diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a216466d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Git v2.16.2 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.16.1
+-------------------
+
+ * An old regression in "git describe --all $annotated_tag^0" has been
+   fixed.
+
+ * "git svn dcommit" did not take into account the fact that a
+   svn+ssh:// URL with a username@ (typically used for pushing) refers
+   to the same SVN repository without the username@ and failed when
+   svn.pushmergeinfo option is set.
+
+ * "git merge -Xours/-Xtheirs" learned to use our/their version when
+   resolving a conflicting updates to a symbolic link.
+
+ * "git clone $there $here" is allowed even when here directory exists
+   as long as it is an empty directory, but the command incorrectly
+   removed it upon a failure of the operation.
+
+ * "git stash -- <pathspec>" incorrectly blew away untracked files in
+   the directory that matched the pathspec, which has been corrected.
+
+ * "git add -p" was taught to ignore local changes to submodules as
+   they do not interfere with the partial addition of regular changes
+   anyway.
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index fd72a35c65..37b8f13971 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ $(gettext 'Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with
 You can instead skip this commit: run "git rebase --skip".
 To abort and get back to the state before "git rebase", run "git rebase --abort".')
 "
+squash_onto=
 unset onto
 unset restrict_revision
 cmd=
@@ -262,6 +263,9 @@ do
 	--keep-empty)
 		keep_empty=yes
 		;;
+	--no-keep-empty)
+		keep_empty=
+		;;
 	--preserve-merges)
 		preserve_merges=t
 		test -z "$interactive_rebase" && interactive_rebase=implied
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 5bfdc40442..45aa7e3072 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ int sequencer_make_script(FILE *out, int argc, const char **argv,
 	init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
 	revs.verbose_header = 1;
 	revs.max_parents = 1;
-	revs.cherry_pick = 1;
+	revs.cherry_mark = 1;
 	revs.limited = 1;
 	revs.reverse = 1;
 	revs.right_only = 1;
@@ -3017,8 +3017,12 @@ int sequencer_make_script(FILE *out, int argc, const char **argv,
 		return error(_("make_script: error preparing revisions"));
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs))) {
+		int is_empty  = is_original_commit_empty(commit);
+
+		if (!is_empty && (commit->object.flags & PATCHSAME))
+			continue;
 		strbuf_reset(&buf);
-		if (!keep_empty && is_original_commit_empty(commit))
+		if (!keep_empty && is_empty)
 			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%c ", comment_line_char);
 		strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s %s ", insn,
 			    oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
diff --git a/t/t3421-rebase-topology-linear.sh b/t/t3421-rebase-topology-linear.sh
index 68fe2003ef..52fc6885e5 100755
--- a/t/t3421-rebase-topology-linear.sh
+++ b/t/t3421-rebase-topology-linear.sh
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ test_run_rebase () {
 }
 test_run_rebase success ''
 test_run_rebase failure -m
-test_run_rebase failure -i
+test_run_rebase success -i
 test_run_rebase failure -p
 
 #       m