diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index dedb85173a..429a7e9d46 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .github
-.git
 changelog
 docs
 examples
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-version-string.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-version-string.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b066337a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-version-string.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Bugfix: re-include the '.git' dir in the Docker images to pass the version tag
+and git SHA to the release tool.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/1413
diff --git a/cmd/revad/main.go b/cmd/revad/main.go
index be3addcbe6..219c0c4690 100644
--- a/cmd/revad/main.go
+++ b/cmd/revad/main.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func main() {
 func handleVersionFlag() {
 	if *versionFlag {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", getVersionString())
-		os.Exit(1)
+		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 }