diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..230aa3d8e8
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+GIT v1.6.1.2 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.1.1
+--------------------
+
+* The logic for rename detectin in internal diff used by commands like
+  "git diff" and "git blame" have been optimized to avoid loading the same
+  blob repeatedly.
+
+* We did not allow writing out a blob that is larger than 2GB for no good
+  reason.
+
+* "git format-patch -o $dir", when $dir is a relative directory, used it
+  as relative to the root of the work tree, not relative to the current
+  directory.
+
+* v1.6.1 introduced an optimization for "git push" into a repository (A)
+  that borrows its objects from another repository (B) to avoid sending
+  objects that are available in repository B, when they are not yet used
+  by repository A.  However the code on the "git push" sender side was
+  buggy and did not work when repository B had new objects that are not
+  known by the sender.  This caused pushing into a "forked" repository
+  served by v1.6.1 software using "git push" from v1.6.1 sometimes did not
+  work.  The bug was purely on the "git push" sender side, and has been
+  corrected.
+
+* "git status -v" did not paint its diff output in colour even when
+  color.ui configuration was set.
+
+* "git ls-tree" learned --full-tree option to help Porcelain scripts that
+  want to always see the full path regardless of the current working
+  directory.
+
+* "git grep" incorrectly searched in work tree paths even when they are
+  marked as assume-unchanged.  It now searches in the index entries.
+
+* "git gc" with no grace period needlessly ejected packed but unreachable
+  objects in their loose form, only to delete them right away.
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 360f7e5a02..8868b800cb 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2340,7 +2340,8 @@ static int create_tmpfile(char *buffer, size_t bufsiz, const char *filename)
 static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 			      void *buf, unsigned long len, time_t mtime)
 {
-	int fd, size, ret;
+	int fd, ret;
+	size_t size;
 	unsigned char *compressed;
 	z_stream stream;
 	char *filename;