diff --git a/build-tools/packages/build-cli/src/test/commands/release/fromTag.test.ts b/build-tools/packages/build-cli/src/test/commands/release/fromTag.test.ts
index 18fa2216d3bb..a226e13eb57c 100644
--- a/build-tools/packages/build-cli/src/test/commands/release/fromTag.test.ts
+++ b/build-tools/packages/build-cli/src/test/commands/release/fromTag.test.ts
@@ -3,45 +3,86 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License.
  */
 
-import type { ReleaseVersion, VersionBumpType } from "@fluid-tools/version-tools";
+import { Config } from "@oclif/core";
 import { runCommand } from "@oclif/test";
 import * as chai from "chai";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import assertArrays from "chai-arrays";
 import { describe, it } from "mocha";
-
-import type { ReleaseGroup, ReleasePackage } from "../../../releaseGroups.js";
+import type { TaskOptions } from "simple-git";
+import FromTagCommand from "../../../commands/release/fromTag.js";
 
 chai.use(assertArrays);
 
-interface jsonOutput {
-	packageOrReleaseGroup: ReleaseGroup | ReleasePackage;
-	title: string;
-	tag: string;
-	date?: Date;
-	releaseType: VersionBumpType;
-	version: ReleaseVersion;
-	previousVersion?: ReleaseVersion;
-	previousTag?: string;
-}
-
 describe("flub release fromTag", () => {
-	const expected = {
-		version: "0.26.1",
-		date: "2023-10-26T19:35:13.000Z",
-		packageOrReleaseGroup: "build-tools",
-		previousTag: "build-tools_v0.26.0",
-		previousVersion: "0.26.0",
-		releaseType: "patch",
-		tag: "build-tools_v0.26.1",
-		title: "build-tools v0.26.1 (patch)",
-	};
-
-	it("--json", async () => {
-		const { stdout } = await runCommand(["release:fromTag", "build-tools_v0.26.1", "--json"], {
-			root: import.meta.url,
+	// Test both against a mocked git repo and the real one.
+	// The real case is skipped by default to avoid test failures in environments where the git repo is not present or the tags are not checked out.
+	for (const mock of [true, false]) {
+		// When mocking the git repo, pick a tag that does not (and will never) exist, to ensure mocking works.
+		const tagOffset = mock ? 50 : 0;
+		const previousVersion = `0.26.${tagOffset}`;
+		const version = `0.26.${tagOffset + 1}`;
+		const previousTag = `build-tools_v${previousVersion}`;
+		const tag = `build-tools_v${version}`;
+		const date = new Date("2023-10-26T19:35:13.000Z");
+
+		const expected = {
+			version,
+			date,
+			packageOrReleaseGroup: "build-tools",
+			previousTag,
+			previousVersion,
+			releaseType: "patch",
+			tag,
+			title: `build-tools v${version} (patch)`,
+		};
+
+		// Mocha's skip functionality (via `this`) does not work with arrow functions.
+		// eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
+		it(`--json (Mock: ${mock})`, async function () {
+			let output: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof FromTagCommand.run>>;
+			if (mock) {
+				const config = await Config.load({ root: import.meta.url });
+				const command = new FromTagCommand([tag, "--json"], config);
+				await command.init();
+				const context = await command.getContext();
+				const gitRepo = await context.getGitRepository();
+				const simpleGit = gitRepo.gitClient;
+
+				// Mock gitClient.tags to return a fixed set of build-tools tags, so the test
+				// does not depend on git tags being present in the local checkout.
+				simpleGit.tags = (async (options: TaskOptions = []) => {
+					expect(options).to.deep.equal(["--list", "build-tools_v*"]);
+					return {
+						all: [previousTag, tag],
+						latest: tag,
+					};
+				}) as unknown as (typeof simpleGit)["tags"];
+
+				// Mock gitClient.show to return fixed commit dates for each tag.
+				simpleGit.show = (async (options: TaskOptions = []) => {
+					const tagDates: Record<string, Date> = {
+						[tag]: date,
+						// This date is not used, but we set it to a different value to ensure the command pulls the date from the correct tag.
+						[previousTag]: new Date("2000-01-14T00:00:00.000Z"),
+					};
+					const queriedTag = (options as string[]).at(-1) ?? "";
+					expect(options).to.deep.equal(["-s", "--format=%cI", queriedTag]);
+					return tagDates[queriedTag]?.toISOString() ?? "";
+				}) as unknown as (typeof simpleGit)["show"];
+
+				output = await command.run();
+			} else {
+				// Skip real git test by default, as it requires specific tags to be present in the local repo, which may not be the case in all environments.
+				// Disable this skip if you want to test against the actual git repo and tags.
+				this.skip();
+				const { stdout } = await runCommand(["release:fromTag", tag, "--json"], {
+					root: import.meta.url,
+				});
+				output = JSON.parse(stdout);
+			}
+
+			expect(JSON.stringify(output)).to.equal(JSON.stringify(expected));
 		});
-		const output: jsonOutput = JSON.parse(stdout) as jsonOutput;
-		expect(output).to.deep.equal(expected);
-	});
+	}
 });
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/build-docs.yml b/tools/pipelines/build-docs.yml
index adc7a0f4135b..64c20ee318e6 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/build-docs.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/build-docs.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ stages:
