diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5226fa1..2a1e639 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 # The ones that do not have to link with lcrypto, lz nor xdiff.
 SIMPLE_PROGRAMS = \
-	git-get-tar-commit-id$X git-mailsplit$X \
+	git-mailsplit$X \
 	git-stripspace$X git-daemon$X
 
 # ... and all the rest that could be moved out of bindir to gitexecdir
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 	git-grep$X git-add$X git-rm$X git-rev-list$X \
 	git-check-ref-format$X git-rev-parse$X \
 	git-init-db$X git-tar-tree$X git-upload-tar$X git-format-patch$X \
-	git-ls-files$X git-ls-tree$X \
+	git-ls-files$X git-ls-tree$X git-get-tar-commit-id$X \
 	git-read-tree$X git-commit-tree$X \
 	git-apply$X git-show-branch$X git-diff-files$X \
 	git-diff-index$X git-diff-stages$X git-diff-tree$X git-cat-file$X
diff --git a/builtin-tar-tree.c b/builtin-tar-tree.c
index 7663b9b..58a8ccd 100644
--- a/builtin-tar-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-tar-tree.c
@@ -402,3 +402,28 @@
 		return remote_tar(argc, argv);
 	return generate_tar(argc, argv, envp);
 }
+
+/* ustar header + extended global header content */
+#define HEADERSIZE (2 * RECORDSIZE)
+
+int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+	char buffer[HEADERSIZE];
+	struct ustar_header *header = (struct ustar_header *)buffer;
+	char *content = buffer + RECORDSIZE;
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	n = xread(0, buffer, HEADERSIZE);
+	if (n < HEADERSIZE)
+		die("git-get-tar-commit-id: read error");
+	if (header->typeflag[0] != 'g')
+		return 1;
+	if (memcmp(content, "52 comment=", 11))
+		return 1;
+
+	n = xwrite(1, content + 11, 41);
+	if (n < 41)
+		die("git-get-tar-commit-id: write error");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index ffa9340..b9f36be 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 extern int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_tar_tree(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_upload_tar(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
+extern int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
diff --git a/get-tar-commit-id.c b/get-tar-commit-id.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4166290..0000000
--- a/get-tar-commit-id.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005 Rene Scharfe
- */
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#define HEADERSIZE	1024
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	char buffer[HEADERSIZE];
-	ssize_t n;
-
-	n = read(0, buffer, HEADERSIZE);
-	if (n < HEADERSIZE) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "read error\n");
-		return 3;
-	}
-	if (buffer[156] != 'g')
-		return 1;
-	if (memcmp(&buffer[512], "52 comment=", 11))
-		return 1;
-	n = write(1, &buffer[523], 41);
-	if (n < 41) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "write error\n");
-		return 2;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 6db8f2b..9469d44 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 		{ "add", cmd_add },
 		{ "rev-list", cmd_rev_list },
 		{ "init-db", cmd_init_db },
-		{ "tar-tree", cmd_tar_tree },
+		{ "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
 		{ "upload-tar", cmd_upload_tar },
 		{ "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
 		{ "ls-files", cmd_ls_files },