diff --git a/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh b/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
index c01d1f8698f..58f7b0d9b7b 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
@@ -49,23 +49,31 @@ function publishRepo {
 
   echo "Starting cloning process of ${REPO_URL} into ${REPO_DIR}.."
   
-  if [[ $(git ls-remote --heads ${REPO_URL} ${BRANCH}) ]]; then
-    echo "Branch ${BRANCH} already exists. Cloning that branch."
-    git clone ${REPO_URL} ${REPO_DIR} --depth 1 --branch ${BRANCH}
+  (
+    if [[ $(git ls-remote --heads ${REPO_URL} ${BRANCH}) ]]; then
+      echo "Branch ${BRANCH} already exists. Cloning that branch."
+      git clone ${REPO_URL} ${REPO_DIR} --depth 1 --branch ${BRANCH}
 
-    cd ${REPO_DIR}
-    echo "Cloned repository and switched into the repository directory (${REPO_DIR})."
-  else
-    echo "Branch ${BRANCH} does not exist on ${packageRepo} yet."
-    echo "Cloning default branch and creating branch '${BRANCH}' on top of it."
+      cd ${REPO_DIR}
+      echo "Cloned repository and switched into the repository directory (${REPO_DIR})."
+    else
+      echo "Branch ${BRANCH} does not exist on ${packageRepo} yet."
+      echo "Cloning default branch and creating branch '${BRANCH}' on top of it."
 
-    git clone ${REPO_URL} ${REPO_DIR} --depth 1
-    cd ${REPO_DIR}
+      git clone ${REPO_URL} ${REPO_DIR} --depth 1
+      cd ${REPO_DIR}
 
-    echo "Cloned repository and switched into directory. Creating new branch now.."
+      echo "Cloned repository and switched into directory. Creating new branch now.."
 
-    git checkout -b ${BRANCH}
-  fi
+      git checkout -b ${BRANCH}
+    fi
+  )
+
+  # Unshallow the repo manually so that it doesn't trigger a push failure.
+  # This is generally unsafe, however we immediately remove all of the files from within
+  # the repo on the next line, so we should be able to safely treat the entire repo
+  # contents as an atomic piece to be pushed.
+  rm $REPO_DIR/.git/shallow
 
   # copy over build artifacts into the repo directory
   rm -rf $REPO_DIR/*
@@ -135,11 +143,12 @@ function publishAllBuilds() {
   COMMIT_MSG=`git log --oneline -1`
   COMMITTER_USER_NAME=`git --no-pager show -s --format='%cN' HEAD`
   COMMITTER_USER_EMAIL=`git --no-pager show -s --format='%cE' HEAD`
+  PACKAGES_DIST="$(pwd)/dist/packages-dist"
 
   local shortSha=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
   local latestTag=`getLatestTag`
 
-  publishPackages $GIT_SCHEME dist/packages-dist $CUR_BRANCH "${latestTag}+${shortSha}"
+  publishPackages $GIT_SCHEME $PACKAGES_DIST $CUR_BRANCH "${latestTag}+${shortSha}"
 }
 
 # See docs/DEVELOPER.md for help