mark this 1.5.0.git, update RELEASING
diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index 25926db..c4973b2 100644
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 Notes to myself on all the steps to make for a Ninja release.
 
 Push new release branch:
-1. update src/version.cc with new version (with ".git")
-2. git checkout release; git merge master
-3. fix version number in src/version.cc (it will likely conflict in the above)
-4. fix version in doc/manual.asciidoc
-5. commit, tag, push (don't forget to push --tags)
-6. construct release notes from prior notes
+1. Consider sending a heads-up to the ninja-build mailing list first
+2. update src/version.cc with new version (with ".git"), commit to master
+3. git checkout release; git merge master
+4. fix version number in src/version.cc (it will likely conflict in the above)
+5. fix version in doc/manual.asciidoc
+6. commit, tag, push (don't forget to push --tags)
+7. construct release notes from prior notes
    credits: git shortlog -s --no-merges REV..
 
 Release on github:
-1. (haven't tried this yet)
-   https://github.com/blog/1547-release-your-software
+1. https://github.com/blog/1547-release-your-software
+   Add binaries to https://github.com/martine/ninja/releases
 
 Make announcement on mailing list:
 1. copy old mail
diff --git a/src/version.cc b/src/version.cc
index 1406d91..562fce4 100644
--- a/src/version.cc
+++ b/src/version.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-const char* kNinjaVersion = "1.4.0.git";
+const char* kNinjaVersion = "1.5.0.git";
 
 void ParseVersion(const string& version, int* major, int* minor) {
   size_t end = version.find('.');