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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-46655

git won't checkout branch names with transition from "x" to "x/y"

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    • Resolution: Not A Defect
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      Someone created a branch in my project called "a/c_param". When my Jenkins pipeline scm checkout fires, the job fails instantly with a message that suggests that perhaps the git plugin does not correctly handle branch names with slashes.

      Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git fetch --tags --progress git@github.com:myghaccount/doorstep-django.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" returned status code 1:
stdout: 
stderr: remote: Counting objects: 13, done.        
remote: Total 13 (delta 11), reused 11 (delta 11), pack-reused 1        
error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/a/c_param': 'refs/remotes/origin/a' exists; cannot create 'refs/remotes/origin/a/c_param'
From github.com:myghaccount/doorstep-django
 ! [new branch]            a/c_param  -> origin/a/c_param  (unable to update local ref)
   d89ad4d743..d3a07094cd  master     -> origin/master
Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.
See "git help gc" for manual housekeeping.
error: The last gc run reported the following. Please correct the root cause
and remove .git/gc.log.
Automatic cleanup will not be performed until the file is removed.

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            piratejohnny Jon B
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