diff --git a/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php b/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
index 69ba25f..bf01c83 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
@@ -214,4 +214,22 @@ abstract class AbstractTask
         	return $this->runCommandLocal($command, $output);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * adds a cd to the needed release if we work with releases.
+     *
+     * @param string $command
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getReleasesAwareCommand($command)
+    {
+        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
+            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
+
+            $deployToDirectory = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId();
+            return 'cd ' . $deployToDirectory . ' && ' . $command;
+        }
+
+        return $command;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php
index f17afbd..39dff21 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php
@@ -61,4 +61,45 @@ abstract class BaseStrategyTaskAbstract extends AbstractTask implements IsReleas
 
         return array_merge($excludes, $userExcludes);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes old releases
+     */
+    protected function cleanUpReleases()
+    {
+        // Count Releases
+        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
+            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
+            $symlink = $this->getConfig()->release('symlink', 'current');
+
+            if (substr($symlink, 0, 1) == '/') {
+                $releasesDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/') . '/' . $releasesDirectory;
+            }
+
+            $maxReleases = $this->getConfig()->release('max', false);
+            if (($maxReleases !== false) && ($maxReleases > 0)) {
+                $releasesList = '';
+                $countReleasesFetch = $this->runCommandRemote('ls -1 ' . $releasesDirectory, $releasesList);
+                $releasesList = trim($releasesList);
+
+                if ($countReleasesFetch && $releasesList != '') {
+                    $releasesList = explode(PHP_EOL, $releasesList);
+                    if (count($releasesList) > $maxReleases) {
+                        $releasesToDelete = array_diff($releasesList, array($this->getConfig()->getReleaseId()));
+                        sort($releasesToDelete);
+                        $releasesToDeleteCount = count($releasesToDelete) - $maxReleases;
+                        $releasesToDelete = array_slice($releasesToDelete, 0, $releasesToDeleteCount + 1);
+
+                        foreach ($releasesToDelete as $releaseIdToDelete) {
+                            $directoryToDelete = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $releaseIdToDelete;
+                            if ($directoryToDelete != '/') {
+                                $command = 'rm -rf ' . $directoryToDelete;
+                                $result = $result && $this->runCommandRemote($command);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php
index 5bcbd8e..61ac5e9 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ use Mage\Task\Releases\IsReleaseAware;
  *
  * @author Oscar Reales <oreales@gmail.com>
  */
-class GitRebaseTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware
+class GitRebaseTask extends BaseStrategyTaskAbstract implements IsReleaseAware
 {
-	/**
-	 * (non-PHPdoc)
-	 * @see \Mage\Task\AbstractTask::getName()
-	 */
+    /**
+     * (non-PHPdoc)
+     * @see \Mage\Task\AbstractTask::getName()
+     */
     public function getName()
     {
         return 'Deploy via Git Rebase [built-in]';
@@ -34,44 +34,71 @@ class GitRebaseTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware
      * @see \Mage\Task\AbstractTask::run()
      */
     public function run()
-    {        
-    	$branch = $this->getParameter('branch', 'master');
-    	$remote = $this->getParameter('remote', 'origin');
-                
-    	// Fetch Remote
-        $command = 'git fetch ' . $remote;
+    {
+        $this->checkOverrideRelease();
+        $excludes = $this->getExcludes();
+
+        // If we are working with releases
+        $deployToDirectory = $this->getConfig()->deployment('to');
+        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
+            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
+
+            $deployToDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/')
+                               . '/' . $releasesDirectory
+                               . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId();
+            $this->runCommandRemote('mkdir -p ' . $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId());
+        }
+
+        $branch = $this->getParameter('branch', 'master');
+        $remote = $this->getParameter('remote', 'origin');
+
+        // Fetch Remote
+        $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git fetch ' . $remote);
         $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command);
 
+        if ($result === false) {
+            $repository = $this->getConfig()->deployment('repository');
+            if ($repository) {
+                $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git clone ' . $repository . ' .');
+                $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command);
+
+                $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git fetch ' . $remote);
+                $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command);
+            }
+        }
+
         // Checkout
-        $command = 'git checkout ' . $branch;
+        $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git checkout ' . $branch);
         $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
 
         // Check Working Copy status
         $stashed = false;
         $status = '';
-        $command = 'git checkout ' . $branch;
+        $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git checkout ' . $branch);
         $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
 
         // Stash if Working Copy is not clean
         if(!$status) {
-        	$stashResult = '';
-        	$command = 'git stash';
-        	$result = $this->runCommandRemote($command, $stashResult) && $result;
-        	if($stashResult != "No local changes to save") {
+            $stashResult = '';
+            $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git stash');
+            $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command, $stashResult) && $result;
+            if($stashResult != "No local changes to save") {
                 $stashed = true;
             }
         }
 
