diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.5.txt
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+GIT v1.6.2.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.2.4
+--------------------
+
+* "git apply" mishandled if you fed a git generated patch that renames
+  file A to B and file B to A at the same time.
+
+* "git diff -c -p" (and "diff --cc") did not expect to see submodule
+  differences and instead refused to work.
+
+* "git grep -e '('" segfaulted, instead of diagnosing a mismatched
+  parentheses error.
+
+* "git fetch" generated packs with offset-delta encoding when both ends of
+  the connection are capable of producing one; this cannot be read by
+  ancient git and the user should be able to disable this by setting
+  repack.usedeltabaseoffset configuration to false.
+
+
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index c92670bf4c..9d65aed417 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.6.2.4
+DEF_VER=v1.6.2.5
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
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-Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.4.txt
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+Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.5.txt
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