diff --git a/native/atom_application.mm b/native/atom_application.mm
index c2f2ed2ab..8eab6bfc5 100644
--- a/native/atom_application.mm
+++ b/native/atom_application.mm
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
 - (void)open:(NSString *)path pidToKillWhenWindowCloses:(NSNumber *)pid {
   for (NSWindow *window in [self windows]) {
-    if ([window isVisible] && ![window isExcludedFromWindowsMenu]) {
+    if (![window isExcludedFromWindowsMenu]) {
       AtomWindowController *controller = [window windowController];
       if ([path isEqualToString:controller.pathToOpen]) {
         [window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];
diff --git a/native/v8_extensions/git.js b/native/v8_extensions/git.js
index a3f772682..1f32038d3 100644
--- a/native/v8_extensions/git.js
+++ b/native/v8_extensions/git.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var $git = {};
   native function checkoutHead(path);
   native function getDiffStats(path);
   native function isSubmodule(path);
+  native function refreshIndex();
 
   function GitRepository(path) {
     var repo = getRepository(path);
@@ -24,5 +25,6 @@ var $git = {};
   GitRepository.prototype.checkoutHead = checkoutHead;
   GitRepository.prototype.getDiffStats = getDiffStats;
   GitRepository.prototype.isSubmodule = isSubmodule;
+  GitRepository.prototype.refreshIndex = refreshIndex;
   this.GitRepository = GitRepository;
 })();
diff --git a/native/v8_extensions/git.mm b/native/v8_extensions/git.mm
index c68f23a49..8a334ed02 100644
--- a/native/v8_extensions/git.mm
+++ b/native/v8_extensions/git.mm
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ public:
       return CefV8Value::CreateInt(0);
     }
 
-    git_index* index;
-    if (git_repository_index(&index, repo) == GIT_OK) {
-      git_index_read(index);
-      git_index_free(index);
-    }
-
     unsigned int status = 0;
     if (git_status_file(&status, repo, path) == GIT_OK) {
       return CefV8Value::CreateInt(status);
@@ -100,12 +94,7 @@ public:
 
     int result = git_checkout_head(repo, &options);
     free(copiedPath);
-    if (result == GIT_OK) {
-      return CefV8Value::CreateBool(true);
-    }
-    else {
-      return CefV8Value::CreateBool(false);
-    }
+    return CefV8Value::CreateBool(result == GIT_OK);
   }
 
   CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> GetDiffStats(const char *path) {
@@ -192,7 +181,6 @@ public:
     BOOL isSubmodule = false;
     git_index* index;
     if (git_repository_index(&index, repo) == GIT_OK) {
-      git_index_read(index);
       const git_index_entry *entry = git_index_get_bypath(index, path, 0);
       isSubmodule = entry != NULL && (entry->mode & S_IFMT) == GIT_FILEMODE_COMMIT;
       git_index_free(index);
@@ -201,6 +189,14 @@ public:
     return CefV8Value::CreateBool(isSubmodule);
   }
 
+  void RefreshIndex() {
+    git_index* index;
+    if (exists && git_repository_index(&index, repo) == GIT_OK) {
+      git_index_read(index);
+      git_index_free(index);
+    }
+  }
+
   IMPLEMENT_REFCOUNTING(GitRepository);
 };
 
@@ -264,6 +260,12 @@ bool Git::Execute(const CefString& name,
     return true;
   }
 
+  if (name == "refreshIndex") {
+    GitRepository *userData = (GitRepository *)object->GetUserData().get();
+    userData->RefreshIndex();
+    return true;
+  }
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index fed7b5e59..1542a6641 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -2042,3 +2042,38 @@ describe "Editor", ->
       event.shiftKey = true
       editor.underlayer.trigger event
       expect(editor.getSelection().getScreenRange()).toEqual [[0,0], [12,2]]
+
+  describe ".destroyEditSessionIndex(index)", ->
+    it "prompts to save dirty buffers before closing", ->
+      editor.setText("I'm dirty")
+      rootView.open('sample.txt')
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions().length).toBe 2
+      spyOn(atom, "confirm")
+      editor.destroyEditSessionIndex(0)
+      expect(atom.confirm).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions().length).toBe 2
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions()[0].buffer.isModified()).toBeTruthy()
+
+  describe ".destroyInactiveEditSessions()", ->
+    it "destroys every edit session except the active one", ->
+      rootView.open('sample.txt')
+      cssSession = rootView.open('css.css')
+      rootView.open('coffee.coffee')
+      rootView.open('hello.rb')
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions().length).toBe 5
+      editor.setActiveEditSessionIndex(2)
+      editor.destroyInactiveEditSessions()
+      expect(editor.getActiveEditSessionIndex()).toBe 0
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions().length).toBe 1
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions()[0]).toBe cssSession
+
+    it "prompts to save dirty buffers before destroying", ->
+      editor.setText("I'm dirty")
+      dirtySession = editor.activeEditSession
+      rootView.open('sample.txt')
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions().length).toBe 2
+      spyOn(atom, "confirm")
+      editor.destroyInactiveEditSessions()
+      expect(atom.confirm).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions().length).toBe 2
+      expect(editor.getEditSessions()[0].buffer.isModified()).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/spec/app/window-spec.coffee b/spec/app/window-spec.coffee
index 9cd9103b2..2471d6cc3 100644
--- a/spec/app/window-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/window-spec.coffee
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ $ = require 'jquery'
 fs = require 'fs'
 
