diff --git a/bin/mvb.js b/bin/mvb.js
index 7cbe97c6..e7dd3f28 100755
--- a/bin/mvb.js
+++ b/bin/mvb.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import crypto from 'node:crypto';
+import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import {format, inspect} from 'node:util';
 
@@ -19,10 +20,6 @@ import Debug from 'debug';
 
 // debugger
 const debug = Debug('@lando/mvb');  // eslint-disable-line
-// helper to get remote git clone url
-const getCloneUrl = () => getStdOut('git config --get remote.origin.url', {trim: true});
-// env
-const onNetlify = process.env?.NETLIFY === 'true';
 
 // enable debug if applicable
 if (process.argv.includes('--debug') || process.env.RUNNER_DEBUG === '1') {
@@ -89,21 +86,17 @@ debug('received argv %o', argv);
 debug('default options %o', defaults);
 log('found site %s at %s', magenta(site.title), magenta(osource));
 
-// determine cachebase
-const cacheBase = onNetlify ? '/opt/build/cache' : siteConfig.cacheDir;
-
 // resolve options with argv input
 const options = {
   ...defaults,
   ...argv,
-  cacheDir: path.resolve(cacheBase, '@lando', 'mvb'),
-  tmpDir: path.resolve(siteConfig.tempDir, nanoid()),
+  cacheDir: path.resolve(process.env?.NETLIFY === 'true' ? '/opt/build/cache' : siteConfig.cacheDir, '@lando', 'mvb'),
+  tmpDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), nanoid()),
 };
 debug('multiversion build from %o using resolved build options: %O', srcDir, options);
 
 // determine gitdir
-// @TODO: throw error if no git dir?
-const gitDir = traverseUp(['.git'], osource).find(dir => fs.existsSync(dir));
+const gitDir = path.resolve(traverseUp(['.git'], osource).find(dir => fs.existsSync(dir)), '..');
 debug('determined git-dir: %o', gitDir);
 
 // do the initial setup
@@ -115,32 +108,19 @@ const oexec = createExec({cwd: process.cwd(), debug});
 const exec = createExec({cwd: options.tmpDir, debug});
 
 // start it up
-log('collecting version information from %s...', magenta(gitDir));
+log('setting up mvb build environment using %s...', magenta(gitDir));
 
 // lets make sure the source repo at least has all the tag information it needs
 const updateArgs = ['fetch', 'origin', '--tags', '--no-filter'];
 // if shallow then add to update refs
 if (getStdOut('git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository', {trim: true}) === 'true') updateArgs.push('--unshallow');
-// update all refs
+// update original
 await oexec('git', updateArgs);
+// checkout branch
+await oexec('git', ['checkout', getBranch()]);
 
-await oexec('git', ['status']);
-console.log(getStdOut('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', {trim: true}));
-await oexec('git', ['diff']);
-
-// if we are in detached head state then checkout best branch
-if (getStdOut('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', {trim: true}) === 'HEAD') await oexec('git', ['checkout', getBranch()]);
-
-process.exit(1)
-
-// build clone args
-const cloneArgs = ['clone', '--origin', 'origin', '--no-single-branch'];
-// netlicf clone
-if (onNetlify) cloneArgs.push('--depth', '2147483647', '--branch', getBranch(), getCloneUrl(), './');
-// generic clone
-else cloneArgs.push('--no-local', '--no-hardlinks', gitDir, './');
-// do the vampire
-await exec('git', cloneArgs);
+// and then copy the repo in tmpdir so we can operate on it
+fs.copySync(gitDir, options.tmpDir);
 
 // get extended version information
 const {extended} = await getTags(options.tmpDir, options);
diff --git a/components/VPLLink.vue b/components/VPLLink.vue
index db4a6d30..472f20df 100644
--- a/components/VPLLink.vue
+++ b/components/VPLLink.vue
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
     class="VPLink"
     :class="{
       link: href,
+      'lando': true,
       'vp-external-link-icon': isExternal,
       'no-icon': noIcon
     }"
-    :href="href ? normalizeLink(href) : undefined"
+    :href="link"
     :target="target ?? (isExternal ? '_blank' : isFauxInternal ? '_self' : undefined)"
-    :rel="rel ?? (isExternal ? 'noreferrer' : undefined)"
+    :rel="relation ?? (isExternal ? 'noreferrer' : undefined)"
   >
     <slot />
   </component>
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ const {theme} = useData();
 const {internalDomains} = theme.value;
 
 const props = defineProps({
+  absolute: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default: false,
+  },
   tag: {
     type: String,
     default: undefined,
@@ -48,13 +53,14 @@ const props = defineProps({
   },
 });
 
+const relation = computed(() => props.rel === 'mvb' ? 'alternate' : props.rel);
 const tag = computed(() => props.tag ?? (props.href ? 'a' : 'span'));
 
-const isFauxInternal = computed(() => {
-  return props.href && internalDomains.find(domain => props.href.startsWith(domain)) !== undefined;
-});
-
+const isFauxInternal = computed(() => props.href && internalDomains.find(domain => props.href.startsWith(domain)) !== undefined);
 const isExternal = computed(() => !isFauxInternal.value && props.href && EXTERNAL_URL_RE.test(props.href));
-</script>
-
 
+const link = computed(() => {
+  if (props.rel === 'mvb' && props.href) return props.href;
+  return props.href ? normalizeLink(props.href) : undefined;
+});
+</script>
diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/config.js b/docs/.vitepress/config.js
index 6426066d..aca924ee 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/config.js
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/config.js
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ const sidebarEnder = {
     {
       text: 'Other Doc Versions',
       items: [
-        {text: 'stable', target: '_blank', link: '/v/stable/'},
-        {text: 'edge', target: '_blank', link: '/v/edge/'},
-        {text: '<strong>see all versions</strong>', link: '/v/'},
+        {rel: 'mvb', text: 'stable', target: '_blank', link: '/v/stable/'},
+        {rel: 'mvb', text: 'edge', target: '_blank', link: '/v/edge/'},
+        {rel: 'mvb', text: '<strong>see all versions</strong>', link: '/v/'},
       ],
     },
     {text: 'Other Releases', link: 'https://github.com/lando/vitepress-theme-default-plus/releases'},
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index fc3b7c9c..12f77ad0 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build]
   base = "./"
   publish = "docs/.vitepress/dist/"
-  command = "npx mvb docs --no-cache --debug"
+  command = "npx mvb docs --no-cache"
 
 # Sets our asset optimization
 [build.processing.css]
diff --git a/utils/get-tags.js b/utils/get-tags.js
index 244cc2d3..3cc2d82f 100644
--- a/utils/get-tags.js
+++ b/utils/get-tags.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function async(
   if (versions.length > 0) {
     aliases.edge = versions[0];
     aliases.stable = versions.filter(version => semver.prerelease(version) === null)[0];
-    aliases.dev = getStdOut(`git describe --tags --always --abbrev=1 --match="${match}" ${getBranch(cwd)}`, {trim: true});
+    aliases.dev = getStdOut(`git describe --tags --always --abbrev=1 --match="${match}" ${getBranch(cwd)}`, opts);
   }
   debug('generated aliases %o', aliases);