diff --git a/examples/network/Makefile b/examples/network/Makefile
index 835be24cc..ef3cec659 100644
--- a/examples/network/Makefile
+++ b/examples/network/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ default: all
 
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS += -g
-CFLAGS += -I../../include -L../../build -L../.. -lgit2 -lpthread
+CFLAGS += -I../../include
+LDFLAGS += -L../../build -L../.. -lgit2 -lpthread
 
 OBJECTS = \
   git2.o \
@@ -12,4 +13,4 @@ OBJECTS = \
   index-pack.o
 
 all: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o git2 $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o git2 $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/examples/network/clone.c b/examples/network/clone.c
index 791600171..30a4944c2 100644
--- a/examples/network/clone.c
+++ b/examples/network/clone.c
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ static void print_progress(const progress_data *pd)
 		? (100 * pd->completed_steps) / pd->total_steps
 		: 0.f;
 	int kbytes = pd->fetch_progress.received_bytes / 1024;
-	printf("net %3d%% (%4d kb, %5d/%5d)  /  idx %3d%% (%5d/%5d)  /  chk %3d%% (%4lu/%4lu) %s\n",
-			network_percent, kbytes,
-			pd->fetch_progress.received_objects, pd->fetch_progress.total_objects,
-			index_percent, pd->fetch_progress.indexed_objects, pd->fetch_progress.total_objects,
-			checkout_percent, pd->completed_steps, pd->total_steps,
-			pd->path);
+
+	printf("net %3d%% (%4d kb, %5d/%5d)  /  idx %3d%% (%5d/%5d)  /  chk %3d%% (%4" PRIuZ "/%4" PRIuZ ") %s\n",
+		   network_percent, kbytes,
+		   pd->fetch_progress.received_objects, pd->fetch_progress.total_objects,
+		   index_percent, pd->fetch_progress.indexed_objects, pd->fetch_progress.total_objects,
+		   checkout_percent,
+		   pd->completed_steps, pd->total_steps,
+		   pd->path);
 }
 
 static void fetch_progress(const git_transfer_progress *stats, void *payload)
@@ -47,13 +49,15 @@ static void checkout_progress(const char *path, size_t cur, size_t tot, void *pa
 
 int do_clone(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	progress_data pd = {0};
+	progress_data pd;
 	git_repository *cloned_repo = NULL;
-	git_checkout_opts checkout_opts = {0};
+	git_checkout_opts checkout_opts;
 	const char *url = argv[1];
 	const char *path = argv[2];
 	int error;
 
+	(void)repo; // unused
+
 	// Validate args
 	if (argc < 3) {
 		printf ("USAGE: %s <url> <path>\n", argv[0]);
@@ -61,8 +65,10 @@ int do_clone(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	// Set up options
-	checkout_opts.checkout_strategy = GIT_CHECKOUT_CREATE_MISSING;
+	memset(&checkout_opts, 0, sizeof(checkout_opts));
+	checkout_opts.checkout_strategy = GIT_CHECKOUT_SAFE;
 	checkout_opts.progress_cb = checkout_progress;
+	memset(&pd, 0, sizeof(pd));
 	checkout_opts.progress_payload = &pd;
 
 	// Do the clone
diff --git a/examples/network/common.h b/examples/network/common.h
index c82eaa1c8..a4cfa1a7e 100644
--- a/examples/network/common.h
+++ b/examples/network/common.h
@@ -12,4 +12,13 @@ int fetch(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv);
 int index_pack(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv);
 int do_clone(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv);
 
+#ifndef PRIuZ
+/* Define the printf format specifer to use for size_t output */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+#	define PRIuZ "Iu"
+#else
+#	define PRIuZ "zu"
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __COMMON_H__ */
diff --git a/examples/network/fetch.c b/examples/network/fetch.c
index 496498e8c..9d1404ab4 100644
--- a/examples/network/fetch.c
+++ b/examples/network/fetch.c
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ int fetch(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 		usleep(10000);
 
 		if (stats->total_objects > 0)
-			printf("Received %d/%d objects (%d) in %d bytes\r",
+			printf("Received %d/%d objects (%d) in %" PRIuZ " bytes\r",
 			       stats->received_objects, stats->total_objects,
-					 stats->indexed_objects, stats->received_bytes);
+				   stats->indexed_objects, stats->received_bytes);
 	} while (!data.finished);
 
 	if (data.ret < 0)
diff --git a/include/git2/checkout.h b/include/git2/checkout.h
index a9314c2cb..d444450f3 100644
--- a/include/git2/checkout.h
+++ b/include/git2/checkout.h
@@ -124,16 +124,20 @@ typedef enum {
 	/** Only update existing files, don't create new ones */
 	GIT_CHECKOUT_UPDATE_ONLY = (1u << 6),
 
