diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a9867cbc11e0e..988ef66f8fadd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ matrix:
         SRC=.
         RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT=1
         SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG=/tmp/sccache.log
-        RUST_LOG=sccache
+        RUST_LOG=sccache=debug
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode8.2
       install: &osx_install_sccache >
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ matrix:
         SRC=.
         RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT=1
         SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG=/tmp/sccache.log
-        RUST_LOG=sccache
+        RUST_LOG=sccache=debug
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode8.2
       install: *osx_install_sccache
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ matrix:
         DEPLOY=1
         RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT=1
         SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG=/tmp/sccache.log
-        RUST_LOG=sccache
+        RUST_LOG=sccache=debug
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode8.2
       install: >
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ matrix:
         DEPLOY=1
         RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT=1
         SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG=/tmp/sccache.log
-        RUST_LOG=sccache
+        RUST_LOG=sccache=debug
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode8.2
       install: *osx_install_sccache
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ matrix:
         DEPLOY_ALT=1
         RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT=1
         SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG=/tmp/sccache.log
-        RUST_LOG=sccache
+        RUST_LOG=sccache=debug
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode8.2
       install: *osx_install_sccache
diff --git a/cargo b/cargo
index 5f3b9c4c6a7be..4a3c0a63b07e9 160000
--- a/cargo
+++ b/cargo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5f3b9c4c6a7be1f177d6024cb83d150b6479148a
+Subproject commit 4a3c0a63b07e9a4feb41cb11de37c92a09db5a60
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/channel.rs b/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
index c126c076a3d4e..2607ce412f108 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/channel.rs
@@ -42,9 +42,22 @@ struct Info {
 
 impl GitInfo {
     pub fn new(dir: &Path) -> GitInfo {
-        if !dir.join(".git").is_dir() {
+        // See if this even begins to look like a git dir
+        if !dir.join(".git").exists() {
             return GitInfo { inner: None }
         }
+
+        // Make sure git commands work
+        let out = Command::new("git")
+                          .arg("rev-parse")
+                          .current_dir(dir)
+                          .output()
+                          .expect("failed to spawn git");
+        if !out.status.success() {
+            return GitInfo { inner: None }
+        }
+
+        // Ok, let's scrape some info
         let ver_date = output(Command::new("git").current_dir(dir)
                                       .arg("log").arg("-1")
                                       .arg("--date=short")
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
index 618e4d67705da..72aec15e532b5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ impl Build {
             None => false,
         };
         let rust_info = channel::GitInfo::new(&src);
-        let cargo_info = channel::GitInfo::new(&src.join("src/tools/cargo"));
+        let cargo_info = channel::GitInfo::new(&src.join("cargo"));
 
         Build {
             flags: flags,