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Clone step failed: Command [git checkout $REVISION] exited with code [1]

Issue

Error message:

Clone step failed: Command [git checkout $REVISION] exited with code [1]

Possible cause

The GIT clone step may fail in case you have CRLF (Windows) end of line characters instead of LF (Unix).

Text

Aborting
Command [git checkout $REVISION] exited with code [1]
  [SYSTEM] Error: Failed to run git-clone step: Cloning main repository...; caused by NonZeroExitCodeError
  : Container for step title: Cloning main repository..., step type: git-clone, operation: Cloning reposit
  ory failed with exit code: 1

Solution

Create a .gitattributes file in your repository (for all branches) that will enforce Git to commit files with LF.

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