--- orig_portage/files/git-dispatch-conf.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ orig_portage/files/git-dispatch-conf.patch	2009-02-28 15:46:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ 
+diff -ru orig_portage/bin/dispatch-conf git_portage/bin/dispatch-conf
+--- orig_portage/bin/dispatch-conf	2008-11-15 07:09:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ 
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~sparc-fbsd ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
 PROVIDE="virtual/portage"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="build doc epydoc selinux linguas_pl"
+IUSE="build doc epydoc selinux linguas_pl git"
 
 python_dep=">=dev-lang/python-2.4"
 
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ 
 	elibc_glibc? ( >=sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.17 !mips? ( >=sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.18.1-r2 ) )
 	elibc_uclibc? ( >=sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.17 !mips? ( >=sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.18.1-r2 ) )
 	>=app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.17
-	selinux? ( >=dev-python/python-selinux-2.16 )"
+	selinux? ( >=dev-python/python-selinux-2.16 )
+	git? ( dev-util/git )"
 PDEPEND="
 	!build? (
 		>=net-misc/rsync-2.6.4
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ 
 	einfo "Setting portage.VERSION to ${PVR} ..."
 	sed -i "s/^VERSION=.*/VERSION=\"${PVR}\"/" pym/portage/__init__.py || \
 		die "Failed to patch portage.VERSION"
+
+	if use git; then
+		epatch "${FILESDIR}/git-dispatch-conf.patch"
+	fi
 }
 
 src_compile() {