diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
index de11e2c..cc84f19 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheEntry;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
@@ -513,6 +514,21 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Create <code>DirCacheEntry</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param path
+	 * @param objectId
+	 * @return the DirCacheEntry
+	 */
+	protected DirCacheEntry createGitLink(String path, AnyObjectId objectId) {
+		final DirCacheEntry entry = new DirCacheEntry(path,
+				DirCacheEntry.STAGE_0);
+		entry.setFileMode(FileMode.GITLINK);
+		entry.setObjectId(objectId);
+		return entry;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Assert files are equal
 	 *
 	 * @param expected
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/sshd/SshdSession.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/sshd/SshdSession.java
index 7ea7bd1..dfd7cca 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/sshd/SshdSession.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/sshd/SshdSession.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 		@Override
 		public void destroy() {
 			if (channel.isOpen()) {
-				channel.close(true);
+				channel.close(false);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBundleWriterTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBundleWriterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4238ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBundleWriterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, Google LLC  and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+package org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.NullProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchResult;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportBundleStream;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DfsBundleWriterTest {
+	private TestRepository<InMemoryRepository> git;
+
+	private InMemoryRepository repo;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws IOException {
+		DfsRepositoryDescription desc = new DfsRepositoryDescription("test");
+		git = new TestRepository<>(new InMemoryRepository(desc));
+		repo = git.getRepository();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRepo() throws Exception {
+		RevCommit commit0 = git.commit().message("0").create();
+		RevCommit commit1 = git.commit().message("1").parent(commit0).create();
+		git.update("master", commit1);
+
+		RevCommit commit2 = git.commit().message("0").create();
+
+		byte[] bundle = makeBundle();
+		try (Repository newRepo = new InMemoryRepository(
+				new DfsRepositoryDescription("copy"))) {
+			fetchFromBundle(newRepo, bundle);
+			Ref ref = newRepo.exactRef("refs/heads/master");
+			assertNotNull(ref);
+			assertEquals(commit1.toObjectId(), ref.getObjectId());
+
+			// Unreferenced objects are included as well.
+			assertTrue(newRepo.getObjectDatabase().has(commit2));
+		}
+	}
+
+	private byte[] makeBundle() throws IOException {
+		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		DfsBundleWriter.writeEntireRepositoryAsBundle(
+				NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, out, repo);
+		return out.toByteArray();
+	}
+
+	private static FetchResult fetchFromBundle(Repository newRepo,
+			byte[] bundle) throws Exception {
+		URIish uri = new URIish("in-memory://");
+		ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(bundle);
+		RefSpec rs = new RefSpec("refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*");
+		Set<RefSpec> refs = Collections.singleton(rs);
+		try (TransportBundleStream transport = new TransportBundleStream(
+				newRepo, uri, in)) {
+			return transport.fetch(NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE, refs);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/GitlinkMergeTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/GitlinkMergeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c850b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/GitlinkMergeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, Google LLC  and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+package org.eclipse.jgit.merge;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCache;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheBuilder;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheEntry;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.CommitBuilder;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.test.resources.SampleDataRepositoryTestCase;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.TreeWalk;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class GitlinkMergeTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
