diff --git a/submit b/submit
index d959bef..1780a03 100755
--- a/submit
+++ b/submit
@@ -10,21 +10,20 @@ if [ -z $DIST ]; then
     DIST="el5"
 fi
 
-# Generate ChangeLog
-git log --format=%H --grep="update changelog" > ignore_hash
-git log --format=%H | grep -v -f ignore_hash | git log --pretty --stdin --no-walk > CHANGELOG.git
-rm -f ignore_hash
-git add CHANGELOG.git
-git commit -m 'update changelog' CHANGELOG.git
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+mkdir -p $TMPDIR/$PACKAGE-$VERSION/
 
 # Tag GIT using the version in the spec file
-git tag $VERSION
+git tag $VERSION 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
 # Create needed dirs on the build box
 ssh -l $ME build.firewall-services.com mkdir -p rpmbuild/{RPMS,SRPMS,SPECS,SOURCES}
 
 # Generate a tgz archive from the repo
-git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=$PACKAGE-$VERSION/ $BRANCH | ssh -l $ME build.firewall-services.com "cat > rpmbuild/SOURCES/$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.gz"
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=$PACKAGE-$VERSION/ $BRANCH | tar xf - -C $TMPDIR
+# Generate ChangeLog
+git log --format=%H | git log --pretty --stdin --no-walk > $TMPDIR/$PACKAGE-$VERSION/CHANGELOG.git
+tar cz -C $TMPDIR $PACKAGE-$VERSION | ssh -l $ME build.firewall-services.com "cat > rpmbuild/SOURCES/$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.gz"
 
 # Upload the spec file
 scp $PACKAGE.spec $ME@build.firewall-services.com:rpmbuild/SPECS/
@@ -33,4 +32,4 @@ scp $PACKAGE.spec $ME@build.firewall-services.com:rpmbuild/SPECS/
 ssh -l $ME build.firewall-services.com rpmbuild -bs --nodeps rpmbuild/SPECS/$PACKAGE.spec
 ssh -l $ME build.firewall-services.com buildrpm rpmbuild/SRPMS/$PACKAGE-$VERSION-*.src.rpm $DIST
 ssh -l $ME build.firewall-services.com rm -f rpmbuild/SPECS/$PACKAGE.spec rpmbuild/SOURCES/$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.gz rpmbuild/SRPMS/$PACKAGE-$VERSION*.src.rpm
-
+rm -rf $TMPDIR