diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1d1835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Git v1.9.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v1.9.3
+------------------
+
+ * Commands that take pathspecs on the command line misbehaved when
+   the pathspec is given as an absolute pathname (which is a
+   practice not particularly encouraged) that points at a symbolic
+   link in the working tree.
+
+ * An earlier fix to the shell prompt script (in contrib/) for using
+   the PROMPT_COMMAND interface did not correctly check if the extra
+   code path needs to trigger, causing the branch name not to appear
+   when 'promptvars' option is disabled in bash or PROMPT_SUBST is
+   unset in zsh.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index dd2f0aa..3d54378 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:v1.9.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.9.3]
+* link:v1.9.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.9.4]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.9.4.txt[1.9.4],
   link:RelNotes/1.9.3.txt[1.9.3],
   link:RelNotes/1.9.2.txt[1.9.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.9.1.txt[1.9.1],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 3b385d3..a9886fb 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.9.3
+DEF_VER=v1.9.4
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 7b78eb9..2bff7b2 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.3.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.4.txt
\ No newline at end of file