diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt
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+GIT v1.5.5.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+I personally do not think there is any reason anybody should want to
+run v1.5.5.X series these days, because 'master' version is always
+more stable than any tagged released version of git.
+
+This is primarily to futureproof "git-shell" to accept requests
+without a dash between "git" and subcommand name (e.g. "git
+upload-pack") which the newer client will start to make sometime in
+the future.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 98d650aa621bda424218bfa800c4f90fe6050472..af9d78daea729eb4e753a9e910ce5eafbdee7c52 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.5.5.4.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.5.5.5.GIT
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 1b9812afe7f69859b0828e1ad4aed2de31e35e46..61a6d5cf29195c3fb753cfa36a19f4eff76fc825 120000
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-Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.4.txt
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+Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt
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