diff -urN Bitten-0.6dev-r777/bitten/build/gittools.py Bitten-0.6dev-r777.git/bitten/build/gittools.py
--- Bitten-0.6dev-r777/bitten/build/gittools.py	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ Bitten-0.6dev-r777.git/bitten/build/gittools.py	2009-10-24 17:03:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) Tim Niemueller [www.niemueller.de]
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Edgewall Software
+# based on hgtools.py
+#
+# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+# are also available at http://bitten.edgewall.org/wiki/License.
+
+"""Recipe commands for git."""
+
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger('bitten.build.gittools')
+
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+def clone(ctxt, url, dir_='.'):
+    """pull and update the local working copy from the git repository.
+    
+    :param ctxt: the build context
+    :type ctxt: `Context`
+    :param url: the url of the repository to clone
+    :param dir\_: the name of a local subdirectory containing the working copy
+    """
+    args = ['clone', url, dir_]
+
+    from bitten.build import shtools
+    returncode = shtools.execute(ctxt, file_='git', args=args)
+    if returncode != 0:
+        ctxt.error('git clone failed (%s)' % returncode)
+
+def pull(ctxt, revision, remote='origin', dir_='.'):
+    """pull and update the local working copy from the git repository.
+    
+    :param ctxt: the build context
+    :type ctxt: `Context`
+    :param remote: the remote repository to pull from
+    :param dir\_: the name of a local subdirectory containing the working copy
+    """
+    args = ['pull', '-u', remote, revision]
+
+    from bitten.build import shtools
+    returncode = shtools.execute(ctxt, file_='git', dir_=dir_, args=args)
+    if returncode != 0:
+        ctxt.error('git pull failed (%s)' % returncode)
+
+def checkout(ctxt, branch, dir_='.'):
+    """checkout specific branch
+    
+    :param ctxt: the build context
+    :type ctxt: `Context`
+    :param branch: branch to checkout
+    :param dir\_: the name of a local subdirectory containing the working copy
+    """
+    args = ['checkout', branch]
+
+    from bitten.build import shtools
+    returncode = shtools.execute(ctxt, file_='git', dir_=dir_, args=args)
+    if returncode != 0:
+        ctxt.error('git branch failed (%s)' % returncode)
+
+def reset(ctxt, revision, dir_='.'):
+    """reset git tree to given revision/commit
+    
+    :param ctxt: the build context
+    :type ctxt: `Context`
+    :param revision: the revision/commit to reset to
+    :param dir\_: the name of a local subdirectory containing the working copy
+    """
+    args = ['reset', '--hard', revision]
+
+    from bitten.build import shtools
+    returncode = shtools.execute(ctxt, file_='git', dir_=dir_, args=args)
+    if returncode != 0:
+        ctxt.error('git reset failed (%s)' % returncode)
+
diff -urN Bitten-0.6dev-r777/setup.py Bitten-0.6dev-r777.git/setup.py
--- Bitten-0.6dev-r777/setup.py	2009-10-16 14:15:34.000000000 +0200
+++ Bitten-0.6dev-r777.git/setup.py	2009-10-24 17:05:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
         'svn#export = bitten.build.svntools:export',
         'svn#update = bitten.build.svntools:update',
         'hg#pull = bitten.build.hgtools:pull',
+        'git#clone = bitten.build.gittools:clone',
+        'git#pull = bitten.build.gittools:pull',
+        'git#reset = bitten.build.gittools:reset',
+        'git#checkout = bitten.build.gittools:checkout',
         'xml#transform = bitten.build.xmltools:transform'
     ]
 recipe_commands = [NS_old + tool for tool in tools] \
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@
                   "bitten.build.pythontools",
                   "bitten.build.shtools",
                   "bitten.build.svntools",
+                  "bitten.build.gittools",
                   "bitten.build.xmltools",
                   "bitten.recipe",
                   "bitten.slave",