Building netarchiveSuite from the distributions made by github throws ugly IllegalArgumentException

[INFO] --- maven-jgit-buildnumber-plugin:1.2.9:extract-buildnumber (git-buildnumber) @ netarchivesuite ---
[ERROR] 
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: One of setGitDir or setWorkTree must be called.
	at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BaseRepositoryBuilder.requireGitDirOrWorkTree(BaseRepositoryBuilder.java:582)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BaseRepositoryBuilder.setup(BaseRepositoryBuilder.java:550)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepositoryBuilder.build(FileRepositoryBuilder.java:89)
	at ru.concerteza.util.buildnumber.BuildNumberExtractor.extract(BuildNumberExtractor.java:38)
	at ru.concerteza.util.buildnumber.JGitBuildNumberMojo.execute(JGitBuildNumberMojo.java:131)
	at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:133)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:108)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:76)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:116)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:361)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:213)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:157)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
[INFO]