diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 2274839..49f8439 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <services>
   <service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="version">2012.09.25</param>
+    <param name="versionformat">%ad</param>
     <param name="url">git://github.com/openSUSE/obs-build.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
diff --git a/build-initvm.spec b/build-initvm.spec
index d16cfc2..5de2f2b 100644
--- a/build-initvm.spec
+++ b/build-initvm.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name:           build-initvm
 Summary:        A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
-Version:        2012.09.25
+Version:        20120927
 Release:        0
 Source:         obs-build-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
diff --git a/build.changes b/build.changes
index 3710d1a..2a16a81 100644
--- a/build.changes
+++ b/build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 27 07:33:21 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- change to automatic date version in _service
+- update from git (4afd9f0ee03f9e51cf8db9a27fae4663e3f4dde6)
+
+Martin Koegler (1):
+      Bug fix: ignore links in orig tar files
+
+Michael Schroeder (1):
+      - be more verbose when the preinstallimage unpack fails
+
+Stephan Kulow (2):
+      the difference between openSUSE and SLE is outdated
+      do not cumulate packages with 12.2's rpm
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 25 11:25:49 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/build.dsc b/build.dsc
index 9d527b4..ab063f0 100644
--- a/build.dsc
+++ b/build.dsc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Format: 1.0
 Source: build
-Version: 2012.09.25
+Version: 20120927
 Binary: build
 Maintainer: Adrian Schroeter <adrian@suse.de>
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/build.spec b/build.spec
index a583aad..b2bc776 100644
--- a/build.spec
+++ b/build.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name:           build
 Summary:        A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
 License:        GPL-2.0+ and GPL-2.0
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
-Version:        2012.09.25
+Version:        20120927
 Release:        0
 #!BuildIgnore:  build-mkbaselibs
 Source:         obs-build-%{version}.tar.gz
diff --git a/obs-build-2012.09.25.tar.gz b/obs-build-2012.09.25.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a7504d6..0000000
--- a/obs-build-2012.09.25.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:500d60a0266b5a50358cc6072b827ca2be4d6062ba746c41ffeb0f9b98a954e2
-size 148557
diff --git a/obs-build-20120927.tar.gz b/obs-build-20120927.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fee5a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obs-build-20120927.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:efccb4d8b7e0f91c762ce23cea6d49753350aff5cc02683ffe080b21f1271bd7
+size 155188