From 6f3a8431cfe43bad825d667fed010243d96ec54d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 15:12:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] off to 2.7.13

---
 Include/patchlevel.h |  2 +-
 Misc/NEWS            | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 4c57860158f..fbb9e335485 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.12rc1"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.12rc1+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3926350e510..72e5396ca24 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 Python News
 +++++++++++
 
+What's New in Python 2.7.13?
+============================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7.12 release candidate 1?
 ================================================