Index: trunk/packages/invirt-dev/invirtibuilder
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--- trunk/packages/invirt-dev/invirtibuilder	(revision 3044)
+++ trunk/packages/invirt-dev/invirtibuilder	(revision 3045)
@@ -290,8 +290,12 @@
             db.commit = commit = b.canonicalize_commit(package, commit)
             src = b.validateBuild(pocket, package, commit)
-
-            db.version = str(b.getVersion(package, commit))
+            version = b.getVersion(package, commit)
+            db.version = str(version)
             b.runHook('pre-build', [str(db.build_id), db.pocket, db.package,
                                     db.commit, db.principal, db.version, str(db.inserted_at)])
+
+            env = dict(os.environ)
+            env['GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'] = config.build.tagger.name
+            env['GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'] = config.build.tagger.email
 
             # If validateBuild returns something other than True, then
@@ -301,6 +305,14 @@
             # raised an exception)
             if src != True:
+                # TODO: cut out this code duplication
+                db.failed_stage = 'tagging submodule before copying package'
+                tagSubmodule(pocket, package, commit, principal, version, env)
+                db.failed_stage = 'updating submodule branches before copying package'
+                updateSubmoduleBranch(pocket, package, commit)
+                db.failed_stage = 'updating superproject before copying package'
+                updateSuperproject(pocket, package, commit, principal, version, env)
                 db.failed_stage = 'copying package from another pocket'
                 aptCopy(package, commit, pocket, src)
+                
             # If we can't copy the package from somewhere, but
             # validateBuild didn't raise an exception, then we need to
@@ -334,12 +346,6 @@
                             os.copy(log, logdir)
 
-                    db.failed_stage = 'processing metadata'
-                    env = dict(os.environ)
-                    env['GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'] = config.build.tagger.name
-                    env['GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'] = config.build.tagger.email
-                    version = b.getVersion(package, commit)
-
                     db.failed_stage = 'tagging submodule'
-                    tagSubmodule(pocket, package, principal, version, env)
+                    tagSubmodule(pocket, package, commit, principal, version, env)
                     db.failed_stage = 'updating submodule branches'
                     updateSubmoduleBranch(pocket, package, commit)