diff --git a/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java b/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f3464046..000000000
--- a/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo;
-
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-/**
- * Parse the response that we got from SVN info.
- * 
- * Not thread-safe.
- */
-public class InfoResponseParser {
-	private static final Pattern URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("URL: (\\S+)");
-	private static final Pattern ROOT_PATTERN = Pattern
-			.compile("Repository Root: (\\S+)");
-
-	private static final String TRUNK_PREFIX = "/trunk";
-	private static final String TAGS_PREFIX = "/tags/";
-	private static final String BRANCHES_PREFIX = "/branches/";
-
-	private final String infoResponse;
-	private String path;
-
-	public InfoResponseParser(String infoResponse) {
-		this.infoResponse = infoResponse;
-	}
-
-	public String parse() {
-		try {
-			path = figurePath();
-
-			if (isTrunkPath()) {
-				return "trunk";
-			} else if (isTagPath()) {
-				return "tag " + getTagName();
-			} else if (isBranchPath()) {
-				return "branch " + getBranchName();
-			} else {
-				return null;
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			System.err.println(e);
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private String figurePath() throws Exception {
-		if (infoResponse == null) {
-			throw new Exception("infoResponse is null.");
-		}
-
-		String url = getUrlFromResponse();
-		String root = getRootFromResponse();
-
-		if (!url.startsWith(root)) {
-			throw new Exception("url doesn't start with root.");
-		}
-
-		return url.substring(root.length());
-	}
-
-	private String getUrlFromResponse() throws Exception {
-		return findNonEmptyMatch(URL_PATTERN, 1);
-	}
-
-	private String getRootFromResponse() throws Exception {
-		return findNonEmptyMatch(ROOT_PATTERN, 1);
-	}
-
-	private String findNonEmptyMatch(Pattern pattern, int groupIndex)
-			throws Exception {
-		Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(infoResponse);
-		if (!matcher.find()) {
-			throw new Exception("no match with '" + pattern + "'. Is your Subversion client out of date?");
-		}
-
-		String value = matcher.group(groupIndex);
-		if ((value == null) || (value.isEmpty())) {
-			throw new Exception("match with '" + pattern + "' is empty.");
-		}
-
-		return value;
-	}
-
-	private boolean isTrunkPath() {
-		return path.startsWith(TRUNK_PREFIX);
-	}
-
-	private boolean isTagPath() {
-		return path.startsWith(TAGS_PREFIX);
-	}
-
-	private String getTagName() {
-		return getFirstLevel(discardPrefix(path, TAGS_PREFIX));
-	}
-
-	private boolean isBranchPath() {
-		return path.startsWith(BRANCHES_PREFIX);
-	}
-
-	private String getBranchName() {
-		return getFirstLevel(discardPrefix(path, BRANCHES_PREFIX));
-	}
-
-	private String discardPrefix(String string, String prefix) {
-		if (string.length() < prefix.length()) {
-			return "";
-		} else {
-			return string.substring(prefix.length());
-		}
-	}
-
-	private String getFirstLevel(String string) {
-		int slashHere = string.indexOf('/');
-		if (slashHere == -1) {
-			return string;
-		} else {
-			return string.substring(0, slashHere);
-		}
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java b/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java
index f533b912e..cf3ea4043 100644
--- a/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java
+++ b/utilities/buildutils/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java
@@ -1,230 +1,253 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo;
-
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.EOFException;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Writer;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo.ProcessRunner.ProcessException;
-
-/**
- * Get release and revision information to display on screen. Put this
- * information into a single line and append it to the specified file.
- * 
- * Ask Subversion for the information. If Subversion is available, and if this
- * is a working directory, then we can build the info from the responses we get
- * from "svn info" and "svnversion".
- * 
- * If that doesn't work, read the information from the "revisionInfo" file in
- * the product directory. Presumably, that file was created when the source was
- * exported from Subversion.
