diff --git a/findversion.sh b/findversion.sh
--- a/findversion.sh
+++ b/findversion.sh
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ]; then
 	fi
 	HASH=`LC_ALL=C git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null | cut -c1-8`
 	REV="g$HASH"
-	BRANCH=`git branch|grep '[*]' | sed 's#\* ##;s#^master$##'`
-	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C git log --pretty=format:%s "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s#.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*#\1#"`
+	BRANCH=`git branch|grep '[*]' | sed 's~\* ~~;s~^master$~~'`
+	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C git log --pretty=format:%s "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s~.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*~\1~"`
 elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ]; then
 	# We are a hg checkout
 	if [ -n "`hg status \"$SRC_DIR\" | grep -v '^?'`" ]; then
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ elif [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.hg" ]; then
 	fi
 	HASH=`LC_ALL=C hg parents 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | cut -d: -f3 | cut -c1-8`
 	REV="h$HASH"
-	BRANCH=`hg branch | sed 's#^default$##'`
-	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C hg log -r $HASH:0 -k "svn" -l 1 --template "{desc}\n" "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s#.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*#\1#"`
+	BRANCH=`hg branch | sed 's~^default$~~'`
+	REV_NR=`LC_ALL=C hg log -r $HASH:0 -k "svn" -l 1 --template "{desc}\n" "$SRC_DIR" | grep "^(svn r[0-9]*)" | head -n 1 | sed "s~.*(svn r\([0-9]*\)).*~\1~"`
 else
 	# We don't know
 	MODIFIED="1"