diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt
index 55b728632c..14af37c3f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ information.
 
 * `data` can be anything the `fn` callback would want to use.
 
+* `show_all_errors` tells whether to stop at the first error or not.
+
 Initializing
 ------------
 
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 22bf47cb6f..894bb84db5 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
 		topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 		topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
+		topts.show_all_errors = 1;
 		tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
 					   old->commit->object.sha1 :
 					   (unsigned char *)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index de5a0f6292..1bcf7fd9d5 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *head, const unsigned char *remote
 	opts.verbose_update = 1;
 	opts.merge = 1;
 	opts.fn = twoway_merge;
+	opts.show_all_errors = 1;
 	set_porcelain_error_msgs(opts.msgs, "merge");
 
 	trees[nr_trees] = parse_tree_indirect(head);
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 697d948e85..10392d9661 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1184,29 +1184,42 @@ void set_porcelain_error_msgs(const char **msgs, const char *cmd)
 	char *tmp;
 	const char *cmd2 = strcmp(cmd, "checkout") ? cmd : "switch branches";
 	if (advice_commit_before_merge)
-		msg = "Your local changes to '%%s' would be overwritten by %s.  Aborting.\n"
+		msg = "Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by %s:\n%%s"
 			"Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can %s.";
 	else
-		msg = "Your local changes to '%%s' would be overwritten by %s.  Aborting.";
-	tmp = xmalloc(strlen(msg) + strlen(cmd) + strlen(cmd2) - 3);
+		msg = "Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by %s:\n%%s";
+	tmp = xmalloc(strlen(msg) + strlen(cmd) + strlen(cmd2) - 2);
 	sprintf(tmp, msg, cmd, cmd2);
 	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_OVERWRITE] = tmp;
 	msgs[ERROR_NOT_UPTODATE_FILE] = tmp;
 
 	msgs[ERROR_NOT_UPTODATE_DIR] =
-		"Updating '%s' would lose untracked files in it.  Aborting.";
+		"Updating the following directories would lose untracked files in it:\n%s";
 
 	if (advice_commit_before_merge)
-		msg = "Untracked working tree file '%%s' would be %s by %s.  Aborting"
+		msg = "The following untracked working tree files would be %s by %s:\n%%s"
 			"Please move or remove them before you can %s.";
 	else
-		msg = "Untracked working tree file '%%s' would be %s by %s.  Aborting";
+		msg = "The following untracked working tree files would be %s by %s:\n%%s";
 	tmp = xmalloc(strlen(msg) + strlen(cmd) + strlen("removed") + strlen(cmd2) - 4);
 	sprintf(tmp, msg, "removed", cmd, cmd2);
 	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_LOSE_UNTRACKED_REMOVED] = tmp;
 	tmp = xmalloc(strlen(msg) + strlen(cmd) + strlen("overwritten") + strlen(cmd2) - 4);
 	sprintf(tmp, msg, "overwritten", cmd, cmd2);
 	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_LOSE_UNTRACKED_OVERWRITTEN] = tmp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Special case: ERROR_BIND_OVERLAP refers to a pair of paths, we
+	 * cannot easily display it as a list.
+	 */
+	msgs[ERROR_BIND_OVERLAP] = "Entry '%s' overlaps with '%s'.  Cannot bind.";
+
+	msgs[ERROR_SPARSE_NOT_UPTODATE_FILE] =
+		"Cannot update sparse checkout: the following entries are not up-to-date:\n%s";
+	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_LOSE_ORPHANED_OVERWRITTEN] =
+		"The following Working tree files would be overwritten by sparse checkout update:\n%s";
+	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_LOSE_ORPHANED_REMOVED] =
+		"The following Working tree files would be removed by sparse checkout update:\n%s";
 }
 
 int merge_trees(struct merge_options *o,
diff --git a/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh b/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
index d541544537..efe2900a37 100755
--- a/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
+++ b/t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fail if the index has unresolved entries' '
 	grep "You have not concluded your merge" out &&
 	rm -f .git/MERGE_HEAD &&
 	test_must_fail git merge "$c5" 2> out &&
-	grep "Your local changes to .* would be overwritten by merge." out
+	grep "Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:" out
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'merge-recursive remove conflict' '
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index d98c7b5571..45ef282815 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase a single mode change' '
 test_expect_success 'Show verbose error when HEAD could not be detached' '
      : > B &&
      test_must_fail git rebase topic 2> output.err > output.out &&
-     grep "Untracked working tree file .B. would be overwritten" output.err
+     grep "The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout:" output.err &&
+     grep B output.err
 '
 rm -f B
 