- * 
- * If that doesn't work either, return something like this:
- * "productName ~ unknown ~ unknown"
- */
-public class RevisionInfoBuilder {
-
-	/**
-	 * Indicates a problem with the command-line arguments.
-	 */
-	private static class UsageException extends Exception {
-		UsageException(String message) {
-			super(message);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * An object that holds the revision information and a message about how we
-	 * obtained it.
-	 */
-	private static class Results {
-		final String message;
-		final String infoLine;
-
-		Results(String message, String infoLine) {
-			this.message = message;
-			this.infoLine = infoLine;
-		}
-
-		public String toString() {
-			return message + ": " + infoLine;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private static final String SVN_DIRECTORY_NAME = ".svn";
-	private static final String[] SVNVERSION_COMMAND = { "svnversion", "." };
-	private static final String[] SVN_INFO_COMMAND = { "svn", "info" };
-	private static final String INFO_LINE_DELIMITER = " ~ ";
-	private static final String REVISION_INFO_FILENAME = "revisionInfo";
-
-	private final String productName;
-	private final File productDirectory;
-	private final File resultFile;
-
-	private Results results;
-
-	public RevisionInfoBuilder(String[] args) throws UsageException {
-		if (args.length != 3) {
-			throw new UsageException(
-					"RevisionInfoBuilder requires 3 arguments, not "
-							+ args.length);
-		}
-
-		productName = args[0];
-		productDirectory = new File(args[1]);
-		resultFile = new File(args[2]);
-
-		if (!productDirectory.isDirectory()) {
-			throw new UsageException("Directory '"
-					+ productDirectory.getAbsolutePath() + "' does not exist.");
-		}
-
-		if (!resultFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
-			throw new UsageException("Result file '"
-					+ resultFile.getAbsolutePath()
-					+ "' does not exist, and we can't create it "
-					+ "because it's parent directory doesn't exist either.");
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void buildInfo() {
-		results = buildInfoFromSubversion();
-		if (results == null) {
-			results = buildInfoFromFile();
-		}
-		if (results == null) {
-			results = buildDummyInfo();
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Results buildInfoFromSubversion() {
-		if (!isThisASubversionWorkspace()) {
-			System.out.println("Not a Subversion workspace");
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		String release = assembleReleaseNameFromSubversion();
-		if (release == null) {
-			System.out.println("Couldn't get release name from Subversion");
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		String revision = obtainRevisionLevelFromSubversion();
-		if (revision == null) {
-			System.out.println("Couldn't get revision level from Subversion");
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		return new Results("Info from Subversion", buildLine(release, revision));
-	}
-
-	private boolean isThisASubversionWorkspace() {
-		File svnDirectory = new File(productDirectory, SVN_DIRECTORY_NAME);
-		return svnDirectory.isDirectory();
-	}
-
-	private String assembleReleaseNameFromSubversion() {
-		String infoResponse = runSubProcess(SVN_INFO_COMMAND);
-		return new InfoResponseParser(infoResponse).parse();
-	}
-
-	private String obtainRevisionLevelFromSubversion() {
-		String response = runSubProcess(SVNVERSION_COMMAND);
-		return (response == null) ? null : response.trim();
-	}
-
-	private String runSubProcess(String[] cmdArray) {
-		List<String> command = Arrays.asList(cmdArray);
-		try {
-			ProcessRunner runner = new ProcessRunner();
-			runner.setWorkingDirectory(productDirectory);
-
-			runner.run(command);
-
-			int rc = runner.getReturnCode();
-			if (rc != 0) {
-				throw new ProcessRunner.ProcessException("Return code from "
-						+ command + " was " + rc);
-			}
-
-			String output = runner.getStdOut();
-			// System.err.println(command + " response was '" + output + "'");
-			return output;
-		} catch (ProcessException e) {
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Results buildInfoFromFile() {
-		try {
-			File revisionInfoFile = new File(productDirectory,
-					REVISION_INFO_FILENAME);
-			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(
-					revisionInfoFile));
-
-			String release = reader.readLine();
