diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22e80a5475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+#ignore thumbnails created by windows
+Thumbs.db
+#Ignore files built by Visual Studio
+*.obj
+*.exe
+*.pdb
+*.user
+*.aps
+*.pch
+*.vspscc
+*_i.c
+*_p.c
+*.ncb
+*.suo
+*.tlb
+*.tlh
+*.bak
+*.cache
+*.ilk
+*.log
+[Bb]in
+[Dd]ebug*/
+*.lib
+*.sbr
+obj/
+[Rr]elease*/
+_ReSharper*/
+[Tt]est[Rr]esult*
+Binary/Win32
+Binary/x64
+Source/Core/Common/Src/svnrev.h
+*.opensdf
+*.sdf
+[Bb]uild
+
+*.ipch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 133e689613..6ce4cf6b75 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@ function(enable_precompiled_headers PRECOMPILED_HEADER SOURCE_FILE SOURCE_VARIAB
 	endif(MSVC)
 endfunction(enable_precompiled_headers)
 
-
-include(FindSubversion OPTIONAL) # for revision info
-if(Subversion_FOUND AND NOT DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION)
-	Subversion_WC_INFO(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} DOLPHIN) # defines DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION
+# for revision info
+include(FindGit OPTIONAL)
+if(GIT_FOUND AND NOT DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION)
+	# defines DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION
+	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD
+	OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION
+	OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endif()
 
 # Various compile flags
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/make_svnrev.h.js b/Source/Core/Common/make_svnrev.h.js
index 38bcda312a..a68485e0f6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/make_svnrev.h.js
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/make_svnrev.h.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ var outfile		= "./Src/svnrev.h";
 var svncmd		= "SubWCRev ../../.. ./Src/svnrev_template.h " + outfile;
 var svntestcmd	= "SubWCRev ../../..";
 var hgcmd		= "hg svn info";
+var gitcmd      = "git.cmd rev-parse HEAD";
 
-var SVN = 1, HG = 2;
+var SVN = 1, HG = 2, git = 3;
 var file_rev = 0, cur_rev = 0, cur_cms = 0;
 
 function RunCmdGetMatch(cmd, regex)
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@ function RunCmdGetMatch(cmd, regex)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-if (oFS.FileExists(outfile))
+try
 {
-	// file exists, read the value of SVN_REV_STR
-	file_rev	= oFS.OpenTextFile(outfile).ReadLine().match(/\d+/);
+	// read the value of SVN_REV_STR
+	file_rev = oFS.OpenTextFile(outfile).ReadLine().match(/\d+/);
 }
-else
+catch (e)
 {
-	// file doesn't exist, create it
+	// file doesn't exist or string not found, (re)create it
 	oFS.CreateTextFile(outfile);
 }
 
@@ -49,14 +50,21 @@ if (cur_rev)
 	cur_cms = SVN;
 else
 {
-	// SubWCRev failed, so use hg
+	// SubWCRev failed, try hg
 	cur_rev = RunCmdGetMatch(hgcmd, /Revision.*?(\d+)/);
 	if (cur_rev)
 		cur_cms = HG;
 	else
 	{
-		WScript.Echo("Neither SVN or Hg revision info found!");
-		WScript.Quit(1);
+		// hg failed, try git
+	   cur_rev = RunCmdGetMatch(gitcmd, /(.*)/);
+	   if (cur_rev)
+		   cur_cms = git;
+	   else
+	   {
+		   WScript.Echo("Trying to get SVN, Hg, and git info all failed");
+		   WScript.Quit(1);
+	   }
 	}
 }