diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e432ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+You are opening a _bug report_ against the libgit2 project.  If you have a
+question about an API or usage, please ask on StackOverflow:
+http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/libgit2.  Please fill out the
+reproduction steps (below) and delete this introductory paragraph.  Thanks!
+
+### Reproduction steps
+
+### Expected behavior
+
+### Actual behavior
+
+### Version of libgit2 (release number or SHA1)
+
+### Operating system(s) tested
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dae86de..6307365 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,14 +17,37 @@
 
 * Improve the performance of the revwalk and bring us closer to git's code.
 
+* The reference db has improved support for concurrency and returns `GIT_ELOCKED`
+  when an operation could not be performed due to locking.
+
+* Nanosecond resolution is now activated by default, following git's change to
+  do this.
+
+* We now restrict the set of ciphers we let OpenSSL use by default.
+
+* Users can now register their own merge drivers for use with `.gitattributes`.
+  The library also gained built-in support for the union merge driver.
+
+* The default for creating references is now to validate that the object does
+  exist.
+
+* Add `git_proxy_options` which is used by the different networking
+  implementations to let the caller specify the proxy settings instead of
+  relying on the environment variables.
+
 ### API additions
 
 * You can now get the user-agent used by libgit2 using the
   `GIT_OPT_GET_USER_AGENT` option with `git_libgit2_opts()`.
   It is the counterpart to `GIT_OPT_SET_USER_AGENT`.
 
+* The `GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CIPHERS` option for `git_libgit2_opts()` lets you specify
+  a custom list of ciphers to use for OpenSSL.
+
 * `git_commit_create_buffer()` creates a commit and writes it into a
-  user-provided buffer instead of writing it into the object db.
+  user-provided buffer instead of writing it into the object db. Combine it with
+  `git_commit_create_with_signature()` in order to create a commit with a
+  cryptographic signature.
 
 * `git_blob_create_fromstream()` and
   `git_blob_create_fromstream_commit()` allow you to create a blob by
@@ -50,12 +73,48 @@
       `git_repository_open_ext` with this flag will error out if either
       `$GIT_WORK_TREE` or `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` is set.
 
-* `git_diff_from_buffer` can create a `git_diff` object from the contents
+* `git_diff_from_buffer()` can create a `git_diff` object from the contents
   of a git-style patch file.
 
 * `git_index_version()` and `git_index_set_version()` to get and set
   the index version
 
+* `git_odb_expand_ids()` lets you check for the existence of multiple
+  objects at once.
+
+* The new `git_blob_dup()`, `git_commit_dup()`, `git_tag_dup()` and
+  `git_tree_dup()` functions provide type-specific wrappers for
+  `git_object_dup()` to reduce noise and increase type safety for callers.
+
+* `git_reference_dup()` lets you duplicate a reference to aid in ownership
+  management and cleanup.
+
+* `git_signature_from_buffer()` lets you create a signature from a string in the
+  format that appear in objects.
+
+* `git_tree_create_updated()` lets you create a tree based on another one
+  together with a list of updates. For the covered update cases, it's more
+  efficient than the `git_index` route.
+
+* `git_apply_patch()` applies hunks from a `git_patch` to a buffer.
+
+* `git_diff_to_buf()` lets you print an entire diff directory to a buffer,
+  similar to how `git_patch_to_buf()` works.
+
+* `git_proxy_init_options()` is added to initialize a `git_proxy_options`
+  structure at run-time.
+
+* `git_merge_driver_register()`, `git_merge_driver_unregister()` let you
+  register and unregister a custom merge driver to be used when `.gitattributes`
+  specifies it.
+
+* `git_merge_driver_lookup()` can be used to look up a merge driver by name.
+
+* `git_merge_driver_source_repo()`, `git_merge_driver_source_ancestor()`,
+  `git_merge_driver_source_ours()`, `git_merge_driver_source_theirs()`,
+  `git_merge_driver_source_file_options()` added as accessors to
+  `git_merge_driver_source`.
+
 ### API removals
 
 * `git_blob_create_fromchunks()` has been removed in favour of
@@ -80,6 +139,8 @@
   If this is `NULL`, then it will not be called and the `exists` function
   will be used instead.
 
+* `git_remote_connect()` now accepts proxy options.
+
 v0.24
 -------
 
diff --git a/src/curl_stream.c b/src/curl_stream.c
index 3a3f364..4e0455c 100644
--- a/src/curl_stream.c
+++ b/src/curl_stream.c
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
 #include "vector.h"
 #include "proxy.h"
 
+/* This is for backwards compatibility with curl<7.45.0. */
+#ifndef CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET
+# define CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET
+# define GIT_CURL_BADSOCKET -1
+# define git_activesocket_t long
+#else
+# define GIT_CURL_BADSOCKET CURL_SOCKET_BAD
+# define git_activesocket_t curl_socket_t
+#endif
+
 typedef struct {
 	git_stream parent;
 	CURL *handle;
@@ -87,7 +97,8 @@
 static int curls_connect(git_stream *stream)
 {
 	curl_stream *s = (curl_stream *) stream;
-	long sockextr, connect_last = 0;
+	git_activesocket_t sockextr;
+	long connect_last = 0;
 	int failed_cert = 0, error;
 	bool retry_connect;
 	CURLcode res;
@@ -117,11 +128,11 @@
 	if (res == CURLE_PEER_FAILED_VERIFICATION)
 		failed_cert = 1;
 
-	if ((res = curl_easy_getinfo(s->handle, CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET, &sockextr)) != CURLE_OK) {
+	if ((res = curl_easy_getinfo(s->handle, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET, &sockextr)) != CURLE_OK) {
 		return seterr_curl(s);
 	}
 
-	if (sockextr == -1) {
+	if (sockextr == GIT_CURL_BADSOCKET) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "curl socket is no longer valid");
 		return -1;
 	}