diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 982e7648..a30dfb2e 100755
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ usage: up
         for i in p.filenamelist:
             if p.status(i) == 'M':
                 saved_modifiedfiles.append(i)
+        oldp = p
         p.update_filesmeta()
         p = Package(p.dir)
 
@@ -357,7 +358,10 @@ usage: up
         for filename in p.filenamelist:
 
             state = p.status(filename)
-            if state == 'M' and filename in saved_modifiedfiles:
+            if p.findfilebyname(filename).md5 == oldp.findfilebyname(filename).md5:
+                # no merge necessary... local file is changed, but upstream isn't
+                pass
+            elif state == 'M' and filename in saved_modifiedfiles:
                 status_after_merge = p.mergefile(filename)
                 print statfrmt(status_after_merge, filename)
             elif state == 'M':
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 31d940d7..47894644 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude_stuff = [store, '.svn', 'CVS']
 
 
 new_project_templ = """\
-<project name="NewProjectName">
+<project name="%s">
   <title>Short title of NewProject</title>
   <description>This project aims at providing some foo and bar.
 
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ def edit_meta(prj, pac):
             m = show_project_meta(prj)
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             if e.code == 404:
-                m = new_project_templ % username
+                m = new_project_templ % (prj, username)
 
     f = open(filename, 'w')
     f.write(''.join(m))