[MRELEASE-911] release plugin forming incorrect git clone command

**[sandyzden](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=sandyzden)** opened **[MRELEASE-911](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-911?redirect=false)** and commented

git-exe plugin completely ignores the branch parameter and fails in cloning the repository during `release:perform`

e.g. git clone --branch \ \ this causes it to determine the \ as the branch parameter and failing.

Below is the error message

```
[ERROR] The git-clone command failed.
[ERROR] fatal: repository '/target/checkout' does not exist
```

A bit fiddling on the source code i found out

```
if ( version != null && ( version instanceof ScmBranch ) )
{

cl.createArg().setValue( "--branch" );

cl.createArg().setValue( version.getName() );
}
```

it needed version number, but i was not able to figure how it passed from Main Mojo to this class

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**Affects:** 2.5.2

1 votes, 4 watchers

Start at the git-exe plugin's clone-command construction and trace how the branch parameter is passed from the Main Mojo into that class during release:perform. Reproduce the reported command with a branch parameter and inspect the generated arguments; done means the branch is supplied as the value of --branch and cloning no longer treats the working directory as the branch.

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