diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt
index a2e5b0decee39d63d2fe3421967e33b632ffc06e..6957183dbb005388e8b7d5fc2263a42841428375 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Git v1.7.9.1 Release Notes
 Fixes since v1.7.9
 ------------------
 
+ * The makefile allowed environment variable X seep into it result in
+   command names suffixed with unnecessary strings.
+
+ * The set of included header files in compat/inet-{ntop,pton}
+   wrappers was updated for Windows some time ago, but in a way that
+   broke Solaris build.
+
  * rpmbuild noticed an unpackaged but installed *.mo file and failed.
 
  * Subprocesses spawned from various git programs were often left running
@@ -24,6 +31,8 @@ Fixes since v1.7.9
    chain and veered into side branch from which the whole change to the
    specified paths came.
 
+ * "git merge --no-edit $tag" failed to honor the --no-edit option.
+
  * "git merge --ff-only $tag" failed because it cannot record the
    required mergetag without creating a merge, but this is so common
    operation for branch that is used _only_ to follow the upstream, so
@@ -49,4 +58,6 @@ Fixes since v1.7.9
    in .gitmodules when the submodule at $path was once added to the
    superproject and already initialized.
 
+ * Many small corner case bugs on "git tag -n" was corrected.
+
 Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index f7e201fae30940ac00d1685bfd9411de9d81ca28..a12d15fb98eae16c1b88e8e46ca65fe1af9c1dfb 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:v1.7.9/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9]
+* link:v1.7.9.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.1]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt[1.7.9.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.9.txt[1.7.9].
 
 * link:v1.7.8.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.4]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 70204f87f90c733db7043b3111b5c18226ab64ac..5bdf4086cdf55ade549ba109ae40f7678a2e4a5e 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.9
+DEF_VER=v1.7.9.1
 
 LF='
 '