diff --git a/src/edit.c b/src/edit.c
index d4951d9..813e95d 100644
--- a/src/edit.c
+++ b/src/edit.c
@@ -7970,7 +7970,7 @@
     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 ec4283a..a693050 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -800,6 +800,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    699,
+/**/
     698,
 /**/
     697,