diff --git a/harbour/.gitignore b/harbour/.gitignore
index 920aa1c5e8..3d13f94a3c 100644
--- a/harbour/.gitignore
+++ b/harbour/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# legacy
-.svn
-
 # build generated files
 /include/hbverbld.h
 *.hbl
diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index cd2d8229b4..44901ecbb2 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,26 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2012-10-07 23:38 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (vszakats syenar.net)
+  * doc/Makefile
+  - doc/howtosvn.txt
+  + doc/howtorep.txt
+  * NEWS
+  * website/news1.html
+    * renamed to neutral name
+
+  * .gitignore
+    - deleted .svn
+
+  * bin/commit.hb
+    + added support for git
+
+  * config/global.mk
+    + added support for git (commented)
+
+  * contrib/hbpost.hbm
+    * avoid the word SVN
+
 2012-10-07 22:56 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
   * src/common/hbverdsp.c
     ! fix to previous commit
diff --git a/harbour/NEWS b/harbour/NEWS
index dee06bf387..3a8c038456 100644
--- a/harbour/NEWS
+++ b/harbour/NEWS
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ Version 1.0.0 rc1 (2008-06-04) tag: 1.0.0rc1
 General
 =============================
 - The SourceForge repository was moved from CVS to SVN
-- added docs/howtosvn.txt
+- added docs/howtorep.txt
 - changed pack_src.sh to extract list of files from local SVN copy using
   SVN commands
 - improved CYGWIN compatibility
diff --git a/harbour/bin/commit.hb b/harbour/bin/commit.hb
index 52eee1e509..a88ee2d398 100644
--- a/harbour/bin/commit.hb
+++ b/harbour/bin/commit.hb
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 
 PROCEDURE Main()
 
-   LOCAL aChanges := DoctorChanges( Changes() )
+   LOCAL cVCS := VCSDetect()
+
+   LOCAL aChanges := DoctorChanges( cVCS, Changes( cVCS ) )
    LOCAL cLog
    LOCAL cLogNew
    LOCAL cLine
@@ -88,44 +90,110 @@ PROCEDURE Main()
 
    RETURN
 
-STATIC FUNCTION DoctorChanges( aChanges )
+STATIC FUNCTION VCSDetect()
+
+   DO CASE
+   CASE hb_DirExists( ".svn" ) ; RETURN "svn"
+   CASE hb_DirExists( ".." + hb_ps() +  ".git" ) ; RETURN "git"
+   ENDCASE
+
+   RETURN ""
+
+STATIC FUNCTION DoctorChanges( cVCS, aChanges )
    LOCAL cLine
    LOCAL cStart
    LOCAL aNew := {}
 
    ASort( aChanges,,, {| x, y | x < y } )
 
-   FOR EACH cLine IN aChanges
-      IF ! Empty( cLine ) .AND. SubStr( cLine, 8, 1 ) == " "
-         cStart := Left( cLine, 1 )
-         SWITCH cStart
-         CASE "M"
-         CASE " " /* modified props */
-            cStart := "*"
-            EXIT
-         CASE "A"
-            cStart := "+"
-            EXIT
-         CASE "D"
-            cStart := "-"
-            EXIT
-         CASE "X"
-            cStart := ""
-            EXIT
-         OTHERWISE
-            cStart := "?"
-         ENDSWITCH
-         IF ! Empty( cStart )
-            AAdd( aNew, "  " + cStart + " " + StrTran( SubStr( cLine, 8 + 1 ), "\", "/" ) )
+   DO CASE
+   CASE cVCS == "svn"
+
+      FOR EACH cLine IN aChanges
+         IF ! Empty( cLine ) .AND. SubStr( cLine, 8, 1 ) == " "
+            cStart := Left( cLine, 1 )
+            SWITCH cStart
+            CASE "M"
+            CASE " " /* modified props */
+               cStart := "*"
+               EXIT
+            CASE "A"
+               cStart := "+"
+               EXIT
+            CASE "D"
+               cStart := "-"
+               EXIT
+            CASE "X"
+               cStart := ""
+               EXIT
+            OTHERWISE
+               cStart := "?"
+            ENDSWITCH
+            IF ! Empty( cStart )
+               AAdd( aNew, "  " + cStart + " " + StrTran( SubStr( cLine, 8 + 1 ), "\", "/" ) )
+            ENDIF
          ENDIF
-      ENDIF
-   NEXT
+      NEXT
+
+   CASE cVCS == "git"
+
+      FOR EACH cLine IN aChanges
+         IF ! Empty( cLine ) .AND. SubStr( cLine, 3, 1 ) == " "
+            cStart := Left( cLine, 1 )
+            SWITCH cStart
+            CASE " "
+            CASE "?"
+               cStart := ""
+               EXIT
+            CASE "M"
+            CASE "R"
+            CASE "U"
+               cStart := "*"
+               EXIT
+            CASE "A"
+            CASE "C"
+               cStart := "+"
+               EXIT
+            CASE "D"
+               cStart := "-"
+               EXIT
+            OTHERWISE
+               cStart := "?"
+            ENDSWITCH
+            IF ! Empty( cStart )
+               AAdd( aNew, "  " + cStart + " " + StrTran( SubStr( cLine, 3 + 1 ), "\", "/" ) )
+            ENDIF
+         ENDIF
+      NEXT
+
+   ENDCASE
 
