diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt
index 671e3d2..b8f04af 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
    rely on being able to parse "ls-files -s | while read a b c..."
    started to fail.  Protect them from such a misconfiguration.
 
+ * The attribute system may be asked for a path that itself or its
+   leading directories no longer exists in the working tree, and it is
+   fine if we cannot open .gitattribute file in such a case.  Failure
+   to open per-directory .gitattributes with error status other than
+   ENOENT and ENOTDIR should be diagnosed, but it wasn't.
+
  * After "gitk" showed the contents of a tag, neither "Reread
    references" nor "Reload" did not update what is shown as the
    contents of it, when the user overwrote the tag with "git tag -f".
@@ -92,6 +98,9 @@
  * "ciabot" script (in contrib/) has been updated with extensive
    documentation.
 
+ * "git-jump" script (in contrib/) did not work well when
+   diff.noprefix or diff.mnemonicprefix is in effect.
+
  * Older parts of the documentation described as if having a regular
    file in .git/refs/ hierarchy were the only way to have branches and
    tags, which is not true for quite some time.
@@ -121,3 +130,5 @@
    branch name is a parameter to the option, but the heading for the
    option description was "-B::", not "-B branch::", making the
    documentation misleading.
+
+Also contains numerous documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 34d8a1b..6710cb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.12/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12]
+* link:v1.7.12.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12.1]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt[1.7.12.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.12.txt[1.7.12].
 
 * link:v1.7.11.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.11.7]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b27a2ff..c4220a0 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.12
+DEF_VER=v1.7.12.1
 
 LF='
 '