diff --git a/config/dependencies/fedora38 b/config/dependencies/fedora38
index 5575a5f..8f67220 100755
--- a/config/dependencies/fedora38
+++ b/config/dependencies/fedora38
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ innoextract intltool libftdi-devel libselinux-devel libusb1 libusb1-devel \
 nasm ncurses-devel openssl-devel p7zip p7zip-plugins pandoc parted \
 pciutils-devel perl perl-libwww-perl python-unversioned-command python3 \
 python3-setuptools rsync sharutils subversion texinfo unar unifont \
-unifont-fonts unifont-ttf-fonts unzip wget xz zlib-devel ccache \
+unifont-fonts unifont-ttf-fonts unzip wget xz zlib-devel ccache swig \
 "
diff --git a/config/dependencies/fedora40 b/config/dependencies/fedora40
index f39de48..f73595b 100755
--- a/config/dependencies/fedora40
+++ b/config/dependencies/fedora40
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ libselinux-devel libusb1 libusb1-devel nasm ncurses-devel openssl-devel \
 p7zip p7zip-plugins pandoc parted pciutils-devel perl perl-libwww-perl \
 python-unversioned-command python3 python3-setuptools rsync sharutils \
 subversion systemd-devel texinfo unar unifont unifont-fonts \
-unifont-ttf-fonts unzip wget xz zlib-devel ccache
+unifont-ttf-fonts unzip wget xz zlib-devel ccache swig \
 "
diff --git a/include/git.sh b/include/git.sh
index 8c86b4c..0c2f7ac 100644
--- a/include/git.sh
+++ b/include/git.sh
@@ -91,21 +91,24 @@ fetch_submodule()
 	    "$mdir/${1##*/}/patches"
 }
 
+livepull="n"
 tmpclone()
 {
 	[ "$repofail" = "y" ] && \
-	    printf "Cached clone failed; trying online.\n" 1>&2; repofail="n"
+	    printf "Cached clone failed; trying online.\n" 1>&2 && livepull="y"
+
+	repofail="n"
 
 	[ $# -lt 6 ] || rm -Rf "$3" || $err "git retry: !rm $3 ($1)"
 	repodir="$XBMK_CACHE/repo/${1##*/}" && [ $# -gt 5 ] && repodir="$3"
 	mkdir -p "$XBMK_CACHE/repo" || $err "!rmdir $XBMK_CACHE/repo"
 
-	if [ -d "$repodir" ] && [ $# -lt 6 ]; then
-		git -C "$repodir" pull || sleep 3 || git -C "$repodir" pull \
-		    || sleep 3 || git -C "$repodir" pull || :
-	else
+	if [ "$livepull" = "y" ]; then
 		git clone $1 "$repodir" || git clone $2 "$repodir" || \
 		    $err "!clone $1 $2 $repodir $4 $5"
+	elif [ -d "$repodir" ] && [ $# -lt 6 ]; then
+		git -C "$repodir" pull || sleep 3 || git -C "$repodir" pull \
+		    || sleep 3 || git -C "$repodir" pull || :
 	fi
 	(
 	[ $# -gt 5 ] || git clone "$repodir" "$3" || $err "!clone $repodir $3"