checkout[] = { "git", "checkout", "%(branch)", NULL };
 	const char *commit[] = { "git", "commit", NULL };
 	const char *gc[] = { "git", "gc", NULL };
-	struct {
-		enum keymap keymap;
-		int key;
-		int argc;
-		const char **argv;
-	} reqs[] = {
-		{ KEYMAP_MAIN,	  'C', ARRAY_SIZE(cherry_pick) - 1, cherry_pick },
-		{ KEYMAP_STATUS,  'C', ARRAY_SIZE(commit) - 1, commit },
-		{ KEYMAP_BRANCH,  'C', ARRAY_SIZE(checkout) - 1, checkout },
-		{ KEYMAP_GENERIC, 'G', ARRAY_SIZE(gc) - 1, gc },
+	struct run_request reqs[] = {
+		{ KEYMAP_MAIN,	  'C', cherry_pick },
+		{ KEYMAP_STATUS,  'C', commit },
+		{ KEYMAP_BRANCH,  'C', checkout },
+		{ KEYMAP_GENERIC, 'G', gc },
 	};
 	int i;
 
@@ -1785,7 +1790,7 @@ add_builtin_run_requests(void)
 
 		if (req != reqs[i].key)
 			continue;
-		req = add_run_request(reqs[i].keymap, reqs[i].key, reqs[i].argc, reqs[i].argv);
+		req = add_run_request(reqs[i].keymap, reqs[i].key, reqs[i].argv);
 		if (req != REQ_NONE)
 			add_keybinding(reqs[i].keymap, req, reqs[i].key);
 	}
@@ -2013,6 +2018,9 @@ option_set_command(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	if (!strcmp(argv[0], "commit-encoding"))
 		return parse_string(opt_encoding, argv[2], sizeof(opt_encoding));
 
+	if (!strcmp(argv[0], "status-untracked-dirs"))
+		return parse_bool(&opt_untracked_dirs_content, argv[2]);
+
 	config_msg = "Unknown variable name";
 	return ERR;
 }
@@ -2058,7 +2066,7 @@ option_bind_command(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 	if (request == REQ_UNKNOWN && *argv[2]++ == '!')
-		request = add_run_request(keymap, key, argc - 2, argv + 2);
+		request = add_run_request(keymap, key, argv + 2);
 	if (request == REQ_UNKNOWN) {
 		config_msg = "Unknown request name";
 		return ERR;
@@ -2136,7 +2144,7 @@ read_option(char *opt, size_t optlen, char *value, size_t valuelen)
 static void
 load_option_file(const char *path)
 {
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 
 	/* It's OK that the file doesn't exist. */
 	if (!io_open(&io, "%s", path))
@@ -2156,6 +2164,7 @@ load_options(void)
 	const char *home = getenv("HOME");
 	const char *tigrc_user = getenv("TIGRC_USER");
 	const char *tigrc_system = getenv("TIGRC_SYSTEM");
+	const char *tig_diff_opts = getenv("TIG_DIFF_OPTS");
 	char buf[SIZEOF_STR];
 
 	if (!tigrc_system)
@@ -2173,6 +2182,17 @@ load_options(void)
 	 * that conflict with keybindings. */
 	add_builtin_run_requests();
 
+	if (!opt_diff_args && tig_diff_opts && *tig_diff_opts) {
+		static const char *diff_opts[SIZEOF_ARG] = { NULL };
+		int argc = 0;
+
+		if (!string_format(buf, "%s", tig_diff_opts) ||
+		    !argv_from_string(diff_opts, &argc, buf))
+			die("TIG_DIFF_OPTS contains too many arguments");
+		else if (!argv_copy(&opt_diff_args, diff_opts))
+			die("Failed to format TIG_DIFF_OPTS arguments");
+	}
+
 	return OK;
 }
 
@@ -2223,7 +2243,6 @@ struct view {
 
 	enum keymap keymap;	/* What keymap does this view have */
 	bool git_dir;		/* Whether the view requires a git directory. */
-	bool refresh;		/* Whether the view supports refreshing. */
 
 	char ref[SIZEOF_REF];	/* Hovered commit reference */
 	char vid[SIZEOF_REF];	/* View ID. Set to id member when updating. */
@@ -2262,6 +2281,8 @@ struct view {
 	bool has_scrolled;	/* View was scrolled. */
 
 	/* Loading */
+	const char **argv;	/* Shell command arguments. */
+	const char *dir;	/* Directory from which to execute. */
 	struct io io;
 	struct io *pipe;
 	time_t start_time;
@@ -2301,24 +2322,24 @@ static struct view_ops status_ops;
 static struct view_ops tree_ops;
 static struct view_ops branch_ops;
 
-#define VIEW_STR(type, name, env, ref, ops, map, git, refresh) \
-	{ type, name, #env, ref, ops, map, git, refresh }
+#define VIEW_STR(type, name, env, ref, ops, map, git) \
+	{ type, name, #env, ref, ops, map, git }
 
