diff --git a/scripts/getrevision.sh b/scripts/getrevision.sh
index ae875a630..f3049b541 100755
--- a/scripts/getrevision.sh
+++ b/scripts/getrevision.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#git show-ref refs/heads/master | cut -d " " -f 1 | cut -c 1-10
 
-if [ -e "/usr/bin/git" ] &&  [ -e ".git" ]; then
-    git show-ref refs/heads/master | cut -d " " -f 1 | cut -c 1-10;
+REV=""
+
+if [ -e "/usr/bin/git" ] && ([ -e ".git" ] || [ -e "../.git" ]); then
+    REV=`git show-ref refs/heads/master | cut -d " " -f 1`
 elif [ -e "git_revision" ]; then
-    cat git_revision | cut -c 1-10;
+    REV=`cat git_revision`
 fi
 
+case $1 in
+    long)
+        echo $REV
+        ;;
+
+    short|*)
+        echo $REV | cut -c 1-10
+        ;;
+esac
+
 exit;