diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index e80f9fbe5f..015654646e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
      * Change, ! Fix, % Optimization, + Addition, - Removal, ; Comment
  */
 
+2013-03-15 15:47 UTC+0100 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
+  * src/pp/hbpp.c
+    * fall-back to revision 0 if there is no numeric
+      revision information in ChangeLog header (for Git)
+      Revision is useful, so maybe we should go with one
+      formed from date/time: YYMMDDhhmm -> '130315.1547'
+      this is quite universal and has some advantages over
+      sequential nr.
+
 2013-03-15 15:17 UTC+0100 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
   * doc/howtorep.txt
     - deleted section dealing with svn IDs and svn props.
diff --git a/src/pp/hbpp.c b/src/pp/hbpp.c
index 4db212cfc3..dec8b8e5a8 100644
--- a/src/pp/hbpp.c
+++ b/src/pp/hbpp.c
@@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ static int hb_pp_generateVerInfo( char * szVerFile, int iSVNID, char * szChangeL
                " * and is covered by the same license as Harbour PP\n"
                " */\n\n" );
 
-      if( iSVNID )
-         fprintf( fout, "\n#define HB_VER_REVID             %d\n", iSVNID );
+      fprintf( fout, "\n#define HB_VER_REVID             %d\n", iSVNID );
 
       if( szChangeLogID )
       {
@@ -611,19 +610,10 @@ static int hb_pp_parseChangelog( PHB_PP_STATE pState, const char * pszFileName,
          }
          *piSVNID = szFrom ? ( int ) hb_strValInt( szFrom, &iLen ) : 0;
 
-         if( *piSVNID )
-         {
-            hb_pp_addDefine( pState, "HB_VER_REVID", szFrom );
+         hb_pp_addDefine( pState, "HB_VER_REVID", szFrom ? szFrom : "0" );
 #ifdef HB_LEGACY_LEVEL4
-            hb_pp_addDefine( pState, "HB_VER_SVNID", szFrom );
+         hb_pp_addDefine( pState, "HB_VER_SVNID", szFrom ? szFrom : "0" );
 #endif
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            if( iQuiet < 2 )
-               fprintf( stderr, "Unrecognized Id entry in the %s file.\n", pszFileName );
-            iResult = 1;
-         }
       }
    }