 describe "Window", ->
+  [rootView] = []
+
   beforeEach ->
     window.attachRootView(require.resolve('fixtures'))
+    rootView = window.rootView
 
   afterEach ->
     window.shutdown()
@@ -11,11 +14,16 @@ describe "Window", ->
     $(window).off 'beforeunload'
 
   describe ".close()", ->
-    it "is triggered by the 'close' event", ->
+    it "is triggered by the 'core:close' event", ->
       spyOn window, 'close'
       $(window).trigger 'core:close'
       expect(window.close).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
+    it "is triggered by the 'window:close event'", ->
+      spyOn window, 'close'
+      $(window).trigger 'window:close'
+      expect(window.close).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
   describe ".reload()", ->
     it "returns false when no buffers are modified", ->
       spyOn($native, "reload")
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ describe "Window", ->
       expect(atom.getRootViewStateForPath(window.rootView.project.getPath())).toBeUndefined()
       expectedState = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(window.rootView.serialize())) # JSON.stringify removes keys with undefined values
       $(window).trigger 'beforeunload'
-      expect(atom.getRootViewStateForPath(window.rootView.project.getPath())).toEqual expectedState
+      expect(atom.getRootViewStateForPath(rootView.project.getPath())).toEqual expectedState
 
     it "unsubscribes from all buffers", ->
       rootView.open('sample.js')
@@ -74,3 +82,12 @@ describe "Window", ->
       $(window).trigger 'beforeunload'
 
       expect(editor1.getBuffer().subscriptionCount()).toBe 0
+
+  describe ".shutdown()", ->
+    it "only deactivates the RootView the first time it is called", ->
+      deactivateSpy = spyOn(rootView, "deactivate").andCallThrough()
+      window.shutdown()
+      expect(rootView.deactivate).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      deactivateSpy.reset()
+      window.shutdown()
+      expect(rootView.deactivate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index b4a88884f..e6864ad60 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class Editor extends View
         'core:select-down': @selectDown
         'core:select-to-top': @selectToTop
         'core:select-to-bottom': @selectToBottom
-        'core:close': @close
+        'core:close': @destroyActiveEditSession
         'editor:save': @save
         'editor:newline-below': @insertNewlineBelow
         'editor:toggle-soft-tabs': @toggleSoftTabs
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ class Editor extends View
         'editor:toggle-line-comments': @toggleLineCommentsInSelection
         'editor:log-cursor-scope': @logCursorScope
         'editor:checkout-head-revision': @checkoutHead
+        'editor:close-other-editors': @destroyInactiveEditSessions
 
     documentation = {}
     for name, method of editorBindings
@@ -446,17 +447,29 @@ class Editor extends View
   destroyActiveEditSession: ->
     @destroyEditSessionIndex(@getActiveEditSessionIndex())
 
-  destroyEditSessionIndex: (index) ->
-    if @editSessions.length == 1
-      @remove()
-    else
-      editSession = @editSessions[index]
-      if index is @getActiveEditSessionIndex()
+  destroyEditSessionIndex: (index, callback) ->
+    return if @mini
+
+    editSession = @editSessions[index]
+    destroySession = =>
+      if index is @getActiveEditSessionIndex() and @editSessions.length > 1
         @loadPreviousEditSession()
       _.remove(@editSessions, editSession)
       editSession.destroy()
       @trigger 'editor:edit-session-removed', [editSession, index]
+      @remove() if @editSessions.length is 0
+      callback(index) if callback
 
+    if editSession.buffer.isModified()
+      @promptToSaveDirtySession(editSession, destroySession)
+    else
+      destroySession(editSession)
+
+  destroyInactiveEditSessions: ->
+    destroyIndex = (index) =>
+      index++ if @activeEditSession is @editSessions[index]
+      @destroyEditSessionIndex(index, destroyIndex) if @editSessions[index]
+    destroyIndex(0)
   loadNextEditSession: ->
     nextIndex = (@getActiveEditSessionIndex() + 1) % @editSessions.length
     @setActiveEditSessionIndex(nextIndex)
@@ -625,14 +638,14 @@ class Editor extends View
       @removeClass 'soft-wrap'
       $(window).off 'resize', @_setSoftWrapColumn
 
