1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build_tools/make_version b/build_tools/make_version
index fd14a550a..3e0f4a0b0 100755
--- a/build_tools/make_version
+++ b/build_tools/make_version
@@ -89,11 +89,13 @@ elif [ -d ${1}/.git ]; then
     if [ -z ${GIT} ]; then
         GIT="git"
     fi
-
+	
     if ! command -v ${GIT} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         echo "UNKNOWN__and_probably_unsupported"
         exit 1
     fi
+	cd ${1} 
+    
     # If the first log commit messages indicates that this is checked into
     # subversion, we'll just use the SVN- form of the revision.
     MODIFIED=""