-	/** Allow checkout to skip unmerged files */
+	/**
+	 * THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
+	 */
+
+	/** Allow checkout to skip unmerged files (NOT IMPLEMENTED) */
 	GIT_CHECKOUT_SKIP_UNMERGED = (1u << 10),
-	/** For unmerged files, checkout stage 2 from index */
+	/** For unmerged files, checkout stage 2 from index (NOT IMPLEMENTED) */
 	GIT_CHECKOUT_USE_OURS = (1u << 11),
-	/** For unmerged files, checkout stage 3 from index */
+	/** For unmerged files, checkout stage 3 from index (NOT IMPLEMENTED) */
 	GIT_CHECKOUT_USE_THEIRS = (1u << 12),
 
-	/** Recursively checkout submodule with same options */
+	/** Recursively checkout submodules with same options (NOT IMPLEMENTED) */
 	GIT_CHECKOUT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES = (1u << 16),
-	/** Recursively checkout submodules only if HEAD moved in super repo */
+	/** Recursively checkout submodules if HEAD moved in super repo (NOT IMPLEMENTED) */
 	GIT_CHECKOUT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES_IF_CHANGED = (1u << 17),
 
 } git_checkout_strategy_t;
diff --git a/src/checkout.c b/src/checkout.c
index 2bad06501..8d164cfca 100644
--- a/src/checkout.c
+++ b/src/checkout.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int checkout_get_actions(
 	if ((diff->opts.flags & GIT_DIFF_DELTAS_ARE_ICASE) != 0 &&
 		!hiter->ignore_case &&
 		(error = git_iterator_spoolandsort(
-			&hiter, hiter, diff->entrycmp, true)) < 0)
+			&hiter, hiter, diff->entrycomp, true)) < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
 	if ((error = git_iterator_current(hiter, &he)) < 0)
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ static int checkout_get_actions(
 		/* try to track HEAD entries parallel to deltas */
 		while (he) {
 			cmp = S_ISDIR(delta->new_file.mode) ?
-				diff->prefixcmp(he->path, delta->new_file.path) :
-				diff->strcmp(he->path, delta->old_file.path);
+				diff->pfxcomp(he->path, delta->new_file.path) :
+				diff->strcomp(he->path, delta->old_file.path);
 			if (cmp >= 0)
 				break;
 			if (git_iterator_advance(hiter, &he) < 0)
diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index ea19d4799..6f48d72a2 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static bool entry_is_prefixed(
 {
 	size_t pathlen;
 
-	if (!prefix_item || diff->prefixcmp(prefix_item->path, item->path))
+	if (!prefix_item || diff->pfxcomp(prefix_item->path, item->path))
 		return false;
 
 	pathlen = strlen(item->path);
@@ -551,17 +551,17 @@ static int diff_list_init_from_iterators(
 	if (!old_iter->ignore_case && !new_iter->ignore_case) {
 		diff->opts.flags &= ~GIT_DIFF_DELTAS_ARE_ICASE;
 
-		diff->strcmp    = strcmp;
-		diff->strncmp   = strncmp;
-		diff->prefixcmp = git__prefixcmp;
-		diff->entrycmp  = git_index_entry__cmp;
+		diff->strcomp    = strcmp;
+		diff->strncomp   = strncmp;
+		diff->pfxcomp    = git__prefixcmp;
+		diff->entrycomp  = git_index_entry__cmp;
 	} else {
 		diff->opts.flags |= GIT_DIFF_DELTAS_ARE_ICASE;
 
