From 01e937fedb75c56beaa02a573fee09bda0ea759b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkorwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:36:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): ensure git clone is used when --ref is provided

---
 packages/cli/src/config/extension-manager.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/extension-manager.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/extension-manager.ts
index 2c46a845e6..dd74f40e80 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/extension-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/extension-manager.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export class ExtensionManager extends ExtensionLoader {
       ) {
         tempDir = await ExtensionStorage.createTmpDir();
         const parsedGithubParts = tryParseGithubUrl(installMetadata.source);
-        if (!parsedGithubParts) {
+        if (!parsedGithubParts || installMetadata.ref) {
           await cloneFromGit(installMetadata, tempDir);
           installMetadata.type = 'git';
         } else {