diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
index 42982e5b24..6d3bfd1968 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
@@ -26,12 +26,19 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
  * "git diff --stat" learned --stat-count option to limit the output of
    diffstat report.
 
+ * "git fetch", "git push" and friends no longer show connection
+   errors for addresses that couldn't be connected when at least one
+   address succeeds (this is arguably a regression but a deliberate
+   one).
+
  * "git grep" learned --break and --heading options, to let users mimic
    output format of "ack".
 
  * "git rebase master topci" no longer spews usage hints after giving
    "fatal: no such branch: topci" error message.
 
+ * "git stash" learned --include-untracked option.
+
  * "git submodule update" used to stop at the first error updating a
    submodule; it now goes on to update other submodules that can be
    updated, and reports the ones with errors at the end.
@@ -52,6 +59,10 @@ Fixes since v1.7.6
 Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes in 1.7.6.X maintenance track are
 included in this release.
 
+ * "git checkout -b <branch>" sometimes wrote a bogus reflog entry,
+   causing later "git checkout -" fail.
+   (merge 71ee7fd jc/checkout-reflog-fix~1 later).
+
  * "git diff --cc" learned to correctly ignore binary files.
    (merge 0508fe5 jk/combine-diff-binary-etc later)
 
@@ -61,6 +72,10 @@ included in this release.
  * "git rebase -i -p" incorrectly dropped commits from side branches.
    (merge 12bf828 aw/rebase-i-p later)
 
+ * "git submodule add" did not allow a relative repository path when
+   the superproject did not have any default remote url.
+   (merge f22a17e8 jl/submodule-add-relurl-wo-upstream later)
+
  * "git submodule foreach" failed to correctly give the standard input to
    the user-supplied command it invoked.
    (merge 4dca1aa bc/submodule-foreach-stdin-fix-1.7.4 later)
@@ -77,7 +92,7 @@ included in this release.
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 echo O=$(git describe master)
-O=v1.7.6-232-gd907bf8
+O=v1.7.6-344-g22f4128
 git log --first-parent --oneline $O..master
 echo
 git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index f4aa6c1c00..2969388880 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -660,9 +660,14 @@ paths for a commit are encouraged to do so.
 
 `notemodify`
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Included in a `commit` command to add a new note (annotating a given
-commit) or change the content of an existing note.  This command has
-two different means of specifying the content of the note.
+Included in a `commit` `<notes_ref>` command to add a new note
+annotating a `<committish>` or change this annotation contents.
+Internally it is similar to filemodify 100644 on `<committish>`
+path (maybe split into subdirectories). It's not advised to
+use any other commands to write to the `<notes_ref>` tree except
+`filedeleteall` to delete all existing notes in this tree.
+This command has two different means of specifying the content
+of the note.
 
 External data format::
 	The data content for the note was already supplied by a prior
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index 9dc1f2a947..0f2f117383 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ changes, which would normally have no effect.  Nevertheless, this may be
 useful in the future for compensating for some git bugs or such,
 therefore such a usage is permitted.
 
-*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts`. If you have any grafts
-defined, running this command will make them permanent.
+*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` and `.git/refs/replace/`.
+If you have any grafts or replacement refs defined, running this command
+will make them permanent.
 
 *WARNING*! The rewritten history will have different object names for all
 the objects and will not converge with the original branch.  You will not
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 554ab8c88b..39e6207269 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Default mode::
 
 --full-history::
 
-	As the default mode but does not prune some history.
+	Same as the default mode, but does not prune some history.
 
 --dense::
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 6b61a849d2..e42c59b190 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1499,10 +1499,10 @@ int git_config_rename_section(const char *old_name, const char *new_name)
 		}
 	}
 	fclose(config_file);
- unlock_and_out:
+unlock_and_out:
 	if (commit_lock_file(lock) < 0)
 		ret = error("could not commit config file %s", config_filename);
- out:
+out:
 	free(config_filename);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 6b8cae0c20..b8cf45a7dd 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ static struct ref *parse_info_refs(struct discovery *heads)
 		if (data[i] == '\t')
 			mid = &data[i];
 		if (data[i] == '\n') {
+			if (mid - start != 40)
+				die("%sinfo/refs not valid: is this a git repository?", url);
 			data[i] = 0;
 			ref_name = mid + 1;
 			ref = xmalloc(sizeof(struct ref) +