           path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-install-build-tools.yml@self
           parameters:
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ stages:
         - checkout: self
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
@@ -226,6 +230,8 @@ stages:
         - checkout: self
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
@@ -293,6 +299,8 @@ stages:
           path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
@@ -345,6 +353,8 @@ stages:
         - checkout: self
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
           displayName: 'Copy fluidframework-docs to "build" folder'
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/build-performance-observability.yml b/tools/pipelines/build-performance-observability.yml
index dc3177e44ca8..2340fceb34b1 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/build-performance-observability.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/build-performance-observability.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ extends:
         steps:
         - checkout: self
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/deploy-website.yml b/tools/pipelines/deploy-website.yml
index 3551f072562b..7732d6db1de4 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/deploy-website.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/deploy-website.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ stages:
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
@@ -199,6 +201,8 @@ stages:
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
@@ -266,6 +270,8 @@ stages:
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
@@ -319,6 +325,8 @@ stages:
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
           displayName: 'Copy fluidframework-docs to "build" folder'
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/publish-api-model-artifact.yml b/tools/pipelines/publish-api-model-artifact.yml
index a4d3864694dd..c64beee82f22 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/publish-api-model-artifact.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/publish-api-model-artifact.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ stages:
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-install-build-tools.yml@self
           parameters:
@@ -257,6 +259,8 @@ stages:
         - checkout: self
           submodules: false
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
         - task: TriggerBuild@4
           condition: eq(variables['shouldDeploy'], 'true')
           inputs:
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/repo-policy-check.yml b/tools/pipelines/repo-policy-check.yml
index 7618f5ec4419..44c5afeab066 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/repo-policy-check.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/repo-policy-check.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ extends:
               "
         - checkout: self
           path: ${{ variables.FluidFrameworkDirectory }}
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
         - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-install-pnpm.yml@self
           parameters:
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/build-docker-service.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/build-docker-service.yml
index aa18cd88333b..e24195ca034b 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/build-docker-service.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/build-docker-service.yml
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ extends:
           clean: true
           lfs: false
           submodules: false
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - task: Bash@3
           displayName: Parameters
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-client-package.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-client-package.yml
index 7a464f931192..02cdf4fde203 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-client-package.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-client-package.yml
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ extends:
                 clean: true
                 lfs: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
                 submodules: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
+                fetchDepth: 1
+                fetchTags: false
 
               - script: |
                   echo "commit sha: $(Build.SourceVersion)"
@@ -589,6 +591,8 @@ extends:
                 clean: true
                 lfs: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
                 submodules: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
+                fetchDepth: 1
+                fetchTags: false
 
               - script: |
                   echo "commit: $(COMMIT_SHA)"
@@ -753,6 +757,8 @@ extends:
                   clean: true
                   lfs: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
                   submodules: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
+                  fetchDepth: 1
+                  fetchTags: false
 
