diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ebcf57..bceb4c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,37 @@
 BASE_REF ?= main
-HEAD_REF ?= $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+HEAD_REF ?= HEAD
+
+define clone-repo
+	mkdir -p $(1)
+	git -C $(1) init
+	git -C $(1) remote add origin $(2) || true
+	git -C $(1) fetch origin $(3)
+	git -C $(1) -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $(3)
+	test `git -C $(1) rev-parse HEAD` = $(3)
+endef
 
 .PHONY: review
 review:
-	@echo "Ensuring Cargo.lock is in clean state, not modified"
-	test -z "$(shell git status --porcelain | grep -E 'M +Cargo.lock')"
+	$(eval BASE_REF_PARSED := $(shell git rev-parse $(BASE_REF)))
+	$(eval HEAD_REF_PARSED := $(shell git rev-parse $(HEAD_REF)))
 	@echo "Ensuring current HEAD_REF is not BASE_REF"
-	test "$(shell git rev-parse $(BASE_REF))" != "$(HEAD_REF)"
-	@echo "Verifying if any changes happened in Cargo.lock that require review"
-	test "$(shell git show $(BASE_REF):Cargo.lock | sha256sum)" != "$(shell git show $(HEAD_REF):Cargo.lock | sha256sum)"
+	test "$(BASE_REF_PARSED)" != "$(HEAD_REF_PARSED)"
+	@echo "Verifying if any changes happened in Cargo.lock that require review; otherwise, use `git difftool` directly"
+	test "$(shell git show $(BASE_REF_PARSED):Cargo.lock | sha256sum)" != "$(shell git show $(HEAD_REF_PARSED):Cargo.lock | sha256sum)"
 	$(eval TEMP_REPO := $(shell mktemp -d))
-	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) init
+	$(call clone-repo,$(TEMP_REPO),$(shell dirname $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))),$(BASE_REF_PARSED))
+	# Unstage current commit before refreeze
+	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) reset --hard 'HEAD^1'
 	# Fetch files for BASE_REF
-	git show $(BASE_REF):Cargo.lock > $(TEMP_REPO)/Cargo.lock
-	CARGO_HOME=$(TEMP_REPO)/cargo-home cargo fetch
+	cd $(TEMP_REPO) && CARGO_HOME=$(TEMP_REPO)/cargo-home cargo fetch
 	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) add .
 	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) commit --no-gpg-sign -m "base ref: $(BASE_REF)"
+	# git -C $(TEMP_REPO) ls-files -z | (cd $(TEMP_REPO); xargs -0 -n1 rm)
+	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) fetch origin $(HEAD_REF_PARSED)
+	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) merge --no-commit $(HEAD_REF_PARSED)
+	rm -rf $(TEMP_REPO)/cargo-home
 	# Fetch files for HEAD_REF
-	git show $(HEAD_REF):Cargo.lock > $(TEMP_REPO)/Cargo.lock
-	CARGO_HOME=$(TEMP_REPO)/cargo-home cargo fetch
+	cd $(TEMP_REPO) && CARGO_HOME=$(TEMP_REPO)/cargo-home cargo fetch
 	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) add -A .
 	git -C $(TEMP_REPO) difftool HEAD || true
-	rm -rf $(TEMP_REPO)
+	# rm -rf $(TEMP_REPO)