-#define VIEW_(id, name, ops, git, refresh, ref) \
-	VIEW_STR(VIEW_##id, name, TIG_##id##_CMD, ref, ops, KEYMAP_##id, git, refresh)
+#define VIEW_(id, name, ops, git, ref) \
+	VIEW_STR(VIEW_##id, name, TIG_##id##_CMD, ref, ops, KEYMAP_##id, git)
 
 static struct view views[] = {
-	VIEW_(MAIN,   "main",   &main_ops,   TRUE,  TRUE,  ref_head),
-	VIEW_(DIFF,   "diff",   &diff_ops,   TRUE,  FALSE, ref_commit),
-	VIEW_(LOG,    "log",    &log_ops,    TRUE,  TRUE,  ref_head),
-	VIEW_(TREE,   "tree",   &tree_ops,   TRUE,  FALSE, ref_commit),
-	VIEW_(BLOB,   "blob",   &blob_ops,   TRUE,  FALSE, ref_blob),
-	VIEW_(BLAME,  "blame",  &blame_ops,  TRUE,  FALSE, ref_commit),
-	VIEW_(BRANCH, "branch",	&branch_ops, TRUE,  TRUE,  ref_head),
-	VIEW_(HELP,   "help",   &help_ops,   FALSE, FALSE, ""),
-	VIEW_(PAGER,  "pager",  &pager_ops,  FALSE, FALSE, "stdin"),
-	VIEW_(STATUS, "status", &status_ops, TRUE,  TRUE,  ""),
-	VIEW_(STAGE,  "stage",	&stage_ops,  TRUE,  TRUE,  ""),
+	VIEW_(MAIN,   "main",   &main_ops,   TRUE,  ref_head),
+	VIEW_(DIFF,   "diff",   &diff_ops,   TRUE,  ref_commit),
+	VIEW_(LOG,    "log",    &log_ops,    TRUE,  ref_head),
+	VIEW_(TREE,   "tree",   &tree_ops,   TRUE,  ref_commit),
+	VIEW_(BLOB,   "blob",   &blob_ops,   TRUE,  ref_blob),
+	VIEW_(BLAME,  "blame",  &blame_ops,  TRUE,  ref_commit),
+	VIEW_(BRANCH, "branch",	&branch_ops, TRUE,  ref_head),
+	VIEW_(HELP,   "help",   &help_ops,   FALSE, ""),
+	VIEW_(PAGER,  "pager",  &pager_ops,  FALSE, ""),
+	VIEW_(STATUS, "status", &status_ops, TRUE,  ""),
+	VIEW_(STAGE,  "stage",	&stage_ops,  TRUE,  ""),
 };
 
 #define VIEW(req) 	(&views[(req) - REQ_OFFSET - 1])
@@ -2329,6 +2350,14 @@ static struct view views[] = {
 #define view_is_displayed(view) \
 	(view == display[0] || view == display[1])
 
+static enum request
+view_request(struct view *view, enum request request)
+{
+	if (!view || !view->lines)
+		return request;
+	return view->ops->request(view, request, &view->line[view->lineno]);
+}
+
 
 /*
  * View drawing.
@@ -2409,7 +2438,15 @@ draw_space(struct view *view, enum line_type type, int max, int spaces)
 static bool
 draw_text(struct view *view, enum line_type type, const char *string, bool trim)
 {
-	view->col += draw_chars(view, type, string, view->width + view->yoffset - view->col, trim);
+	char text[SIZEOF_STR];
+
+	do {
+		size_t pos = string_expand(text, sizeof(text), string, opt_tab_size);
+
+		view->col += draw_chars(view, type, text, view->width + view->yoffset - view->col, trim);
+		string += pos;
+	} while (*string && view->width + view->yoffset > view->col);
+
 	return view->width + view->yoffset <= view->col;
 }
 
@@ -2870,6 +2907,11 @@ scroll_view(struct view *view, enum request request)
 	assert(view_is_displayed(view));
 
 	switch (request) {
+	case REQ_SCROLL_FIRST_COL:
+		view->yoffset = 0;
+		redraw_view_from(view, 0);
+		report("");
+		return;
 	case REQ_SCROLL_LEFT:
 		if (view->yoffset == 0) {
 			report("Cannot scroll beyond the first column");
@@ -3181,24 +3223,39 @@ format_arg(const char *name)
 }
 
 static bool
-format_argv(const char *dst_argv[], const char *src_argv[], enum format_flags flags)
+format_argv(const char ***dst_argv, const char *src_argv[], bool replace)
 {
 	char buf[SIZEOF_STR];
 	int argc;
-	bool noreplace = flags == FORMAT_NONE;
 
-	argv_free(dst_argv);
+	argv_free(*dst_argv);
 
 	for (argc = 0; src_argv[argc]; argc++) {
 		const char *arg = src_argv[argc];
 		size_t bufpos = 0;
 
