diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e3c3e55a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+GIT v1.5.4.6 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+I personally do not think there is any reason anybody should want to
+run v1.5.4.X series these days, because 'master' version is always
+more stable than any tagged released version of git.
+
+This is primarily to futureproof "git-shell" to accept requests
+without a dash between "git" and subcommand name (e.g. "git
+upload-pack") which the newer client will start to make sometime in
+the future.
+
+Fixes since v1.5.4.5
+--------------------
+
+ * Command line option "-n" to "git-repack" was not correctly parsed.
+
+ * Error messages from "git-apply" when the patchfile cannot be opened
+   have been improved.
+
+ * Error messages from "git-bisect" when given nonsense revisions have
+   been improved.
+
+ * reflog syntax that uses time e.g. "HEAD@{10 seconds ago}:path" did not
+   stop parsing at the closing "}".
+
+ * "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name ^master^2" printed solitary "^",
+   but it should print nothing.
+
+ * "git apply" did not enforce "match at the beginning" correctly.
+
+ * a path specification "a/b" in .gitattributes file should not match
+   "sub/a/b", but it did.
+
+ * "git log --date-order --topo-order" did not override the earlier
+   date-order with topo-order as expected.
+
+ * "git fast-export" did not export octopus merges correctly.
+
+ * "git archive --prefix=$path/" mishandled gitattributes.
+
+As usual, it also comes with many documentation fixes and clarifications.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30fa3615c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+GIT v1.5.5.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+I personally do not think there is any reason anybody should want to
+run v1.5.5.X series these days, because 'master' version is always
+more stable than any tagged released version of git.
+
+This is primarily to futureproof "git-shell" to accept requests
+without a dash between "git" and subcommand name (e.g. "git
+upload-pack") which the newer client will start to make sometime in
+the future.
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index 9826109d5b..b27d01c9e4 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ static int do_generic_cmd(const char *me, char *arg)
 {
 	const char *my_argv[4];
 
+	setup_path(NULL);
 	if (!arg || !(arg = sq_dequote(arg)))
 		die("bad argument");
 	if (prefixcmp(me, "git-"))
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ static int do_cvs_cmd(const char *me, char *arg)
 		die("git-cvsserver only handles server: %s", arg);
 
 	setup_path(NULL);
-
 	return execv_git_cmd(cvsserver_argv);
 }
 
@@ -49,15 +49,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *prog;
 	struct commands *cmd;
 
+	/*
+	 * Special hack to pretend to be a CVS server
+	 */
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "cvs server"))
 		argv--;
-	/* We want to see "-c cmd args", and nothing else */
+
+	/*
+	 * We do not accept anything but "-c" followed by "cmd arg",
+	 * where "cmd" is a very limited subset of git commands.
+	 */
 	else if (argc != 3 || strcmp(argv[1], "-c"))
 		die("What do you think I am? A shell?");
 
 	prog = argv[2];
-	argv += 2;
-	argc -= 2;
+	if (!strncmp(prog, "git", 3) && isspace(prog[3]))
+		/* Accept "git foo" as if the caller said "git-foo". */
+		prog[3] = '-';
+
 	for (cmd = cmd_list ; cmd->name ; cmd++) {
 		int len = strlen(cmd->name);
 		char *arg;