diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index 80f0d9aabb..fda94e3fbf 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -1052,7 +1052,11 @@ check_params() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	if [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.svn" ] && [ -n "`svn help 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+	if [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ] && [ -n "`git help 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+		log 1 "checking revision... git detection"
+	elif [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev-vc" ]; then
+		log 1 "checking revision... source release version"
+	elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.svn" ] && [ -n "`svn help 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
 		log 1 "checking revision... svn detection"
 	elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/../.svn" ] && [ -n "`svn help 2>/dev/null`" ] && [ -n "`LC_ALL=C svn info $ROOT_DIR/.. | grep '^URL:.*tags$'`" ]; then
 		# subversion changed its behaviour; now not all folders have a .svn folder,
@@ -1060,12 +1064,8 @@ check_params() {
 		# of the tags folder, the folder of the tag does not have a .svn folder
 		# anymore and this fails to detect the subversion repository checkout.
 		log 1 "checking revision... svn detection (tag)"
-	elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ] && [ -n "`git help 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
-		log 1 "checking revision... git detection"
 	elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ] && [ -n "`HGPLAIN= hg help 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
 		log 1 "checking revision... hg detection"
-	elif [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev-vc" ]; then
-		log 1 "checking revision... source release version"
 	elif [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev" ]; then
 		log 1 "checking revision... source tarball"
 	else
diff --git a/findversion.sh b/findversion.sh
index d8acc5eb51..85c8d2f426 100755
--- a/findversion.sh
+++ b/findversion.sh
@@ -70,21 +70,7 @@ ROOT_DIR=`pwd`
 # Determine if we are using a modified version
 # Assume the dir is not modified
 MODIFIED="0"
-if [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.svn" ] || [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/../.svn" ]; then
-	# We are an svn checkout
-	if [ -n "`svnversion | grep 'M'`" ]; then
-		MODIFIED="2"
-	fi
-	# Find the revision like: rXXXXM-branch
-	BRANCH=`LC_ALL=C svn info | "$AWK" '/^URL:.*branches/ { split($2, a, "/"); for(i in a) if (a[i]=="branches") { print a[i+1]; break } }'`
-	TAG=`LC_ALL=C svn info | "$AWK" '/^URL:.*tags/ { split($2, a, "/"); for(i in a) if (a[i]=="tags") { print a[i+1]; break } }'`
-	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C svn info | "$AWK" '/^Last Changed Rev:/ { print $4 }'`
-	if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
-		REV=$TAG
-	else
-		REV="r$REV_NR"
-	fi
-elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ]; then
+if [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ]; then
 	# We are a git checkout
 	# Refresh the index to make sure file stat info is in sync, then look for modifications
 	git update-index --refresh >/dev/null
@@ -104,24 +90,6 @@ elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ]; then
 		BRANCH=""
 		REV="$TAG"
 	fi
-elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ]; then
-	# We are a hg checkout
-	if [ -n "`HGPLAIN= hg status | grep -v '^?'`" ]; then
-		MODIFIED="2"
-	fi
-	HASH=`LC_ALL=C HGPLAIN= hg id -i | cut -c1-12`
-	REV="h`echo $HASH | cut -c1-8`"
-	BRANCH="`HGPLAIN= hg branch | sed 's@^default$@@'`"
-	TAG="`HGPLAIN= hg id -t | grep -v 'tip$'`"
-	if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
-		BRANCH=""
-		REV="$TAG"
-	fi
-	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C HGPLAIN= hg log -f -k "(svn r" -l 1 --template "{desc|firstline}\n" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | sed "s@.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*@\1@"`
-	if [ -z "$REV_NR" ]; then
-		# No rev? Maybe it is a custom hgsubversion clone
-		REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C HGPLAIN= hg parent --template="{svnrev}"`
-	fi
 elif [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev-vc" ]; then
 	VERSION_DATA="`cat "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev-vc" | sed -n -e '1 p;'`"
 	HASH_DATA="`cat "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev-vc" | sed -n -e '2 p;'`"
@@ -146,6 +114,38 @@ elif [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev-vc" ]; then
 			BRANCH="${BRANCH}H`echo "$CURRENT_HASH" | cut -c 1-8`"
 		fi
 	fi
+elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.svn" ] || [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/../.svn" ]; then
+	# We are an svn checkout
+	if [ -n "`svnversion | grep 'M'`" ]; then
+		MODIFIED="2"
+	fi
+	# Find the revision like: rXXXXM-branch
+	BRANCH=`LC_ALL=C svn info | "$AWK" '/^URL:.*branches/ { split($2, a, "/"); for(i in a) if (a[i]=="branches") { print a[i+1]; break } }'`
+	TAG=`LC_ALL=C svn info | "$AWK" '/^URL:.*tags/ { split($2, a, "/"); for(i in a) if (a[i]=="tags") { print a[i+1]; break } }'`
+	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C svn info | "$AWK" '/^Last Changed Rev:/ { print $4 }'`
+	if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
+		REV=$TAG
+	else
+		REV="r$REV_NR"
+	fi
+elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ]; then
+	# We are a hg checkout
+	if [ -n "`HGPLAIN= hg status | grep -v '^?'`" ]; then
+		MODIFIED="2"
+	fi
+	HASH=`LC_ALL=C HGPLAIN= hg id -i | cut -c1-12`
+	REV="h`echo $HASH | cut -c1-8`"
+	BRANCH="`HGPLAIN= hg branch | sed 's@^default$@@'`"
+	TAG="`HGPLAIN= hg id -t | grep -v 'tip$'`"
+	if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
+		BRANCH=""
+		REV="$TAG"
+	fi
+	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C HGPLAIN= hg log -f -k "(svn r" -l 1 --template "{desc|firstline}\n" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | sed "s@.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*@\1@"`
+	if [ -z "$REV_NR" ]; then
+		# No rev? Maybe it is a custom hgsubversion clone
+		REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C HGPLAIN= hg parent --template="{svnrev}"`
+	fi
 elif [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev" ]; then
 	# We are an exported source bundle
 	cat $ROOT_DIR/.ottdrev