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "%(fileargs)")) {
+			if (!argv_append_array(dst_argv, opt_file_args))
+				break;
+			continue;
+
+		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "%(diffargs)")) {
+			if (!argv_append_array(dst_argv, opt_diff_args))
+				break;
+			continue;
+
+		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "%(revargs)")) {
+			if (!argv_append_array(dst_argv, opt_rev_args))
+				break;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		while (arg) {
 			char *next = strstr(arg, "%(");
 			int len = next - arg;
 			const char *value;
 
-			if (!next || noreplace) {
+			if (!next || !replace) {
 				len = strlen(arg);
 				value = "";
 
@@ -3213,16 +3270,13 @@ format_argv(const char *dst_argv[], const char *src_argv[], enum format_flags fl
 			if (!string_format_from(buf, &bufpos, "%.*s%s", len, arg, value))
 				return FALSE;
 
-			arg = next && !noreplace ? strchr(next, ')') + 1 : NULL;
+			arg = next && replace ? strchr(next, ')') + 1 : NULL;
 		}
 
-		dst_argv[argc] = strdup(buf);
-		if (!dst_argv[argc])
+		if (!argv_append(dst_argv, buf))
 			break;
 	}
 
-	dst_argv[argc] = NULL;
-
 	return src_argv[argc] == NULL;
 }
 
@@ -3272,12 +3326,28 @@ setup_update(struct view *view, const char *vid)
 	view->start_time = time(NULL);
 }
 
+static bool
+prepare_io(struct view *view, const char *dir, const char *argv[], bool replace)
+{
+	view->dir = dir;
+	return format_argv(&view->argv, argv, replace);
+}
+
 static bool
 prepare_update(struct view *view, const char *argv[], const char *dir)
 {
 	if (view->pipe)
 		end_update(view, TRUE);
-	return io_format(&view->io, dir, IO_RD, argv, FORMAT_NONE);
+	return prepare_io(view, dir, argv, FALSE);
+}
+
+static bool
+start_update(struct view *view, const char **argv, const char *dir)
+{
+	if (view->pipe)
+		io_done(view->pipe);
+	return prepare_io(view, dir, argv, FALSE) &&
+	       io_run(&view->io, IO_RD, dir, view->argv);
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -3285,6 +3355,7 @@ prepare_update_file(struct view *view, const char *name)
 {
 	if (view->pipe)
 		end_update(view, TRUE);
+	argv_free(view->argv);
 	return io_open(&view->io, "%s/%s", opt_cdup[0] ? opt_cdup : ".", name);
 }
 
@@ -3298,7 +3369,7 @@ begin_update(struct view *view, bool refresh)
 		if (view->ops->prepare) {
 			if (!view->ops->prepare(view))
 				return FALSE;
-		} else if (!io_format(&view->io, NULL, IO_RD, view->ops->argv, FORMAT_ALL)) {
+		} else if (!prepare_io(view, NULL, view->ops->argv, TRUE)) {
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
@@ -3309,7 +3380,8 @@ begin_update(struct view *view, bool refresh)
 		string_copy_rev(view->ref, view->id);
 	}
 
-	if (!io_start(&view->io))
+	if (view->argv && view->argv[0] &&
+	    !io_run(&view->io, IO_RD, view->dir, view->argv))
 		return FALSE;
 
 	setup_update(view, view->id);
@@ -3588,16 +3660,18 @@ static void
 open_run_request(enum request request)
 {
 	struct run_request *req = get_run_request(request);
-	const char *argv[ARRAY_SIZE(req->argv)] = { NULL };
+	const char **argv = NULL;
 
 	if (!req) {
 		report("Unknown run request");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (format_argv(argv, req->argv, FORMAT_ALL))
+	if (format_argv(&argv, req->argv, TRUE))
 		open_external_viewer(argv, NULL);
-	argv_free(argv);
+	if (argv)
+		argv_free(argv);
+	free(argv);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3614,18 +3688,13 @@ view_driver(struct view *view, enum request request)
 
 	if (request > REQ_NONE) {
 		open_run_request(request);
-		/* FIXME: When all views can refresh always do this. */
-		if (view->refresh)
-			request = REQ_REFRESH;
-		else
-			return TRUE;
+		view_request(view, REQ_REFRESH);
+		return TRUE;
 	}
 
-	if (view && view->lines) {
-		request = view->ops->request(view, request, &view->line[view->lineno]);
-		if (request == REQ_NONE)
-			return TRUE;
-	}
+	request = view_request(view, request);
+	if (request == REQ_NONE)
+		return TRUE;
 
 	switch (request) {
 	case REQ_MOVE_UP:
@@ -3637,6 +3706,7 @@ view_driver(struct view *view, enum request request)
 		move_view(view, request);
 		break;
 
