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  2. JENKINS-17629

Regression: git < 1.6.2 not supported anymore (failing clone due to existing workspace dir)

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      Jenkins 1.511 (git plugin 1.3.0, git client plugin 1.0.5) doesn't support git < 1.6.2 anymore since older git versions don't support cloning into existing directories (even if empty!):

      Last Built Revision: Revision <SHA1> (origin/master)
Cloning the remote Git repository
Cloning repository <myrepo-url>.git
git --version
git version 1.5.6.5
ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin' : Could not clone <myrepo-url>.git
[...]
stderr: fatal: destination directory '/home/jenkins/workspace/<build-workspace>' already exists.

	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:773)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.clone(CliGitAPIImpl.java:217)
	... 12 more
Trying next repository
ERROR: Could not clone repository

      Something seems to have changed in the build process lately as Jenkins 1.502 doesn't have this problem. It seems the workspace is created before cloning which seemingly wasn't the case in (at least) 1.502.

            ndeloof Nicolas De Loof
            brevilo Oliver Bock
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