diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt
index 2e7b157210..b985b07da5 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,18 @@ Fixes since v1.7.5.1
  * "git diff -M --cached" used to use unmerged path as a possible rename
    source candidate, which made no sense.
 
+ * "git format-patch" did not quote RFC822 special characters in the
+   email address (e.g From: Junio C. Hamano <jch@example.com>, not
+   From: "Junio C. Hamano" <jch@example.com>).
+
+ * "git format-patch" when run with "--quiet" option used to produce a
+   nonsense result that consists of alternating empty output.
+
  * "git merge-one-file" did not honor GIT_WORK_TREE settings when
    handling a "both sides added, differently" conflict.
 
+ * "git mergetool" did not handle conflicted submoudules gracefully.
+
  * "git-p4" (in contrib) used a wrong base image while merge a file that
    was added on both branches differently.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt
index 42b1823093..f644378d21 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt
@@ -79,23 +79,11 @@ included in this release.
  * "git config" used to choke with an insanely long line.
    (merge ef/maint-strbuf-init later)
 
- * "git format-patch" when run with "--quiet" option used to produce a
-   nonsense result that consists of alternating empty output.
-   (merge early part of cn/format-patch-quiet later)
-
- * "git format-patch" did not quote RFC822 special characters in the
-   email address (e.g From: Junio C. Hamano <jch@example.com>, not
-   From: "Junio C. Hamano" <jch@example.com>).
-   (merge jk/format-patch-quote-special-in-from later)
-
  * In "git merge", per-branch branch.<name>.mergeoptions configuration
    variables did not override the fallback default merge.<option>
    configuration variables such as merge.ff, merge.log, etc.
    (merge jc/maint-branch-mergeoptions later)
 
- * "git mergetool" did not handle conflicted submoudules gracefully.
-   (merge jm/mergetool-submodules later)
-
  * "git send-pack" (hence "git push") over smalt-HTTP protocol could
    deadlock when the client side pack-object died early.
    (merge js/maint-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix later)
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 889fe71830..1a7e41070e 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ static inline uintmax_t sz_fmt(size_t s) { return s; }
 
 const unsigned char null_sha1[20];
 
-static int git_open_noatime(const char *name, struct packed_git *p);
-
 /*
  * This is meant to hold a *small* number of objects that you would
  * want read_sha1_file() to be able to return, but yet you do not want
@@ -227,6 +225,7 @@ struct alternate_object_database *alt_odb_list;
 static struct alternate_object_database **alt_odb_tail;
 
 static void read_info_alternates(const char * alternates, int depth);
+static int git_open_noatime(const char *name);
 
 /*
  * Prepare alternate object database registry.
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ static void read_info_alternates(const char * relative_base, int depth)
 	int fd;
 
 	sprintf(path, "%s/%s", relative_base, alt_file_name);
-	fd = git_open_noatime(path, NULL);
+	fd = git_open_noatime(path);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return;
 	if (fstat(fd, &st) || (st.st_size == 0)) {
@@ -475,7 +474,7 @@ static int check_packed_git_idx(const char *path,  struct packed_git *p)
 	struct pack_idx_header *hdr;
 	size_t idx_size;
 	uint32_t version, nr, i, *index;
-	int fd = git_open_noatime(path, p);
+	int fd = git_open_noatime(path);
 	struct stat st;
 
 	if (fd < 0)
@@ -757,7 +756,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
 	while (pack_max_fds <= pack_open_fds && unuse_one_window(NULL, -1))
 		; /* nothing */
 
-	p->pack_fd = git_open_noatime(p->pack_name, p);
+	p->pack_fd = git_open_noatime(p->pack_name);
 	if (p->pack_fd < 0 || fstat(p->pack_fd, &st))
 		return -1;
 	pack_open_fds++;
@@ -1145,7 +1144,7 @@ int check_sha1_signature(const unsigned char *sha1, void *map, unsigned long siz
 	return hashcmp(sha1, real_sha1) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int git_open_noatime(const char *name, struct packed_git *p)
+static int git_open_noatime(const char *name)
 {
 	static int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME;
 
@@ -1170,7 +1169,7 @@ static int open_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	char *name = sha1_file_name(sha1);
 	struct alternate_object_database *alt;
 
-	fd = git_open_noatime(name, NULL);
+	fd = git_open_noatime(name);
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		return fd;
 
@@ -1179,7 +1178,7 @@ static int open_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	for (alt = alt_odb_list; alt; alt = alt->next) {
 		name = alt->name;
 		fill_sha1_path(name, sha1);
-		fd = git_open_noatime(alt->base, NULL);
+		fd = git_open_noatime(alt->base);
 		if (fd >= 0)
 			return fd;
 	}
@@ -1308,7 +1307,7 @@ static void *unpack_sha1_rest(z_stream *stream, void *buffer, unsigned long size
 		/*
 		 * The above condition must be (bytes <= size), not
 		 * (bytes < size).  In other words, even though we
-		 * expect no more output and set avail_out to zer0,
+		 * expect no more output and set avail_out to zero,
 		 * the input zlib stream may have bytes that express
 		 * "this concludes the stream", and we *do* want to
 		 * eat that input.