+	private static final String LINK_ID1 = "DEADBEEFDEADBEEFBABEDEADBEEFDEADBEEFBABE";
+	private static final String LINK_ID2 = "DEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEAD";
+	private static final String LINK_ID3 = "BEEFBEEFBEEFBEEFBEEFBEEFBEEFBEEFBEEFBEEF";
+
+	private static final String SUBMODULE_PATH = "submodule.link";
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_AddNew() throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(
+				testGitLink(null, null, LINK_ID3, newResolveMerger(), true),
+				LINK_ID3);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_Delete() throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkDoesntExist(testGitLink(LINK_ID1, LINK_ID1, null,
+				newResolveMerger(), true));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_UpdateDelete() throws Exception {
+		testGitLink(LINK_ID1, LINK_ID2, null, newResolveMerger(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_DeleteUpdate() throws Exception {
+		testGitLink(LINK_ID1, null, LINK_ID3, newResolveMerger(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_UpdateUpdate() throws Exception {
+		testGitLink(LINK_ID1, LINK_ID2, LINK_ID3, newResolveMerger(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_bothAddedSameLink() throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(
+				testGitLink(null, LINK_ID2, LINK_ID2, newResolveMerger(), true),
+				LINK_ID2);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_bothAddedDifferentLink() throws Exception {
+		testGitLink(null, LINK_ID2, LINK_ID3, newResolveMerger(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_AddNew_ignoreConflicts() throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(
+				testGitLink(null, null, LINK_ID3, newIgnoreConflictMerger(),
+						true),
+				LINK_ID3);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_Delete_ignoreConflicts() throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkDoesntExist(testGitLink(LINK_ID1, LINK_ID1, null,
+				newIgnoreConflictMerger(), true));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_UpdateDelete_ignoreConflicts()
+			throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(testGitLink(LINK_ID1, LINK_ID2, null,
+				newIgnoreConflictMerger(), true), LINK_ID2);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_DeleteUpdate_ignoreConflicts()
+			throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkDoesntExist(testGitLink(LINK_ID1, null, LINK_ID3,
+				newIgnoreConflictMerger(), true));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_UpdateUpdate_ignoreConflicts()
+			throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(testGitLink(LINK_ID1, LINK_ID2, LINK_ID3,
+				newIgnoreConflictMerger(), true), LINK_ID2);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_bothAddedSameLink_ignoreConflicts()
+			throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(testGitLink(null, LINK_ID2, LINK_ID2,
+				newIgnoreConflictMerger(), true), LINK_ID2);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_bothAddedDifferentLink_ignoreConflicts()
+			throws Exception {
+		assertGitLinkValue(testGitLink(null, LINK_ID2, LINK_ID3,
+				newIgnoreConflictMerger(), true), LINK_ID2);
+	}
+
+	protected Merger testGitLink(@Nullable String baseLink,
+			@Nullable String oursLink, @Nullable String theirsLink,
+			Merger merger, boolean shouldMerge)
+			throws Exception {
+		DirCache treeB = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeO = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeT = db.readDirCache();
+
+		DirCacheBuilder bTreeBuilder = treeB.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder oTreeBuilder = treeO.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder tTreeBuilder = treeT.builder();
+
+		maybeAddLink(bTreeBuilder, baseLink);
+		maybeAddLink(oTreeBuilder, oursLink);
+		maybeAddLink(tTreeBuilder, theirsLink);
+
+		bTreeBuilder.finish();
+		oTreeBuilder.finish();
+		tTreeBuilder.finish();
+
+		ObjectInserter ow = db.newObjectInserter();
+		ObjectId b = commit(ow, treeB, new ObjectId[] {});
+		ObjectId o = commit(ow, treeO, new ObjectId[] { b });
+		ObjectId t = commit(ow, treeT, new ObjectId[] { b });
+
+		boolean merge = merger.merge(new ObjectId[] { o, t });
+		assertEquals(shouldMerge, merge);
+
+		return merger;
+	}
+
+	private Merger newResolveMerger() {
+		return MergeStrategy.RESOLVE.newMerger(db, true);
+	}
+
+	private Merger newIgnoreConflictMerger() {
+		return new ResolveMerger(db, true) {
+			@Override
+			protected boolean mergeImpl() throws IOException {
+				// emulate call with ignore conflicts.
