exit
        fi
        git fetch
-       for object in $(git ls-tree -r origin/master | awk '{print $4}'); do
+       hook pre-merge
+       git ls-tree -r --name-only origin/master | (while read object; do
                [ -e "$object" ] &&
                        error "'$object' exists." &&
                        VCSH_CONFLICT=1
        done
-       [ "$VCSH_CONFLICT" = '1' ] &&
+       [ "$VCSH_CONFLICT" = '1' ]) &&
                fatal "will stop after fetching and not try to merge!
   Once this situation has been resolved, run 'vcsh run $VCSH_REPO_NAME git pull' to finish cloning." 17
        git merge origin/master
+       hook post-merge
        hook post-clone
        retire
        hook post-clone-retired
                export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
                use
                git commit --untracked-files=no --quiet
+               VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
                echo
        done
        hook post-commit
        [ ! -e "$GIT_DIR" ] || fatal "'$GIT_DIR' exists" 10
        mkdir -p "$VCSH_BASE" || fatal "could not create '$VCSH_BASE'" 50
        cd "$VCSH_BASE" || fatal "could not enter '$VCSH_BASE'" 11
-       git init
+       git init --shared=0600
        upgrade
        hook post-init
 }
                export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
                use
                git pull
+               VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
                echo
        done
        hook post-pull
                export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
                use
                git push
+               VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
                echo
        done
        hook post-push
        hook pre-run
        use
        "$@"
+       VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
        hook post-run
 }
 
                export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
                use
                git status --short --untracked-files='no'
+               VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
        else
                for VCSH_REPO_NAME in $(list); do
                        echo "$VCSH_REPO_NAME:"
                        export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
                        use
                        git status --short --untracked-files='no'
+                       VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE=$?
                        echo
                done
        fi
 if [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'clone' ]; then
        [ -z "$2" ] && fatal "$VCSH_COMMAND: please specify a remote" 1
        GIT_REMOTE="$2"
-       [ -n "$3" ] && VCSH_REPO_NAME="$3" || VCSH_REPO_NAME=$(basename "$GIT_REMOTE" .git)
+       [ -n "$3" ] && VCSH_REPO_NAME="$3" || VCSH_REPO_NAME=$(basename "${GIT_REMOTE#*:}" .git)
        [ -z "$VCSH_REPO_NAME" ] && fatal "$VCSH_COMMAND: could not determine repository name" 1
        export VCSH_REPO_NAME
        export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
 $VCSH_COMMAND "$@"
 hook post-command
 verbose "$VCSH_COMMAND end, exiting"
+exit $VCSH_COMMAND_RETURN_CODE