@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func extractGitSource(gitClient GitClient, gitSource *api.GitBuildSource, revisi

 		return false, nil

 	}

-	glog.V(0).Infof("Downloading %q ...", gitSource.URI)

+	glog.V(0).Infof("Cloning %q ...", gitSource.URI)

 	// Check source URI, trying to connect to the server only if not using a proxy.

 	if err := checkSourceURI(gitClient, gitSource.URI, timeout); err != nil {

@@ -209,9 +209,6 @@ func extractGitSource(gitClient GitClient, gitSource *api.GitBuildSource, revisi

 	// check if we specify a commit, ref, or branch to check out

 	usingRef := len(gitSource.Ref) != 0 || (revision != nil && revision.Git != nil && len(revision.Git.Commit) != 0)

-	// Recursive clone if we're not going to checkout a ref and submodule update later

-	glog.V(3).Infof("Cloning source from %s", gitSource.URI)

-

 	// Only use the quiet flag if Verbosity is not 5 or greater

 	quiet := !glog.Is(5)

 	if err := gitClient.CloneWithOptions(dir, gitSource.URI, git.CloneOptions{Recursive: !usingRef, Quiet: quiet, Shallow: !usingRef}); err != nil {

@@ -236,6 +233,14 @@ func extractGitSource(gitClient GitClient, gitSource *api.GitBuildSource, revisi

 		}

 	}

+	if glog.Is(0) {

+		if information, gitErr := gitClient.GetInfo(dir); gitErr == nil {

+			glog.Infof("\tCommit:\t%s (%s)\n", information.CommitID, information.Message)

+			glog.Infof("\tAuthor:\t%s <%s>\n", information.AuthorName, information.AuthorEmail)

+			glog.Infof("\tDate:\t%s\n", information.Date)

+		}

+	}

+

 	return true, nil

 }

@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ os::cmd::expect_success "oc delete all --all"

 os::cmd::expect_success "docker rmi -f ${docker_registry}/image-ns/busybox:latest"

 os::test::junit::declare_suite_end

+# Test to see that we're reporting the correct commit being used by the build

+os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "extended/cmd/new-build"

+os::cmd::expect_success "oc new-build https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world.git#bd94cbb228465d30d9d3430e80b503757a2a1d97"

+os::cmd::try_until_text "oc logs builds/ruby-hello-world-1" "Commit:[[:space:]]*bd94cbb228465d30d9d3430e80b503757a2a1d97"

+os::cmd::expect_success "oc delete all --all"

+os::test::junit::declare_suite_end

+

 os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "extended/cmd/service-signer"

 # check to make sure that service serving cert signing works correctly

 # nginx currently needs to run as root