[JENKINS-13685] Git clean on Multi Configuration build requires re-clone of slave repo

I've just set up a Multi Configuration job: a master with no build responsibilities & 3 slaves (mac, win, linux). I see that the master clones a copy of the source repo into the root of one of the slave's workspace: workspace/projectname/contentsofrepo.

Then, the slave clones a separate copy of the same repo for its own purposes: workspace/projectname/label/osx/contentsofrepo.

I prefer to use the "Clean after checkout" option for my git projects, to ensure a clean workspace on a fresh build. However, with this enabled the master's git repo sees the slave's repo (again, located within the master's copy) as a directory not tracked by git and removes it, meaning that when the slave runs, it has to re-clone the entire repo, which takes about a half hour for our project.

I would expect the master & slave's copies of the repos to not overlap with one another such that they could be cleaned independently of one another.

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Originally reported by liamstask, imported from: Git clean on Multi Configuration build requires re-clone of slave repo

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• label(s): git, gitplugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

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I've just set up a Multi Configuration job: a master with no build responsibilities & 3 slaves (mac, win, linux). I see that the master clones a copy of the source repo into the root of one of the slave's workspace: workspace/projectname/contentsofrepo.


Then, the slave clones a separate copy of the same repo for its own purposes: workspace/projectname/label/osx/contentsofrepo.


I prefer to use the "Clean after checkout" option for my git projects, to ensure a clean workspace on a fresh build. However, with this enabled the master's git repo sees the slave's repo (again, located within the master's copy) as a directory not tracked by git and removes it, meaning that when the slave runs, it has to re-clone the entire repo, which takes about a half hour for our project.


I would expect the master & slave's copies of the repos to not overlap with one another such that they could be cleaned independently of one another.

• environment: OS X, Windows7, Linux. Jenkins 1.462

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