+				return mergeTrees(mergeBase(), sourceTrees[0], sourceTrees[1],
+						true);
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_blobWithLink() throws Exception {
+		DirCache treeB = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeO = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeT = db.readDirCache();
+
+		DirCacheBuilder bTreeBuilder = treeB.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder oTreeBuilder = treeO.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder tTreeBuilder = treeT.builder();
+
+		bTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob"));
+		oTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob 2"));
+
+		maybeAddLink(tTreeBuilder, LINK_ID3);
+
+		bTreeBuilder.finish();
+		oTreeBuilder.finish();
+		tTreeBuilder.finish();
+
+		ObjectInserter ow = db.newObjectInserter();
+		ObjectId b = commit(ow, treeB, new ObjectId[] {});
+		ObjectId o = commit(ow, treeO, new ObjectId[] { b });
+		ObjectId t = commit(ow, treeT, new ObjectId[] { b });
+
+		Merger resolveMerger = MergeStrategy.RESOLVE.newMerger(db);
+		boolean merge = resolveMerger.merge(new ObjectId[] { o, t });
+		assertFalse(merge);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_linkWithBlob() throws Exception {
+		DirCache treeB = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeO = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeT = db.readDirCache();
+
+		DirCacheBuilder bTreeBuilder = treeB.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder oTreeBuilder = treeO.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder tTreeBuilder = treeT.builder();
+
+		maybeAddLink(bTreeBuilder, LINK_ID1);
+		maybeAddLink(oTreeBuilder, LINK_ID2);
+		tTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob 3"));
+
+		bTreeBuilder.finish();
+		oTreeBuilder.finish();
+		tTreeBuilder.finish();
+
+		ObjectInserter ow = db.newObjectInserter();
+		ObjectId b = commit(ow, treeB, new ObjectId[] {});
+		ObjectId o = commit(ow, treeO, new ObjectId[] { b });
+		ObjectId t = commit(ow, treeT, new ObjectId[] { b });
+
+		Merger resolveMerger = MergeStrategy.RESOLVE.newMerger(db);
+		boolean merge = resolveMerger.merge(new ObjectId[] { o, t });
+		assertFalse(merge);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_linkWithLink() throws Exception {
+		DirCache treeB = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeO = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeT = db.readDirCache();
+
+		DirCacheBuilder bTreeBuilder = treeB.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder oTreeBuilder = treeO.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder tTreeBuilder = treeT.builder();
+
+		bTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob"));
+		maybeAddLink(oTreeBuilder, LINK_ID2);
+		maybeAddLink(tTreeBuilder, LINK_ID3);
+
+		bTreeBuilder.finish();
+		oTreeBuilder.finish();
+		tTreeBuilder.finish();
+
+		ObjectInserter ow = db.newObjectInserter();
+		ObjectId b = commit(ow, treeB, new ObjectId[] {});
+		ObjectId o = commit(ow, treeO, new ObjectId[] { b });
+		ObjectId t = commit(ow, treeT, new ObjectId[] { b });
+
+		Merger resolveMerger = MergeStrategy.RESOLVE.newMerger(db);
+		boolean merge = resolveMerger.merge(new ObjectId[] { o, t });
+		assertFalse(merge);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_blobWithBlobFromLink() throws Exception {
+		DirCache treeB = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeO = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeT = db.readDirCache();
+
+		DirCacheBuilder bTreeBuilder = treeB.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder oTreeBuilder = treeO.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder tTreeBuilder = treeT.builder();
+
+		maybeAddLink(bTreeBuilder, LINK_ID1);
+		oTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob 2"));
+		tTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob 3"));
+
+		bTreeBuilder.finish();
+		oTreeBuilder.finish();
+		tTreeBuilder.finish();
+
+		ObjectInserter ow = db.newObjectInserter();
+		ObjectId b = commit(ow, treeB, new ObjectId[] {});
+		ObjectId o = commit(ow, treeO, new ObjectId[] { b });
+		ObjectId t = commit(ow, treeT, new ObjectId[] { b });
+
+		Merger resolveMerger = MergeStrategy.RESOLVE.newMerger(db);
+		boolean merge = resolveMerger.merge(new ObjectId[] { o, t });
+		assertFalse(merge);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGitLinkMerging_linkBlobDeleted() throws Exception {
+		// We changed a link to a blob, others has deleted this link.
