diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d13a62a9b2d..a4bebf2bee8 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-11-15  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
+
+	* version.el (emacs-repository-get-version): Use git rev-parse
+	instead of git log.
+
 2014-11-15  Fabián Ezequiel Gallina  <fgallina@gnu.org>
 
 	* progmodes/python.el (python-indent-calculate-levels): Fix
diff --git a/lisp/version.el b/lisp/version.el
index 1ea38da9cae..cab2d28db4c 100644
--- a/lisp/version.el
+++ b/lisp/version.el
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ only ask the VCS if we cannot find any information ourselves."
 	   (let ((default-directory (file-name-as-directory dir)))
 	     (and (eq 0
 		      (condition-case nil
-			  (call-process "git" nil '(t nil) nil "log"
-					"-1" "--pretty=format:%H")
+			  (call-process "git" nil '(t nil) nil "rev-parse"
+					"HEAD")
 			(error nil)))
 		  (not (zerop (buffer-size)))
 		  (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" "" (buffer-string))))))))