3 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ae882780..79b885178 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-12-08  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	Post-release version change.
+	* NEWS: Add a line for 6.8-dirty.
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Set new version string.
+
 2006-12-07  Jim Meyering  jim@meyering.net
 
 	Version 6.7.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index da9f5e9a3..7bc823985 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release 6.8-dirty (????-??-??) [stable]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 6.7 (2006-12-08) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc8dbf7c2..2eea87a4d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 dnl Written by Jim Meyering.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([GNU coreutils],[6.7],[bug-coreutils@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU coreutils],[6.8-dirty],[bug-coreutils@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/ls.c)
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)