diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 07cf1cf7..2faa83fa 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Entries are sorted chronologically from oldest to youngest within each release,
 releases are sorted from youngest to oldest.
 
+version 2.3.1:
+- public AVDCT API/ABI for DCT functions
+- g2meet: allow size changes within original sizes
+- dv: improved error resilience, fixing Ticket2340 and Ticket2341
+
 version 2.3:
 - AC3 fixed-point decoding
 - shuffleplanes filter
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 38437725..41f40e77 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ x86                                     Michael Niedermayer
 Releases
 ========
 
+2.3                                     Michael Niedermayer
 2.2                                     Michael Niedermayer
-2.1                                     Michael Niedermayer
 1.2                                     Michael Niedermayer
 
 If you want to maintain an older release, please contact us
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index bb576dbd..2bf1c1cc 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3
+2.3.1
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 07805951..6323cf54 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
      Other interesting new features including hqx video filter, a pixel art
      scaling filter; a fixed-point AC-3 decoder contributed by Imagination
      Technologies; an On2 TrueMotion VP7 video decoder; an HTML5 WebVTT
-     subtitle decoder that allows creation of WebVTT from any text-based
+     subtitle encoder that allows creation of WebVTT from any text-based
      subtitles; and an 1-bit Direct Stream Digital audio decoder.
 
  ┌────────────────────────────┐
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bb576dbd..2bf1c1cc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3
+2.3.1
diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index c0486f24..1a9d103e 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ API changes, most recent first:
   is now setting AVStream.time_base, instead of AVStream.codec.time_base as was
   done previously. The old method is now deprecated.
 
+2014-06-11 - 67d29da - lavc 55.66.101 - avcodec.h
+  Increase FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE to 32 due to some corner cases needing
+  it
+
 2014-06-10 - xxxxxxx - lavf 55.43.100 - avformat.h
   New field int64_t max_analyze_duration2 instead of deprecated
   int max_analyze_duration.
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index 7b2a785a..e7075283 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = FFmpeg
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.3
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.3.1
 
 # With the PROJECT_LOGO tag one can specify a logo or icon that is included
 # in the documentation. The maximum height of the logo should not exceed 55
diff --git a/doc/indevs.texi b/doc/indevs.texi
index 42058087..5cac07f1 100644
--- a/doc/indevs.texi
+++ b/doc/indevs.texi
@@ -483,6 +483,21 @@ ffplay -f lavfi "movie=test.avi[out0];amovie=test.wav[out1]"
 
 @end itemize
 
+@section libcdio
+
+Audio-CD input device based on cdio.
+
+To enable this input device during configuration you need libcdio
+installed on your system.
+
+This device allows playing and grabbing from an Audio-CD.
+
+For example to copy with @command{ffmpeg} the entire Audio-CD in /dev/sr0,
+you may run the command:
+@example
+ffmpeg -f libcdio -i /dev/sr0 cd.wav
+@end example
+
 @section libdc1394
 
 IIDC1394 input device, based on libdc1394 and libraw1394.
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 0bbfa27e..e5233f94 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ HEADERS = avcodec.h                                                     \
 
