diff --git a/dev-vcs/git/git-1.7.11.3.bep b/dev-vcs/git/git-1.7.11.3.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7eb17c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/git/git-1.7.11.3.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+DESCRIPTION="git a fast version control system" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://git-scm.com/" 
+SRC_URI="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.11.3.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="23caacd9f3f421b6c05b40796df3505d"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND="net-misc/curl >= 7.20.0
+		dev-lang/perl >= 5.10.1
+		dev-vcs/gitdoc == 1.7.11.3"
+BUILD {
+	cd git-1.7.11.3
+	make strip
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd git-1.7.11.3
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd git-1.7.11.3
+	make check
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2005-2012 Git Authors (see git web site for list)"
diff --git a/dev-vcs/git/patches/git-1.7.11.3.patch b/dev-vcs/git/patches/git-1.7.11.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ffff15ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/git/patches/git-1.7.11.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+diff -up git-1.7.11.3/Makefile.orig git-1.7.11.3/Makefile
+--- git-1.7.11.3/Makefile.orig	2012-07-22 14:44:07.027525120 -0600
++++ git-1.7.11.3/Makefile	2012-07-28 22:12:40.271056896 -0600
+@@ -1297,6 +1297,31 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Minix)
+ 	NO_CURL =
+ 	NO_EXPAT =
+ endif
++ifeq ($(uname_S),Haiku)
++	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
++	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
++	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
++	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
++	PERL_PATH = perl
++	PYTHON_PATH = python
++#	TCL_PATH = tclsh
++	mandir = /boot/common/documentation/man
++	infodir = /boot/common/documentation/info
++	htmldir = /boot/common/documentation/doc/git-1.7.11.3
++	gitexecdir = /boot/common/bin/git-core
++	gitwebdir = /boot/common/data/gitweb
++	template_dir = /boot/common/data/git-core/templates
++	NO_TCLTK = YesPlease
++	DEFAULT_EDITOR = nano
++	CURL_DIR = /boot/common
++	EXPAT_DIR = /boot/common
++	BASIC_CFLAGS += -I/boot/common/include
++	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -lnetwork -lbsd -L/boot/common/lib
++	PTHREAD_LIBS =
++	prefix = /boot/common
++	NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS = YesPlease
++	NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease
++endif
+ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
+ 	pathsep = ;
+ 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
+diff -up git-1.7.11.3/git-web--browse.sh.orig git-1.7.11.3/git-web--browse.sh
+--- git-1.7.11.3/git-web--browse.sh.orig	2012-07-22 14:44:07.017039360 -0600
++++ git-1.7.11.3/git-web--browse.sh	2012-07-28 22:12:40.283115520 -0600
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if test -z "$browser" ; then
+ 			browser_candidates="konqueror $browser_candidates"
+ 		fi
+ 	else
+-		browser_candidates="w3m elinks links lynx"
++		browser_candidates="w3m elinks links lynx open"
+ 	fi
+ 	# SECURITYSESSIONID indicates an OS X GUI login session
+ 	if test -n "$SECURITYSESSIONID" \
diff --git a/dev-vcs/gitdoc/gitdoc-1.7.11.3.bep b/dev-vcs/gitdoc/gitdoc-1.7.11.3.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2299ff1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/gitdoc/gitdoc-1.7.11.3.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+DESCRIPTION="git a fast version control system"
+HOMEPAGE="http://code.google.com/p/git-core/"
+SRC_URI="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-manpages-1.7.10.2.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="79bae5456db8366803d28db867892d74"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+
+BUILD {
+	echo "Attempting to download additional formats"
+	wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-htmldocs-1.7.11.3.tar.gz
+	if [ $? != 0 ];then
+		echo "Error downloading additional formats"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	MAN_DIR=$(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/man
+	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/${MAN_DIR}"
+	cp -afv man* "${DESTDIR}/${MAN_DIR}"
+
+	echo "Extracting extra docs"
+	DOC_DIR=$(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/doc/git-1.7.11.3
+	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/${DOC_DIR}"
+	WORKDIR="$(pwd)"
+	cd "${DESTDIR}/${DOC_DIR}"
+	tar xvf "${WORKDIR}/git-htmldocs-1.7.11.3.tar.gz"
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2005-2012 Git Authors (see git web site for list)"
diff --git a/dev-vcs/mercurial/mercurial-2.2.3.bep b/dev-vcs/mercurial/mercurial-2.2.3.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ea952ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/mercurial/mercurial-2.2.3.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://mercurial.selenic.com/" 
+SRC_URI="http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/mercurial-2.2.3.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="f4c70af3892d964b83b2718bde44c2f8"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND="dev-lang/python >= 2.3"
+BUILD {
+	cd mercurial-2.2.3
+	python setup.py build --force
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd mercurial-2.2.3
+	if [ -n "${DESTDIR}" ];then
+		python setup.py install --root="${DESTDIR}" --prefix="$(finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY)" --force
+	else
+		python setup.py install --prefix="$(finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY)" --force
+	fi
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd mercurial-2.2.3/tests
+	shopt -s extglob
+	sed -i 's,/usr/bin/env,/bin/env,' !(blacklists|bundles|gpg|svn)
+	python run-tests.py
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2005-2012 Matt Mackall et al."
diff --git a/dev-vcs/mercurial/patches/mercurial-2.2.3.patch b/dev-vcs/mercurial/patches/mercurial-2.2.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..818833f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/mercurial/patches/mercurial-2.2.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up mercurial-2.2.3/mercurial/ui.py.orig mercurial-2.2.3/mercurial/ui.py
+--- mercurial-2.2.3/mercurial/ui.py.orig	2012-06-01 22:48:21.025690112 -0600
++++ mercurial-2.2.3/mercurial/ui.py	2012-06-04 17:15:16.317980672 -0600
+@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ class ui(object):
+             # avoid confusion.
+             editor = 'E'
+         else:
+-            editor = 'vi'
++            editor = 'nano'
+         return (os.environ.get("HGEDITOR") or
+                 self.config("ui", "editor") or
+                 os.environ.get("VISUAL") or