diff --git a/include/git2/checkout.h b/include/git2/checkout.h
index 313d52f76..ff1c4132a 100644
--- a/include/git2/checkout.h
+++ b/include/git2/checkout.h
@@ -21,14 +21,44 @@
  */
 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
+
+#define GIT_CHECKOUT_OVERWRITE_EXISTING 0
+#define GIT_CHECKOUT_SKIP_EXISTING 1
+
+
+typedef struct git_checkout_opts {
+	git_indexer_stats stats;
+	int existing_file_action;
+	int apply_filters;
+	int dir_mode;
+	int file_open_mode;
+} git_checkout_opts;
+
+#define GIT_CHECKOUT_DEFAULT_OPTS {  \
+	{0},                              \
+	GIT_CHECKOUT_OVERWRITE_EXISTING,  \
+	true,                             \
+	GIT_DIR_MODE,                     \
+	O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY          \
+}
+
 /**
- * Updates files in the working tree to match the version in the index.
+ * Updates files in the working tree to match the index.
  *
  * @param repo repository to check out (must be non-bare)
- * @param stats pointer to structure that receives progress information (may be NULL)
+ * @param opts specifies checkout options (may be NULL)
  * @return 0 on success, GIT_ERROR otherwise (use git_error_last for information about the error)
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_checkout_force(git_repository *repo, git_indexer_stats *stats);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_checkout_index(git_repository *repo, git_checkout_opts *opts);
+
+/**
+ * Updates files in the working tree to match the commit pointed to by HEAD.
+ *
+ * @param repo repository to check out (must be non-bare)
+ * @param opts specifies checkout options (may be NULL)
+ * @return 0 on success, GIT_ERROR otherwise (use git_error_last for information about the error)
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_checkout_head(git_repository *repo, git_checkout_opts *opts);
 
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
diff --git a/src/checkout.c b/src/checkout.c
index c2e1c4994..d5f69c648 100644
--- a/src/checkout.c
+++ b/src/checkout.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
 typedef struct tree_walk_data
 {
-	git_indexer_stats *stats;
+	git_checkout_opts *opts;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_odb *odb;
 	bool do_symlinks;
@@ -120,21 +120,21 @@ static int checkout_walker(const char *path, const git_tree_entry *entry, void *
 	}
 
 	git_buf_free(&fnbuf);
-	data->stats->processed++;
+	data->opts->stats.processed++;
 	return retcode;
 }
 
 
-int git_checkout_force(git_repository *repo, git_indexer_stats *stats)
+int git_checkout_index(git_repository *repo, git_checkout_opts *opts)
 {
 	int retcode = GIT_ERROR;
-	git_indexer_stats dummy_stats;
+	git_checkout_opts default_opts = GIT_CHECKOUT_DEFAULT_OPTS;
 	git_tree *tree;
 	tree_walk_data payload;
 	git_config *cfg;
 
 	assert(repo);
-	if (!stats) stats = &dummy_stats;
+	if (!opts) opts = &default_opts;
 
 	if (git_repository_is_bare(repo)) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "Checkout is not allowed for bare repositories");
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ int git_checkout_force(git_repository *repo, git_indexer_stats *stats)
 		git_config_free(cfg);
 	}
 
-	stats->total = stats->processed = 0;
-	payload.stats = stats;
+	opts->stats.total = opts->stats.processed = 0;
+	payload.opts = opts;
 	payload.repo = repo;
 	if (git_repository_odb(&payload.odb, repo) < 0) return GIT_ERROR;
 
-	/* TODO: stats->total is never calculated. */
+	/* TODO: opts->stats.total is never calculated. */
 
 	if (!git_repository_head_tree(&tree, repo)) {
 		/* Checkout the files */
@@ -170,4 +170,11 @@ int git_checkout_force(git_repository *repo, git_indexer_stats *stats)
 }
 
 
+int git_checkout_head(git_repository *repo, git_checkout_opts *opts)
+{
+	/* TODO */
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
 GIT_END_DECL
diff --git a/src/clone.c b/src/clone.c
index 803338ebb..7ce391136 100644
--- a/src/clone.c
+++ b/src/clone.c
@@ -161,20 +161,20 @@ static int update_head_to_remote(git_repository *repo, git_remote *remote)
 
 static int setup_remotes_and_fetch(git_repository *repo,
 											  const char *origin_url,
-											  git_indexer_stats *stats)
+											  git_indexer_stats *fetch_stats)
 {
 	int retcode = GIT_ERROR;
 	git_remote *origin = NULL;
 	git_off_t bytes = 0;
 	git_indexer_stats dummy_stats;
 
