diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd16385d1ab..bf63984bb96 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ INSTALL=install
 SCRIPTS=git git-apply-patch-script git-merge-one-file-script git-prune-script \
 	git-pull-script git-tag-script git-resolve-script git-whatchanged \
 	git-deltafy-script git-fetch-script git-status-script git-commit-script \
-	git-log-script git-shortlog git-cvsimport-script git-diff-script
+	git-log-script git-shortlog git-cvsimport-script git-diff-script \
+	git-reset-script git-add-script
 
 PROG=   git-update-cache git-diff-files git-init-db git-write-tree \
 	git-read-tree git-commit-tree git-cat-file git-fsck-cache \
diff --git a/git-add-script b/git-add-script
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7726886da4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-add-script
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+git-update-cache --add "$@"
diff --git a/git-diff-script b/git-diff-script
index d70e8b9f296..ae1587121bc 100755
--- a/git-diff-script
+++ b/git-diff-script
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ rev=($(git-rev-parse --revs-only "$@"))
 flags=($(git-rev-parse --no-revs "$@"))
 case "${#rev[*]}" in
 0)
-	git-diff-files -p "$@";;
+	git-diff-files -p -C "$@";;
 1)
-	git-diff-cache -p "$@";;
+	git-diff-cache -p -C "$@";;
 2)
 	begin=$(echo "${rev[1]}" | tr -d '^')
 	end="${rev[0]}"
-	git-diff-tree -p $flags $begin $end;;
+	git-diff-tree -p -C $flags $begin $end;;
 *)
 	echo "I don't understand"
 	exit 1;;
diff --git a/git-external-diff-script b/git-external-diff-script
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/git-reset-script b/git-reset-script
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..eaefd00d9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-reset-script
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+git-read-tree --reset HEAD
+git-update-cache --refresh
diff --git a/git-resolve-script b/git-resolve-script
old mode 100644
new mode 100755