diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt
index b48b4bc3e8..3054b5a3f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GIT v1.5.1.1 Release Notes (draft)
+GIT v1.5.1.1 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
 Fixes since v1.5.1
@@ -10,8 +10,23 @@ Fixes since v1.5.1
 
   - The documentation for cvsimport has been majorly improved.
 
+  - "git-show-ref --exclude-existing" was documented.
+
 * Bugfixes
 
+  - The implementation of -p option in "git cvsexportcommit" had
+    the meaning of -C (context reduction) option wrong, and
+    loosened the context requirements when it was told to be
+    strict.
+
+  - "git cvsserver" did not behave like the real cvsserver when
+    client side removed a file from the working tree without
+    doing anything else on the path.  In such a case, it should
+    restore it from the checked out revision.
+
+  - "git fsck" issued an alarming error message on detached
+    HEAD.  It is not an error since at least 1.5.0.
+
   - "git send-email" produced of References header of unbounded length;
     fixed this with line-folding.
 
@@ -37,10 +52,10 @@ Fixes since v1.5.1
   - gitweb did not show type-changing patch correctly in the
     blobdiff view.
 
-* Performance Tweaks
+  - git-svn did not error out with incorrect command line options.
 
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.5.1-26-ge94a4f6
-echo O=`git describe refs/heads/maint`
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/maint
+  - git-svn fell into an infinite loop when insanely long commit
+    message was found.
+
+  - git-svn dcommit and rebase was confused by patches that were
+    merged from another branch that is managed by git-svn.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 48715012be..2325660ff4 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.5.1.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.5.1.1.GIT
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/base85.c b/base85.c
index a9e97f89d9..a6c41d597a 100644
--- a/base85.c
+++ b/base85.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void prep_base85(void)
 	}
 }
 
-int decode_85(char *dst, char *buffer, int len)
+int decode_85(char *dst, const char *buffer, int len)
 {
 	prep_base85();
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int decode_85(char *dst, char *buffer, int len)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void encode_85(char *buf, unsigned char *data, int bytes)
+void encode_85(char *buf, const unsigned char *data, int bytes)
 {
 	prep_base85();
 
diff --git a/builtin-fsck.c b/builtin-fsck.c
index 4d8b66c344..05d98d2cfc 100644
--- a/builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/builtin-fsck.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static void get_default_heads(void)
 	 * "show_unreachable" flag.
 	 */
 	if (!default_refs) {
-		error("No default references");
+		fprintf(stderr, "notice: No default references\n");
 		show_unreachable = 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -554,15 +554,23 @@ static int fsck_head_link(void)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	int flag;
-	const char *head_points_at = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 1, &flag);
+	int null_is_error = 0;
+	const char *head_points_at = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 0, &flag);
 
-	if (!head_points_at || !(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
-		return error("HEAD is not a symbolic ref");
-	if (prefixcmp(head_points_at, "refs/heads/"))
+	if (!head_points_at)
+		return error("Invalid HEAD");
+	if (!strcmp(head_points_at, "HEAD"))
+		/* detached HEAD */
+		null_is_error = 1;
+	else if (prefixcmp(head_points_at, "refs/heads/"))
 		return error("HEAD points to something strange (%s)",
 			     head_points_at);
-	if (is_null_sha1(sha1))
-		return error("HEAD: not a valid git pointer");
+	if (is_null_sha1(sha1)) {
+		if (null_is_error)
+			return error("HEAD: detached HEAD points at nothing");
+		fprintf(stderr, "notice: HEAD points to an unborn branch (%s)\n",
+			head_points_at + 11);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index eb57507b80..b1bd9e46c2 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ extern int pager_in_use;
 extern int pager_use_color;
 
 /* base85 */
-int decode_85(char *dst, char *line, int linelen);
-void encode_85(char *buf, unsigned char *data, int bytes);
+int decode_85(char *dst, const char *line, int linelen);
+void encode_85(char *buf, const unsigned char *data, int bytes);
 
 /* alloc.c */
 struct blob;
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 68aa75255e..25816c5a21 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ sub req_update
         if ( defined ( $wrev )
              and defined($meta->{revision})
              and $wrev == $meta->{revision}
+             and defined($state->{entries}{$filename}{modified_hash})
              and not exists ( $state->{opt}{C} ) )
         {
             $log->info("Tell the client the file is modified");