-	if (!stats) stats = &dummy_stats;
+	if (!fetch_stats) fetch_stats = &dummy_stats;
 
 	/* Create the "origin" remote */
 	if (!git_remote_add(&origin, repo, "origin", origin_url)) {
 		/* Connect and download everything */
 		if (!git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIR_FETCH)) {
-			if (!git_remote_download(origin, &bytes, stats)) {
+			if (!git_remote_download(origin, &bytes, fetch_stats)) {
 				/* Create "origin/foo" branches for all remote branches */
 				if (!git_remote_update_tips(origin, NULL)) {
 					/* Point HEAD to the same ref as the remote's head */
@@ -209,18 +209,21 @@ static bool path_is_okay(const char *path)
 static int clone_internal(git_repository **out,
 								  const char *origin_url,
 								  const char *path,
-								  git_indexer_stats *stats,
+								  git_indexer_stats *fetch_stats,
 								  int is_bare)
 {
 	int retcode = GIT_ERROR;
 	git_repository *repo = NULL;
+	git_indexer_stats dummy_stats;
+
+	if (!fetch_stats) fetch_stats = &dummy_stats;
 
 	if (!path_is_okay(path)) {
 		return GIT_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	if (!(retcode = git_repository_init(&repo, path, is_bare))) {
-		if ((retcode = setup_remotes_and_fetch(repo, origin_url, stats)) < 0) {
+		if ((retcode = setup_remotes_and_fetch(repo, origin_url, fetch_stats)) < 0) {
 			/* Failed to fetch; clean up */
 			git_repository_free(repo);
 			git_futils_rmdir_r(path, GIT_DIRREMOVAL_FILES_AND_DIRS);
@@ -236,25 +239,25 @@ static int clone_internal(git_repository **out,
 int git_clone_bare(git_repository **out,
 						 const char *origin_url,
 						 const char *dest_path,
-						 git_indexer_stats *stats)
+						 git_indexer_stats *fetch_stats)
 {
 	assert(out && origin_url && dest_path);
-	return clone_internal(out, origin_url, dest_path, stats, 1);
+	return clone_internal(out, origin_url, dest_path, fetch_stats, 1);
 }
 
 
 int git_clone(git_repository **out,
 				  const char *origin_url,
 				  const char *workdir_path,
-				  git_indexer_stats *stats)
+				  git_indexer_stats *fetch_stats,
+				  git_checkout_opts *checkout_opts)
 {
 	int retcode = GIT_ERROR;
 
 	assert(out && origin_url && workdir_path);
 
-	if (!(retcode = clone_internal(out, origin_url, workdir_path, stats, 0))) {
-		git_indexer_stats checkout_stats;
-		retcode = git_checkout_force(*out, &checkout_stats);
+	if (!(retcode = clone_internal(out, origin_url, workdir_path, fetch_stats, 0))) {
+		retcode = git_checkout_head(*out, checkout_opts);
 	}
 
 	return retcode;
diff --git a/tests-clar/checkout/checkout.c b/tests-clar/checkout/checkout.c
index 8c2b46e53..71f8f0201 100644
--- a/tests-clar/checkout/checkout.c
+++ b/tests-clar/checkout/checkout.c
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 #include "git2/checkout.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 
-#define DO_LOCAL_TEST 0
-#define DO_LIVE_NETWORK_TESTS 1
-#define LIVE_REPO_URL "http://github.com/libgit2/node-gitteh"
-
 
 static git_repository *g_repo;
 
@@ -42,12 +38,12 @@ void test_checkout_checkout__bare(void)
 {
 	cl_git_sandbox_cleanup();
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("testrepo.git");
-	cl_git_fail(git_checkout_force(g_repo, NULL));
+	cl_git_fail(git_checkout_index(g_repo, NULL));
 }
 
 void test_checkout_checkout__default(void)
 {
-	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_force(g_repo, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_index(g_repo, NULL));
 	test_file_contents("./testrepo/README", "hey there\n");
 	test_file_contents("./testrepo/branch_file.txt", "hi\nbye!\n");
 	test_file_contents("./testrepo/new.txt", "my new file\n");
@@ -61,7 +57,7 @@ void test_checkout_checkout__crlf(void)
 		"README text eol=cr\n"
 		"new.txt text eol=lf\n";
 	cl_git_mkfile("./testrepo/.gitattributes", attributes);
-	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_force(g_repo, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_index(g_repo, NULL));
 	/* test_file_contents("./testrepo/README", "hey there\n"); */
 	/* test_file_contents("./testrepo/new.txt", "my new file\n"); */
 	/* test_file_contents("./testrepo/branch_file.txt", "hi\r\nbye!\r\n"); */
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ void test_checkout_checkout__symlinks(void)
 {
 	/* First try with symlinks forced on */
 	enable_symlinks(true);
-	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_force(g_repo, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_index(g_repo, NULL));
 
