diff --git a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
index 61b5eaebb..03da58d67 100755
--- a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
+++ b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 #don't exit even if a command fails
 set +e
 
+
+if ( git log -n 1 &> /dev/null); then
+	#retrieve git information
+	version="git : $(git status | grep branch | cut -c 13-) $(git log -n 1 | grep commit | cut -c 8-)"
+fi
+
+if ( git log -n 1 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+	#retrieve git svn information
+	version="$version  svn : $(git log -n 1 | grep svn | awk '{print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
+elif ( git log -n 10 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+	#retrieve git svn information
+	version="$version  svn closest version : $(git log -n 10 | grep svn | awk '{print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
+fi
+
 if ( svn info &> /dev/null); then
 	version=$(svn info | head -n 5 | tail -1)
 fi