diff --git a/lib/updater/git_updater.rb b/lib/updater/git_updater.rb
index 4d907070..840746db 100644
--- a/lib/updater/git_updater.rb
+++ b/lib/updater/git_updater.rb
@@ -21,20 +21,24 @@ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/updater')
 class GitUpdater < Updater
 
   def is_installed?
-    %x[git status "#{repo_directory_arguments()}" 2>&1] =~ /On branch/ ? true : false
+    %x[git #{repo_directory_arguments()} status 2>&1] =~ /On branch/ ? true : false
   end
 
+  # Git has not a revsion number like SVN, so we will take the 7 first chars of the last commit hash
   def local_revision_number
-    # TODO - not sure if git has revision numbers? maybe we don't have to check and just do a pull?
+    git_log = %x[git #{repo_directory_arguments()} log -1 2>&1]
+    git_log[/commit ([0-9a-z]{7})/i, 1].to_s
   end
 
   def update
-    %x[git "#{repo_directory_arguments()}" pull]
+    puts %x[git #{repo_directory_arguments()} pull]
   end
 
   protected
   def repo_directory_arguments
-    '--git-dir="#{@repo_directory}.git" --work-tree="#{@repo_directory}"'
+    if @repo_directory
+      return "--git-dir=\"#{@repo_directory}/.git\" --work-tree=\"#{@repo_directory}\""
+    end
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/updater/git_updater_spec.rb b/spec/lib/updater/git_updater_spec.rb
index 52a7a033..3a741d9d 100644
--- a/spec/lib/updater/git_updater_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/updater/git_updater_spec.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,46 @@ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper')
 
 describe GitUpdater do
 
+  before :each do
+    @git_updater = GitUpdater.new
+  end
+
+  describe "#is_installed?" do
+    after :each do
+      stub_system_command(@git_updater, /^git .* status/, @stub_value)
+      @git_updater.is_installed?.should === @expected
+    end
+
+    it "should return false if the command is not found" do
+      @stub_value = "git: command not found"
+      @expected   = false
+    end
+
+    it "should return true if the repo is a git one" do
+      @stub_value = "# On branch master\n# Changed but not updated:"
+      @expected   = true
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#local_revision_number" do
+    after :each do
+      stub_system_command(@git_updater, /^git .* log/, @stub_value)
+      @git_updater.local_revision_number.should === @expected
+    end
+
+    it "should return 79c01f3" do
+      @stub_value = "
+        commit 79c01f3ed535a8e33876ea091d8217cae7df4028
+        Author: Moi <tadimm>
+        Date:   Wed Jul 11 23:22:16 2012 +0100"
+      @expected = "79c01f3"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#update" do
+    #it "should do nothing xD" do
+      #stub_system_command(@git_updater, /^git .* pull/, "Already up-to-date.")
+      #@git_updater.update
+    #end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/updater/svn_updater_spec.rb b/spec/lib/updater/svn_updater_spec.rb
index 142a60f4..b158ac92 100644
--- a/spec/lib/updater/svn_updater_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/updater/svn_updater_spec.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ describe SvnUpdater do
         </info>'
       @expected = "362"
     end
+  end
+
+  describe "#update" do
 
   end