--- a/smartliverebuild/vcs/git_r3.py	2013-10-10 09:38:05.000000000 +0200
+++ b/smartliverebuild/vcs/git_r3.py	2014-12-03 13:56:08.076651763 +0100
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 		RemoteVCSSupport.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 		if (self.env['EGIT_COMMIT']
-				and self.env['EGIT_COMMIT'] != (self.env.get('EGIT_BRANCH') or HEAD)):
+				and self.env['EGIT_COMMIT'] != (self.env.get('EGIT_BRANCH') or 'HEAD')):
 			raise NonLiveEbuild('EGIT_COMMIT set, package is not really a live one')
 		self.repo_uris = self.env['EGIT_REPO_URI'].split()