diff --git a/.deploy/setup_deployment.sh b/.deploy/setup_deployment.sh
index 7e225cd2..4229bdaf 100755
--- a/.deploy/setup_deployment.sh
+++ b/.deploy/setup_deployment.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ touch $thisdir/../.local/deployment
 echo public > $thisdir/../.local/branch
 
 #Make keyfiles
-ssh-keygen -f $thisdir/../.local/deploy -N ""
\ No newline at end of file
+ssh-keygen -f $thisdir/../.local/deploy -N ""
+
+#Do a checkout to create CurrentVersionSHA
+git checkout HEAD
diff --git a/.deploy/setup_developer.sh b/.deploy/setup_developer.sh
index f26a1501..05754ff7 100755
--- a/.deploy/setup_developer.sh
+++ b/.deploy/setup_developer.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 thisdir=`dirname $0`
 
 #Copy hooks
-cp $thisdir/src/post-checkout $thisdir/../.git/hooks
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+cp $thisdir/src/post-checkout $thisdir/../.git/hooks
+
+#Do a checkout to create CurrentVersionSHA
+git checkout HEAD
diff --git a/.deploy/src/checkout.sh b/.deploy/src/checkout.sh
index aa3a3e91..a23c2667 100755
--- a/.deploy/src/checkout.sh
+++ b/.deploy/src/checkout.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #Grab Current Root
-mcRoot=`pwd`
+mcRoot=`pwd`  #Since this is called from post-checkout hook, working directory will be top of work tree unless changed in hook
 
 mkdir -p .local
 
+#Check if in detached head state
+headContent=`cat .git/HEAD`
+colonLoc=`expr index "$headContent" :`
+
 #Identify Current Version
-cat .git/`cat .git/HEAD | awk '{print $NF'}` > .local/CurrentVersionSHA
+if [ $colonLoc -eq 0 ]
+then
+    cat .git/HEAD > .local/CurrentVersionSHA
+else
+    cat .git/`cat .git/HEAD | awk '{print $NF'}` > .local/CurrentVersionSHA
+fi
 
 #spm8Batch Localizations
 if [ -d .local/spm8Batch ]; then
@@ -26,4 +35,4 @@ if [ -f .local/deployment ]; then #Only run this if in a deployment
 	    -e "s:%\[DEVmcRoot\]:$mcRoot:"  \
 	    $file
     done
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/.deploy/src/post-checkout b/.deploy/src/post-checkout
index 05474cc7..54d2e3cd 100755
--- a/.deploy/src/post-checkout
+++ b/.deploy/src/post-checkout
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 if [ -f .deploy/src/checkout.sh ]; then
 .deploy/src/checkout.sh
 fi
+
+# Note - Be careful not to change working directory at all in this hook,
+# since the called script, checkout.sh, depends on `pwd` to figure out the
+# top of the git work tree
diff --git a/.deploy/src/self_update.sh b/.deploy/src/self_update.sh
index 9d067e99..e615a170 100755
--- a/.deploy/src/self_update.sh
+++ b/.deploy/src/self_update.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 thisdir=`dirname $0` #Directory that contains this script
 
-origdir=`pwd` #working directory from whence this script was called
 cd $thisdir
 harddir=`pwd`
 
@@ -18,4 +17,3 @@ git reset HEAD --hard
 git pull github/universe $branch:$branch
 
 git checkout $branch
-