git pipeline step fails to check out default branch in a repo without master branch

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Minor
    • Component/s: git-plugin, pipeline
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    • git plugin 4.5.0

      The git pipeline steps documentation states that it checks out the default branch if none is specified:

      https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/blob/3475e01fa478174b860a384b9b785b00a7051703/src/main/resources/jenkins/plugins/git/GitStep/help-branch.html#L3

      This doesn't seem to be true, as a repo without master branch will cause the error:

      ...
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] git
using credential credentialId
Cloning the remote Git repository
remote: Enumerating objects
remote: Counting objects
remote: Compressing objects
Receiving objects
Resolving deltas
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // dir
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // node
[Pipeline] End of Pipeline
ERROR: Couldn't find any revision to build. Verify the repository and branch configuration for this job.

      Affected pipeline snippet:

      git credentialsId: 'credentialId', url: 'https://github.com/orgname/reponame'

      This worked:

      git credentialsId: 'credentialId', url: 'https://github.com/orgname/reponame', branch: 'default-branchname-specified-explicitly'

            Assignee:
            Mark Waite
            Reporter:
            Daniel Beck
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