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 47ca88fc52..0eb21cbdee 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ test_expect_success 'abort with error when new base cannot be checked out' '
 	git rm --cached file1 &&
 	git commit -m "remove file in base" &&
 	test_must_fail git rebase -i master > output 2>&1 &&
-	grep "Untracked working tree file .file1. would be overwritten" \
+	grep "The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout:" \
 		output &&
+	grep "file1" output &&
 	! test -d .git/rebase-merge &&
 	git reset --hard HEAD^
 '
diff --git a/tree-walk.c b/tree-walk.c
index 67a9a0c5a5..a9bbf4e235 100644
--- a/tree-walk.c
+++ b/tree-walk.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
+#include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 
 static const char *get_mode(const char *str, unsigned int *modep)
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ static void free_extended_entry(struct tree_desc_x *t)
 int traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, struct traverse_info *info)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	int error = 0;
 	struct name_entry *entry = xmalloc(n*sizeof(*entry));
 	int i;
 	struct tree_desc_x *tx = xcalloc(n, sizeof(*tx));
@@ -377,8 +379,11 @@ int traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, struct traverse_info *info)
 		if (!mask)
 			break;
 		ret = info->fn(n, mask, dirmask, entry, info);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			error = ret;
+			if (!info->show_all_errors)
+				break;
+		}
 		mask &= ret;
 		ret = 0;
 		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
@@ -389,7 +394,7 @@ int traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, struct traverse_info *info)
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		free_extended_entry(tx + i);
 	free(tx);
-	return ret;
+	return error;
 }
 
 static int find_tree_entry(struct tree_desc *t, const char *name, unsigned char *result, unsigned *mode)
diff --git a/tree-walk.h b/tree-walk.h
index 42110a465f..88ea7e9298 100644
--- a/tree-walk.h
+++ b/tree-walk.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct traverse_info {
 	unsigned long conflicts;
 	traverse_callback_t fn;
 	void *data;
+	int show_all_errors;
 };
 
 int get_tree_entry(const unsigned char *, const char *, unsigned char *, unsigned *);
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 342f5ec224..7b10f92fa4 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -64,6 +64,73 @@ static void add_entry(struct unpack_trees_options *o, struct cache_entry *ce,
 	add_index_entry(&o->result, new, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD|ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
 }
 
+/*
+ * add error messages on path <path>
+ * corresponding to the type <e> with the message <msg>
+ * indicating if it should be display in porcelain or not
+ */
+static int add_rejected_path(struct unpack_trees_options *o,
+			     enum unpack_trees_error_types e,
+			     const char *path)
+{
+	struct rejected_paths_list *newentry;
+	int porcelain = o && (o)->msgs[e];
+	/*
+	 * simply display the given error message if in plumbing mode
+	 */
+	if (!porcelain)
+		o->show_all_errors = 0;
+	if (!o->show_all_errors)
+		return error(ERRORMSG(o, e), path);
+
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise, insert in a list for future display by
+	 * display_error_msgs()
+	 */
+	newentry = xmalloc(sizeof(struct rejected_paths_list));
+	newentry->path = (char *)path;
+	newentry->next = o->unpack_rejects[e];
+	o->unpack_rejects[e] = newentry;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * free all the structures allocated for the error <e>
+ */
+static void free_rejected_paths(struct unpack_trees_options *o,
+				enum unpack_trees_error_types e)
+{
+	while (o->unpack_rejects[e]) {
+		struct rejected_paths_list *del = o->unpack_rejects[e];
+		o->unpack_rejects[e] = o->unpack_rejects[e]->next;
+		free(del);
+	}
+	free(o->unpack_rejects[e]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * display all the error messages stored in a nice way
+ */
+static void display_error_msgs(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
+{
+	int e;
+	int something_displayed = 0;
+	for (e = 0; e < NB_UNPACK_TREES_ERROR_TYPES; e++) {
+		if (o->unpack_rejects[e]) {
+			struct rejected_paths_list *rp;
+			struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+			something_displayed = 1;
+			for (rp = o->unpack_rejects[e]; rp; rp = rp->next)
+				strbuf_addf(&path, "\t%s\n", rp->path);
+			error(ERRORMSG(o, e), path.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&path);
+			free_rejected_paths(o, e);
+		}
+	}
+	if (something_displayed)
+		printf("Aborting\n");
+}
+
 /*
  * Unlink the last component and schedule the leading directories for
  * removal, such that empty directories get removed.
@@ -755,6 +822,7 @@ int unpack_trees(unsigned len, struct tree_desc *t, struct unpack_trees_options
 		setup_traverse_info(&info, prefix);
 		info.fn = unpack_callback;
 		info.data = o;
+		info.show_all_errors = o->show_all_errors;
 
