diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt
index d9da586972..95f5bffbe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ included in this release.
 
 ---
 exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.7.8-rc3-16-g9e9ab40
+O=v1.7.8-rc4
 echo O=$(git describe --always master)
 git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master
 echo
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index b2832fc7eb..b674866e6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
-'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
-'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
+'git reset' (--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep) [-q] [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you
 can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the
 working tree in one go.
 
-'git reset' --patch|-p [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]::
+'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]::
 	Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index
 	and <commit> (defaults to HEAD).  The chosen hunks are applied
 	in reverse to the index.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e.
 you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode''
 section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode.
 
-'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
+'git reset' --<mode> [<commit>]::
 	This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and
 	possibly updates the index (resetting it to the tree of <commit>) and
 	the working tree depending on <mode>, which
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 6fbd7cd277..2d12904f60 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.8-rc3
+DEF_VER=v1.7.8-rc4
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 3081901d99..27143fb70a 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, builtin_branch_usage,
 			     0);
 
-	if (!delete && !rename && !force_create && !edit_description && argc == 0)
+	if (!delete && !rename && !edit_description && argc == 0)
 		list = 1;
 
 	if (!!delete + !!rename + !!force_create + !!list > 1)
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
 		else
 			usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
-	} else if (argc <= 2) {
+	} else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) {
 		if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
 			die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));
 		create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index a0ac9d8803..e447449228 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void write_cherry_pick_head(struct commit *commit, const char *pseudoref)
 
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 
-	filename = git_path(pseudoref);
+	filename = git_path("%s", pseudoref);
 	fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0666);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		die_errno(_("Could not open '%s' for writing"), filename);
@@ -924,8 +924,10 @@ static int sequencer_rollback(struct replay_opts *opts)
 	if (strbuf_getline(&buf, f, '\n')) {
 		error(_("cannot read %s: %s"), filename, ferror(f) ?
 			strerror(errno) : _("unexpected end of file"));
+		fclose(f);
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	fclose(f);
 	if (get_sha1_hex(buf.buf, sha1) || buf.buf[40] != '\0') {
 		error(_("stored pre-cherry-pick HEAD file '%s' is corrupt"),
 			filename);
@@ -933,12 +935,11 @@ static int sequencer_rollback(struct replay_opts *opts)
 	}
 	if (reset_for_rollback(sha1))
 		goto fail;
+	remove_sequencer_state(1);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
-	fclose(f);
 	return 0;
 fail:
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
-	fclose(f);
 	return -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t7106-reset-sequence.sh b/t/t7106-reset-sequence.sh
index 3f86e8c5e8..83f7ea59c9 100755
--- a/t/t7106-reset-sequence.sh
+++ b/t/t7106-reset-sequence.sh
@@ -41,4 +41,12 @@ test_expect_success 'reset --hard cleans up sequencer state, providing one-level
 	test_path_is_missing .git/sequencer-old
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick --abort does not leave sequencer-old dir' '
+	pristine_detach initial &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick base..anotherpick &&
+	git cherry-pick --abort &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/sequencer &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/sequencer-old
+'
+
 test_done