diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a92714c14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Git v1.7.8.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.8.2
+--------------------
+
+ * Attempt to fetch from an empty file pretending it to be a bundle did
+   not error out correctly.
+
+ * gitweb did not correctly fall back to configured $fallback_encoding
+   that is not 'latin1'.
+
+ * "git clone --depth $n" did not catch a non-number given as $n as an
+   error.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
index 9689efa986..79397eb6c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
  * "git commit" detects and rejects an attempt to stuff NUL byte in
    the commit log message.
 
+ * "git commit" learned "-S" to GPG-sign the commit; this can be shown
+   with the "--show-signature" option to "git log".
+
  * 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.
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
    signed tag is recorded in the resulting merge commit for later
    auditing.
 
+ * "git log" learned "--show-signature" option to show the signed tag
+   that was merged that is embedded in the merge commit. It also can
+   show the signature made on the commit with "git commit -S".
+
  * "git branch --edit-description" can be used to add descriptive text
    to explain what a topic branch is about.
 
@@ -99,10 +106,6 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.8 in the maintenance
 releases are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
 details).
 
- * gitweb did not correctly fall back to configured $fallback_encoding
-   that is not 'latin1'.
-   (merge b13e3ea jn/maint-gitweb-utf8-fix later to maint).
-
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 O=v1.7.8.2-301-g48de656
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 68cf70242e..04f5e19dc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1783,10 +1783,10 @@ rerere.autoupdate::
 
 rerere.enabled::
 	Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
-	conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
-	be encountered again.  linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
-	default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
-	`$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
+	conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
+	encountered again.  By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
+	enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
+	`$GIT_DIR`.
 
 sendemail.identity::
 	A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index da7d48787e..8a77fa47ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8]
+* link:v1.7.8.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt[1.7.8.3],
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.8.2.txt[1.7.8.2],
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt[1.7.8.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.8.txt[1.7.8].
 
 * link:v1.7.7.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.5]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index e18a30a16a..4e83354d0b 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.8.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.7.9-rc0
 
 LF='
 '