--- a/src/CMakeScripts/git_commit_info.cmake.in
+++ b/src/CMakeScripts/git_commit_info.cmake.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ IF(GIT_FOUND)
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
 ELSE(GIT_FOUND)
-    SET(commit "unknown")
+    SET(commit "unknown (NeuroDebian build from source)")
     SET(commit_date "unknown")
 ENDIF(GIT_FOUND)
 IF(WIN32)
--- a/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -185,6 +185,6 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
         -DOUTFILE="${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Common/ApplicationInformation.cxx"
         -P "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeScripts/git_commit_info.cmake.in"
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/..
-    DEPENDS ApplicationInformation.cxx.in ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeScripts/git_commit_info.cmake.in ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../.git/HEAD ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../.git/index
+    DEPENDS ApplicationInformation.cxx.in ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeScripts/git_commit_info.cmake.in # ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../.git/HEAD ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../.git/index
     COMMENT "Setting commit info"
 )
