diff --git a/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/build.sbt b/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/build.sbt
index f3291cf..0db0e0e 100644
--- a/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/build.sbt
+++ b/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import scala.sys.process.stringToProcess
+import scala.sys.process.Process
 
 def versionFmt(out: sbtdynver.GitDescribeOutput): String = {
   val dirtySuffix = out.dirtySuffix.dropPlus.mkString("-", "")
@@ -35,26 +36,22 @@ TaskKey[Unit]("checkOnTagAndCommitDirty") := check(version.value, s"1.0.0-1-${he
 
 TaskKey[Unit]("gitInitSetup") := {
   implicit def log2log(log: Logger): scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger = sbtLoggerToScalaSysProcessLogger(log)
-  "git init".!!(streams.value.log)
-  "git config user.email dynver@mailinator.com".!!(streams.value.log)
-  "git config user.name dynver".!!(streams.value.log)
+  Process("git init", Option(baseDirectory.value)).!!(streams.value.log)
+  Process("git config user.email dynver@mailinator.com", Option(baseDirectory.value)).!!(streams.value.log)
+  Process("git config user.name dynver", Option(baseDirectory.value)).!!(streams.value.log)
 }
 
 TaskKey[Unit]("gitAdd")    := {
   implicit def log2log(log: Logger): scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger = sbtLoggerToScalaSysProcessLogger(log)
-  "git add .".!!(streams.value.log)
+  Process("git add .", Option(baseDirectory.value)).!!(streams.value.log)
 }
 TaskKey[Unit]("gitCommit") := {
   implicit def log2log(log: Logger): scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger = sbtLoggerToScalaSysProcessLogger(log)
-  "git commit -am1".!!(streams.value.log)
-}
-TaskKey[Unit]("gitDiff")    := {
-  implicit def log2log(log: Logger): scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger = sbtLoggerToScalaSysProcessLogger(log)
-  "git diff".!!(streams.value.log)
+  Process("git commit -am1", Option(baseDirectory.value)).!!(streams.value.log)
 }
 TaskKey[Unit]("gitTag")    := {
   implicit def log2log(log: Logger): scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger = sbtLoggerToScalaSysProcessLogger(log)
-  "git tag -a v1.0.0 -m1.0.0".!!(streams.value.log)
+  Process("git tag -a v1.0.0 -m1.0.0", Option(baseDirectory.value)).!!(streams.value.log)
 }
 
 TaskKey[Unit]("dirty") := {
diff --git a/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/test b/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/test
index d6487d1..9f22a4b 100644
--- a/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/test
+++ b/sbtdynver/src/sbt-test/dynver/custom-version-string/test
@@ -7,32 +7,26 @@
 > dirty
 > gitAdd
 > gitCommit
-$ sleep 100
 > reload
 > checkOnCommit
 
 > dirty
-$ sleep 100
 > reload
 > checkOnCommitDirty
 
 > gitCommit
 > gitTag
-$ sleep 100
 > reload
 > checkOnTag
 
 > dirty
-$ sleep 100
 > reload
 > checkOnTagDirty
 
 > gitCommit
-$ sleep 100
 > reload
 > checkOnTagAndCommit
 
 > dirty
-$ sleep 100
 > reload
 > checkOnTagAndCommitDirty