diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt
index b757fd1..f1560f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@
    size that can be expressed in size_t, which can be larger than
    ulong on some platforms.
 
+ * "git rebase" learns "--signoff" option.
+
+ * The completion script (in contrib/) learned to complete "git push
+   --delete b<TAB>" to complete branch name to be deleted.
+
+ * "git worktree add --lock" allows to lock a worktree immediately
+   after it's created. This helps prevent a race between "git worktree
+   add; git worktree lock" and "git worktree prune".
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 
@@ -302,6 +311,20 @@
    file is used.  Omit the validation during normal use, and instead
    verify only in "git fsck".
 
+ * Having a git command on the upstream side of a pipe in a test
+   script will hide the exit status from the command, which may cause
+   us to fail to notice a breakage; rewrite tests in a script to avoid
+   this issue.
+
+ * Travis CI learns to run coccicheck.
+
+ * "git checkout" that handles a lot of paths has been optimized by
+   reducing the number of unnecessary checks of paths in the
+   has_dir_name() function.
+
+ * The internals of the refs API around the cached refs has been
+   streamlined.
+
 Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
 
 
@@ -535,6 +558,19 @@
    using garbage past the end of the buffer.
    (merge 5781a9a270 dt/xgethostname-nul-termination later to maint).
 
+ * A recent update broke "git add -p ../foo" from a subdirectory.
+
+ * While handy, "git_path()" is a dangerous function to use as a
+   callsite that uses it safely one day can be broken by changes
+   to other code that calls it.  Reduction of its use continues.
+   (merge 16d2676c9e jk/war-on-git-path later to maint).
+
+ * The split-index code configuration code used an unsafe git_path()
+   function without copying its result out.
+
+ * Many stale HTTP(s) links have been updated in our documentation.
+   (merge 613416f0be jk/update-links-in-docs later to maint).
+
  * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
    (merge df2a6e38b7 jk/pager-in-use later to maint).
    (merge 75ec4a6cb0 ab/branch-list-doc later to maint).
@@ -557,3 +593,6 @@
    (merge d8f4481c4f jk/quarantine-received-objects later to maint).
    (merge 7ba1ceef95 xy/format-patch-base later to maint).
    (merge fa1912c89a rs/misc-cppcheck-fixes later to maint).
+   (merge f17d642d3b ab/push-cas-doc-n-test later to maint).
+   (merge 61e282425a ss/gitmodules-ignore-doc later to maint).
+   (merge 8d3047cd5b ss/submodule-shallow-doc later to maint).
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index e681ede..598353e 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.13.0-rc0
+DEF_VER=v2.13.0-rc1
 
 LF='
 '