When attempting to clone a github repository through a FreeStyle project, we are encountering the following error -
FATAL: Illegal char <:> at index 5: https://github.com/FOO-ORG/FOO-PROJECT.git
java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 5: https://github.com/FOO-ORG/FOO-PROJECT.git
 at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:229)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Path.of(Path.java:147)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Paths.get(Paths.java:69)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.abortIfSourceIsLocal(GitSCM.java:1399)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1282)
at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:540)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1215)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:645)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:85)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:517)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1896)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:44)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:101)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:442)
Finished: FAILURE
Rolling back to version 4.11.1 fixes the issue and we are able to clone without issue. Obviously I'd prefer we are on the latest version at all times, but we are unable to test or deploy to production with the latest version of the plugin in use.