+	case REQ_SCROLL_FIRST_COL:
 	case REQ_SCROLL_LEFT:
 	case REQ_SCROLL_RIGHT:
 	case REQ_SCROLL_LINE_DOWN:
@@ -3665,6 +3735,13 @@ view_driver(struct view *view, enum request request)
 		break;
 
 	case REQ_VIEW_PAGER:
+		if (view == NULL) {
+			if (!io_open(&VIEW(REQ_VIEW_PAGER)->io, ""))
+				die("Failed to open stdin");
+			open_view(view, request, OPEN_PREPARED);
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (!VIEW(REQ_VIEW_PAGER)->pipe && !VIEW(REQ_VIEW_PAGER)->lines) {
 			report("No pager content, press %s to run command from prompt",
 			       get_key(view->keymap, REQ_PROMPT));
@@ -3712,9 +3789,7 @@ view_driver(struct view *view, enum request request)
 			if (view_is_displayed(view))
 				update_view_title(view);
 			if (line != view->lineno)
-				view->ops->request(view, REQ_ENTER,
-						   &view->line[view->lineno]);
-
+				view_request(view, REQ_ENTER);
 		} else {
 			move_view(view, request);
 		}
@@ -3965,73 +4040,6 @@ parse_author_line(char *ident, const char **author, struct time *time)
 	}
 }
 
-static bool
-open_commit_parent_menu(char buf[SIZEOF_STR], int *parents)
-{
-	char rev[SIZEOF_REV];
-	const char *revlist_argv[] = {
-		"git", "log", "--no-color", "-1", "--pretty=format:%s", rev, NULL
-	};
-	struct menu_item *items;
-	char text[SIZEOF_STR];
-	bool ok = TRUE;
-	int i;
-
-	items = calloc(*parents + 1, sizeof(*items));
-	if (!items)
-		return FALSE;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < *parents; i++) {
-		string_copy_rev(rev, &buf[SIZEOF_REV * i]);
-		if (!io_run_buf(revlist_argv, text, sizeof(text)) ||
-		    !(items[i].text = strdup(text))) {
-			ok = FALSE;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (ok) {
-		*parents = 0;
-		ok = prompt_menu("Select parent", items, parents);
-	}
-	for (i = 0; items[i].text; i++)
-		free((char *) items[i].text);
-	free(items);
-	return ok;
-}
-
-static bool
-select_commit_parent(const char *id, char rev[SIZEOF_REV], const char *path)
-{
-	char buf[SIZEOF_STR * 4];
-	const char *revlist_argv[] = {
-		"git", "log", "--no-color", "-1",
-			"--pretty=format:%P", id, "--", path, NULL
-	};
-	int parents;
-
-	if (!io_run_buf(revlist_argv, buf, sizeof(buf)) ||
-	    (parents = strlen(buf) / 40) < 0) {
-		report("Failed to get parent information");
-		return FALSE;
-
-	} else if (parents == 0) {
-		if (path)
-			report("Path '%s' does not exist in the parent", path);
-		else
-			report("The selected commit has no parents");
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	if (parents == 1)
-		parents = 0;
-	else if (!open_commit_parent_menu(buf, &parents))
-		return FALSE;
-
-	string_copy_rev(rev, &buf[41 * parents]);
-	return TRUE;
-}
-
 /*
  * Pager backend
  */
@@ -4039,13 +4047,10 @@ select_commit_parent(const char *id, char rev[SIZEOF_REV], const char *path)
 static bool
 pager_draw(struct view *view, struct line *line, unsigned int lineno)
 {
-	char text[SIZEOF_STR];
-
 	if (opt_line_number && draw_lineno(view, lineno))
 		return TRUE;
 
-	string_expand(text, sizeof(text), line->data, opt_tab_size);
-	draw_text(view, line->type, text, TRUE);
+	draw_text(view, line->type, line->data, TRUE);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -4219,14 +4224,42 @@ static struct view_ops log_ops = {
 
 static const char *diff_argv[SIZEOF_ARG] = {
 	"git", "show", "--pretty=fuller", "--no-color", "--root",
-		"--patch-with-stat", "--find-copies-harder", "-C", "%(commit)", NULL
+		"--patch-with-stat", "--find-copies-harder", "-C",
+		"%(diffargs)", "%(commit)", "--", "%(fileargs)", NULL
 };
 
+static bool
+diff_read(struct view *view, char *data)
+{
+	if (!data) {
+		/* Fall back to retry if no diff will be shown. */
+		if (view->lines == 0 && opt_file_args) {
+			int pos = argv_size(view->argv)
+				- argv_size(opt_file_args) - 1;
+
+			if (pos > 0 && !strcmp(view->argv[pos], "--")) {
+				for (; view->argv[pos]; pos++) {
+					free((void *) view->argv[pos]);
+					view->argv[pos] = NULL;
+				}
+
+				if (view->pipe)
+					io_done(view->pipe);
+				if (io_run(&view->io, IO_RD, view->dir, view->argv))
+					return FALSE;
+			}
+		}
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	return pager_read(view, data);
+}
+
 static struct view_ops diff_ops = {
 	"line",
 	diff_argv,
 	NULL,
-	pager_read,
+	diff_read,
 	pager_draw,
 	pager_request,
 	pager_grep,
@@ -4519,7 +4552,6 @@ tree_read_date(struct view *view, char *text, bool *read_date)
 			"git", "log", "--no-color", "--pretty=raw",
 				"--cc", "--raw", view->id, "--", path, NULL
 		};
-		struct io io = {};
 
