diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b49ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Git v1.6.5.7 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.5.6
+--------------------
+
+* If a user specifies a color for a <slot> (i.e. a class of things to show
+  in a particular color) that is known only by newer versions of git
+  (e.g. "color.diff.func" was recently added for upcoming 1.6.6 release),
+  an older version of git should just ignore them.  Instead we diagnosed
+  it as an error.
+
+* With help.autocorrect set to non-zero value, the logic to guess typoes
+  in the subcommand name misfired and ran a random nonsense command.
+
+* If a command is run with an absolute path as a pathspec inside a bare
+  repository, e.g. "rev-list HEAD -- /home", the code tried to run
+  strlen() on NULL, which is the result of get_git_work_tree(), and
+  segfaulted.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c1fcfff..ff31095 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.6.5.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.6]
+* link:v1.6.5.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.7]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt[1.6.5.7],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.5.6.txt[1.6.5.6],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.5.5.txt[1.6.5.5],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.5.4.txt[1.6.5.4],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 9c945d9..e918ffe 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.6.5.6
+DEF_VER=v1.6.5.7
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 115c335..b1e74fb 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.6.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt
\ No newline at end of file