diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bc4c5dcc01b14fd7eb09be85269573f74759e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Git v1.8.4.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.4.3
+--------------------
+
+ * The fix in v1.8.4.3 to the pack transfer protocol to propagate
+   the target of symbolic refs broke "git clone/git fetch" from a
+   repository with too many symbolic refs. As a hotfix/workaround,
+   we transfer only the information on HEAD.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 3334820ecd6a445d7a89655ee8363a502bfedc7f..7f13d8f444716b5ddaa4345e458ae1b82b9132c0 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:v1.8.4.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.4.3]
+* link:v1.8.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.4.4]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt[1.8.4.4],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.3.txt[1.8.4.3],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt[1.8.4.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.1.txt[1.8.4.1],
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 13a018df3adc2e8f192700397eeea4588c0c29b3..ba00ad8f4964da967ce7f5a84163af3a366ed805 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.3.txt
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+Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt
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