diff --git a/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java b/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java
index dfaeb8a33..ff3a67f32 100644
--- a/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java
+++ b/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/InfoResponseParser.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class InfoResponseParser {
 	}
 
 	private boolean isTrunkPath() {
-		return path.equals(TRUNK_PREFIX);
+		return path.startsWith(TRUNK_PREFIX);
 	}
 
 	private boolean isTagPath() {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class InfoResponseParser {
 	}
 
 	private String getTagName() {
-		return path.substring(TAGS_PREFIX.length());
+		return getFirstLevel(discardPrefix(path, TAGS_PREFIX));
 	}
 
 	private boolean isBranchPath() {
@@ -103,7 +103,24 @@ public class InfoResponseParser {
 	}
 
 	private String getBranchName() {
-		return path.substring(BRANCHES_PREFIX.length());
+		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/webapp/build.xml b/webapp/build.xml
index 304f634e4..461cee705 100644
--- a/webapp/build.xml
+++ b/webapp/build.xml
@@ -254,10 +254,48 @@ deploy   - Deploy the application directly into the Tomcat webapps directory.
 		</java>
 	</target>
 
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: revisionInfo              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="revisionInfo" depends="test" description="--> Store revision info in build">
+		<property name="revisionInfo.product.dir" location="${ant.file.vitroCore}/.." />
+		<property name="revisionInfo.build.file" location="${war-classes.dir}/revisionInfo.txt" />
+
+		<delete file="${revisionInfo.build.file}" />
+
+		<tstamp>
+			<format property="revisionInfo.timestamp" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" />
+		</tstamp>
+		<echo file="${revisionInfo.build.file}">${revisionInfo.timestamp}
+</echo>
+
+		<javac srcdir="${webapp.dir}/../utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo"
+		       destdir="${test-classes.dir}"
+		       debug="true"
+		       deprecation="true"
+		       optimize="false"
+		       source="1.6">
+		</javac>
+
+		<java classname="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo.RevisionInfoBuilder"
+		      fork="no"
+		      failonerror="true"
+		      logerror="true"
+		      outputproperty="revisionInfo.outputLine">
+			<classpath refid="test.run.classpath" />
+			<arg value="${ant.project.name}" />
+			<arg file="${revisionInfo.product.dir}" />
+		</java>
+		<echo file="${revisionInfo.build.file}" append="true">${revisionInfo.outputLine}
+</echo>
+	</target>
+
 	<!-- ================================= 
           target: deploy              
          ================================= -->
-	<target name="deploy" depends="test" description="--> Build the app and install in Tomcat">
+	<target name="deploy"
+	        depends="revisionInfo"
+	        description="--> Build the app and install in Tomcat">
 		<property name="webapp.deploy.home" value="${tomcat.home}/webapps/${webapp.name}" />
 
 		<mkdir dir="${webapp.deploy.home}" />
diff --git a/webapp/product-build.xml b/webapp/product-build.xml
index 9c1d99d5d..c9118402a 100644
--- a/webapp/product-build.xml
+++ b/webapp/product-build.xml
@@ -181,20 +181,47 @@
 			<arg value="${testlevel}" />
 		</java>
 	</target>
+<!-- ================================= 
+          target: revisionInfo              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="revisionInfo" description="--> Store revision info in build">
+        <innercall target="revisionInfo" />
+    	<antcall target="productRevisionInfo" />
+    </target>
+
+	<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+          target: productRevisionInfo                      
+         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+    <target name="productRevisionInfo">
+		<property name="revisionInfo.product.dir" location="${ant.file}/.." />
+		<property name="revisionInfo.build.file" location="${war-classes.dir}/revisionInfo.txt" />
+
+		<java classname="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo.RevisionInfoBuilder"
+		      fork="no"
+		      failonerror="true"
+		      logerror="true"
+		      outputproperty="revisionInfo.outputLine">
+			<classpath refid="test.run.classpath" />
+			<arg value="${ant.project.name}" />
+			<arg file="${revisionInfo.product.dir}" />
+		</java>
+		<echo file="${revisionInfo.build.file}" append="true">${revisionInfo.outputLine}
+</echo>
+    </target>
 
 	<!-- ================================= 
           target: deploy              
          ================================= -->
 	<target name="deploy" description="--> Build the app and install in Tomcat">
 		<!-- the inner "deploy" would just do a sync that will be done by productDeploy -->
-		<innercall target="test" />
+		<innercall target="revisionInfo" />
 		<antcall target="productDeploy" />
 	</target>
 
 	<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
           target: productDeploy                      
          - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
-	<target name="productDeploy" depends="productTest">
+	<target name="productDeploy" depends="productRevisionInfo">
 		<property name="webapp.deploy.home" value="${tomcat.home}/webapps/${webapp.name}" />
 
 		<mkdir dir="${webapp.deploy.home}" />