diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0bf8366c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Git v1.7.1 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Updates since v1.7.0
+--------------------
+
+Fixes since v1.7.0
+------------------
+
+All of the fixes in v1.7.0.X maintenance series are included in this
+release, unless otherwise noted.
+
+---
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+echo O=$(git describe)
+O=v1.7.0
+git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O..
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 577e1fd20eb..a668143d7a4 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.0
+DEF_VER=v1.7.0.GIT
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 7b9bde663bd..00e77229dda 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt
\ No newline at end of file