diff --git a/obs-service-tar_scm.changes b/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
index 9235c14..eb9e7b5 100644
--- a/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
+++ b/obs-service-tar_scm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 12 10:02:41 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- fix subdir usage for git
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 30 12:41:57 UTC 2010 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tar_scm b/tar_scm
index a173750..9a6199d 100644
--- a/tar_scm
+++ b/tar_scm
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if [ -e "$existing_tar" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$MYSCM" == "svn" ]; then
-  if [ -z "$SUBDIR" -a -d "$TAR_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+  if [ -z "$MYSUBDIR" -a -d "$TAR_DIRECTORY" ]; then
     # update existing content for speed/bandwidth reasons
     cd "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
     OLDVERSION=`LC_ALL=C svn info | sed -n 's,^Last Changed Rev: \(.*\),\1,p'`
@@ -132,10 +132,18 @@ if [ "$MYSCM" == "svn" ]; then
     mv "$TAR_DIRECTORY" "${FILE}" || exit 1
   else
     # new checkout
+    if [ -n "$MYSUBDIR" ]; then
+       # just checkout the subdir
+       mkdir -p "$MYSUBDIR"
+       cd "$MYSUBDIR"
+    fi
     if [ -n "$MYREVISION" ]; then
-      svn co -r"$MYREVISION" "$MYURL" "${FILE}" || exit 1
+      svn co -r"$MYREVISION" "$MYURL/$MYSUBDIR" "${FILE}" || exit 1
     else
-      svn co "$MYURL" "${FILE}" || exit 1
+      svn co "$MYURL/$MYSUBDIR" "${FILE}" || exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -n "$MYSUBDIR" ]; then
+       cd -
     fi
   fi
   if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
@@ -145,7 +153,7 @@ if [ "$MYSCM" == "svn" ]; then
     cd -
   fi
 elif [ "$MYSCM" == "git" ]; then
-  if [ -z "$SUBDIR" -a -d "$TAR_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+  if [ -z "$MYSUBDIR" -a -d "$TAR_DIRECTORY" ]; then
     # update existing content for speed/bandwidth reasons
     cd "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
     OLDVERSION=`git show --pretty=%at  | head -n 1`
@@ -177,7 +185,7 @@ elif [ "$MYSCM" == "git" ]; then
     cd -
   fi
 elif [ "$MYSCM" == "hg" ]; then
-  if [ -z "$SUBDIR" -a -d "$TAR_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+  if [ -z "$MYSUBDIR" -a -d "$TAR_DIRECTORY" ]; then
     # update existing content for speed/bandwidth reasons
     cd "$TAR_DIRECTORY"
     OLDVERSION=`hg tip | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/\s*//g' | awk -F':' '{ print $2 }'`
@@ -213,12 +221,12 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! -e "$FILE/$SUBDIR" ]; then
-  echo "Directory does not exist: $FILE/$SUBDIR"
+if [ ! -e "$FILE/$MYSUBDIR" ]; then
+  echo "Directory does not exist: $FILE/$MYSUBDIR"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-mv "$FILE/$SUBDIR" "${FILE}-${VERSION}" || exit 1
+mv "$FILE/$MYSUBDIR" "${FILE}-${VERSION}" || exit 1
 
 tar cf "$MYOUTDIR/${FILE}-${VERSION}.tar" $EXCLUDES "${FILE}-${VERSION}" || exit 1
 rm -rf "${FILE}-${VERSION}"