diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt
index 73ce7da..ebca846 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt
@@ -54,4 +54,11 @@
    turn revealed incorrect expectations the tests make. These tests
    have been updated.
 
+ * "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").
+
 Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index f40d6c4..a52b155 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v2.12.2/git.html[documentation for release 2.12.2]
+* link:v2.12.3/git.html[documentation for release 2.12.3]
 
 * release notes for
-  link:RelNotes/2.12.2.txt[2.12.2].
-  link:RelNotes/2.12.1.txt[2.12.1].
+  link:RelNotes/2.12.3.txt[2.12.3],
+  link:RelNotes/2.12.2.txt[2.12.2],
+  link:RelNotes/2.12.1.txt[2.12.1],
   link:RelNotes/2.12.0.txt[2.12].
 
 * link:v2.11.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.11.1]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index e83f591..6cf4ab6 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.12.2
+DEF_VER=v2.12.3
 
 LF='
 '