diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt
index 970cd59330..8ff5bcada8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,17 @@ Fixes since v1.7.0
  * In a freshly created repository "rev-parse HEAD^0" complained that
    it is dangling symref, even though "rev-parse HEAD" didn't.
 
+ * "git show :no-such-name" tried to access the index without bounds
+   check, leading to a potential segfault.
+
  * Message from "git cherry-pick" was harder to read and use than necessary
    when it stopped due to conflicting changes.
 
+ * We referred to ".git/refs/" throughout the documentation when we
+   meant to talk about abstract notion of "ref namespace".  Because
+   people's repositories often have packed refs these days, this was
+   confusing.
+
  * "git diff --output=/path/that/cannot/be/written" did not correctly
    error out.
 
@@ -24,8 +32,4 @@ Fixes since v1.7.0
    option was propagated to "git stash drop" that is internally run at the
    end.
 
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe)
-O=v1.7.0-22-gc69f921
-git shortlog $O..
+And other minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 664de6b1ab..7103172ed3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -685,9 +685,7 @@ color.grep::
 
 color.grep.match::
 	Use customized color for matches.  The value of this variable
-	may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.  It is passed using
-	the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
-	calling an external 'grep'.
+	may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
 
 color.interactive::
 	When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 01c463101b..cc32ce18d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0]
+* link:v1.7.0.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.1]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0].
 
 * link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index a668143d7a..7f894fdd46 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.0.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.7.0.1
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 43884c69b3..bf92417838 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -992,13 +992,15 @@ static void diagnose_invalid_index_path(int stage,
 	pos = cache_name_pos(filename, namelen);
 	if (pos < 0)
 		pos = -pos - 1;
-	ce = active_cache[pos];
-	if (ce_namelen(ce) == namelen &&
-	    !memcmp(ce->name, filename, namelen))
-		die("Path '%s' is in the index, but not at stage %d.\n"
-		    "Did you mean ':%d:%s'?",
-		    filename, stage,
-		    ce_stage(ce), filename);
+	if (pos < active_nr) {
+		ce = active_cache[pos];
+		if (ce_namelen(ce) == namelen &&
+		    !memcmp(ce->name, filename, namelen))
+			die("Path '%s' is in the index, but not at stage %d.\n"
+			    "Did you mean ':%d:%s'?",
+			    filename, stage,
+			    ce_stage(ce), filename);
+	}
 
 	/* Confusion between relative and absolute filenames? */
 	fullnamelen = namelen + strlen(prefix);
@@ -1008,13 +1010,15 @@ static void diagnose_invalid_index_path(int stage,
 	pos = cache_name_pos(fullname, fullnamelen);
 	if (pos < 0)
 		pos = -pos - 1;
-	ce = active_cache[pos];
-	if (ce_namelen(ce) == fullnamelen &&
-	    !memcmp(ce->name, fullname, fullnamelen))
-		die("Path '%s' is in the index, but not '%s'.\n"
-		    "Did you mean ':%d:%s'?",
-		    fullname, filename,
-		    ce_stage(ce), fullname);
+	if (pos < active_nr) {
+		ce = active_cache[pos];
+		if (ce_namelen(ce) == fullnamelen &&
+		    !memcmp(ce->name, fullname, fullnamelen))
+			die("Path '%s' is in the index, but not '%s'.\n"
+			    "Did you mean ':%d:%s'?",
+			    fullname, filename,
+			    ce_stage(ce), fullname);
+	}
 
 	if (!lstat(filename, &st))
 		die("Path '%s' exists on disk, but not in the index.", filename);