@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
 )
 
 
-execute_kwargs = set(('istream', 'with_keep_cwd', 'with_extended_output',
+execute_kwargs = set(('istream', 'with_extended_output',
                       'with_exceptions', 'as_process', 'stdout_as_string',
                       'output_stream', 'with_stdout', 'kill_after_timeout',
                       'universal_newlines', 'shell'))
 
-log = logging.getLogger('git.cmd')
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
 __all__ = ('Git',)
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ def version_info(self):
 
     def execute(self, command,
                 istream=None,
-                with_keep_cwd=False,
                 with_extended_output=False,
                 with_exceptions=True,
                 as_process=False,
@@ -441,11 +440,6 @@ def execute(self, command,
         :param istream:
             Standard input filehandle passed to subprocess.Popen.
 
-        :param with_keep_cwd:
-            Whether to use the current working directory from os.getcwd().
-            The cmd otherwise uses its own working_dir that it has been initialized
-            with if possible.
-
         :param with_extended_output:
             Whether to return a (status, stdout, stderr) tuple.
 
@@ -518,10 +512,7 @@ def execute(self, command,
             log.info(' '.join(command))
 
         # Allow the user to have the command executed in their working dir.
-        if with_keep_cwd or self._working_dir is None:
-            cwd = os.getcwd()
-        else:
-            cwd = self._working_dir
+        cwd = self._working_dir or os.getcwd()
 
         # Start the process
         env = os.environ.copy()
 
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import re
+import logging
 from collections import namedtuple
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 DefaultDBType = GitCmdObjectDB
 if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 5):     # python 2.4 compatiblity
     DefaultDBType = GitCmdObjectDB
@@ -871,46 +874,15 @@ def _clone(cls, git, url, path, odb_default_type, progress, **kwargs):
         if progress is not None:
             progress = to_progress_instance(progress)
 
-        # special handling for windows for path at which the clone should be
-        # created.
-        # tilde '~' will be expanded to the HOME no matter where the ~ occours. Hence
-        # we at least give a proper error instead of letting git fail
-        prev_cwd = None
-        prev_path = None
         odbt = kwargs.pop('odbt', odb_default_type)
-        if is_win:
-            if '~' in path:
-                raise OSError("Git cannot handle the ~ character in path %r correctly" % path)
-
-            # on windows, git will think paths like c: are relative and prepend the
-            # current working dir ( before it fails ). We temporarily adjust the working
-            # dir to make this actually work
-            match = re.match("(\w:[/\\\])(.*)", path)
-            if match:
-                prev_cwd = os.getcwd()
-                prev_path = path
-                drive, rest_of_path = match.groups()
-                os.chdir(drive)
-                path = rest_of_path
-                kwargs['with_keep_cwd'] = True
-            # END cwd preparation
-        # END windows handling
-
-        try:
-            proc = git.clone(url, path, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True,
-                             v=True, **add_progress(kwargs, git, progress))
-            if progress:
-                handle_process_output(proc, None, progress.new_message_handler(), finalize_process)
-            else:
-                (stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()  # FIXME: Will block of outputs are big!
-                finalize_process(proc, stderr=stderr)
-            # end handle progress
-        finally:
-            if prev_cwd is not None:
-                os.chdir(prev_cwd)
-                path = prev_path
-            # END reset previous working dir
-        # END bad windows handling
+        proc = git.clone(url, path, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True,
+                         v=True, **add_progress(kwargs, git, progress))
+        if progress:
+            handle_process_output(proc, None, progress.new_message_handler(), finalize_process)
+        else:
+            (stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()  # FIXME: Will block of outputs are big!
+            log.debug("Cmd(%s)'s unused stdout: %s", getattr(proc, 'args', ''), stdout)
+            finalize_process(proc, stderr=stderr)
 
         # our git command could have a different working dir than our actual
         # environment, hence we prepend its working dir if required
@@ -922,7 +894,7 @@ def _clone(cls, git, url, path, odb_default_type, progress, **kwargs):
         # that contains the remote from which we were clones, git stops liking it
         # as it will escape the backslashes. Hence we undo the escaping just to be
         # sure
-        repo = cls(os.path.abspath(path), odbt=odbt)
+        repo = cls(path, odbt=odbt)
         if repo.remotes:
             with repo.remotes[0].config_writer as writer:
                 writer.set_value('url', repo.remotes[0].url.replace("\\\\", "\\").replace("\\", "/"))