diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.8.txt
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+GIT v1.5.3.8 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.3.7
+--------------------
+
+ * Some documentation used "email.com" as an example domain.
+
+ * git-svn fix to handle funky branch and project names going over
+   http/https correctly.
+
+ * git-svn fix to tone down a needlessly alarming warning message.
+
+ * git-clone did not correctly report errors while fetching over http.
+
+ * git-send-email added redundant Message-Id: header to the outgoing
+   e-mail when the patch text already had one.
+
+ * a read-beyond-end-of-buffer bug in configuration file updater was fixed.
+
+ * git-grep used to show the same hit repeatedly for unmerged paths.
+
+ * After amending the patch title in "git-am -i", the command did not
+   report the patch it applied with the updated title.
+
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 85314eb..d34c923 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.5.3.7.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.5.3.8.GIT
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
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-Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.7.txt
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+Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.8.txt
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