-		diff->strcmp    = strcasecmp;
-		diff->strncmp   = strncasecmp;
-		diff->prefixcmp = git__prefixcmp_icase;
-		diff->entrycmp  = git_index_entry__cmp_icase;
+		diff->strcomp    = strcasecmp;
+		diff->strncomp   = strncasecmp;
+		diff->pfxcomp    = git__prefixcmp_icase;
+		diff->entrycomp  = git_index_entry__cmp_icase;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -592,12 +592,12 @@ static int diff_from_iterators(
 		 * merge join to the other iterator that is icase sorted */
 		if (!old_iter->ignore_case &&
 			git_iterator_spoolandsort(
-				&old_iter, old_iter, diff->entrycmp, true) < 0)
+				&old_iter, old_iter, diff->entrycomp, true) < 0)
 			goto fail;
 
 		if (!new_iter->ignore_case &&
 			git_iterator_spoolandsort(
-				&new_iter, new_iter, diff->entrycmp, true) < 0)
+				&new_iter, new_iter, diff->entrycomp, true) < 0)
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int diff_from_iterators(
 	while (oitem || nitem) {
 
 		/* create DELETED records for old items not matched in new */
-		if (oitem && (!nitem || diff->entrycmp(oitem, nitem) < 0)) {
+		if (oitem && (!nitem || diff->entrycomp(oitem, nitem) < 0)) {
 			if (diff_delta__from_one(diff, GIT_DELTA_DELETED, oitem) < 0)
 				goto fail;
 
@@ -634,12 +634,12 @@ static int diff_from_iterators(
 		/* create ADDED, TRACKED, or IGNORED records for new items not
 		 * matched in old (and/or descend into directories as needed)
 		 */
-		else if (nitem && (!oitem || diff->entrycmp(oitem, nitem) > 0)) {
+		else if (nitem && (!oitem || diff->entrycomp(oitem, nitem) > 0)) {
 			git_delta_t delta_type = GIT_DELTA_UNTRACKED;
 
 			/* check if contained in ignored parent directory */
 			if (git_buf_len(&ignore_prefix) &&
-				diff->prefixcmp(nitem->path, git_buf_cstr(&ignore_prefix)) == 0)
+				diff->pfxcomp(nitem->path, git_buf_cstr(&ignore_prefix)) == 0)
 				delta_type = GIT_DELTA_IGNORED;
 
 			if (S_ISDIR(nitem->mode)) {
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int diff_from_iterators(
 		 * (or ADDED and DELETED pair if type changed)
 		 */
 		else {
-			assert(oitem && nitem && diff->entrycmp(oitem, nitem) == 0);
+			assert(oitem && nitem && diff->entrycomp(oitem, nitem) == 0);
 
 			if (maybe_modified(old_iter, oitem, new_iter, nitem, diff) < 0 ||
 				git_iterator_advance(old_iter, &oitem) < 0 ||
diff --git a/src/diff.h b/src/diff.h
index e9d8fd5a7..1e3be7593 100644
--- a/src/diff.h
+++ b/src/diff.h
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ struct git_diff_list {
 	git_iterator_type_t new_src;
 	uint32_t diffcaps;
 
-	int (*strcmp)(const char *, const char *);
-	int (*strncmp)(const char *, const char *, size_t);
-	int (*prefixcmp)(const char *str, const char *pfx);
-	int (*entrycmp)(const void *a, const void *b);
+	int (*strcomp)(const char *, const char *);
+	int (*strncomp)(const char *, const char *, size_t);
+	int (*pfxcomp)(const char *str, const char *pfx);
+	int (*entrycomp)(const void *a, const void *b);
 };
 
 extern void git_diff__cleanup_modes(
diff --git a/src/diff_output.c b/src/diff_output.c
index 2f61540ff..46a9e02bf 100644
--- a/src/diff_output.c
+++ b/src/diff_output.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int diff_delta_is_binary_by_attr(
 		return -1;
 
 	mirror_new = (delta->new_file.path == delta->old_file.path ||
-				  strcmp(delta->new_file.path, delta->old_file.path) == 0);
+		ctxt->diff->strcomp(delta->new_file.path, delta->old_file.path) == 0);
 	if (mirror_new)
 		delta->new_file.flags |= (delta->old_file.flags & KNOWN_BINARY_FLAGS);
 	else
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int print_compact(
 	git_buf_clear(pi->buf);
 
 	if (delta->old_file.path != delta->new_file.path &&
-		strcmp(delta->old_file.path,delta->new_file.path) != 0)
+		pi->diff->strcomp(delta->old_file.path,delta->new_file.path) != 0)
 		git_buf_printf(pi->buf, "%c\t%s%c -> %s%c\n", code,
 			delta->old_file.path, old_suffix, delta->new_file.path, new_suffix);
 	else if (delta->old_file.mode != delta->new_file.mode &&