-			if (release == null) {
-				throw new EOFException("No release line in file.");
-			}
-
-			String revision = reader.readLine();
-			if (revision == null) {
-				throw new EOFException("No revision line in file.");
-			}
-
-			return new Results("Info from file", buildLine(release, revision));
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			System.out.println("No information from file: " + e);
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Results buildDummyInfo() {
-		String line = buildLine(null, null);
-		return new Results("Using dummy info", line);
-	}
-
-	private String buildLine(String release, String revision) {
-		if (release == null) {
-			release = "unknown";
-		}
-		if (revision == null) {
-			revision = "unknown";
-		}
-		return productName + INFO_LINE_DELIMITER + release.trim()
-				+ INFO_LINE_DELIMITER + revision.trim();
-	}
-
-	private void writeLine() throws IOException {
-		Writer writer = null;
-		writer = new FileWriter(resultFile, true);
-		writer.write(results.infoLine + "\n");
-		writer.close();
-
-		System.out.println(results);
-	}
-
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		try {
-			RevisionInfoBuilder builder = new RevisionInfoBuilder(args);
-			builder.buildInfo();
-			builder.writeLine();
-		} catch (UsageException e) {
-			System.err.println(e);
-			System.err.println("usage: RevisionInfoBuilder [product_name] "
-					+ "[product_directory] [output_file]");
-			System.exit(1);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			System.exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-
-}
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.EOFException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo.ProcessRunner.ProcessException;
+
+/**
+ * Get release and revision information to display on screen. Put this
+ * information into a single line and append it to the specified file.
+ * 
+ * Ask Git for the information. If Git is available, and if this is a working
+ * directory, then we can build the info from the responses we get from
+ * "git describe", "git symbolic-ref" and "git log".
+ * 
+ * If that doesn't work, read the information from the "revisionInfo" file in
+ * the product directory. Presumably, that file was created when the source was
+ * exported from Git.
+ * 
+ * If that doesn't work either, return something like this:
+ * "productName ~ unknown ~ unknown"
+ */
+public class RevisionInfoBuilder {
+
+	/**
+	 * Indicates a problem with the command-line arguments.
+	 */
+	private static class UsageException extends Exception {
+		UsageException(String message) {
+			super(message);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * An object that holds the revision information and a message about how we
+	 * obtained it.
+	 */
+	private static class Results {
+		final String message;
+		final String infoLine;
+
+		Results(String message, String infoLine) {
+			this.message = message;
+			this.infoLine = infoLine;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return message + ": " + infoLine;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static final String GIT_DIRECTORY_NAME = ".git";
+	private static final String[] GIT_DESCRIBE_COMMAND = { "git", "describe" };
+	private static final String[] GIT_SREF_COMMAND = { "git", "symbolic-ref",
+			"HEAD" };
+	private static final String[] GIT_LOG_COMMAND = { "git", "log",
+			"--pretty=format:%h", "-1" };
+	private static final String INFO_LINE_DELIMITER = " ~ ";
+	private static final String REVISION_INFO_FILENAME = "revisionInfo";
+
+	private final String productName;
+	private final File productDirectory;
+	private final File resultFile;
+
+	private Results results;
+
+	public RevisionInfoBuilder(String[] args) throws UsageException {
+		if (args.length != 3) {
+			throw new UsageException(
+					"RevisionInfoBuilder requires 3 arguments, not "
+							+ args.length);
+		}
+
+		productName = args[0];
+		productDirectory = new File(args[1]);
+		resultFile = new File(args[2]);
+
+		if (!productDirectory.isDirectory()) {
+			throw new UsageException("Directory '"
+					+ productDirectory.getAbsolutePath() + "' does not exist.");
+		}
+
+		if (!resultFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+			throw new UsageException("Result file '"
+					+ resultFile.getAbsolutePath()
+					+ "' does not exist, and we can't create it "