-  save: (onSuccess) ->
+  save: (session=@activeEditSession, onSuccess) ->
     if @getPath()
-      @activeEditSession.save()
+      session.save()
       onSuccess?()
     else
       atom.showSaveDialog (path) =>
         if path
-          @activeEditSession.saveAs(path)
+          session.saveAs(path)
           onSuccess?()
 
   autosave: ->
@@ -670,19 +683,16 @@ class Editor extends View
   rootView: ->
     @parents('#root-view').view()
 
-  close: ->
-    return if @mini
-    if @getBuffer().isModified()
-      filename = if @getPath() then fs.base(@getPath()) else "untitled buffer"
-      atom.confirm(
-        "'#{filename}' has changes, do you want to save them?"
-        "Your changes will be lost if you don't save them"
-        "Save", (=> @save(=> @destroyActiveEditSession())),
-        "Cancel", null
-        "Don't save", (=> @destroyActiveEditSession())
-      )
-    else
-      @destroyActiveEditSession()
+  promptToSaveDirtySession: (session, callback) ->
+    path = session.getPath()
+    filename = if path then fs.base(path) else "untitled buffer"
+    atom.confirm(
+      "'#{filename}' has changes, do you want to save them?"
+      "Your changes will be lost if you don't save them"
+      "Save", => @save(session, callback),
+      "Cancel", null
+      "Don't save", callback
+    )
 
   remove: (selector, keepData) ->
     return super if keepData
diff --git a/src/app/git.coffee b/src/app/git.coffee
index 44c69a135..ea2dc1a0f 100644
--- a/src/app/git.coffee
+++ b/src/app/git.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+$ = require 'jquery'
+
 module.exports =
 class Git
 
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ class Git
 
   constructor: (path) ->
     @repo = new GitRepository(path)
+    $(window).on 'focus', => @refreshIndex()
+
+  refreshIndex: -> @repo.refreshIndex()
 
   getPath: -> @repo.getPath()
 
@@ -31,19 +36,25 @@ class Git
   isPathIgnored: (path) ->
     @repo.isIgnored(@relativize(path))
 
-  isPathModified: (path) ->
+  isStatusModified: (status) ->
     modifiedFlags = @statusFlags.working_dir_modified |
                     @statusFlags.working_dir_delete |
                     @statusFlags.working_dir_typechange |
                     @statusFlags.index_modified |
                     @statusFlags.index_deleted |
                     @statusFlags.index_typechange
-    (@getPathStatus(path) & modifiedFlags) > 0
+    (status & modifiedFlags) > 0
 
-  isPathNew: (path) ->
+  isPathModified: (path) ->
+    @isStatusModified(@getPathStatus(path))
+
+  isStatusNew: (status) ->
     newFlags = @statusFlags.working_dir_new |
                @statusFlags.index_new
-    (@getPathStatus(path) & newFlags) > 0
+    (status & newFlags) > 0
+
+  isPathNew: (path) ->
+    @isStatusNew(@getPathStatus(path))
 
   relativize: (path) ->
     workingDirectory = @getWorkingDirectory()
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/atom.cson b/src/app/keymaps/atom.cson
index afbd7f049..76cc697c6 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/atom.cson
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/atom.cson
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   'pagedown': 'core:page-down'
 
   'meta-S': 'window:save-all'
+  'meta-W': 'window:close'
   'meta-+': 'window:increase-font-size'
   'meta--': 'window:decrease-font-size'
   'ctrl-w w': 'window:focus-next-pane'
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson b/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson
index cb3675501..78be6a273 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/editor.cson
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   'meta-enter': 'editor:newline-below'
   'tab': 'editor:indent'
   'meta-d': 'editor:delete-line'
-  'alt-meta-w': 'editor:toggle-soft-wrap'
   'ctrl-[': 'editor:fold-current-row'
   'ctrl-]': 'editor:unfold-current-row'
   'ctrl-{': 'editor:fold-all'
@@ -33,3 +32,4 @@
   'meta-alt-p': 'editor:log-cursor-scope'
   'meta-u': 'editor:upper-case'
   'meta-U': 'editor:lower-case'
+  'alt-meta-w': 'editor:close-other-editors'
diff --git a/src/app/window.coffee b/src/app/window.coffee
index 7e306f44f..85077e84a 100644
--- a/src/app/window.coffee
+++ b/src/app/window.coffee
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ windowAdditions =
     @pasteboard = new Pasteboard
 
     $(window).on 'core:close', => @close()
+    $(window).command 'window:close', => @close()
 
