diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
index f10ff28820..7fe5218cf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
@@ -130,43 +130,14 @@ Fixes since v1.7.6
 Unless otherwise noted, all fixes in the 1.7.6.X maintenance track are
 included in this release.
 
- * The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file
-   whose mail-storage format is unknown was fixed.
-   (merge dff4b0e gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message later to 'maint').
-
- * "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly.
-   (merge e9d4f74 mg/branch-set-upstream-previous later to 'maint').
-
  * "git branch -m" and "git checkout -b" incorrectly allowed the tip
    of the branch that is currently checked out updated.
    (merge 55c4a67 ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update later to 'maint').
 
- * "git check-ref-format --print" used to parrot a candidate string that
-   began with a slash (e.g. /refs/heads/master) without stripping it, to make
-   the result a suitably normalized string the caller can append to "$GIT_DIR/".
-   (merge f3738c1 mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize later to 'maint').
-
- * "git clone" failed to clone locally from a ".git" file that itself
-   is not a directory but is a pointer to one.
-   (merge 9b0ebc7 nd/maint-clone-gitdir later to 'maint').
-
- * "git clone" from a local repository that borrows from another
-   object store using a relative path in its objects/info/alternates
-   file did not adjust the alternates in the resulting repository.
-   (merge e6baf4a1 jc/maint-clone-alternates later to 'maint').
-
- * "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the
-   state of the working tree files.
-   (cherry-pick bb57148 ac/describe-dirty-refresh later to 'maint').
-
- * "git ls-files ../$path" that is run from a subdirectory reported errors
-   incorrectly when there is no such path that matches the given pathspec.
-   (merge 0f64bfa cb/maint-ls-files-error-report later to 'maint').
-
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 echo O=$(git describe master)
-O=v1.7.7-rc2
+O=v1.7.7-rc3
 git log --first-parent --oneline $O..master
 echo
 git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 647dc603ab..e7657280e1 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.7-rc2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.7-rc3
 
 LF='
 '