[JENKINS-23694] git clean fails with submodules (failed to fetch)

Hi,

i try to build the c++ library boost on a windows node. But as soon as i add "clean after checkout" or "clean before checkout" the job fails with:

> git clean -fdx

FATAL: Failed to fetch from https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git

hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Failed to fetch from https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git

at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:622)

at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:854)

at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:879)

at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1252)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:624)

at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:530)

at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1732)

at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)

at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)

at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:234)

Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git clean -fdx" returned status code 1:

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Originally reported by neusdan, imported from: git clean fails with submodules (failed to fetch)

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 5
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

Hi,


i try to build the c++ library boost on a windows node. But as soon as i add "clean after checkout" or "clean before checkout" the job fails with:


> git clean -fdx

FATAL: Failed to fetch from https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git

hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Failed to fetch from https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git

	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:622)

	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:854)

	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:879)

	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1252)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:624)

	at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:530)

	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1732)

	at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)

	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)

	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:234)

Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git clean -fdx" returned status code 1:

environment

```
windows node

git plugin version 2.2.2

git client plugin version 1.9.1
```

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