diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index af92f70e0..3d1b50ac0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.2-SNAPSHOT'
+        classpath 'org.ajoberstar:gradle-git:1.6.0'
     }
 }
 apply plugin: 'net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge'
+apply plugin: 'org.ajoberstar.grgit'
 
 /*
 // for people who want stable - not yet functional for MC 1.8.8 - we require the forgegradle 2.1 snapshot
@@ -69,23 +71,33 @@
     }
 }
 
-processResources
-{
-    // this will ensure that this task is redone when the versions change.
+import org.ajoberstar.grgit.Grgit
+
+processResources {
     inputs.property "version", project.version
     inputs.property "mcversion", project.minecraft.version
 
-    // replace stuff in mcmod.info, nothing else
+    def grgit = Grgit.open(dir: '.')
+    inputs.property "commithash", grgit.log(maxCommits: 1)[0].id
+
+    def blacklist = ['GitHub', 'dan200', 'Daniel Ratcliffe']
+    Set<String> contributors = []
+    
+    grgit.log().each {
+        if (!blacklist.contains(it.committer.name))
+            contributors.add(it.committer.name)
+    }
+
     from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
         include 'mcmod.info'
-                
-        // replace version and mcversion
-        expand 'version':project.version, 'mcversion':project.minecraft.version
-    }
-        
-    // copy everything else, thats not the mcmod.info
+        include 'assets/computercraft/lua/rom/help/credits.txt'
+
+        expand 'version':project.version, 'mcversion':project.minecraft.version, 'gitcontributors':contributors.sort().join('\n')
+    }        
+    
     from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
         exclude 'mcmod.info'
+        exclude 'assets/computercraft/lua/rom/help/credits.txt'
     }
 }
 
@@ -94,3 +106,4 @@
         options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint"
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/help/credits.txt b/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/help/credits.txt
index 171e07f46..cc01b8eaf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/help/credits.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/help/credits.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 ComputerCraft was created by Daniel "dan200" Ratcliffe, with additional code by Aaron "Cloudy" Mills.
 Thanks to nitrogenfingers, GopherATL and RamiLego for program contributions.
 Thanks to Mojang, the Forge team, and the MCP team.
@@ -12,14 +13,4 @@ Follow @DanTwoHundred on Twitter!
 To help contribute to ComputerCraft, browse the source code at https://github.com/dan200/ComputerCraft.
 
 GitHub Contributors:
-boq
-Cruor
-gegy1000
-JLLeitschuh
-Lignum
-ObloxCC
-Restioson
-SquidDev
-timia2109
-Wilma456
-Wojbie
+${gitcontributors}