diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.3.txt
index 153bf14..703fbf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.3.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 
  * The message file for German translation has been updated a bit.
 
- * "git status --porcelain" ignored "--branch" option by mistake.  The
-   output for "git status --branch -z" was also incorrect and did not
-   terminate the record for the current branch name with NUL as asked.
-
  * Running "git checkout" on an unborn branch used to corrupt HEAD.
 
  * When checking out another commit from an already detached state, we
@@ -21,6 +17,9 @@
    "checkout" phase; when run without any "--quiet" option, it should
    give progress to the lengthy operation.
 
+ * The directory path used in "git diff --no-index", when it recurses
+   down, was broken with a recent update after v1.7.10.1 release.
+
  * "log -z --pretty=tformat:..." did not terminate each record with
    NUL.  The fix is not entirely correct when the output also asks for
    --patch and/or --stat, though.
@@ -29,4 +28,16 @@
    broken and gave undue precedence to configured log.date, causing
    "git stash list" to show "stash@{time stamp string}".
 
+ * "git status --porcelain" ignored "--branch" option by mistake.  The
+   output for "git status --branch -z" was also incorrect and did not
+   terminate the record for the current branch name with NUL as asked.
+
+ * When a submodule repository uses alternate object store mechanism,
+   some commands that were started from the superproject did not
+   notice it and failed with "No such object" errors.  The subcommands
+   of "git submodule" command that recursed into the submodule in a
+   separate process were OK; only the ones that cheated and peeked
+   directly into the submodule's repository from the primary process
+   were affected.
+
 Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 1df7b0f..8645831 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.10.2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.10.3
 
 LF='
 '