diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt
index 98c0225..2400b72 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 Fixes since v1.6.3
 ------------------
 
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.6.3
-echo O=$(git describe maint)
-git shortlog $O..maint
-
+* "git checkout -b new-branch" with a staged change in the index
+  incorrectly primed the in-index cache-tree, resulting a wrong tree
+  object to be written out of the index.  This is a grave regression
+  since the last 1.6.2.X maintenance release.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 39cde78..d292e3a 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.6.3.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.6.3.1
 
 LF='
 '