+		DirCache treeB = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeO = db.readDirCache();
+		DirCache treeT = db.readDirCache();
+
+		DirCacheBuilder bTreeBuilder = treeB.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder oTreeBuilder = treeO.builder();
+		DirCacheBuilder tTreeBuilder = treeT.builder();
+
+		maybeAddLink(bTreeBuilder, LINK_ID1);
+		oTreeBuilder.add(
+				createEntry(SUBMODULE_PATH, FileMode.REGULAR_FILE, "blob 2"));
+
+		bTreeBuilder.finish();
+		oTreeBuilder.finish();
+		tTreeBuilder.finish();
+
+		ObjectInserter ow = db.newObjectInserter();
+		ObjectId b = commit(ow, treeB, new ObjectId[] {});
+		ObjectId o = commit(ow, treeO, new ObjectId[] { b });
+		ObjectId t = commit(ow, treeT, new ObjectId[] { b });
+
+		Merger resolveMerger = MergeStrategy.RESOLVE.newMerger(db);
+		boolean merge = resolveMerger.merge(new ObjectId[] { o, t });
+		assertFalse(merge);
+	}
+
+	private void maybeAddLink(DirCacheBuilder builder,
+			@Nullable String linkId) {
+		if (linkId == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		DirCacheEntry newLink = createGitLink(SUBMODULE_PATH,
+				ObjectId.fromString(linkId));
+		builder.add(newLink);
+	}
+
+	private void assertGitLinkValue(Merger resolveMerger, String expectedValue)
+			throws Exception {
+		try (TreeWalk tw = new TreeWalk(db)) {
+			tw.setRecursive(true);
+			tw.reset(resolveMerger.getResultTreeId());
+
+			assertTrue(tw.next());
+			assertEquals(SUBMODULE_PATH, tw.getPathString());
+			assertEquals(ObjectId.fromString(expectedValue), tw.getObjectId(0));
+
+			assertFalse(tw.next());
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void assertGitLinkDoesntExist(Merger resolveMerger)
+			throws Exception {
+		try (TreeWalk tw = new TreeWalk(db)) {
+			tw.setRecursive(true);
+			tw.reset(resolveMerger.getResultTreeId());
+
+			assertFalse(tw.next());
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static ObjectId commit(ObjectInserter odi, DirCache treeB,
+			ObjectId[] parentIds) throws Exception {
+		CommitBuilder c = new CommitBuilder();
+		c.setTreeId(treeB.writeTree(odi));
+		c.setAuthor(new PersonIdent("A U Thor", "a.u.thor", 1L, 0));
+		c.setCommitter(c.getAuthor());
+		c.setParentIds(parentIds);
+		c.setMessage("Tree " + c.getTreeId().name());
+		ObjectId id = odi.insert(c);
+		odi.flush();
+		return id;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBundleWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBundleWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..736f381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBundleWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, Google LLC  and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+package org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.CachedPack;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.BundleWriter;
+
+/** Writes {@link DfsRepository} to a Git bundle. */
+public class DfsBundleWriter {
+	/**
+	 * Writes the entire {@link DfsRepository} to a Git bundle.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This method try to avoid traversing the pack files as much as possible
+	 * and dumps all objects as-is to a Git bundle.
+	 *
+	 * @param pm
+	 *            progress monitor
+	 * @param os
+	 *            Git bundle output
+	 * @param db
+	 *            repository
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 *             thrown if the output stream throws one.
+	 */
+	public static void writeEntireRepositoryAsBundle(ProgressMonitor pm,
+			OutputStream os, DfsRepository db) throws IOException {
+		BundleWriter bw = new BundleWriter(db);
+		db.getRefDatabase().getRefs().forEach(bw::include);
+		List<CachedPack> packs = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (DfsPackFile p : db.getObjectDatabase().getPacks()) {
+			packs.add(new DfsCachedPack(p));
+		}
+		bw.addObjectsAsIs(packs);
+		bw.writeBundle(pm, os);
+	}
+
+	private DfsBundleWriter() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
index 9e40949..3e4b5df 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
@@ -756,6 +756,19 @@
 
 	/**
 	 * Prepare the list of objects to be written to the pack stream.
+	 *
+	 * <p>
+	 * PackWriter will concat and write out the specified packs as-is.
+	 *
+	 * @param c
+	 *            cached packs to be written.
+	 */
+	public void preparePack(Collection<? extends CachedPack> c) {
+		cachedPacks.addAll(c);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare the list of objects to be written to the pack stream.
 	 * <p>
 	 * Basing on these 2 sets, another set of objects to put in a pack file is
 	 * created: this set consists of all objects reachable (ancestors) from
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
index 506d333..6c217fd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@
 		final int modeO = tw.getRawMode(T_OURS);
 		final int modeT = tw.getRawMode(T_THEIRS);
 		final int modeB = tw.getRawMode(T_BASE);
-
+		boolean gitLinkMerging = isGitLink(modeO) || isGitLink(modeT)
+				|| isGitLink(modeB);
 		if (modeO == 0 && modeT == 0 && modeB == 0)
 			// File is either untracked or new, staged but uncommitted
 			return true;
@@ -737,31 +738,28 @@
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			boolean gitlinkConflict = isGitLink(modeO) || isGitLink(modeT);
-			// Don't attempt to resolve submodule link conflicts
-			if (gitlinkConflict || !attributes.canBeContentMerged()) {
+			if (gitLinkMerging && ignoreConflicts) {
+				// Always select 'ours' in case of GITLINK merge failures so
+				// a caller can use virtual commit.
