diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
index 0815ca16677712f7cd531b5a8d0465f3997d6505..43e3f336150e1869bdae01823471d7ab216584a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.6
    defaults to the current branch, so "git fetch && git merge @{upstream}"
    will be equivalent to "git pull".
 
+ * "git am --resolved" has a synonym "git am --continue".
+
  * "git branch --set-upstream" can be used to update the (surprise!) upstream,
    i.e. where the branch is supposed to pull and merge from (or rebase onto).
 
@@ -200,6 +202,9 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
    the branch is fully merged to its upstream branch if it is not merged
    to the current branch.  It now deletes it in such a case.
 
+ * "fiter-branch" command incorrectly said --prune-empty and --filter-commit
+   were incompatible; the latter should be read as --commit-filter.
+
  * When using "git status" or asking "git diff" to compare the work tree
    with something, they used to consider that a checked-out submodule with
    uncommitted changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b7df54dfa7764557273c7edcc0ec04fa396dca43..01c463101b9b212f002e10a0d9e89a2df12652a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
+* link:v1.7.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0].
+
 * link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2]
 
 * release notes for
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index a7d8c63427c91fa7c033bbf7dc5150e0e292bf25..577e1fd20eb0bd94e001b9188576ca74f99741d7 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.6.6.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.7.0
 
 LF='
 '