 		if (o->prefix) {
 			/*
@@ -834,6 +902,8 @@ done:
 	return ret;
 
 return_failed:
+	if (o->show_all_errors)
+		display_error_msgs(o);
 	mark_all_ce_unused(o->src_index);
 	ret = unpack_failed(o, NULL);
 	goto done;
@@ -843,7 +913,7 @@ return_failed:
 
 static int reject_merge(struct cache_entry *ce, struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 {
-	return error(ERRORMSG(o, ERROR_WOULD_OVERWRITE), ce->name);
+	return add_rejected_path(o, ERROR_WOULD_OVERWRITE, ce->name);
 }
 
 static int same(struct cache_entry *a, struct cache_entry *b)
@@ -890,7 +960,7 @@ static int verify_uptodate_1(struct cache_entry *ce,
 	if (errno == ENOENT)
 		return 0;
 	return o->gently ? -1 :
-		error(ERRORMSG(o, error_type), ce->name);
+		add_rejected_path(o, error_type, ce->name);
 }
 
 static int verify_uptodate(struct cache_entry *ce,
@@ -993,7 +1063,7 @@ static int verify_clean_subdirectory(struct cache_entry *ce,
 	i = read_directory(&d, pathbuf, namelen+1, NULL);
 	if (i)
 		return o->gently ? -1 :
-			error(ERRORMSG(o, ERROR_NOT_UPTODATE_DIR), ce->name);
+			add_rejected_path(o, ERROR_NOT_UPTODATE_DIR, ce->name);
 	free(pathbuf);
 	return cnt;
 }
@@ -1075,7 +1145,7 @@ static int verify_absent_1(struct cache_entry *ce,
 		}
 
 		return o->gently ? -1 :
-			error(ERRORMSG(o, error_type), ce->name);
+			add_rejected_path(o, error_type, ce->name);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/unpack-trees.h b/unpack-trees.h
index 8be6b3cca9..6e049b0997 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.h
+++ b/unpack-trees.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ enum unpack_trees_error_types {
 	NB_UNPACK_TREES_ERROR_TYPES
 };
 
+struct rejected_paths_list {
+	char *path;
+	struct rejected_paths_list *next;
+};
+
 struct unpack_trees_options {
 	unsigned int reset,
 		     merge,
@@ -36,12 +41,18 @@ struct unpack_trees_options {
 		     diff_index_cached,
 		     debug_unpack,
 		     skip_sparse_checkout,
-		     gently;
+		     gently,
+		     show_all_errors;
 	const char *prefix;
 	int cache_bottom;
 	struct dir_struct *dir;
 	merge_fn_t fn;
 	const char *msgs[NB_UNPACK_TREES_ERROR_TYPES];
+	/*
+	 * Store error messages in an array, each case
+	 * corresponding to a error message type
+	 */
+	struct rejected_paths_list *unpack_rejects[NB_UNPACK_TREES_ERROR_TYPES];
 
 	int head_idx;
 	int merge_size;