diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 70db237..7408333 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ use whatever proxy the system is configured to use:
 
   RestClient.proxy = ENV['http_proxy']
 
+== Query parameters
+
+Request objects know about query parameters and will automatically add them to
+the url for GET, HEAD and DELETE requests and escape the keys and values as 
+needed:
+
+  RestClient.get 'http://example.com/resource', :params => {:foo => 'bar', :baz => 'qux'}
+  # will GET http://example.com/resource?foo=bar&baz=qux
+
 == Cookies
 
 Request and Response objects know about HTTP cookies, and will automatically
diff --git a/history.md b/history.md
index e4f26bb..c01b8df 100644
--- a/history.md
+++ b/history.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 # 1.6.5
 
 - RFC6265 requires single SP after ';' for separating parameters pairs in the 'Cookie:' header (patch provided by Hiroshi Nakamura)
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@
 # 1.6.4
 
 - fix restclient script compatibility with 1.9.2
+- fix unlinking temp file (patch provided by Evan Smith)
+- monkeypatching ruby for http patch method (patch provided by Syl Turner)
 
 # 1.6.3
 
diff --git a/lib/restclient/net_http_ext.rb b/lib/restclient/net_http_ext.rb
index 74148cd..ee40e9e 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/net_http_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/net_http_ext.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,46 @@
-#
-# Replace the request method in Net::HTTP to sniff the body type
-# and set the stream if appropriate
-#
-# Taken from:	
-# http://www.missiondata.com/blog/ruby/29/streaming-data-to-s3-with-ruby/
-
 module Net
-  class HTTP
+  class HTTP    
+    
+  # Adding the patch method if it doesn't exist (rest-client issue: https://github.com/archiloque/rest-client/issues/79)
+  if !defined?(Net::HTTP::Patch)
+    # Code taken from this commit: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/ab70e53ac3b5102d4ecbe8f38d4f76afad29d37d#lib/net/http.rb
+    class Protocol
+      # Sends a PATCH request to the +path+ and gets a response,
+      # as an HTTPResponse object.
+      def patch(path, data, initheader = nil, dest = nil, &block) # :yield: +body_segment+
+        send_entity(path, data, initheader, dest, Patch, &block)
+      end
+      
+      # Executes a request which uses a representation
+      # and returns its body.
+      def send_entity(path, data, initheader, dest, type, &block)
+        res = nil
+        request(type.new(path, initheader), data) {|r|
+          r.read_body dest, &block
+          res = r
+        }
+        unless @newimpl
+          res.value
+          return res, res.body
+        end
+        res
+      end
+    end
+    
+    class Patch < HTTPRequest
+      METHOD = 'PATCH'
+      REQUEST_HAS_BODY = true
+      RESPONSE_HAS_BODY = true
+    end
+  end
+
+    #
+    # Replace the request method in Net::HTTP to sniff the body type
+    # and set the stream if appropriate
+    #
+    # Taken from:	
+    # http://www.missiondata.com/blog/ruby/29/streaming-data-to-s3-with-ruby/
+
     alias __request__ request
 
     def request(req, body=nil, &block)
diff --git a/lib/restclient/payload.rb b/lib/restclient/payload.rb
index e59c3bd..77b2d31 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/payload.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/payload.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ module RestClient
       alias :length :size
 
       def close
-        @stream.close
+        @stream.close unless @stream.closed?
       end
 
       def inspect
diff --git a/lib/restclient/request.rb b/lib/restclient/request.rb
index 98d50aa..766831b 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/request.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/request.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ module RestClient
     def execute & block
       uri = parse_url_with_auth(url)
       transmit uri, net_http_request_class(method).new(uri.request_uri, processed_headers), payload, & block
+    ensure
+      payload.close if payload
     end
 
     # Extract the query parameters and append them to the url
diff --git a/spec/payload_spec.rb b/spec/payload_spec.rb
index 5507d1e..89ded79 100644
--- a/spec/payload_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/payload_spec.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ describe RestClient::Payload do
       RestClient::Payload::UrlEncoded.new({:foo => ['bar', 'baz']}).to_s.
           should == "foo[]=bar&foo[]=baz"
     end
+    
+    it 'should not close if stream already closed' do
+      p = RestClient::Payload::UrlEncoded.new({'foo ' => 'bar'})
+      3.times {p.close}
+    end
 
   end
 
@@ -63,6 +68,11 @@ describe RestClient::Payload do
       m.stub!(:boundary).and_return(123)
       m.headers['Content-Type'].should == 'multipart/form-data; boundary=123'
     end
+    
+    it 'should not error on close if stream already closed' do
+      m = RestClient::Payload::Multipart.new(:file => File.new(File.join(File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)), 'master_shake.jpg')))
+      3.times {m.close}
+    end
 
     it "should form properly separated multipart data" do
       m = RestClient::Payload::Multipart.new([[:bar, "baz"], [:foo, "bar"]])
diff --git a/spec/request2_spec.rb b/spec/request2_spec.rb
index 7a897bd..8870657 100644
--- a/spec/request2_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/request2_spec.rb
@@ -23,5 +23,18 @@ describe RestClient::Request do
     response_value.should == "foo"
   end
 
+  it 'closes payload if not nil' do
+    test_file = File.new(File.join( File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)), 'master_shake.jpg'))
+    initial_count = tmp_count
+
+    stub_request(:post, 'http://some/resource').with(:headers => {'Accept'=>'*/*; q=0.5, application/xml', 'Accept-Encoding'=>'gzip, deflate'}).to_return(:body => 'foo', :status => 200)
+    RestClient::Request.execute(:url => 'http://some/resource', :method => :post, :payload => {:file => test_file})
+
+    tmp_count.should == initial_count
+  end
+
 end
 
+def tmp_count
+  Dir.glob(Dir::tmpdir + "/*").size
+end
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