diff --git a/commitupdates b/commitupdates
index db05782c..bde57e23 100755
--- a/commitupdates
+++ b/commitupdates
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+commands=()
+
 while read line; do
     if [[ "$line" == *M*metadata/*.txt ]]; then
         file=${line##* }
@@ -26,8 +28,11 @@ while read line; do
         [ -d metadata/$id ] && extra=metadata/$id
         [ -n "$name" ] && id="$name ($id)"
 
-        echo "> git commit -m \"Update $id to $version ($vercode)\" -- $file $extra"
-        git commit -m "Update $id to $version ($vercode)" -- $file $extra
+        commands+=("git commit -m 'Update $id to $version ($vercode)' -e -- $file $extra")
     fi
 done < <(git status --porcelain)
 
+for cmd in "${commands[@]}"; do
+    eval "$cmd"
+done
+
diff --git a/completion/bash-completion b/completion/bash-completion
index e254ec28..537cbd3c 100644
--- a/completion/bash-completion
+++ b/completion/bash-completion
@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@
 #   alias fbuild='fdroid build'
 #   complete -F _fdroid_build fbuild
 #
-# There's also a completion function made for aliases to 'fdroid build -p':
+# There are also completion function for '-p com.some.app' aliases:
 #
-#   alias fbld='fdroid build -p'
+#   alias fbld='fdroid build -v -l -p'
 #   complete -F _fdroid_build_project fbld
+#
+#   alias fcheckup='fdroid checkupdates -v -p'
+#   complete -F _fdroid_checkupdates_project fcheckup
+#
+# This way, one can simply do 'fbld com.some.app' or 'fcheckup com.some.app'
 
 __package() {
     [[ -d ./metadata ]] || return 0
     files=( metadata/*.txt )
-    files=( ${files[@]/metadata\//} )
-    files=${files[@]/.txt/}
+    files=( ${files[@]#metadata/} )
+    files=${files[@]%.txt}
     COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$files" -- $cur ) )
 }
 
@@ -197,6 +202,15 @@ _fdroid_build_project() {
     __complete_build
 }
 
+_fdroid_checkupdates_project() {
+    local cur prev cmds opts lopts aliased
+    __fdroid_init
+    aliased=true
+    (( $COMP_CWORD == 1 )) && prev="-p"
+
+    __complete_checkupdates
+}
+
 complete -F _fdroid fdroid
 
 return 0
diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi
index 924ecff9..4168c505 100644
--- a/docs/fdroid.texi
+++ b/docs/fdroid.texi
@@ -1077,8 +1077,9 @@ are known to forget to tag releases. Like RepoManifest, it will not return the
 correct value if the directory containing the AndroidManifest.xml has moved.
 Despite these caveats, it is the often the favourite update check mode. 
 
-It currently only works for git and git-svn repositories. In the case of the
-latter, the repo URL must encode the path to the trunk and tags.
+It currently only works for git, hg and git-svn repositories. In the case of
+the latter, the repo URL must encode the path to the trunk and tags or else no
+tags will be found.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Auto Update Mode
diff --git a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
index a1ba9586..9c39a2b3 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def check_tags(app, sdk_path):
             build_dir = os.path.join('build/', app['id'])
             repotype = app['Repo Type']
 
-        if repotype not in ('git', 'git-svn'):
-            return (None, 'Tags update mode only works for git and git-svn repositories currently')
+        if repotype not in ('git', 'git-svn', 'hg'):
+            return (None, 'Tags update mode only works for git, hg and git-svn repositories currently')
 
         # Set up vcs interface and make sure we have the latest code...
         vcs = common.getvcs(app['Repo Type'], app['Repo'], build_dir, sdk_path)
diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index d418f790..50319c3c 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ class vcs_hg(vcs):
                     cwd=self.local) != 0:
                 raise VCSException("Hg checkout failed")
 
+    def gettags(self):
+        p = subprocess.Popen(['hg', 'tags', '-q'],
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=self.local)
+        return p.communicate()[0].splitlines()[1:]
+
 
 class vcs_bzr(vcs):
 
@@ -459,8 +464,6 @@ def parse_metadata(metafile, **kw):
         if not isinstance(metafile, file):
             metafile = open(metafile, "r")
         thisinfo['id'] = metafile.name[9:-4]
-        if kw.get("verbose", False):
-            print "Reading metadata for " + thisinfo['id']
     else:
         thisinfo['id'] = None
 
@@ -669,7 +672,11 @@ def write_metadata(dest, app):
 def read_metadata(verbose=False, xref=True):
     apps = []
     for metafile in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join('metadata', '*.txt'))):
-        apps.append(parse_metadata(metafile, verbose=verbose))
+        try:
+            appinfo = parse_metadata(metafile, verbose=verbose)
+        except Exception, e:
+            raise MetaDataException("Problem reading metadata file %s: - %s" % (metafile, str(e)))
+        apps.append(appinfo)
 
     if xref:
         # Parse all descriptions at load time, just to ensure cross-referencing