diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7e32cd56983..c068b2447cc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3
+1.4
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1
index 16d5759b58d..842bacf91e5 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
'\" t
.\" Title: ansible-doc
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
-.\" Date: 04/02/2013
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1
+.\" Date: 09/13/2013
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 1.2
+.\" Source: Ansible 1.4
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE\-DOC" "1" "04/02/2013" "Ansible 1\&.2" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE\-DOC" "1" "09/13/2013" "Ansible 1\&.4" "System administration commands"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
index 85187cdbcfe..996d1c94487 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
'\" t
.\" Title: ansible-playbook
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
-.\" Date: 06/03/2013
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1
+.\" Date: 09/13/2013
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 1.2
+.\" Source: Ansible 1.4
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "06/03/2013" "Ansible 1\&.2" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "09/13/2013" "Ansible 1\&.4" "System administration commands"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
index a66fac59005..10e9fd40f2e 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
'\" t
.\" Title: ansible
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
-.\" Date: 04/02/2013
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1
+.\" Date: 09/13/2013
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 1.2
+.\" Source: Ansible 1.4
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "04/02/2013" "Ansible 1\&.2" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "09/13/2013" "Ansible 1\&.4" "System administration commands"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -22,32 +31,55 @@
ansible-pull \- set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed node
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
-ansible \-d DEST \-U URL [ \-C CHECKOUT ]
+ansible \-d DEST \-U URL [options] [ ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
-\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' over SSH\&.
+\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \*(Aqremote things\*(Aq over SSH\&.
.sp
-Use ansible\-pull to set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed node, each set to run via cron and update playbook source via git\&. This inverts the default \fBpush\fR architecture of ansible into a \fBpull\fR architecture, which has near\-limitless scaling potential\&.
+Use ansible\-pull to set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed node, each set to run via cron and update playbook source via a source repository\&. This inverts the default \fBpush\fR architecture of ansible into a \fBpull\fR architecture, which has near\-limitless scaling potential\&.
.sp
The setup playbook can be tuned to change the cron frequency, logging locations, and parameters to ansible\-pull\&.
.sp
This is useful both for extreme scale\-out as well as periodic remediation\&. Usage of the \fIfetch\fR module to retrieve logs from ansible\-pull runs would be an excellent way to gather and analyze remote logs from ansible\-pull\&.
+.SH "OPTIONAL ARGUMENT"
+.PP
+\fBfilename\&.yml\fR
+.RS 4
+The name of one the YAML format files to run as an ansible playbook\&. This can be a relative path within the checkout\&. If not provided, ansible\-pull will look for a playbook based on the host\(cqs fully\-qualified domain name and finally a playbook named
+\fBlocal\&.yml\fR\&.
+.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-d\fR \fIDEST\fR, \fB\-\-directory=\fR\fIDEST\fR
.RS 4
-Directory to checkout git repository into\&.
+Directory to checkout repository into\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-U\fR \fIURL\fR, \fB\-\-url=\fR\fIURL\fR
.RS 4
-URL of git repository to clone\&.
+URL of the playbook repository to checkout\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-C\fR \fICHECKOUT\fR, \fB\-\-checkout=\fR\fICHECKOUT\fR
.RS 4
-Branch/Tag/Commit to checkout\&. Defaults to
-\fIHEAD\fR\&.
+Branch/Tag/Commit to checkout\&. If not provided, uses default behavior of module used to check out playbook repository\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
+.RS 4
+The
+\fIPATH\fR
+to the inventory hosts file\&. This can be a relative path within the checkout\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-purge\fR
+.RS 4
+Purge the checkout after the playbook is run\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-m\fR \fINAME\fR, \fB\-\-module\-name=\fR\fINAME\fR
+.RS 4
+Module used to checkout playbook repository\&. Defaults to git\&.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.sp
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
index 813f1a8cc0a..5ca174e7f64 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
'\" t
.\" Title: ansible
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
-.\" Date: 05/29/2013
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1
+.\" Date: 09/13/2013
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 1.2
+.\" Source: Ansible 1.4
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "05/29/2013" "Ansible 1\&.2" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "09/13/2013" "Ansible 1\&.4" "System administration commands"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ ansible \- run a command somewhere else
ansible [\-f forks] [\-m module_name] [\-a args]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
-\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' over SSH\&.
+\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \*(Aqremote things\*(Aq over SSH\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fBhost\-pattern\fR
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ search path to load modules from\&. The default is
\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&. This can also be set with the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-a\fR \'\fIARGUMENTS\fR\', \fB\-\-args=\fR\'\fIARGUMENTS\fR\'
+\fB\-a\fR \*(Aq\fIARGUMENTS\fR\*(Aq, \fB\-\-args=\fR\*(Aq\fIARGUMENTS\fR\*(Aq
.RS 4
The
\fIARGUMENTS\fR
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index 838f1d9afe1..7f43afd97bb 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Homepage: http://ansible.github.com/
Package: ansible
Architecture: all
-Depends: python, python-support (>= 0.90), python-jinja2, python-yaml, python-paramiko
+Depends: python, python-support (>= 0.90), python-jinja2, python-yaml, python-paramiko, sshpass
Description: Ansible Application
Ansible is a extra-simple tool/API for doing 'parallel remote things' over SSH executing commands, running "modules", or executing larger 'playbooks' that can serve as a configuration management or deployment system.
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
index 50721519e66..2cab35e5bc7 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Requires: python-paramiko
Requires: python-jinja2
Requires: python-keyczar
%endif
+Requires: sshpass
%description