3 files changed, 42 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37781b4f14
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+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Git v1.7.2 Release Notes (draft)
+================================
+
+Updates since v1.7.1
+--------------------
+
+ * After "git apply --whitespace=fix" removed trailing blank lines in an
+   patch in a patch series, it failed to apply later patches that depend
+   on the presense of such blank lines.
+
+ * The output from the textconv filter used by "git diff" can be cached to
+   speed up their reuse.
+
+ * "git send-email" learned --smtp-domain option to specify the domainname
+   used in the EHLO/HELO exchange.
+
+ * "git revert" learned --strategy option to specify the merge strategy.
+
+ * The whitespace rules used in "git apply --whitespace" and "git diff"
+   gained a new member in the family (tab-in-indent) to help projects with
+   policy to indent only with spaces.
+
+ * Authentication over http transport can now be made lazily, in that the
+   request can first go to a URL without username, get a 401 response and
+   then the client will ask for the username to use.
+
+
+Fixes since v1.7.1
+------------------
+
+ * In 1.7.1, "git status" stopped refreshing the index by mistake.
+
+All of the fixes in v1.7.1.X maintenance series are included in this
+release, unless otherwise noted.
+
+--
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+O=v1.7.1-77-gb751157
+echo O=$(git describe master)
+git shortlog --no-merges master ^maint ^$O
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 0ad39484ec..59219bd6a5 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.1
+DEF_VER=v1.7.1.GIT
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 00e77229dd..3da01a5622 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt
-\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt
+\ No newline at end of file