From 83d6876376bc4765b2f84f76f5ef61708aa3a836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Kleeschulte <chrisk@bitpay.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 12:46:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Git versions - using --branch with Git version < 2.x will not
 work - doing things the "hard" way

---
 bin/build | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
index 8ace8c32..bb3f8b8a 100755
--- a/bin/build
+++ b/bin/build
@@ -120,10 +120,11 @@ apply the current patch from "${root_dir}"/etc/bitcoin.patch? (y/N): "
     get_patch_file
     echo "attempting to checkout tag: ${tag} of bitcoin from github..."
     cd "${root_dir}"
-    git clone --depth 1 --branch "${tag}" https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git libbitcoind
-
-    cd "${btc_dir}"
-
+    #versions of git prior to 2.x will not clone correctly with --branch
+    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git libbitcoind
+    cd "${btc_dir}" 
+    git fetch --tags
+    git checkout "${tag}"
     echo '../patch-bitcoin.sh' "${btc_dir}"
     ../bin/patch-bitcoin "${btc_dir}"