   # This method is intended only to be run when starting a normal application
   # Note: RootView assigns itself on window on initialization so that
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ windowAdditions =
       false
 
   shutdown: ->
-    @rootView.deactivate()
+    @rootView?.deactivate()
+    @rootView = null
     $(window).unbind('focus')
     $(window).unbind('blur')
     $(window).off('before')
diff --git a/src/packages/event-palette/spec/event-palette-spec.coffee b/src/packages/event-palette/spec/event-palette-spec.coffee
index 53e8448ee..44dd5bb6b 100644
--- a/src/packages/event-palette/spec/event-palette-spec.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/event-palette/spec/event-palette-spec.coffee
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ describe "EventPalette", ->
         else
           expect(eventLi).not.toExist()
 
+    it "displays all events registerd on the window", ->
+      editorEvents = rootView.getActiveEditor().events()
+      windowEvents = $(window).events()
+      expect(_.isEmpty(windowEvents)).toBeFalsy()
+      for eventName, description of windowEvents
+        eventLi = palette.list.children("[data-event-name='#{eventName}']")
+        description = editorEvents[eventName] unless description
+        if description
+          expect(eventLi).toExist()
+          expect(eventLi.find('.event-name')).toHaveText(eventName)
+          expect(eventLi.find('.event-description')).toHaveText(description)
+        else
+          expect(eventLi).not.toExist()
+
     it "focuses the mini-editor and selects the first event", ->
       expect(palette.miniEditor.isFocused).toBeTruthy()
       expect(palette.find('.event:first')).toHaveClass 'selected'
diff --git a/src/packages/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee b/src/packages/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee
index 071f67edc..9e34b797e 100644
--- a/src/packages/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class EventPalette extends SelectList
     @keyBindings = _.losslessInvert(keymap.bindingsForElement(@previouslyFocusedElement))
 
     events = []
-    for eventName, eventDescription of @previouslyFocusedElement.events()
+    for eventName, eventDescription of _.extend($(window).events(), @previouslyFocusedElement.events())
       events.push({eventName, eventDescription}) if eventDescription
 
     events = _.sortBy events, (e) -> e.eventDescription
diff --git a/src/packages/status-bar/src/status-bar.coffee b/src/packages/status-bar/src/status-bar.coffee
index 841a0bce5..a43302b25 100644
--- a/src/packages/status-bar/src/status-bar.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/status-bar/src/status-bar.coffee
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ class StatusBar extends View
 
     @gitStatusIcon.addClass('git-status octicons')
     git = @buffer.getRepo()
-    if git?.isPathModified(path)
+    return unless git
+
+    status = git.getPathStatus(path)
+    if git.isStatusModified(status)
       @gitStatusIcon.addClass('modified-status-icon')
       stats = git.getDiffStats(path)
       if stats.added and stats.deleted
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ class StatusBar extends View
         @gitStatusIcon.text("-#{stats.deleted}")
       else
         @gitStatusIcon.text('')
-    else if git?.isPathNew(path)
+    else if git.isStatusNew(status)
       @gitStatusIcon.addClass('new-status-icon')
       @gitStatusIcon.text("+#{@buffer.getLineCount()}")
 
diff --git a/src/packages/tree-view/src/directory-view.coffee b/src/packages/tree-view/src/directory-view.coffee
index 55a2eb1ee..3614f79da 100644
--- a/src/packages/tree-view/src/directory-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/tree-view/src/directory-view.coffee
@@ -23,17 +23,15 @@ class DirectoryView extends View
     @disclosureArrow.on 'click', => @toggleExpansion()
 
     repo = @project.repo
+    iconClass = 'directory-icon'
     if repo?
       path = @directory.getPath()
-      @directoryName.addClass('ignored') if repo.isPathIgnored(path)
-      if path is repo.getWorkingDirectory()
-        @directoryName.addClass('repository-icon')
-      else if repo.isSubmodule(path)
-        @directoryName.addClass('submodule-icon')
+      if parent
+        @directoryName.addClass('ignored') if repo.isPathIgnored(path)
+        iconClass = 'submodule-icon' if repo.isSubmodule(path)
       else
-        @directoryName.addClass('directory-icon')
-    else
-      @directoryName.addClass('directory-icon')
+        iconClass = 'repository-icon' if path is repo.getWorkingDirectory()
+    @directoryName.addClass(iconClass)
 
   getPath: ->
     @directory.path
diff --git a/src/packages/tree-view/src/file-view.coffee b/src/packages/tree-view/src/file-view.coffee
index c0c7db492..ea75356da 100644
--- a/src/packages/tree-view/src/file-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/tree-view/src/file-view.coffee
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ class FileView extends View
     path = @getPath()
     if repo.isPathIgnored(path)
       @addClass('ignored')
-    else if repo.isPathModified(path)
-      @addClass('modified')
-    else if repo.isPathNew(path)
-      @addClass('new')
+    else
+      status = repo.getPathStatus(path)
+      if repo.isStatusModified(status)
+        @addClass('modified')
+      else if repo.isStatusNew(status)
+        @addClass('new')
 
   getPath: ->
     @file.path