Index: jquery/src/ajax.js
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--- jquery/src/ajax.js	(revision 6274)
+++ jquery/src/ajax.js	(working copy)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 jQuery.extend({
   
-	get: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
+	get: function( url, data, callback, type, options ) {
 		// shift arguments if data argument was ommited
 		if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
 			callback = data;
@@ -103,24 +103,27 @@
 			data = null;
 		}
 
-		return jQuery.ajax({
-			type: "GET",
-			url: url,
-			data: data,
-			success: callback,
-			dataType: type
-		});
+		// merge in the default options
+		options = jQuery.extend({
+			type: "GET",
+			url: url,
+			data: data,
+			success: callback,
+			dataType: type
+		}, options);
+
+		return jQuery.ajax(options);
 	},
 
-	getScript: function( url, callback ) {
-		return jQuery.get(url, null, callback, "script");
+	getScript: function( url, callback, options ) {
+		return jQuery.get(url, null, callback, "script", options);
 	},
 
-	getJSON: function( url, data, callback ) {
-		return jQuery.get(url, data, callback, "json");
+	getJSON: function( url, data, callback, options ) {
+		return jQuery.get(url, data, callback, "json", options);
 	},
 
-	post: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
+	post: function( url, data, callback, type, options ) {
 		if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
 			callback = data;
 			data = {};
@@ -126,13 +129,16 @@
 			data = {};
 		}
 
-		return jQuery.ajax({
-			type: "POST",
-			url: url,
-			data: data,
-			success: callback,
-			dataType: type
-		});
+		// merge in the default options
+		options = jQuery.extend({
+			type: "POST",
+			url: url,
+			data: data,
+			success: callback,
+			dataType: type
+		}, options);
+
+		return jQuery.ajax(options);
 	},
 
 	ajaxSetup: function( settings ) {