+				add(tw.getRawPath(), ours, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_0, EPOCH, 0);
+				return true;
+			} else if (gitLinkMerging) {
+				add(tw.getRawPath(), base, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_1, EPOCH, 0);
+				add(tw.getRawPath(), ours, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_2, EPOCH, 0);
+				add(tw.getRawPath(), theirs, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_3, EPOCH, 0);
+				MergeResult<SubmoduleConflict> result = createGitLinksMergeResult(
+						base, ours, theirs);
+				result.setContainsConflicts(true);
+				mergeResults.put(tw.getPathString(), result);
+				unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
+				return true;
+			} else if (!attributes.canBeContentMerged()) {
 				add(tw.getRawPath(), base, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_1, EPOCH, 0);
 				add(tw.getRawPath(), ours, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_2, EPOCH, 0);
 				add(tw.getRawPath(), theirs, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_3, EPOCH, 0);
 
-				if (gitlinkConflict) {
-					MergeResult<SubmoduleConflict> result = new MergeResult<>(
-							Arrays.asList(
-									new SubmoduleConflict(base == null ? null
-											: base.getEntryObjectId()),
-									new SubmoduleConflict(ours == null ? null
-											: ours.getEntryObjectId()),
-									new SubmoduleConflict(theirs == null ? null
-											: theirs.getEntryObjectId())));
-					result.setContainsConflicts(true);
-					mergeResults.put(tw.getPathString(), result);
-					if (!ignoreConflicts) {
-						unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
-					}
-				} else {
-					// attribute merge issues are conflicts but not failures
-					unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
-				}
+				// attribute merge issues are conflicts but not failures
+				unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
 				return true;
 			}
 
@@ -786,45 +784,73 @@
 			// OURS or THEIRS has been deleted
 			if (((modeO != 0 && !tw.idEqual(T_BASE, T_OURS)) || (modeT != 0 && !tw
 					.idEqual(T_BASE, T_THEIRS)))) {
-				MergeResult<RawText> result = contentMerge(base, ours, theirs,
-						attributes);
-
-				if (ignoreConflicts) {
-					// In case a conflict is detected the working tree file is
-					// again filled with new content (containing conflict
-					// markers). But also stage 0 of the index is filled with
-					// that content.
-					result.setContainsConflicts(false);
-					updateIndex(base, ours, theirs, result, attributes);
-				} else {
+				if (gitLinkMerging && ignoreConflicts) {
+					add(tw.getRawPath(), ours, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_0, EPOCH, 0);
+				} else if (gitLinkMerging) {
 					add(tw.getRawPath(), base, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_1, EPOCH, 0);
 					add(tw.getRawPath(), ours, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_2, EPOCH, 0);
-					DirCacheEntry e = add(tw.getRawPath(), theirs,
-							DirCacheEntry.STAGE_3, EPOCH, 0);
+					add(tw.getRawPath(), theirs, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_3, EPOCH, 0);
+					MergeResult<SubmoduleConflict> result = createGitLinksMergeResult(
+							base, ours, theirs);
+					result.setContainsConflicts(true);
+					mergeResults.put(tw.getPathString(), result);
+					unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
+				} else {
+					MergeResult<RawText> result = contentMerge(base, ours,
+							theirs, attributes);
 
-					// OURS was deleted checkout THEIRS
-					if (modeO == 0) {
-						// Check worktree before checking out THEIRS
-						if (isWorktreeDirty(work, ourDce)) {
-							return false;
-						}
-						if (nonTree(modeT)) {
-							if (e != null) {
-								addToCheckout(tw.getPathString(), e, attributes);
+					if (ignoreConflicts) {
+						// In case a conflict is detected the working tree file
+						// is again filled with new content (containing conflict
+						// markers). But also stage 0 of the index is filled
+						// with that content.
