diff --git a/lib/capistrano/rsync.rb b/lib/capistrano/rsync.rb
index 758d96b..137c04b 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/rsync.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/rsync.rb
@@ -41,13 +41,20 @@
 
 namespace :rsync do
   task :hook_scm do
+    Rake::Task["#{scm}:check"].clear
     Rake::Task.define_task("#{scm}:check") do
       invoke "rsync:check" 
     end
 
+    Rake::Task["#{scm}:create_release"].clear
     Rake::Task.define_task("#{scm}:create_release") do
       invoke "rsync:release" 
     end
+
+    Rake::Task["#{scm}:set_current_revision"].clear
+    Rake::Task.define_task("#{scm}:set_current_revision") do
+      # :current_revision was already set during checkout 
+    end
   end
 
   task :check do
@@ -74,6 +81,16 @@
     end
   end
 
+  desc "Set current revision into capistrano variable"
+  task :set_current_revision do
+    Dir.chdir fetch(:rsync_stage) do
+      get_current_revision =  %x[git rev-parse HEAD]
+      set(:current_revision, get_current_revision)
+    end
+  end
+
+  after :stage, :set_current_revision
+
   desc "Copy the code to the releases directory."
   task :release => %w[rsync] do
     # Skip copying if we've already synced straight to the release directory.
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/rsync/version.rb b/lib/capistrano/rsync/version.rb
index f8a14e2..3157bc3 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/rsync/version.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/rsync/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Capistrano
   module Rsync
-    VERSION = "1.0.2"
+    VERSION = "1.0.2a"
   end
 end