diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cad461b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+GIT v1.6.3.4 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.3.3
+--------------------
+
+ * "git add --no-ignore-errors" did not override configured
+   add.ignore-errors configuration.
+
+ * "git apply --whitespace=fix" did not fix trailing whitespace on an
+   incomplete line.
+
+ * "git branch" opened too many commit objects unnecessarily.
+
+ * "git checkout -f $commit" with a path that is a file (or a symlink) in
+   the work tree to a commit that has a directory at the path issued an
+   unnecessary error message.
+
+ * "git diff -c/--cc" was very inefficient in coalescing the removed lines
+   shared between parents.
+
+ * "git diff -c/--cc" showed removed lines at the beginning of a file
+   incorrectly.
+
+ * "git remote show nickname" did not honor configured
+   remote.nickname.uploadpack when inspecting the branches at the remote.
+
+ * "git request-pull" when talking to the terminal for a preview
+   showed some of the output in the pager.
+
+ * "git request-pull start nickname [end]" did not honor configured
+   remote.nickname.uploadpack when it ran git-ls-remote against the remote
+   repository to learn the current tip of branches.
+
+Includes other documentation updates and minor fixes.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 6fa0310..67bc0b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.6.3.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.3.3]
+* link:v1.6.3.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.3.4]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt[1.6.3.4],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.3.3.txt[1.6.3.3],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.3.2.txt[1.6.3.2],
   link:RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt[1.6.3.1],
diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index 5917773..fd95bea 100755
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 merge_base=`git merge-base $baserev $headrev` ||
 die "fatal: No commits in common between $base and $head"
 
-url=$(get_remote_url "$url")
 branch=$(git ls-remote "$url" \
 	| sed -n -e "/^$headrev	refs.heads./{
 		s/^.*	refs.heads.//
 		p
 		q
 	}")
+url=$(get_remote_url "$url")
 if [ -z "$branch" ]; then
 	echo "warn: No branch of $url is at:" >&2
 	git log --max-count=1 --pretty='tformat:warn:   %h: %s' $headrev >&2