 		if (!view->lines) {
 			tree_entry(view, LINE_TREE_HEAD, opt_path, NULL, NULL);
@@ -4527,13 +4559,11 @@ tree_read_date(struct view *view, char *text, bool *read_date)
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
-		if (!io_run_rd(&io, log_file, opt_cdup, FORMAT_NONE)) {
+		if (!start_update(view, log_file, opt_cdup)) {
 			report("Failed to load tree data");
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
-		io_done(view->pipe);
-		view->io = io;
 		*read_date = TRUE;
 		return FALSE;
 
@@ -4670,7 +4700,7 @@ open_blob_editor(const char *id)
 
 	if (fd == -1)
 		report("Failed to create temporary file");
-	else if (!io_run_append(blob_argv, FORMAT_NONE, fd))
+	else if (!io_run_append(blob_argv, fd))
 		report("Failed to save blob data to file");
 	else
 		open_editor(file);
@@ -4817,7 +4847,7 @@ tree_prepare(struct view *view)
 		opt_path[0] = 0;
 	}
 
-	return io_format(&view->io, opt_cdup, IO_RD, view->ops->argv, FORMAT_ALL);
+	return prepare_io(view, opt_cdup, view->ops->argv, TRUE);
 }
 
 static const char *tree_argv[SIZEOF_ARG] = {
@@ -4882,25 +4912,14 @@ static struct view_ops blob_ops = {
  *     reading output from git-blame.
  */
 
-static const char *blame_head_argv[] = {
-	"git", "blame", "--incremental", "--", "%(file)", NULL
-};
-
-static const char *blame_ref_argv[] = {
-	"git", "blame", "--incremental", "%(ref)", "--", "%(file)", NULL
-};
-
-static const char *blame_cat_file_argv[] = {
-	"git", "cat-file", "blob", "%(ref):%(file)", NULL
-};
-
 struct blame_commit {
 	char id[SIZEOF_REV];		/* SHA1 ID. */
 	char title[128];		/* First line of the commit message. */
 	const char *author;		/* Author of the commit. */
 	struct time time;		/* Date from the author ident. */
 	char filename[128];		/* Name of file. */
-	bool has_previous;		/* Was a "previous" line detected. */
+	char parent_id[SIZEOF_REV];	/* Parent/previous SHA1 ID. */
+	char parent_filename[128];	/* Parent/previous name of file. */
 };
 
 struct blame {
@@ -4913,6 +4932,7 @@ static bool
 blame_open(struct view *view)
 {
 	char path[SIZEOF_STR];
+	size_t i;
 
 	if (!view->prev && *opt_prefix) {
 		string_copy(path, opt_file);
@@ -4921,10 +4941,33 @@ blame_open(struct view *view)
 	}
 
 	if (*opt_ref || !io_open(&view->io, "%s%s", opt_cdup, opt_file)) {
-		if (!io_run_rd(&view->io, blame_cat_file_argv, opt_cdup, FORMAT_ALL))
+		const char *blame_cat_file_argv[] = {
+			"git", "cat-file", "blob", path, NULL
+		};
+
+		if (!string_format(path, "%s:%s", opt_ref, opt_file) ||
+		    !start_update(view, blame_cat_file_argv, opt_cdup))
 			return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	/* First pass: remove multiple references to the same commit. */
+	for (i = 0; i < view->lines; i++) {
+		struct blame *blame = view->line[i].data;
+
+		if (blame->commit && blame->commit->id[0])
+			blame->commit->id[0] = 0;
+		else
+			blame->commit = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Second pass: free existing references. */
+	for (i = 0; i < view->lines; i++) {
+		struct blame *blame = view->line[i].data;
+
+		if (blame->commit)
+			free(blame->commit);
+	}
+
 	setup_update(view, opt_file);
 	string_format(view->ref, "%s ...", opt_file);
 
@@ -5011,19 +5054,19 @@ static bool
 blame_read_file(struct view *view, const char *line, bool *read_file)
 {
 	if (!line) {
-		const char **argv = *opt_ref ? blame_ref_argv : blame_head_argv;
-		struct io io = {};
+		const char *blame_argv[] = {
+			"git", "blame", "--incremental",
+				*opt_ref ? opt_ref : "--incremental", "--", opt_file, NULL
+		};
 
 		if (view->lines == 0 && !view->prev)
 			die("No blame exist for %s", view->vid);
 
