diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21cdfc58af90b0b35f179bc178e288ff05c409df..b5f38fe1a7d607834b0271a441e507ab59623c93 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.315 2003-12-04 17:49:21 geuzaine Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.316 2003-12-04 18:24:50 geuzaine Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1997-2003 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 #
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 include variables
 
 GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION = 1
-GMSH_MINOR_VERSION = 49
-GMSH_PATCH_VERSION = 3
+GMSH_MINOR_VERSION = 50
+GMSH_PATCH_VERSION = 0
 
 GMSH_SHORT_LICENSE = "GNU General Public License"
 
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS b/doc/VERSIONS
index c449bd1bad8c96d062fcb05a3331f8a21bd1e6bd..d2e57c8c7437890ba0422e3e75ee969107d360f4 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.173 2003-12-04 00:14:32 geuzaine Exp $
-
-New since 1.49: small changes to the visibility browser + made
-visibility scriptable (new Show/Hide commands); fixed (rare) crash
-when deleting views; split File->Open into File->Open and File->New to
-behave like most other programs; Mac versions now use the system menu
-bar by default (if possible); fixed bug leading to degenerate
-tetrahedra in extruded meshes;
+$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.174 2003-12-04 18:24:50 geuzaine Exp $
+
+New in 1.50: small changes to the visibility browser + made visibility
+scriptable (new Show/Hide commands); fixed (rare) crash when deleting
+views; split File->Open into File->Open and File->New to behave like
+most other programs; Mac versions now use the system menu bar by
+default (if possible); fixed bug leading to degenerate tetrahedra in
+extruded meshes; fixed crash when reloading sms meshes;
 
 New in 1.49: made Merge, Save and Print behave like Include (i.e.,
 open files in the same directory as the main project file if the path
diff --git a/doc/gmsh.html b/doc/gmsh.html
index da7c5f74552771ac4407522a86b00c0c93aa5682..f1258c53bb4a407d7c13ea52c260d55874a3c477 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.html
+++ b/doc/gmsh.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities</h1>
 <p>
 <h3 align="center">Christophe Geuzaine and Jean-François Remacle</h3>
 <p>
-<h3 align=center>Version <a href="doc/VERSIONS">1.49</a>, 29 November 2003</h3>
+<h3 align=center>Version <a href="doc/VERSIONS">1.50</a>, 4 December 2003</h3>
 <p>
 <center>
   <a href="#Description">Description</a> |
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The tutorial and demo files
 are included in the archives.
 
 <ul>
-<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-1.49.1-Windows.zip">Windows zip archive (95/98/NT/2000/XP)</a>
-<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-1.49.1-1.i386.rpm">Linux RPM (i386, Red Hat >= 7.3)</a>
-<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-1.49.1-Linux.tgz">Linux tarball (i386, glibc >= 2.2)</a> 
-<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/MacOSX/gmsh-1.49.1-MacOSX.tgz">Mac OS X tarball (Mac OS X >= 10.2)</a>
-<li><a href="/gmsh/src/gmsh-1.49.1-source.tgz">Source tarball (all platforms)</a>
+<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/Windows/gmsh-1.50.0-Windows.zip">Windows zip archive (95/98/NT/2000/XP)</a>
+<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-1.50.0-1.i386.rpm">Linux RPM (i386, Red Hat >= 7.3)</a>
+<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/Linux/gmsh-1.50.0-Linux.tgz">Linux tarball (i386, glibc >= 2.2)</a> 
+<li><a href="/gmsh/bin/MacOSX/gmsh-1.50.0-MacOSX.tgz">Mac OS X tarball (Mac OS X >= 10.2)</a>
+<li><a href="/gmsh/src/gmsh-1.50.0-source.tgz">Source tarball (all platforms)</a>
     <a href="#build-footnote" name="build-footmark"><sup>2</sup></a>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index 9d8941f22e1a6279d38f4a9f06d902253736a2df..395027a6401d1212fbd7bcbbbc463e7084541ee4 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 \input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c $Id: gmsh.texi,v 1.90 2003-12-02 04:10:38 geuzaine Exp $
+@c $Id: gmsh.texi,v 1.91 2003-12-04 18:24:50 geuzaine Exp $
 @c
 @c Copyright (C) 1997-2003 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 @c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename        gmsh.info
 @set EDITION        1.16
-@set GMSH-VERSION   1.49
+@set GMSH-VERSION   1.50
 @set GMSH-WEB       @uref{http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/}
 @set COPYRIGHT      @copyright{} 1997-2003 Christophe Geuzaine, Jean-Fran@,{c}ois Remacle
 @c