Git 2.5.6v2.5.6maint-2.5

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cd025bb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Git v2.5.6 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.5
+------------------
+
+ * "git-shell" rejects a request to serve a repository whose name
+   begins with a dash, which makes it no longer possible to get it
+   confused into spawning service programs like "git-upload-pack" with
+   an option like "--help", which in turn would spawn an interactive
+   pager, instead of working with the repository user asked to access
+   (i.e. the one whose name is "--help").
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c64ffa81d8..55c314dbfb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v2.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.5]
+* link:v2.5.6/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.6]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.5.6.txt[2.5.6],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.5.txt[2.5.5],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 51ae63d753..b5c77243b1 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.5.5
+DEF_VER=v2.5.6
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 3f734d99aa..0528978841 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.6.txt
\ No newline at end of file