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Development Tools Continuous Integration with Jenkins Pipelines Version Control Integration

Marcus Westhuizen
Marcus Westhuizen
5,911 Points
Posted by Marcus Westhuizen
Marcus Westhuizen
5,911 Points

My build keeps failing and returns "ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin'". How do I fix this?

No credentials specified Cloning the remote Git repository Cloning repository https://github.com/treehouse-projects/ci-jenkins-junit.git

git.exe init C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\git_pipeline # timeout=10 ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin' hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Could not init C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\git_pipeline at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$5.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:990) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$2.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:748) at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1122) at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1167) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.scm.SCMStep.checkout(SCMStep.java:124) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.scm.SCMStep$StepExecutionImpl.run(SCMStep.java:93) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.scm.SCMStep$StepExecutionImpl.run(SCMStep.java:80) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.SynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.lambda$start$0(SynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.java:47) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Error performing git command: git.exe init C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\git_pipeline at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2437) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2360) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2356) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommand(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1916) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$5.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:988) ... 12 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "git.exe" (in directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\git_pipeline"): CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) at hudson.Proc$LocalProc.<init>(Proc.java:252) at hudson.Proc$LocalProc.<init>(Proc.java:221) at hudson.Launcher$LocalLauncher.launch(Launcher.java:936) at hudson.Launcher$ProcStarter.start(Launcher.java:454) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2423) ... 16 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source) ... 22 more

1 Answer

Indiya Gooch
Indiya Gooch
12,075 Points
Indiya Gooch
Indiya Gooch
12,075 Points

Do you have github Desktop? or are you trying to clone it via the command line (terminal on mac)?

If you have github Desktop it should be as simple as:

Step On; (On GitHub) navigate to the main page of the repository and find the "clone or download" button (should be green).

Step Two; Click the button, and in the options it presents you select 'Open in Desktop' to clone the repository and open it in GitHub Desktop.

Step Three;Click 'Choose' in the new menu options it presents to you, and navigate to a local path where you want to clone the repository.

Step Four; Press clone, and that should be it.