3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 5a95802..d70c8f8 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.5
+3.6
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c22d9a5..949136c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU diffutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.6 (2017-05-21) [stable]
 
 ** New features
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 6a0620c..1201946 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 0216ec3bf3e3322f33afd4e949a9a29b
+old_NEWS_hash = 773368daadfe6d96f43de867c87f45e7
 
 # Tell maint.mk's syntax-check rules that diff gets config.h directly or
 # via diff.h or system.h.