From ec53b0d2d445edf6f6384adaf48ea6613ec43334 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Nagaev <bnagaev@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:52:17 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] release.sh: make the list of tags reproducible

When doing git-clone to a subdir, do not keep tags, since there can be local
tags affecting `git describe` and buildvcs info. Instead pull the tags from
upstream.
---
 release.sh | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 343b7f7f..37cdaee3 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,19 @@ fi
 green " - Cloning to subdir ${BUILD_DIR} to get clean Git"
 mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
 cd "$BUILD_DIR"
-git clone --tags "$SCRIPT_DIR" .
+git clone --no-tags "$SCRIPT_DIR" .
+
+# It is cloned without tags from the local dir and tags are pulled later
+# from the upstream to make sure we have the same set of tags. Otherwise
+# we can endup with different `git describe` and buildvcs info depending
+# on local tags.
+green " - Pulling tags from upstream"
+git pull --tags https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop
+
+# The cloned Git repo may be on wrong branch and commit.
+commit=$(git --git-dir "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.git" rev-parse HEAD)
+green " - Checkout commit ${commit} in ${BUILD_DIR}"
+git checkout -b build-branch "$commit"
 
 green " - Checking tag $1"
 check_tag $1