1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index a568537..b63910e 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -1995,6 +1995,8 @@ END
     my $format = getfield $dsc, 'Format';
     printdebug "format $format\n";
 
+    my $head = git_rev_parse('HEAD');
+
     if (madformat($format)) {
 	# user might have not used dgit build, so maybe do this now:
 	commit_quilty_patch();
@@ -2025,7 +2027,6 @@ END
 	    failedcmd @diffcmd;
 	}
     }
-    my $head = git_rev_parse('HEAD');
     if (!$changesfile) {
 	my $pat = changespat $cversion;
 	my @cs = glob "$buildproductsdir/$pat";