https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/1555

From 5fb669626cf2f5d008bb24c98c3b29294e282045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Berla <corey@berla.me>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:22:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] build: Only set build-date for nightly builds

Otherwise we are changing a comment that makes the builds
not reproducible.

Fixes: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/3506
---
 data/meson.build | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 27438b5fe1..53e7baa58c 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ desktop_autorun_software = i18n.merge_file(
 # get current date, used as build date for snapshots between releases
 today = 'unknown'
 date = find_program('date', required: false)
-if date.found()
+# Only set dates for nightly builds to make release builds reproducible
+if date.found() and profile == 'Devel'
   r = run_command(date, '-I')
   if r.returncode() == 0
     today = r.stdout().strip()
-- 
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