--- ./eclass/git.eclass.orig	2010-03-17 16:35:40.000000000 +0100
+++ ./eclass/git.eclass	2010-04-29 09:05:36.584043862 +0200
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
 
 		git_submodules
 		cursha1=$(git rev-parse ${upstream_branch})
+		EGIT_COMMIT=${cursha1}
 
 		# write out message based on the revisions
 		if [[ ${oldsha1} != ${cursha1} ]]; then