Enable shallow clone with JGit 6.3.0

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Major
    • Component/s: git-client-plugin
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    • Environment:
      Configured for a Multibranch Pipeline: Advanced clone behaviours - Shallow clone
    • 4.1.0

      As of now (git-client-plugin 3.13.1) shallow clone is unsupported:

      [WARNING] JGit doesn't support shallow clone. This flag is ignored
      [WARNING] JGit doesn't support shallow clone and therefore depth is meaningless. This flag is ignored

      The JGit version is 5.13.1.202206130422-r.

      Starting from version 6.3.0, JGit supports shallow cloning: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/6.3.0
      The issue: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=475615

      Therefore it makes sense to upgrade JGit to at least 6.3.0.

      Shallow clone is especially important for an old Git repository with a long history. It speeds up the build and sometimes rescues from OutOfMemoryError.

            Assignee:
            Mark Waite
            Reporter:
            Arseniy Tashoyan
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