                 - script: |
                     echo "commit: $(COMMIT_SHA)"
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-package.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-package.yml
index 6ba51216b205..d0df92814e8b 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-package.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/build-npm-package.yml
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ extends:
                 clean: true
                 lfs: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
                 submodules: '${{ parameters.checkoutSubmodules }}'
+                fetchDepth: 1
+                fetchTags: false
 
               - task: Bash@3
                 displayName: Parameters
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-policy-check.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-policy-check.yml
index fabfae50e000..167fb2113861 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-policy-check.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-policy-check.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ stages:
     steps:
     - checkout: self
       path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
+      fetchDepth: 1
+      fetchTags: false
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-install-pnpm.yml@self
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-docker-service-steps.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-docker-service-steps.yml
index 09fb1584fb9d..397b4935e856 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-docker-service-steps.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-docker-service-steps.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ jobs:
   steps:
   - checkout: self
     clean: true
+    fetchDepth: 1
+    fetchTags: false
   - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-git-tag-steps.yml@self
     parameters:
       tagName: ${{ parameters.tagName }}
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-npm-package-deployment.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-npm-package-deployment.yml
index 64eefcf1f9e3..b8d86e51a9cc 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-npm-package-deployment.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-publish-npm-package-deployment.yml
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ jobs:
   steps:
   - checkout: self
     clean: true
+    fetchDepth: 1
+    fetchTags: false
   - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-git-tag-steps.yml@self
     parameters:
       tagName: ${{ parameters.tagName }}
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-test-real-service.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-test-real-service.yml
index ebd66f036a58..116cdc6a43f7 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/include-test-real-service.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/include-test-real-service.yml
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ stages:
         - checkout: ff_pipeline_host
           path: $(FFPipelineHostDirectory)
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         # ADO doesn't support checking out refs that are determined at pipeline queue time as ours likely would be
         # (where the ref is a function of one of the pipeline resource inputs). See docs here:
@@ -185,6 +187,8 @@ stages:
         - checkout: self
           path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
           clean: true
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - bash: |
             git fetch --depth=1 origin $FF_SOURCE_VERSION
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-dev-manifest.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-dev-manifest.yml
index 86219bab572f..897530f10b93 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-dev-manifest.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-dev-manifest.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - checkout: self
       path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
+      fetchDepth: 1
+      fetchTags: false
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-install-build-tools.yml@self
       parameters:
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-server-manifest.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-server-manifest.yml
index 5a037ef0193f..6da61baa18b2 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-server-manifest.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-server-manifest.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - checkout: self
       path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
+      fetchDepth: 1
+      fetchTags: false
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-install-build-tools.yml@self
       parameters:
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-telemetry/include-stage-upload-telemetry.yml b/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-telemetry/include-stage-upload-telemetry.yml
index 3d85a3709adf..85b24692549a 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-telemetry/include-stage-upload-telemetry.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/templates/upload-telemetry/include-stage-upload-telemetry.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ stages:
     steps:
     - checkout: ff_pipeline_host
       path: $(FFPipelineHostDirectory)
+      fetchDepth: 1
+      fetchTags: false
 
     - template: /tools/pipelines/templates/include-use-node-version.yml@self
 
diff --git a/tools/pipelines/test-perf-benchmarks.yml b/tools/pipelines/test-perf-benchmarks.yml
index 69fd3dd256de..4fefc8226acb 100644
--- a/tools/pipelines/test-perf-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/tools/pipelines/test-perf-benchmarks.yml
@@ -119,10 +119,14 @@ stages:
         # Checkout the FluidFramework repo (for workspace scripts and source code)
         - checkout: self
           path: $(FluidFrameworkDirectory)
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         # Checkout ff_pipeline_host (provides telemetry-generator and trips-setup/cleanup)
         - checkout: ff_pipeline_host
           path: $(FFPipelineHostDirectory)
+          fetchDepth: 1
+          fetchTags: false
 
         - task: Bash@3
           displayName: Print parameter/variable values for troubleshooting