         // Rebase
-        $command = 'git rebase ' . $remote . '/' . $branch;
+        $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git rebase ' . $remote . '/' . $branch);
         $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
 
         // If Stashed, restore.
         if ($stashed) {
-        	$command = 'git stash pop';
-        	$result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
+            $command = $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('git stash pop');
+            $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
         }
 
+        $this->cleanUpReleases();
+
         return $result;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
index 925a048..8f1d1d9 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
@@ -88,40 +88,7 @@ class RsyncTask extends BaseStrategyTaskAbstract implements IsReleaseAware
 
         $result = $this->runCommandLocal($command);
 
-        // Count Releases
-        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
-            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
-            $symlink = $this->getConfig()->release('symlink', 'current');
-
-            if (substr($symlink, 0, 1) == '/') {
-                $releasesDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/') . '/' . $releasesDirectory;
-            }
-
-            $maxReleases = $this->getConfig()->release('max', false);
-            if (($maxReleases !== false) && ($maxReleases > 0)) {
-                $releasesList = '';
-                $countReleasesFetch = $this->runCommandRemote('ls -1 ' . $releasesDirectory, $releasesList);
-                $releasesList = trim($releasesList);
-
-                if ($countReleasesFetch && $releasesList != '') {
-                    $releasesList = explode(PHP_EOL, $releasesList);
-                    if (count($releasesList) > $maxReleases) {
-                        $releasesToDelete = array_diff($releasesList, array($this->getConfig()->getReleaseId()));
-                        sort($releasesToDelete);
-                        $releasesToDeleteCount = count($releasesToDelete) - $maxReleases;
-                        $releasesToDelete = array_slice($releasesToDelete, 0, $releasesToDeleteCount + 1);
-
-                        foreach ($releasesToDelete as $releaseIdToDelete) {
-                            $directoryToDelete = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $releaseIdToDelete;
-                            if ($directoryToDelete != '/') {
-                                $command = 'rm -rf ' . $directoryToDelete;
-                                $result = $result && $this->runCommandRemote($command);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        $this->cleanUpReleases();
 
         return $result;
     }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php
index eae35bb..ea9e99e 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php
@@ -75,66 +75,19 @@ class TarGzTask extends BaseStrategyTaskAbstract implements IsReleaseAware
         $result = $this->runCommandLocal($command) && $result;
 
         // Extract Tar Gz
-        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
-        	$releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
-
-        	$deployToDirectory = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId();
-        	$command = 'cd ' . $deployToDirectory . ' && tar xfz ' . $remoteTarGz . '.tar.gz';
-        } else {
-        	$command = 'tar xfz ' . $remoteTarGz . '.tar.gz';
-        }
+        $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('tar xfz ' . $remoteTarGz . '.tar.gz');
         $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
 
         // Delete Tar Gz from Remote Host
-        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
-        	$releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
-
-        	$deployToDirectory = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId();
-        	$command = 'rm ' . $deployToDirectory . '/' . $remoteTarGz . '.tar.gz';
-        } else {
-        	$command = 'rm ' . $remoteTarGz . '.tar.gz';
-        }
+        $this->getReleasesAwareCommand('rm ' . $remoteTarGz . '.tar.gz');
         $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
 
         // Delete Tar Gz from Local
         $command = 'rm ' . $localTarGz . ' ' . $localTarGz . '.tar.gz';
         $result = $this->runCommandLocal($command) && $result;
 
-        // Count Releases
-        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
-            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
-            $symlink = $this->getConfig()->release('symlink', 'current');
-
-            if (substr($symlink, 0, 1) == '/') {
-                $releasesDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/') . '/' . $releasesDirectory;
-            }
-
-            $maxReleases = $this->getConfig()->release('max', false);
-            if (($maxReleases !== false) && ($maxReleases > 0)) {
-                $releasesList = '';
-                $countReleasesFetch = $this->runCommandRemote('ls -1 ' . $releasesDirectory, $releasesList);
-                $releasesList = trim($releasesList);
-
-                if ($countReleasesFetch && $releasesList != '') {
-                    $releasesList = explode(PHP_EOL, $releasesList);
-                    if (count($releasesList) > $maxReleases) {
-                        $releasesToDelete = array_diff($releasesList, array($this->getConfig()->getReleaseId()));
-                        sort($releasesToDelete);
-                        $releasesToDeleteCount = count($releasesToDelete) - $maxReleases;
-                        $releasesToDelete = array_slice($releasesToDelete, 0, $releasesToDeleteCount + 1);
-
-                        foreach ($releasesToDelete as $releaseIdToDelete) {
-                            $directoryToDelete = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $releaseIdToDelete;
-                            if ($directoryToDelete != '/') {
-                                $command = 'rm -rf ' . $directoryToDelete;
-                                $result = $result && $this->runCommandRemote($command);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        $this->cleanUpReleases();
 
         return $result;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}