 OBJS = allcodecs.o                                                      \
        audioconvert.o                                                   \
+       avdct.o                                                          \
        avpacket.o                                                       \
        avpicture.o                                                      \
        bitstream.o                                                      \
diff --git a/libavcodec/avdct.c b/libavcodec/avdct.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58f4974b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavcodec/avdct.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "avcodec.h"
+#include "idctdsp.h"
+#include "fdctdsp.h"
+#include "avdct.h"
+
+#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(AVDCT,x)
+#define DEFAULT 0 //should be NAN but it does not work as it is not a constant in glibc as required by ANSI/ISO C
+//these names are too long to be readable
+#define V AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM
+#define A AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM
+#define E AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
+#define D AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM
+
+static const AVOption avdct_options[] = {
+{"dct", "DCT algorithm", OFFSET(dct_algo), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, 0, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+{"auto", "autoselect a good one (default)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_DCT_AUTO }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+{"fastint", "fast integer (experimental / for debugging)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_DCT_FASTINT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+{"int", "accurate integer", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_DCT_INT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+{"mmx", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_DCT_MMX }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+{"altivec", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_DCT_ALTIVEC }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+{"faan", "floating point AAN DCT (experimental / for debugging)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_DCT_FAAN }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "dct"},
+
+{"idct", "select IDCT implementation", OFFSET(idct_algo), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, 0, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"auto", "autoselect a good one (default)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_AUTO }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"int", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_INT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"simple", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLE }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"simplemmx", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLEMMX }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"arm", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_ARM }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"altivec", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_ALTIVEC }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+#if FF_API_ARCH_SH4
+{"sh4", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SH4 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+#endif
+{"simplearm", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLEARM }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"simplearmv5te", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLEARMV5TE }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"simplearmv6", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLEARMV6 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"simpleneon", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLENEON }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+#if FF_API_ARCH_ALPHA
+{"simplealpha", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLEALPHA }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+#endif
+{"ipp", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_IPP }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"xvidmmx", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_XVIDMMX }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{"faani", "floating point AAN IDCT (experimental / for debugging)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_FAAN }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|D|E, "idct"},
+{"simpleauto", "experimental / for debugging", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_IDCT_SIMPLEAUTO }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "idct"},
+{NULL},
+};
+
+static const AVClass avdct_class = {
+    .class_name              = "AVDCT",
+    .option                  = avdct_options,
+    .version                 = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
+};
+
+const AVClass *avcodec_dct_get_class(void)
+{
+    return &avdct_class;
+}
+
+AVDCT *avcodec_dct_alloc(void)
+{
+    AVDCT *dsp = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVDCT));
+
+    if (!dsp)
+        return NULL;
+
+    dsp->av_class = &avdct_class;
+    av_opt_set_defaults(dsp);
+
+    return dsp;
+}
+
+int avcodec_dct_init(AVDCT *dsp)
+{
+    AVCodecContext *avctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(NULL);
+
+    if (!avctx)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    avctx->idct_algo = dsp->idct_algo;
+    avctx->dct_algo  = dsp->dct_algo;
+
+#define COPY(src, name) memcpy(&dsp->name, &src.name, sizeof(dsp->name))
+
+#if CONFIG_IDCTDSP
+    {
+        IDCTDSPContext idsp;
+        ff_idctdsp_init(&idsp, avctx);
+        COPY(idsp, idct);
+        COPY(idsp, idct_permutation);
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if CONFIG_FDCTDSP
+    {
+        FDCTDSPContext fdsp;
+        ff_fdctdsp_init(&fdsp, avctx);
+        COPY(fdsp, fdct);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    avcodec_close(avctx);
+    av_free(avctx);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libavcodec/avdct.h b/libavcodec/avdct.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c9d00f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavcodec/avdct.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef AVCODEC_AVDCT_H
+#define AVCODEC_AVDCT_H
+
+#include "libavutil/opt.h"
+
+/**
+ * AVDCT context.
+ * @note function pointers can be NULL if the specific features have been
+ *       disabled at build time.
+ */
+typedef struct AVDCT {
+    const AVClass *av_class;
+
+    void (*idct)(int16_t *block /* align 16 */);
+
+    /**
+     * IDCT input permutation.
+     * Several optimized IDCTs need a permutated input (relative to the
+     * normal order of the reference IDCT).
+     * This permutation must be performed before the idct_put/add.
+     * Note, normally this can be merged with the zigzag/alternate scan<br>
+     * An example to avoid confusion:
+     * - (->decode coeffs -> zigzag reorder -> dequant -> reference IDCT -> ...)
+     * - (x -> reference DCT -> reference IDCT -> x)
+     * - (x -> reference DCT -> simple_mmx_perm = idct_permutation
+     *    -> simple_idct_mmx -> x)
+     * - (-> decode coeffs -> zigzag reorder -> simple_mmx_perm -> dequant
+     *    -> simple_idct_mmx -> ...)
+     */
+    uint8_t idct_permutation[64];
+
+    void (*fdct)(int16_t *block /* align 16 */);
+
+
+    /**
+     * DCT algorithm.
+     * must use AVOptions to set this field.
+     */
+    int dct_algo;
+
+    /**
+     * IDCT algorithm.
+     * must use AVOptions to set this field.
+     */
+    int idct_algo;
+} AVDCT;
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a AVDCT context.
+ * This needs to be initialized with avcodec_dct_init() after optionally
+ * configuring it with AVOptions.
+ *
+ * To free it use av_free()
+ */
+AVDCT *avcodec_dct_alloc(void);
+int avcodec_dct_init(AVDCT *);
+
+const AVClass *avcodec_dct_get_class(void);
+
+#endif /* AVCODEC_AVDCT_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/g2meet.c b/libavcodec/g2meet.c
index 60c48c38..1004e192 100644
--- a/libavcodec/g2meet.c
+++ b/libavcodec/g2meet.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ typedef struct G2MContext {
 
     int        compression;
     int        width, height, bpp;
+    int        orig_width, orig_height;
     int        tile_width, tile_height;
     int        tiles_x, tiles_y, tile_x, tile_y;
 
