diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.53.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.53.0.adoc
index 9e896bd4244389..38cbd2186e8172 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.53.0.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.53.0.adoc
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * "git fast-import" learns "--strip-if-invalid" option to drop
    invalid cryptographic signature from objects.
 
+ * The use of "revision" (a connected set of commits) has been
+   clarified in the "git replay" documentation.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -135,6 +138,18 @@ Fixes since v2.52
    have been corrected.
    (merge df963f0df4 rs/config-set-multi-error-message-fix later to maint).
 
+ * "git replay" forgot to omit the "gpgsig-sha256" extended header
+   from the resulting commit the same way it omits "gpgsig", which has
+   been corrected.
+   (merge 9f3a115087 pw/replay-exclude-gpgsig-fix later to maint).
+
+ * A few tests have been updated to work under the shell compatible
+   mode of zsh.
+   (merge a92f243a94 bc/zsh-testsuite later to maint).
+
+ * The way patience diff finds LCS has been optimized.
+   (merge c7e3b8085b yc/xdiff-patience-optim later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 46207a54cc qj/doc-http-bad-want-response later to maint).
    (merge df90eccd93 kh/doc-commit-extra-references later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replay.adoc b/Documentation/git-replay.adoc
index dcb26e8a8e88ca..d03235cca0c668 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replay.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-replay.adoc
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ git-replay - EXPERIMENTAL: Replay commits on a new base, works with bare repos t
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-(EXPERIMENTAL!) 'git replay' ([--contained] --onto <newbase> | --advance <branch>) [--ref-action[=<mode>]] <revision-range>...
+(EXPERIMENTAL!) 'git replay' ([--contained] --onto <newbase> | --advance <branch>) [--ref-action[=<mode>]] <revision-range>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-Takes ranges of commits and replays them onto a new location. Leaves
+Takes a range of commits and replays them onto a new location. Leaves
 the working tree and the index untouched. By default, updates the
 relevant references using an atomic transaction (all refs update or
 none). Use `--ref-action=print` to avoid automatic ref updates and
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ which uses the target only as a starting point without updating it.
 The default mode can be configured via the `replay.refAction` configuration variable.
 
 <revision-range>::
-	Range of commits to replay. More than one <revision-range> can
-	be passed, but in `--advance <branch>` mode, they should have
-	a single tip, so that it's clear where <branch> should point
-	to. See "Specifying Ranges" in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] and the
-	"Commit Limiting" options below.
+	Range of commits to replay; see "Specifying Ranges" in
+	linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. In `--advance <branch>` mode, the
+	range should have a single tip, so that it's clear to which tip the
+	advanced <branch> should point.
 
 include::rev-list-options.adoc[]
 
diff --git a/builtin/replay.c b/builtin/replay.c
index 6606a2c94bc671..507b909df7dc40 100644
--- a/builtin/replay.c
+++ b/builtin/replay.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static struct commit *create_commit(struct repository *repo,
 	const char *message = repo_logmsg_reencode(repo, based_on,
 						   NULL, out_enc);
 	const char *orig_message = NULL;
-	const char *exclude_gpgsig[] = { "gpgsig", NULL };
+	const char *exclude_gpgsig[] = { "gpgsig", "gpgsig-sha256", NULL };
 
 	commit_list_insert(parent, &parents);
 	extra = read_commit_extra_headers(based_on, exclude_gpgsig);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ int cmd_replay(int argc,
 	const char *const replay_usage[] = {
 		N_("(EXPERIMENTAL!) git replay "
 		   "([--contained] --onto <newbase> | --advance <branch>) "
-		   "[--ref-action[=<mode>]] <revision-range>..."),
+		   "[--ref-action[=<mode>]] <revision-range>"),
 		NULL
 	};
 	struct option replay_options[] = {
diff --git a/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh b/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh
index 85cc47d67e13bf..677eb9143c9de4 100755
--- a/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t0614-reftable-fsck.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test_expect_success "no errors reported on a well formed repository" '
 		done &&
 
 		# The repository should end up with multiple tables.
-		test_line_count ">" 1 .git/reftable/tables.list &&
+		test_line_count -gt 1 .git/reftable/tables.list &&
 
 		git refs verify 2>err &&
 		test_must_be_empty err
diff --git a/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh b/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh
index c3903faf2d3e6f..3bcbdef409b25f 100755
--- a/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh
+++ b/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ test_expect_success 'clone can prompt for proxy password' '
 
 start_socks() {
 	mkfifo socks_output &&
-	{
+	(
 		"$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY/socks4-proxy.pl" "$1" >socks_output &
 		echo $! > "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/socks.pid"
-	} &&
+	) &&
 	read line <socks_output &&
 	test "$line" = ready
 }
diff --git a/xdiff/xpatience.c b/xdiff/xpatience.c
index a0b31eb5d8c1c0..9580d180320aec 100644
--- a/xdiff/xpatience.c
+++ b/xdiff/xpatience.c
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ static int find_longest_common_sequence(struct hashmap *map, struct entry **res)
 	for (entry = map->first; entry; entry = entry->next) {
 		if (!entry->line2 || entry->line2 == NON_UNIQUE)
 			continue;
-		i = binary_search(sequence, longest, entry);
+		if (longest == 0 || entry->line2 > sequence[longest - 1]->line2)
+			i = longest - 1;
+		else
+			i = binary_search(sequence, longest, entry);
 		entry->previous = i < 0 ? NULL : sequence[i];
 		++i;
 		if (i <= anchor_i)