diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad946b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Git v2.4.8 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.4.7
+------------------
+
+ * Abandoning an already applied change in "git rebase -i" with
+   "--continue" left CHERRY_PICK_HEAD and confused later steps.
+
+ * Various fixes around "git am" that applies a patch to a history
+   that is not there yet.
+
+ * "git for-each-ref" reported "missing object" for 0{40} when it
+   encounters a broken ref.  The lack of object whose name is 0{40} is
+   not the problem; the ref being broken is.
+
+ * "git commit --cleanup=scissors" was not careful enough to protect
+   against getting fooled by a line that looked like scissors.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code
+clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index bd298a4..e74e654 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:v2.4.7/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.7]
+* link:v2.4.8/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.8]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.4.8.txt[2.4.8],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.7.txt[2.4.7],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.6.txt[2.4.6],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.5.txt[2.4.5],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b767c3a..a6a0bf9 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.4.7
+DEF_VER=v2.4.8
 
 LF='
 '
@@ -38,5 +38,3 @@
 	echo >&2 "GIT_VERSION = $VN"
 	echo "GIT_VERSION = $VN" >$GVF
 }
-
-
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index ee13f43..b5645b3 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.7.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt
\ No newline at end of file