-		if (view->lines == 0 || !io_run_rd(&io, argv, opt_cdup, FORMAT_ALL)) {
+		if (view->lines == 0 || !start_update(view, blame_argv, opt_cdup)) {
 			report("Failed to load blame data");
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
-		io_done(view->pipe);
-		view->io = io;
 		*read_file = FALSE;
 		return FALSE;
 
@@ -5094,7 +5137,11 @@ blame_read(struct view *view, char *line)
 		string_ncopy(commit->title, line, strlen(line));
 
 	} else if (match_blame_header("previous ", &line)) {
-		commit->has_previous = TRUE;
+		if (strlen(line) <= SIZEOF_REV)
+			return FALSE;
+		string_copy_rev(commit->parent_id, line);
+		line += SIZEOF_REV;
+		string_ncopy(commit->parent_filename, line, strlen(line));
 
 	} else if (match_blame_header("filename ", &line)) {
 		string_ncopy(commit->filename, line, strlen(line));
@@ -5110,7 +5157,6 @@ blame_draw(struct view *view, struct line *line, unsigned int lineno)
 	struct blame *blame = line->data;
 	struct time *time = NULL;
 	const char *id = NULL, *author = NULL;
-	char text[SIZEOF_STR];
 
 	if (blame->commit && *blame->commit->filename) {
 		id = blame->commit->id;
@@ -5130,8 +5176,7 @@ blame_draw(struct view *view, struct line *line, unsigned int lineno)
 	if (draw_lineno(view, lineno))
 		return TRUE;
 
-	string_expand(text, sizeof(text), blame->text, opt_tab_size);
-	draw_text(view, LINE_DEFAULT, text, TRUE);
+	draw_text(view, LINE_DEFAULT, blame->text, TRUE);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -5150,16 +5195,20 @@ check_blame_commit(struct blame *blame, bool check_null_id)
 static void
 setup_blame_parent_line(struct view *view, struct blame *blame)
 {
+	char from[SIZEOF_REF + SIZEOF_STR];
+	char to[SIZEOF_REF + SIZEOF_STR];
 	const char *diff_tree_argv[] = {
-		"git", "diff-tree", "-U0", blame->commit->id,
-			"--", blame->commit->filename, NULL
+		"git", "diff", "--no-textconv", "--no-extdiff", "--no-color",
+			"-U0", from, to, "--", NULL
 	};
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 	int parent_lineno = -1;
 	int blamed_lineno = -1;
 	char *line;
 
-	if (!io_run(&io, diff_tree_argv, NULL, IO_RD))
+	if (!string_format(from, "%s:%s", opt_ref, opt_file) ||
+	    !string_format(to, "%s:%s", blame->commit->id, blame->commit->filename) ||
+	    !io_run(&io, IO_RD, NULL, diff_tree_argv))
 		return;
 
 	while ((line = io_get(&io, '\n', TRUE))) {
@@ -5201,10 +5250,13 @@ blame_request(struct view *view, enum request request, struct line *line)
 		break;
 
 	case REQ_PARENT:
-		if (check_blame_commit(blame, TRUE) &&
-		    select_commit_parent(blame->commit->id, opt_ref,
-					 blame->commit->filename)) {
-			string_copy(opt_file, blame->commit->filename);
+		if (!check_blame_commit(blame, TRUE))
+			break;
+		if (!*blame->commit->parent_id) {
+			report("The selected commit has no parents");
+		} else {
+			string_copy_rev(opt_ref, blame->commit->parent_id);
+			string_copy(opt_file, blame->commit->parent_filename);
 			setup_blame_parent_line(view, blame);
 			open_view(view, REQ_VIEW_BLAME, OPEN_REFRESH);
 		}
@@ -5225,7 +5277,7 @@ blame_request(struct view *view, enum request request, struct line *line)
 					"-C", "-M", "HEAD", "--", view->vid, NULL
 			};
 
-			if (!blame->commit->has_previous) {
+			if (!*blame->commit->parent_id) {
 				diff_index_argv[1] = "diff";
 				diff_index_argv[2] = "--no-color";
 				diff_index_argv[6] = "--";
@@ -5363,23 +5415,21 @@ branch_request(struct view *view, enum request request, struct line *line)
 		return REQ_NONE;
 
 	case REQ_ENTER:
-		if (branch->ref == &branch_all) {
-			const char *all_branches_argv[] = {
-				"git", "log", "--no-color", "--pretty=raw", "--parents",
-				      "--topo-order", "--all", NULL
-			};
-			struct view *main_view = VIEW(REQ_VIEW_MAIN);
+	{
+		const struct ref *ref = branch->ref;
+		const char *all_branches_argv[] = {
+			"git", "log", "--no-color", "--pretty=raw", "--parents",
+			      "--topo-order",
+			      ref == &branch_all ? "--all" : ref->name, NULL
+		};
+		struct view *main_view = VIEW(REQ_VIEW_MAIN);
 