+					+ "because it's parent directory doesn't exist either.");
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void buildInfo() {
+		results = buildInfoFromGit();
+		if (results == null) {
+			results = buildInfoFromFile();
+		}
+		if (results == null) {
+			results = buildDummyInfo();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Results buildInfoFromGit() {
+		if (!isThisAGitWorkspace()) {
+			System.out.println("Not a git workspace");
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		String release = assembleReleaseNameFromGit();
+		if (release == null) {
+			System.out.println("Couldn't get release name from Git");
+		}
+
+		String revision = obtainCommitIdFromGit();
+		if (revision == null) {
+			System.out.println("Couldn't get commit ID from Git");
+		}
+		
+		if ((revision == null) && (release == null)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return new Results("Info from Git", buildLine(release, revision));
+	}
+
+	private boolean isThisAGitWorkspace() {
+		File gitDirectory = new File(productDirectory, GIT_DIRECTORY_NAME);
+		return gitDirectory.isDirectory();
+	}
+
+	private String assembleReleaseNameFromGit() {
+		String describeResponse = runSubProcess(GIT_DESCRIBE_COMMAND);
+		String srefResponse = runSubProcess(GIT_SREF_COMMAND);
+		return parseReleaseName(describeResponse, srefResponse);
+	}
+
+	private String obtainCommitIdFromGit() {
+		String logResponse = runSubProcess(GIT_LOG_COMMAND);
+		return parseLogResponse(logResponse);
+	}
+
+	private String parseReleaseName(String describeResponse, String srefResponse) {
+		if (describeResponse != null) {
+			return describeResponse.trim() + " tag";
+		} else if (srefResponse != null) {
+			return srefResponse.substring(srefResponse.lastIndexOf('/') + 1)
+					.trim() + " branch";
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String parseLogResponse(String logResponse) {
+		return logResponse;
+	}
+
+	private String runSubProcess(String[] cmdArray) {
+		List<String> command = Arrays.asList(cmdArray);
+		try {
+			ProcessRunner runner = new ProcessRunner();
+			runner.setWorkingDirectory(productDirectory);
+
+			runner.run(command);
+
+			int rc = runner.getReturnCode();
+			if (rc != 0) {
+				throw new ProcessRunner.ProcessException("Return code from "
+						+ command + " was " + rc);
+			}
+
+			String output = runner.getStdOut();
+//			System.err.println(command + " response was '" + output + "'");
+			return output;
+		} catch (ProcessException e) {
+//			System.out.println(e);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Results buildInfoFromFile() {
+		try {
+			File revisionInfoFile = new File(productDirectory,
+					REVISION_INFO_FILENAME);
+			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(
+					revisionInfoFile));
+
+			String release = reader.readLine();
+			if (release == null) {
+				throw new EOFException("No release line in file.");
+			}
+
+			String revision = reader.readLine();
+			if (revision == null) {
+				throw new EOFException("No revision line in file.");
+			}
+
+			return new Results("Info from file", buildLine(release, revision));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			System.out.println("No information from file: " + e);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Results buildDummyInfo() {
+		String line = buildLine(null, null);
+		return new Results("Using dummy info", line);
+	}
+
+	private String buildLine(String release, String revision) {
+		if (release == null) {
+			release = "unknown";
+		}
+		if (revision == null) {
+			revision = "unknown";
+		}
+		return productName + INFO_LINE_DELIMITER + release.trim()
+				+ INFO_LINE_DELIMITER + revision.trim();
+	}
+
+	private void writeLine() throws IOException {
+		Writer writer = null;
+		writer = new FileWriter(resultFile, true);
+		writer.write(results.infoLine + "\n");
+		writer.close();
+
+		System.out.println(results);
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		try {
+			RevisionInfoBuilder builder = new RevisionInfoBuilder(args);
+			builder.buildInfo();
+			builder.writeLine();
+		} catch (UsageException e) {
+			System.err.println(e);
+			System.err.println("usage: RevisionInfoBuilder [product_name] "
+					+ "[product_directory] [output_file]");
+			System.exit(1);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+}