diff --git a/scripts/pgit.sh b/scripts/pgit.sh
index 0689338c..a8b73008 100644
--- a/scripts/pgit.sh
+++ b/scripts/pgit.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ marker()
 
 config()
 {
+	# guess pdir
 	pdir=`pwd`
-	while [ `basename $pdir` != proj ]; do
-		[ "$pdir" = / ] && fatal "didn't find \"proj\" in directory components"
-		pdir=`dirname $pdir`
-	done
+	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
 	pdirs=`(cd $pdir; ls -d */.git | sed 's%/.git%%')`
 }