From eac2d83247ea0a265d923518c26873bb12c33778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:48:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Git 1.7.9-rc0

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt | 7 +++++++
 GIT-VERSION-GEN                  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
index 1c548d9436..79397eb6c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
  * "git commit" detects and rejects an attempt to stuff NUL byte in
    the commit log message.
 
+ * "git commit" learned "-S" to GPG-sign the commit; this can be shown
+   with the "--show-signature" option to "git log".
+
  * fsck and prune are relatively lengthy operations that still go
    silent while making the end-user wait. They learned to give progress
    output like other slow operations.
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
    signed tag is recorded in the resulting merge commit for later
    auditing.
 
+ * "git log" learned "--show-signature" option to show the signed tag
+   that was merged that is embedded in the merge commit. It also can
+   show the signature made on the commit with "git commit -S".
+
  * "git branch --edit-description" can be used to add descriptive text
    to explain what a topic branch is about.
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index e18a30a16a..4e83354d0b 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.8.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.7.9-rc0
 
 LF='
 '