diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e9bf860f6d..782cff9d5d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ all:
 # Define USE_STDEV below if you want git to care about the underlying device
 # change being considered an inode change from the update-cache perspective.
 
-GIT_VERSION = 1.0.0
+GIT_VERSION = 1.0.0.GIT
 
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4fa6c16e8e..491ebd9ba2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+git-core (1.0.0.GIT-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Post GIT 1.0.0 development track.
+
+ -- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:12:05 -0800
+
 git-core (1.0.0-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * GIT 1.0.0