2 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt
index 95f5bffbe1..b4d90bba0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Git v1.7.8 Release Notes (draft)
-================================
+Git v1.7.8 Release Notes
+========================
 
 Updates since v1.7.7
 --------------------
@@ -159,11 +159,3 @@ included in this release.
    were misspelled.
    (merge c49904e fc/remote-seturl-usage-fix later to maint).
    (merge 656cdf0 jc/remote-setbranches-usage-fix later to maint).
-
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.7.8-rc4
-echo O=$(git describe --always master)
-git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master
-echo
-git shortlog --no-merges ^$O master
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f05936e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Git v1.7.9 Release Notes (draft)
+========================
+
+Updates since v1.7.8
+--------------------
+
+ * Porcelain commands like "git reset" did not distinguish deletions
+   and type-changes from ordinary modification, and reported them with
+   the same 'M' moniker. They now use 'D' (for deletion) and 'T' (for
+   type-change) to match "git status -s" and "git diff --name-status".
+
+ * fsck and prune are relatively lengthy operations that still go
+   silent while making the end-user wait. They learned to give progress
+   output like other slow operations.
+
+ * The set of built-in function-header patterns for various languages
+   knows MATLAB.
+
+May also contain documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+
+Fixes since v1.7.8
+------------------
+
+ * In some codepaths (notably, checkout and merge), the ignore patterns
+   recorded in $GIT_DIR/info/exclude were not honored. They now are.
+   (merge fc001b5 nd/maint-ignore-exclude later to maint).