diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt
index 02d5910d5c..5902a85a78 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt
@@ -11,21 +11,30 @@ Futureproof
 Fixes since v1.5.6.1
 --------------------
 
+* "git clone" from a remote that is named with url.insteadOf setting in
+  $HOME/.gitconfig did not work well.
+
+* "git describe --long --tags" segfaulted when the described revision was
+  tagged with a lightweight tag.
+
+* "git diff --check" did not report the result via its exit status
+  reliably.
+
+* When remote side used to have branch 'foo' and git-fetch finds that now
+  it has branch 'foo/bar', it refuses to lose the existing remote tracking
+  branch and its reflog.  The error message has been improved to suggest
+  pruning the remote if the user wants to proceed and get the latest set
+  of branches from the remote, including such 'foo/bar'.
+
+* "git reset file" should mean the same thing as "git reset HEAD file",
+  but we required disambiguating -- even when "file" is not ambiguous.
+
+* "git show" segfaulted when an annotated tag that points at another
+  annotated tag was given to it.
+
 * Optimization for a large import via "git-svn" introduced in v1.5.6 had a
   serious memory and temporary file leak, which made it unusable for
   moderately large import.
 
 * "git-svn" mangled remote nickname used in the configuration file
   unnecessarily.
-
-* "git diff --check" did not report the result via its exit status
-  reliably.
-
-* "git show" segfaulted when an annotated tag that points at another
-  annotated tag was given to it.
-
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe maint)
-O=v1.5.6.1-13-g4f3dcc2
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 22702c260c..425f1f4aee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.5.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.1]
+* link:v1.5.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.2]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt[1.5.6.2].
   link:RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt[1.5.6.1].
   link:RelNotes-1.5.6.txt[1.5.6].
 
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 105dc93843..ad14640412 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ static struct curl_slist *pragma_header;
 
 static struct active_request_slot *active_queue_head = NULL;
 
-size_t fread_buffer(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb,
-			   struct buffer *buffer)
+size_t fread_buffer(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *buffer_)
 {
 	size_t size = eltsize * nmemb;
+	struct buffer *buffer = buffer_;
+
 	if (size > buffer->buf.len - buffer->posn)
 		size = buffer->buf.len - buffer->posn;
 	memcpy(ptr, buffer->buf.buf + buffer->posn, size);
@@ -42,17 +43,17 @@ size_t fread_buffer(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb,
 	return size;
 }
 
-size_t fwrite_buffer(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize,
-			    size_t nmemb, struct strbuf *buffer)
+size_t fwrite_buffer(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *buffer_)
 {
 	size_t size = eltsize * nmemb;
+	struct strbuf *buffer = buffer_;
+
 	strbuf_add(buffer, ptr, size);
 	data_received++;
 	return size;
 }
 
-size_t fwrite_null(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize,
-			  size_t nmemb, struct strbuf *buffer)
+size_t fwrite_null(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *strbuf)
 {
 	data_received++;
 	return eltsize * nmemb;
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index a04fc6a927..905b4629a4 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -64,12 +64,9 @@ struct buffer
 };
 
 /* Curl request read/write callbacks */
-extern size_t fread_buffer(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb,
-			   struct buffer *buffer);
-extern size_t fwrite_buffer(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize,
-			    size_t nmemb, struct strbuf *buffer);
-extern size_t fwrite_null(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize,
-			  size_t nmemb, struct strbuf *buffer);
+extern size_t fread_buffer(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *strbuf);
+extern size_t fwrite_buffer(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *strbuf);
+extern size_t fwrite_null(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *strbuf);
 
 /* Slot lifecycle functions */
 extern struct active_request_slot *get_active_slot(void);
diff --git a/t/t5304-prune.sh b/t/t5304-prune.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/t/t7610-mergetool.sh b/t/t7610-mergetool.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755