diff --git a/src/edit.c b/src/edit.c
index d4951d9f34..813e95d34b 100644
--- a/src/edit.c
+++ b/src/edit.c
@@ -7970,7 +7970,7 @@ replace_do_bs(int limit_col)
     if (cc > 0)
     {
 #ifdef FEAT_TEXT_PROP
-	size_t	len_before;
+	size_t	len_before = 0;  // init to shut up GCC
 
 	if (curbuf->b_has_textprop)
 	{
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ec4283af69..a693050318 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -799,6 +799,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    699,
 /**/
     698,
 /**/