    RETURN aNew
 
-STATIC FUNCTION Changes()
-   LOCAL cStdOut
 
-   hb_processRun( "svn status -q",, @cStdOut )
+STATIC FUNCTION Shell()
+   LOCAL cShell
+
+   #if defined( __PLATFORM__UNIX )
+      cShell := hb_GetEnv( "SHELL" )
+   #else
+      cShell := hb_GetEnv( "COMSPEC" )
+   #endif
+
+   IF ! Empty( cShell )
+      #if defined( __PLATFORM__WINDOWS ) .OR. defined( __PLATFORM__DOS )
+         cShell := cShell + " /c"
+      #endif
+   ENDIF
+
+   RETURN cShell
+
+STATIC FUNCTION Changes( cVCS )
+   LOCAL cStdOut := ""
+
+   DO CASE
+   CASE cVCS == "svn" ; hb_processRun( Shell() + " " + "svn status -q",, @cStdOut )
+   CASE cVCS == "git" ; hb_processRun( Shell() + " " + "git status -s",, @cStdOut )
+   ENDCASE
 
    RETURN hb_ATokens( StrTran( cStdOut, Chr( 13 ) ), Chr( 10 ) )
diff --git a/harbour/config/global.mk b/harbour/config/global.mk
index 3edef661b0..b515ad635c 100644
--- a/harbour/config/global.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/global.mk
@@ -1729,6 +1729,10 @@ ifeq ($(HB_INIT_DONE),)
          endif
          $(info ! REVISION: $(_tmp))
       endif
+#     ifneq ($(call find_in_path,git),)
+#        _tmp := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+#        $(info ! REVISION: $(_tmp))
+#     endif
    endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/hbpost.hbm b/harbour/contrib/hbpost.hbm
index 877c66e64b..0d1307a84c 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/hbpost.hbm
+++ b/harbour/contrib/hbpost.hbm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $Id$
 #
 
-# These are mandatory in Harbour SVN, they will always
+# These are mandatory inside Harbour repository, they will always
 # override project options.
 
 "{HB_BUILD_PARTS='lib'&!hblib}-stop=! Skipped because HB_BUILD_PARTS=lib"
diff --git a/harbour/doc/Makefile b/harbour/doc/Makefile
index 9d3c589024..2f68bc9223 100644
--- a/harbour/doc/Makefile
+++ b/harbour/doc/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DOC_FILES := \
    gtapi.txt \
    hdr_tpl.txt \
    howtorel.txt \
-   howtosvn.txt \
+   howtorep.txt \
    inet.txt \
    locks.txt \
    pcode.txt \
diff --git a/harbour/doc/howtosvn.txt b/harbour/doc/howtorep.txt
similarity index 99%
rename from harbour/doc/howtosvn.txt
rename to harbour/doc/howtorep.txt
index 5a864eba79..1312185c0c 100644
--- a/harbour/doc/howtosvn.txt
+++ b/harbour/doc/howtorep.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * $Id$
  */
 
-HOW TO USE THE SVN
-------------------
+HOW TO USE THE SOURCE REPOSITORY
+--------------------------------
 
 First and if your OS doesn't have it by default, download
 the client from this link:
diff --git a/harbour/website/news1.html b/harbour/website/news1.html
index 806cc44c69..dcf9359ea6 100644
--- a/harbour/website/news1.html
+++ b/harbour/website/news1.html
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ ul {
                             <span class="title">General</span><br />
    </li>
                          <li><font>The SourceForge repository was moved from CVS to SVN</font></li>
-                         <li><font>added docs/howtosvn.txt</font></li>
+                         <li><font>added docs/howtorep.txt</font></li>
                          <li><font>changed pack_src.sh to extract list of files from local SVN copy using<br />
                             SVN commands</font></li>
                          <li><font>improved CYGWIN compatibility</font></li>