diff --git a/core/SettingsPiwik.php b/core/SettingsPiwik.php
index 26949c560a2d5c59b22caf72fbee613067b782a9..23780a0701566ec100b3593724147a4e15b31991 100644
--- a/core/SettingsPiwik.php
+++ b/core/SettingsPiwik.php
@@ -336,6 +336,17 @@ class SettingsPiwik
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if Piwik is deployed using git
+     * FAQ: http://piwik.org/faq/how-to-install/faq_18271/
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function isGitDeployment()
+    {
+        return file_exists(PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/.git/HEAD');
+    }
+
     public static function getCurrentGitBranch()
     {
         $file = PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/.git/HEAD';
@@ -422,4 +433,5 @@ class SettingsPiwik
     {
         return Config::getInstance()->General['force_ssl'] == 1;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/CoreConsole/Commands/GitPull.php b/plugins/CoreConsole/Commands/GitPull.php
index 65151e2e3c810f6a49cc237e2a8acc289ed8ca99..e69c13bf10416e9fcb98f0b2771bad8d4025c5b0 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreConsole/Commands/GitPull.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreConsole/Commands/GitPull.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Piwik\Plugins\CoreConsole\Commands;
 
 use Piwik\Development;
 use Piwik\Plugin\ConsoleCommand;
+use Piwik\SettingsPiwik;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class GitPull extends ConsoleCommand
 {
     public function isEnabled()
     {
-        return Development::isEnabled();
+        return SettingsPiwik::isGitDeployment();
     }
 
     protected function configure()
diff --git a/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsRunOnAws.php b/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsRunOnAws.php
index 3e99e05a6b368cf02687b3478e27f80f2219f9ae..495ecfa4612c4916fa98a898f1deba70dc5e2842 100644
--- a/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsRunOnAws.php
+++ b/plugins/TestRunner/Commands/TestsRunOnAws.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Piwik\Plugins\TestRunner\Aws\Instance;
 use Piwik\Plugins\TestRunner\Aws\Ssh;
 use Piwik\Plugins\TestRunner\Runner\InstanceLauncher;
 use Piwik\Plugins\TestRunner\Runner\Remote;
+use Piwik\SettingsPiwik;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ This feature is still beta and there might be problems with pictures and/or bina
     private function getCurrentGitHash()
     {
         // we should not use 'git' executable unless we are in a git clone
-        if(!file_exists(PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/.git/')) {
+        if(!SettingsPiwik::isGitDeployment()) {
             return 'WARN: it does not look like a Piwik repository clone - you must setup Piwik from git to proceed';
         }
         return trim(`git rev-parse HEAD`);