diff --git a/scripts/pgit.sh b/scripts/pgit.sh
index a8b73008..331485e7 100644
--- a/scripts/pgit.sh
+++ b/scripts/pgit.sh
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ config()
 {
 	# guess pdir
 	pdir=`pwd`
-	if [ `ls -d $pdir/*/.git 2>/dev/null | wc -w` -lt 3 ]; then
-		while [ `basename $pdir` != proj ]; do
-			[ "$pdir" = / ] && fatal "didn't find \"proj\" in directory components"
-			pdir=`dirname $pdir`
-		done
-	fi
+	while [ `cat $pdir/CVS/Repository 2>/dev/null` != proj ]; do
+		[ "$pdir" = / ] && fatal "didn't find \"proj\" in directory components"
+		pdir=`dirname $pdir`
+	done
 	pdirs=`(cd $pdir; ls -d */.git | sed 's%/.git%%')`
 }