@@ -712,8 +713,8 @@ static int g2m_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
             }
             c->width  = bytestream2_get_be32(&bc);
             c->height = bytestream2_get_be32(&bc);
-            if (c->width  < 16 || c->width  > avctx->width ||
-                c->height < 16 || c->height > avctx->height) {
+            if (c->width  < 16 || c->width  > c->orig_width ||
+                c->height < 16 || c->height > c->orig_height) {
                 av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Invalid frame dimensions %dx%d\n",
                        c->width, c->height);
@@ -882,6 +883,10 @@ static av_cold int g2m_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     avctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24;
 
+    // store original sizes and check against those if resize happens
+    c->orig_width  = avctx->width;
+    c->orig_height = avctx->height;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/hevc_mc.asm b/libavcodec/x86/hevc_mc.asm
index 5cf37d01..d7796ec6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/hevc_mc.asm
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/hevc_mc.asm
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ QPEL_TABLE 10, 4, w, sse4
 
 %macro LOOP_END 4
     lea              %1q, [%1q+2*%2q]            ; dst += dststride
-    lea              %3q, [%3q+  %4q]            ; src += srcstride
+    add              %3q, %4q                    ; src += srcstride
     dec          heightd                         ; cmp height
     jnz               .loop                      ; height loop
 %endmacro
diff --git a/libavdevice/pulse_audio_enc.c b/libavdevice/pulse_audio_enc.c
index b07d4c0c..bc4d1f05 100644
--- a/libavdevice/pulse_audio_enc.c
+++ b/libavdevice/pulse_audio_enc.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static int pulse_write_frame(AVFormatContext *h, int stream_index,
                AVERROR(EINVAL) : 0;
 
     pkt.data     = (*frame)->data[0];
-    pkt.size     = (*frame)->nb_samples * av_get_bytes_per_sample((*frame)->format) * (*frame)->channels;
+    pkt.size     = (*frame)->nb_samples * av_get_bytes_per_sample((*frame)->format) * av_frame_get_channels(*frame);
     pkt.dts      = (*frame)->pkt_dts;
     pkt.duration = av_frame_get_pkt_duration(*frame);
     return pulse_write_packet(h, &pkt);
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_spp.c b/libavfilter/vf_spp.c
index 4e4a5795..aff1ddf3 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_spp.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_spp.c
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ static void filter(SPPContext *p, uint8_t *dst, uint8_t *src,
                 const int y1 = y + offset[i + count - 1][1];
                 const int index = x1 + y1*linesize;
                 p->pdsp.get_pixels(block, p->src + index, linesize);
-                p->fdsp.fdct(block);
-                p->requantize(block2, block, qp, p->idsp.idct_permutation);
-                p->idsp.idct(block2);
+                p->dct->fdct(block);
+                p->requantize(block2, block, qp, p->dct->idct_permutation);
+                p->dct->idct(block2);
                 add_block(p->temp + index, linesize, block2);
             }
         }
@@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     SPPContext *spp = ctx->priv;
 
     spp->avctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(NULL);
-    if (!spp->avctx)
+    spp->dct = avcodec_dct_alloc();
+    if (!spp->avctx || !spp->dct)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    ff_idctdsp_init(&spp->idsp, spp->avctx);
-    ff_fdctdsp_init(&spp->fdsp, spp->avctx);
     ff_pixblockdsp_init(&spp->pdsp, spp->avctx);
+    avcodec_dct_init(spp->dct);
     spp->store_slice = store_slice_c;
     switch (spp->mode) {
     case MODE_HARD: spp->requantize = hardthresh_c; break;
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static av_cold void uninit(AVFilterContext *ctx)
         avcodec_close(spp->avctx);
         av_freep(&spp->avctx);
     }
+    av_freep(&spp->dct);
     av_freep(&spp->non_b_qp_table);
 }
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_spp.h b/libavfilter/vf_spp.h
index c8eac3ca..2dcf813e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_spp.h
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_spp.h
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
 #include "libavcodec/pixblockdsp.h"
-#include "libavcodec/idctdsp.h"
-#include "libavcodec/fdctdsp.h"
+#include "libavcodec/avdct.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
 