-			if (!prepare_update(main_view, all_branches_argv, NULL)) {
-				report("Failed to load view of all branches");
-				return REQ_NONE;
-			}
+		if (!prepare_update(main_view, all_branches_argv, NULL))
+			report("Failed to load view of all branches");
+		else
 			open_view(view, REQ_VIEW_MAIN, OPEN_PREPARED | OPEN_SPLIT);
-		} else {
-			open_view(view, REQ_VIEW_MAIN, OPEN_SPLIT);
-		}
 		return REQ_NONE;
-
+	}
 	default:
 		return request;
 	}
@@ -5451,7 +5501,7 @@ branch_open(struct view *view)
 			"--simplify-by-decoration", "--all", NULL
 	};
 
-	if (!io_run_rd(&view->io, branch_log, NULL, FORMAT_NONE)) {
+	if (!start_update(view, branch_log, NULL)) {
 		report("Failed to load branch data");
 		return TRUE;
 	}
@@ -5570,9 +5620,9 @@ status_run(struct view *view, const char *argv[], char status, enum line_type ty
 {
 	struct status *unmerged = NULL;
 	char *buf;
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 
-	if (!io_run(&io, argv, opt_cdup, IO_RD))
+	if (!io_run(&io, IO_RD, opt_cdup, argv))
 		return FALSE;
 
 	add_line_data(view, NULL, type);
@@ -5653,7 +5703,7 @@ static const char *status_diff_files_argv[] = {
 };
 
 static const char *status_list_other_argv[] = {
-	"git", "ls-files", "-z", "--others", "--exclude-standard", opt_prefix, NULL
+	"git", "ls-files", "-z", "--others", "--exclude-standard", opt_prefix, NULL, NULL,
 };
 
 static const char *status_list_no_head_argv[] = {
@@ -5720,7 +5770,7 @@ status_update_onbranch(void)
 			continue;
 
 		if (!*opt_head) {
-			struct io io = {};
+			struct io io;
 
 			if (io_open(&io, "%s/rebase-merge/head-name", opt_git_dir) &&
 			    io_read_buf(&io, buf, sizeof(buf))) {
@@ -5758,6 +5808,9 @@ status_open(struct view *view)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	if (!opt_untracked_dirs_content)
+		status_list_other_argv[ARRAY_SIZE(status_list_other_argv) - 2] = "--directory";
+
 	if (!status_run(view, status_diff_files_argv, 0, LINE_STAT_UNSTAGED) ||
 	    !status_run(view, status_list_other_argv, '?', LINE_STAT_UNTRACKED))
 		return FALSE;
@@ -5967,11 +6020,11 @@ status_update_prepare(struct io *io, enum line_type type)
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case LINE_STAT_STAGED:
-		return io_run(io, staged_argv, opt_cdup, IO_WR);
+		return io_run(io, IO_WR, opt_cdup, staged_argv);
 
 	case LINE_STAT_UNSTAGED:
 	case LINE_STAT_UNTRACKED:
-		return io_run(io, others_argv, opt_cdup, IO_WR);
+		return io_run(io, IO_WR, opt_cdup, others_argv);
 
 	default:
 		die("line type %d not handled in switch", type);
@@ -6010,7 +6063,7 @@ status_update_write(struct io *io, struct status *status, enum line_type type)
 static bool
 status_update_file(struct status *status, enum line_type type)
 {
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 	bool result;
 
 	if (!status_update_prepare(&io, type))
@@ -6024,7 +6077,7 @@ static bool
 status_update_files(struct view *view, struct line *line)
 {
 	char buf[sizeof(view->ref)];
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 	bool result = TRUE;
 	struct line *pos = view->line + view->lines;
 	int files = 0;
@@ -6297,7 +6350,7 @@ stage_apply_chunk(struct view *view, struct line *chunk, bool revert)
 		"git", "apply", "--whitespace=nowarn", NULL
 	};
 	struct line *diff_hdr;
-	struct io io = {};
+	struct io io;
 	int argc = 3;
 
 	diff_hdr = stage_diff_find(view, chunk, LINE_DIFF_HEADER);
@@ -6310,7 +6363,7 @@ stage_apply_chunk(struct view *view, struct line *chunk, bool revert)
 		apply_argv[argc++] = "-R";
 	apply_argv[argc++] = "-";
 	apply_argv[argc++] = NULL;
-	if (!io_run(&io, apply_argv, opt_cdup, IO_WR))
+	if (!io_run(&io, IO_WR, opt_cdup, apply_argv))
 		return FALSE;
 
 	if (!stage_diff_write(&io, diff_hdr, chunk) ||
@@ -6726,7 +6779,8 @@ update_rev_graph(struct view *view, struct rev_graph *graph)
 
 static const char *main_argv[SIZEOF_ARG] = {
 	"git", "log", "--no-color", "--pretty=raw", "--parents",
-		      "--topo-order", "%(head)", NULL
+		"--topo-order", "%(diffargs)", "%(revargs)",
+		"--", "%(fileargs)", NULL
 };
 
 static bool
@@ -7084,12 +7138,13 @@ get_input(int prompt_position)
 {
 	struct view *view;
 	int i, key, cursor_y, cursor_x;
-	bool loading = FALSE;
 
 	if (prompt_position)
 		input_mode = TRUE;
 
 	while (TRUE) {
+		bool loading = FALSE;
+
 		foreach_view (view, i) {
 			update_view(view);
 			if (view_is_displayed(view) && view->has_scrolled &&
@@ -7706,27 +7761,51 @@ warn(const char *msg, ...)
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
+static const char ***filter_args;
+
+static int
+read_filter_args(char *name, size_t namelen, char *value, size_t valuelen)
+{
+	return argv_append(filter_args, name) ? OK : ERR;
+}
+
+static void
+filter_rev_parse(const char ***args, const char *arg1, const char *arg2, const char *argv[])
+{
+	const char *rev_parse_argv[SIZEOF_ARG] = { "git", "rev-parse", arg1, arg2 };
+	const char **all_argv = NULL;
+
+	filter_args = args;
+	if (!argv_append_array(&all_argv, rev_parse_argv) ||
+	    !argv_append_array(&all_argv, argv) ||
+	    !io_run_load(all_argv, "\n", read_filter_args) == ERR)
+		die("Failed to split arguments");
+	argv_free(all_argv);
+	free(all_argv);
+}
+
+static void
+filter_options(const char *argv[])
+{
+	filter_rev_parse(&opt_file_args, "--no-revs", "--no-flags", argv);
+	filter_rev_parse(&opt_diff_args, "--no-revs", "--flags", argv);
+	filter_rev_parse(&opt_rev_args, "--symbolic", "--revs-only", argv);
+}
+
 static enum request
 parse_options(int argc, const char *argv[])
 {
 	enum request request = REQ_VIEW_MAIN;
 	const char *subcommand;
 	bool seen_dashdash = FALSE;
-	/* XXX: This is vulnerable to the user overriding options
-	 * required for the main view parser. */
-	const char *custom_argv[SIZEOF_ARG] = {
-		"git", "log", "--no-color", "--pretty=raw", "--parents",
-			"--topo-order", NULL
-	};
-	int i, j = 6;
+	const char **filter_argv = NULL;
+	int i;
 
-	if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
-		io_open(&VIEW(REQ_VIEW_PAGER)->io, "");
+	if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO))
 		return REQ_VIEW_PAGER;
-	}
 
 	if (argc <= 1)
-		return REQ_NONE;
+		return REQ_VIEW_MAIN;
 
 	subcommand = argv[1];
 	if (!strcmp(subcommand, "status")) {
@@ -7754,16 +7833,16 @@ parse_options(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		subcommand = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (subcommand) {
-		custom_argv[1] = subcommand;
-		j = 2;
-	}
-
 	for (i = 1 + !!subcommand; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *opt = argv[i];
 
-		if (seen_dashdash || !strcmp(opt, "--")) {
+		if (seen_dashdash) {
+			argv_append(&opt_file_args, opt);
+			continue;
+
+		} else if (!strcmp(opt, "--")) {
 			seen_dashdash = TRUE;
+			continue;
 
 		} else if (!strcmp(opt, "-v") || !strcmp(opt, "--version")) {
 			printf("tig version %s\n", TIG_VERSION);
@@ -7772,15 +7851,18 @@ parse_options(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		} else if (!strcmp(opt, "-h") || !strcmp(opt, "--help")) {
 			printf("%s\n", usage);
 			quit(0);
+
+		} else if (!strcmp(opt, "--all")) {
+			argv_append(&opt_rev_args, opt);
+			continue;
 		}
 
-		custom_argv[j++] = opt;
-		if (j >= ARRAY_SIZE(custom_argv))
+		if (!argv_append(&filter_argv, opt))
 			die("command too long");
 	}
 
-	if (!prepare_update(VIEW(request), custom_argv, NULL))
-		die("Failed to format arguments");
+	if (filter_argv)
+		filter_options(filter_argv);
 
 	return request;
 }
@@ -7828,17 +7910,18 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	if (load_refs() == ERR)
 		die("Failed to load refs.");
 
-	foreach_view (view, i)
+	foreach_view (view, i) {
+		if (getenv(view->cmd_env))
+			warn("Use of the %s environment variable is deprecated,"
+			     " use options or TIG_DIFF_ARGS instead",
+			     view->cmd_env);
 		if (!argv_from_env(view->ops->argv, view->cmd_env))
 			die("Too many arguments in the `%s` environment variable",
 			    view->cmd_env);
+	}
 
 	init_display();
 
-	if (request != REQ_NONE)
-		open_view(NULL, request, OPEN_PREPARED);
-	request = request == REQ_NONE ? REQ_VIEW_MAIN : REQ_NONE;
-
 	while (view_driver(display[current_view], request)) {
 		int key = get_input(0);