diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateMojo.java
index 5368b48..57a5eaa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateMojo.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.command.info.InfoItem;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.command.info.InfoScmResult;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.command.status.StatusScmResult;
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.git.gitexe.command.branch.GitBranchCommand;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.git.repository.GitScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.hg.HgScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.hg.HgUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
@@ -567,18 +570,26 @@ public List<ScmFile> getStatus()
     public String getScmBranch()
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
-        /* git branch can be obtained directly by a command */
         try
         {
             ScmRepository repository = getScmRepository();
             ScmProvider provider = scmManager.getProviderByRepository( repository );
+            /* git branch can be obtained directly by a command */
             if ( GitScmProviderRepository.PROTOCOL_GIT.equals( provider.getScmType() ) )
             {
                 ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( scmDirectory );
                 return GitBranchCommand.getCurrentBranch( getLogger(),
                                                           (GitScmProviderRepository) repository.getProviderRepository(),
                                                           fileSet );
-            }
+            } else if ( provider instanceof HgScmProvider ) {
+                /* hg branch can be obtained directly by a command */
+                HgOutputConsumer consumer = new HgOutputConsumer( getLogger() );
+ 		        ScmResult result = HgUtils.execute( consumer, logger, scmDirectory, new String[] { "id", "-b" } );
+		        checkResult( result );
+		        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(consumer.getOutput())) {
+		        	return consumer.getOutput();	
+		        }
+	         }
         }
         catch ( ScmException e )
         {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateTimestampMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateTimestampMojo.java
index 2184ac9..215b1c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateTimestampMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/CreateTimestampMojo.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgChangeSetMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgChangeSetMojo.java
index 5b1ff07..2a65954 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgChangeSetMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgChangeSetMojo.java
@@ -30,12 +30,9 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
-import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.log.ScmLogDispatcher;
-import org.apache.maven.scm.log.ScmLogger;
 import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.hg.HgUtils;
-import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.hg.command.HgConsumer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -168,25 +165,5 @@ private void setProperty( String property, String value )
         }
     }
 
-    private static class HgOutputConsumer
-        extends HgConsumer
-    {
-
-        private String output;
-
-        private HgOutputConsumer( ScmLogger logger )
-        {
-            super( logger );
-        }
 
-        public void doConsume( ScmFileStatus status, String line )
-        {
-            output = line;
-        }
-
-        private String getOutput()
-        {
-            return output;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgOutputConsumer.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgOutputConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e8b9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/build/HgOutputConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.codehaus.mojo.build;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.log.ScmLogger;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.hg.command.HgConsumer;
+
+class HgOutputConsumer
+        extends HgConsumer
+    {
+
+        private String output;
+
+        HgOutputConsumer( ScmLogger logger )
+        {
+            super( logger );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+		public void doConsume( ScmFileStatus status, String line )
+        {
+            output = line;
+        }
+
+        String getOutput()
+        {
+            return output;
+        }
+    }
+