 #define MAX_LEVEL 6 /* quality levels */
@@ -41,9 +40,8 @@ typedef struct {
     uint8_t *src;
     int16_t *temp;
     AVCodecContext *avctx;
-    IDCTDSPContext idsp;
-    FDCTDSPContext fdsp;
     PixblockDSPContext pdsp;
+    AVDCT *dct;
     int8_t *non_b_qp_table;
     int non_b_qp_alloc_size;
     int use_bframe_qp;
diff --git a/libavformat/dv.c b/libavformat/dv.c
index 4f7b062f..1e15c082 100644
--- a/libavformat/dv.c
+++ b/libavformat/dv.c
@@ -72,30 +72,33 @@ static inline uint16_t dv_audio_12to16(uint16_t sample)
     return result;
 }
 
-/*
- * This is the dumbest implementation of all -- it simply looks at
- * a fixed offset and if pack isn't there -- fails. We might want
- * to have a fallback mechanism for complete search of missing packs.
- */
 static const uint8_t *dv_extract_pack(uint8_t *frame, enum dv_pack_type t)
 {
     int offs;
+    int c;
 
-    switch (t) {
-    case dv_audio_source:
-        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 3 + 3);
-        break;
-    case dv_audio_control:
-        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 4 + 3);
-        break;
-    case dv_video_control:
-        offs = (80 * 5 + 48 + 5);
-        break;
-    case dv_timecode:
-        offs = (80*1 + 3 + 3);
-        break;
-    default:
-        return NULL;
+    for (c = 0; c < 10; c++) {
+        switch (t) {
+        case dv_audio_source:
+            if (c&1)    offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 0 + 3 + c*12000);
+            else        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 3 + 3 + c*12000);
+            break;
+        case dv_audio_control:
+            if (c&1)    offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 1 + 3 + c*12000);
+            else        offs = (80 * 6 + 80 * 16 * 4 + 3 + c*12000);
+            break;
+        case dv_video_control:
+            if (c&1)    offs = (80 * 3 + 8      + c*12000);
+            else        offs = (80 * 5 + 48 + 5 + c*12000);
+            break;
+        case dv_timecode:
+            offs = (80*1 + 3 + 3);
+            break;
+        default:
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (frame[offs] == t)
+            break;
     }
 
     return frame[offs] == t ? &frame[offs] : NULL;
diff --git a/libavformat/img2dec.c b/libavformat/img2dec.c
index cda49965..f9780079 100644
--- a/libavformat/img2dec.c
+++ b/libavformat/img2dec.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ static const AVClass imgname ## _class = {\
 };\
 AVInputFormat ff_image_ ## imgname ## _pipe_demuxer = {\
     .name           = AV_STRINGIFY(imgname) "_pipe",\
+    .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("piped " AV_STRINGIFY(imgname) " sequence"),\
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(VideoDemuxData),\
     .read_probe     = imgname ## _probe,\
     .read_header    = ff_img_read_header,\
diff --git a/tests/fate.sh b/tests/fate.sh
index 38458c74..5a78018b 100755
--- a/tests/fate.sh
+++ b/tests/fate.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ test -n "$slot"    || die "slot not specified"
 test -n "$repo"    || die "repo not specified"
 test -d "$samples" || die "samples location not specified"
 
+: ${branch:=master}
+
 lock(){
     lock=$1/fate.lock
     (set -C; exec >$lock) 2>/dev/null || return
@@ -28,14 +30,14 @@ lock(){
 checkout(){
     case "$repo" in
         file:*|/*) src="${repo#file:}"      ;;
-        git:*)     git clone --quiet "$repo" "$src" ;;
+        git:*)     git clone --quiet --branch "$branch" "$repo" "$src" ;;
     esac
 }
 
 update()(
     cd ${src} || return
     case "$repo" in
-        git:*) git fetch --force && git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD ;;
+        git:*) git fetch --force && git reset --hard "origin/$branch" ;;
     esac
 )
 
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ clean(){
 report(){
     date=$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
     echo "fate:0:${date}:${slot}:${version}:$1:$2:${comment}" >report
-    cat ${build}/config.fate ${build}/tests/data/fate/*.rep >>report
+#    echo "fate:1:${date}:${slot}:${version}:$1:$2:${branch}:${comment}" >report
+    cat ${build}/config.fate >>report
+    cat ${build}/tests/data/fate/*.rep >>report || for i in ${build}/tests/data/fate/*.rep ; do cat "$i" >>report ; done
     test -n "$fate_recv" && $tar report *.log | gzip | $fate_recv
 }
 
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 92edcb94..f9754eb3 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 # check for git short hash
 if ! test "$revision"; then
-    revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --tags --match N 2> /dev/null)
+    if (cd "$1" && grep git RELEASE 2> /dev/null >/dev/null) ; then
+        revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --tags --match N 2> /dev/null)
+    else
+        revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --tags --always 2> /dev/null)
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Shallow Git clones (--depth) do not have the N tag: