diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4518df207..f50ad72399 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ SCRIPTS=git git-apply-patch-script git-merge-one-file-script git-prune-script \
 	gitk git-cherry git-rebase-script git-relink-script git-repack-script \
 	git-format-patch-script git-sh-setup-script git-push-script \
 	git-branch-script git-parse-remote git-verify-tag-script \
-	git-ls-remote-script git-clone-dumb-http git-rename-script
+	git-ls-remote-script git-clone-dumb-http git-rename-script \
+	git-request-pull-script
 
 PROG=   git-update-cache git-diff-files git-init-db git-write-tree \
 	git-read-tree git-commit-tree git-cat-file git-fsck-cache \
diff --git a/git-request-pull-script b/git-request-pull-script
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..329cfc4b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-request-pull-script
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# Copyright 2005, Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
+#
+# This file is licensed under the GPL v2, or a later version
+# at the discretion of Linus Torvalds.
+
+usage()
+{
+	echo "$0 <commit> <filename> <url>"
+	echo "  Summarizes the changes since <commit>, stores them in <filename>"
+	echo "  and includes <url> in the message generated."
+	exit 1
+}
+
+
+revision=$1
+filename=$2
+url=$3
+
+[ "$revision" ] || usage
+[ "$filename" ] || usage
+[ "$url" ] || usage
+
+baserev=`git-rev-parse $revision`
+
+(
+	echo "The git repository at:" 
+	echo "    $url"
+	echo "contains the following changes since commit $baserev"
+	echo ""
+	git log $revision.. | git-shortlog ;
+	git diff $revision.. | diffstat ;
+) | tee $filename
+
+echo "The above message is also stored in $filename"
+