 #ifdef GIT_WIN32
 	test_file_contents("./testrepo/link_to_new.txt", "new.txt");
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ void test_checkout_checkout__symlinks(void)
 	cl_git_sandbox_cleanup();
 	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("testrepo");
 	enable_symlinks(false);
-	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_force(g_repo, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_checkout_index(g_repo, NULL));
 
 	test_file_contents("./testrepo/link_to_new.txt", "new.txt");
 }
diff --git a/tests-clar/clone/clone.c b/tests-clar/clone/clone.c
index 3fba91cac..a64d5e836 100644
--- a/tests-clar/clone/clone.c
+++ b/tests-clar/clone/clone.c
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #include "git2/clone.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 
-#define DO_LIVE_NETWORK_TESTS 0
 #define DO_LOCAL_TEST 0
+#define DO_LIVE_NETWORK_TESTS 1
 #define LIVE_REPO_URL "http://github.com/libgit2/node-gitteh"
 
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void build_local_file_url(git_buf *out, const char *fixture)
 void test_clone_clone__bad_url(void)
 {
 	/* Clone should clean up the mess if the URL isn't a git repository */
-	cl_git_fail(git_clone(&g_repo, "not_a_repo", "./foo", NULL));
+	cl_git_fail(git_clone(&g_repo, "not_a_repo", "./foo", NULL, NULL));
 	cl_assert(!git_path_exists("./foo"));
 	cl_git_fail(git_clone_bare(&g_repo, "not_a_repo", "./foo.git", NULL));
 	cl_assert(!git_path_exists("./foo.git"));
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void test_clone_clone__local(void)
 	build_local_file_url(&src, cl_fixture("testrepo.git"));
 
 #if DO_LOCAL_TEST
-	cl_git_pass(git_clone(&g_repo, git_buf_cstr(&src), "./local", NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_clone(&g_repo, git_buf_cstr(&src), "./local", NULL, NULL));
 	git_repository_free(g_repo);
 	git_futils_rmdir_r("./local", GIT_DIRREMOVAL_FILES_AND_DIRS);
 	cl_git_pass(git_clone_bare(&g_repo, git_buf_cstr(&src), "./local.git", NULL));
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void test_clone_clone__network_full(void)
 #if DO_LIVE_NETWORK_TESTS
 	git_remote *origin;
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./test2", NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./test2", NULL, NULL));
 	cl_assert(!git_repository_is_bare(g_repo));
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, g_repo, "origin"));
 	git_futils_rmdir_r("./test2", GIT_DIRREMOVAL_FILES_AND_DIRS);
@@ -121,19 +121,19 @@ void test_clone_clone__already_exists(void)
 #if DO_LIVE_NETWORK_TESTS
 	/* Should pass with existing-but-empty dir */
 	p_mkdir("./foo", GIT_DIR_MODE);
-	cl_git_pass(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./foo", NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./foo", NULL, NULL));
 	git_repository_free(g_repo); g_repo = NULL;
 	git_futils_rmdir_r("./foo", GIT_DIRREMOVAL_FILES_AND_DIRS);
 #endif
 
 	/* Should fail with a file */
 	cl_git_mkfile("./foo", "Bar!");
-	cl_git_fail(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./foo", NULL));
+	cl_git_fail(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./foo", NULL, NULL));
 	git_futils_rmdir_r("./foo", GIT_DIRREMOVAL_FILES_AND_DIRS);
 
 	/* Should fail with existing-and-nonempty dir */
 	p_mkdir("./foo", GIT_DIR_MODE);
 	cl_git_mkfile("./foo/bar", "Baz!");
-	cl_git_fail(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./foo", NULL));
+	cl_git_fail(git_clone(&g_repo, LIVE_REPO_URL, "./foo", NULL, NULL));
 	git_futils_rmdir_r("./foo", GIT_DIRREMOVAL_FILES_AND_DIRS);
 }