diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 4999d12339..5225a7fb0f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
      * Change, ! Fix, % Optimization, + Addition, - Removal, ; Comment
  */
 
+2013-03-16 04:51 UTC+0100 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
+  * config/global.mk
+    ! fixed to not try to query git information and fail,
+      when run in a source snapshot
+
 2013-03-16 04:42 UTC+0100 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
   * package/updt_web_nightly.sh
     + use curl instead of wget
diff --git a/config/global.mk b/config/global.mk
index 0296ebbb5e..d73e4e1db2 100644
--- a/config/global.mk
+++ b/config/global.mk
@@ -1742,13 +1742,15 @@ ifeq ($(HB_INIT_DONE),)
 #        endif
 #        $(info ! REVISION: $(_tmp))
 #     endif
-      ifneq ($(call find_in_path,git),)
-         _tmp := $(shell git diff --name-only)
-         ifneq ($(_tmp),)
-            $(info ! === WARNING: Locally modified source code ===)
+      ifneq ($(wildcard .git),)
+         ifneq ($(call find_in_path,git),)
+            _tmp := $(shell git diff --name-only --quiet)
+            ifneq ($(_tmp),)
+               $(info ! === WARNING: Locally modified source code ===)
+            endif
+            _tmp := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+            $(info ! GIT-REVISION: $(_tmp))
          endif
-         _tmp := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-         $(info ! REVISION: $(_tmp))
       endif
    endif
 endif