+						result.setContainsConflicts(false);
+						updateIndex(base, ours, theirs, result, attributes);
+					} else {
+						add(tw.getRawPath(), base, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_1, EPOCH,
+								0);
+						add(tw.getRawPath(), ours, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_2, EPOCH,
+								0);
+						DirCacheEntry e = add(tw.getRawPath(), theirs,
+								DirCacheEntry.STAGE_3, EPOCH, 0);
+
+						// OURS was deleted checkout THEIRS
+						if (modeO == 0) {
+							// Check worktree before checking out THEIRS
+							if (isWorktreeDirty(work, ourDce)) {
+								return false;
+							}
+							if (nonTree(modeT)) {
+								if (e != null) {
+									addToCheckout(tw.getPathString(), e,
+											attributes);
+								}
 							}
 						}
+
+						unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
+
+						// generate a MergeResult for the deleted file
+						mergeResults.put(tw.getPathString(), result);
 					}
-
-					unmergedPaths.add(tw.getPathString());
-
-					// generate a MergeResult for the deleted file
-					mergeResults.put(tw.getPathString(), result);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private static MergeResult<SubmoduleConflict> createGitLinksMergeResult(
+			CanonicalTreeParser base, CanonicalTreeParser ours,
+			CanonicalTreeParser theirs) {
+		return new MergeResult<>(Arrays.asList(
+				new SubmoduleConflict(
+						base == null ? null : base.getEntryObjectId()),
+				new SubmoduleConflict(
+						ours == null ? null : ours.getEntryObjectId()),
+				new SubmoduleConflict(
+						theirs == null ? null : theirs.getEntryObjectId())));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Does the content merge. The three texts base, ours and theirs are
 	 * specified with {@link CanonicalTreeParser}. If any of the parsers is
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java
index 57eed3a..e1aa9d7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.CachedPack;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.PackWriter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
@@ -62,6 +66,8 @@
 
 	private final Set<ObjectId> tagTargets;
 
+	private final List<CachedPack> cachedPacks = new ArrayList<>();
+
 	private PackConfig packConfig;
 
 	private ObjectCountCallback callback;
@@ -150,6 +156,25 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Add objects to the bundle file.
+	 *
+	 * <p>
+	 * When this method is used, object traversal is disabled and specified pack
+	 * files are directly saved to the Git bundle file.
+	 *
+	 * <p>
+	 * Unlike {@link #include}, this doesn't affect the refs. Even if the
+	 * objects are not reachable from any ref, they will be included in the
+	 * bundle file.
+	 *
+	 * @param c
+	 *            pack to include
+	 */
+	public void addObjectsAsIs(Collection<? extends CachedPack> c) {
+		cachedPacks.addAll(c);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Assume a commit is available on the recipient's side.
 	 * <p>
 	 * In order to fetch from a bundle the recipient must have any assumed
@@ -187,19 +212,24 @@
 		try (PackWriter packWriter = newPackWriter()) {
 			packWriter.setObjectCountCallback(callback);
 
-			final HashSet<ObjectId> inc = new HashSet<>();
-			final HashSet<ObjectId> exc = new HashSet<>();
-			inc.addAll(include.values());
-			for (RevCommit r : assume)
-				exc.add(r.getId());
 			packWriter.setIndexDisabled(true);
 			packWriter.setDeltaBaseAsOffset(true);
-			packWriter.setThin(!exc.isEmpty());
 			packWriter.setReuseValidatingObjects(false);
-			if (exc.isEmpty()) {
-				packWriter.setTagTargets(tagTargets);
+			if (cachedPacks.isEmpty()) {
+				HashSet<ObjectId> inc = new HashSet<>();
+				HashSet<ObjectId> exc = new HashSet<>();
+				inc.addAll(include.values());
+				for (RevCommit r : assume) {
+					exc.add(r.getId());
+				}
+				if (exc.isEmpty()) {
+					packWriter.setTagTargets(tagTargets);
+				}
+				packWriter.setThin(!exc.isEmpty());
+				packWriter.preparePack(monitor, inc, exc);
+			} else {
+				packWriter.preparePack(cachedPacks);
 			}
-			packWriter.preparePack(monitor, inc, exc);
 
 			final Writer w = new OutputStreamWriter(os, UTF_8);
 			w.write(TransportBundle.V2_BUNDLE_SIGNATURE);