diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt
index c05efb2439079b42fefa050c3e2a44538b03f527..95971831b90d05c88d914c0445ed665dcc111530 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Fixes since v1.7.6.2
  * "git -c var=value subcmd" misparsed the custom configuration when
    value contained an equal sign.
 
+ * "git fetch" had a major performance regression, wasting many
+   needless cycles in a repository where there is no submodules
+   present. This was especially bad, when there were many refs.
+
  * "git reflog $refname" did not default to the "show" subcommand as
    the documentation advertised the command to do.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 167ad5e9d3f7e7fa0dfe508dbddc9ad91ba10b7d..3562da85e9edf091a49742ae0ac1ec426a7244f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.2]
+* link:v1.7.6.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt[1.7.6.3],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt[1.7.6.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt[1.7.6.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.6.txt[1.7.6].
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 3b15c1779d0a0f3767b1fb4ee84067f5521f0840..b74b21f7dd66a01ab6c54daa95c953c60829c3d0 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.6.2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.6.3
 
 LF='
 '