diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt
index 215528b..dbc3fea 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@
    git/git (including build-status for pull requests that people
    open).
 
+ * The write(2) emulation for Windows learned to set errno to EPIPE
+   when necessary.
+
 
 Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 4478007..904265b 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.7.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.7.0-rc2
 
 LF='
 '