From 588e39cb81771a665ca1b5349e9746d44cc5b20f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stakeynet <git@stakey.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:30:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] dcrdex: fix build id

---
 docs/bisonw.md  |  5 ++++-
 pkgs/bisonw.nix | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/bisonw.md b/docs/bisonw.md
index 1876d07..1f20afb 100644
--- a/docs/bisonw.md
+++ b/docs/bisonw.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 `services.bisonw` wraps the Bison Wallet daemon. You can provide either a rendered configuration through `services.bisonw.settings` or point at an existing file with `services.bisonw.configFile`.
 
+## Package Note
+
+A valid Bison Wallet Build ID (also used for JS/CSS cache busting) requires Go VCS metadata: build from a Git checkout retaining `.git` with `-buildvcs=true`, or inject an equivalent revision during the build.
+
 ## sops-nix
 
 Render `dexc.conf` with `sops-nix` and point the service at it. Example:
@@ -72,4 +76,3 @@ services.bisonw.operator = {
 
 - `services.bisonw.dataDir` defaults to `/var/lib/bisonw`. The service owns and uses this path as `HOME` and `XDG_DATA_HOME`.
 - The unit runs as the `services.bisonw.user`/`group` (default `bisonw`).
-
diff --git a/pkgs/bisonw.nix b/pkgs/bisonw.nix
index 2be00e4..d908d77 100644
--- a/pkgs/bisonw.nix
+++ b/pkgs/bisonw.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchgit,
+  git,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "bisonw";
   version = "1.0.6";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "decred";
-    repo = "dcrdex";
+  # Keep the checkout metadata: Bison Wallet reads vcs.revision from Go build
+  # info for its Build ID and frontend cache-busting version.
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/decred/dcrdex.git";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-MPHi+mqmumxZ/pFxBYxz73M6imi0GONV0M3raPq0yoI=";
+    hash = "sha256-IlJzvL0ZaeQ+BaKGArS6J5Wk2wctOVba7Xg8qjVI8KY=";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
   };
 
   subPackages = [
@@ -26,6 +29,15 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-KCof0GFFaNWgMb2yR4l4lyeVZdiJSIyn4mgZ/InMZhk=";
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ git ];
+  GOFLAGS = [ "-buildvcs=true" ];
+
+  # fetchgit does not retain the Git index. Restore it in the writable build
+  # tree so Go does not mark the otherwise pristine checkout as modified.
+  preBuild = ''
+    git reset --mixed HEAD
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Bison Wallet - Multi-coin wallet with built-in DEX trading";
     homepage = "https://github.com/decred/dcrdex";
@@ -33,4 +45,3 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     mainProgram = "bisonw";
   };
 })
-