I'm getting a fatal error reported when doing a repository scan (Scan Multibranch Pipeline Now) which was previously working. I've run the git commands manually from the command line (copied and pasted) and they appear to work correctly, so it seems like a problem with the Jenkins git client plugin.
The scan log is below (repository name and account information modified for security reasons). I'm not clear if this is a GIT or a Jenkins git client problem. I've cleared the Jenkins workspace and updated to the latest Jenkins plugins (running on Ubuntu 18.04). Is anyone able to offer help in debugging this issue please? [Tue Jul 02 09:48:00 BST 2019] Starting branch indexing... > git --version # timeout=10 using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials Jenkins Bitbucket User > git ls-remote --symref g...@bitbucket.org:my-company-name/my-repository-name.git # timeout=10 > git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10 Setting origin to g...@bitbucket.org:my-company-name/my-repository-name.git > git config remote.origin.url g...@bitbucket.org:my-company-name/my-repository-name.git # timeout=10 Fetching & pruning origin... Listing remote references... > git config --get remote.origin.url # timeout=10 > git --version # timeout=10 using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials Jenkins Bitbucket User > git ls-remote -h g...@bitbucket.org:my-company-name/my-repository-name.git # timeout=10 Fetching upstream changes from origin > git config --get remote.origin.url # timeout=10 using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials Jenkins Bitbucket User > git fetch --tags --progress origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* --prune ERROR: [Tue Jul 02 09:48:10 BST 2019] Could not fetch branches from source 498872a6-3888-419f-9d2f-a2baa4520968 hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git fetch --tags --progress origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* --prune" returned status code 128: stdout: stderr: remote: Counting objects: 114, done. remote: Compressing objects: 0% (1/114) remote: Compressing objects: 1% (2/114) remote: Compressing objects: 2% (3/114) remote: Compressing objects: 3% (4/114) remote: Compressing objects: 4% (5/114) remote: Compressing objects: 5% (6/114) remote: Compressing objects: 6% (7/114) remote: Compressing objects: 7% (8/114) remote: Compressing objects: 8% (10/114) remote: Compressing objects: 9% (11/114) remote: Compressing objects: 10% (12/114) remote: Compressing objects: 11% (13/114) remote: Compressing objects: 12% (14/114) remote: Compressing objects: 13% (15/114) remote: Compressing objects: 14% (16/114) remote: Compressing objects: 15% (18/114) remote: Compressing objects: 16% (19/114) remote: Compressing objects: 17% (20/114) remote: Compressing objects: 18% (21/114) remote: Compressing objects: 19% (22/114) remote: Compressing objects: 20% (23/114) remote: Compressing objects: 21% (24/114) remote: Compressing objects: 22% (26/114) remote: Compressing objects: 23% (27/114) remote: Compressing objects: 24% (28/114) remote: Compressing objects: 25% (29/114) remote: Compressing objects: 26% (30/114) remote: Compressing objects: 27% (31/114) remote: Compressing objects: 28% (32/114) remote: Compressing objects: 29% (34/114) remote: Compressing objects: 30% (35/114) remote: Compressing objects: 31% (36/114) remote: Compressing objects: 32% (37/114) remote: Compressing objects: 33% (38/114) remote: Compressing objects: 34% (39/114) remote: Compressing objects: 35% (40/114) remote: Compressing objects: 36% (42/114) remote: Compressing objects: 37% (43/114) remote: Compressing objects: 38% (44/114) remote: Compressing objects: 39% (45/114) remote: Compressing objects: 40% (46/114) remote: Compressing objects: 41% (47/114) remote: Compressing objects: 42% (48/114) remote: Compressing objects: 43% (50/114) remote: Compressing objects: 44% (51/114) remote: Compressing objects: 45% (52/114) remote: Compressing objects: 46% (53/114) remote: Compressing objects: 47% (54/114) remote: Compressing objects: 48% (55/114) remote: Compressing objects: 49% (56/114) remote: Compressing objects: 50% (57/114) remote: Compressing objects: 51% (59/114) remote: Compressing objects: 52% (60/114) remote: Compressing objects: 53% (61/114) remote: Compressing objects: 54% (62/114) remote: Compressing objects: 55% (63/114) remote: Compressing objects: 56% (64/114) remote: Compressing objects: 57% (65/114) remote: Compressing objects: 58% (67/114) remote: Compressing objects: 59% (68/114) remote: Compressing objects: 60% (69/114) remote: Compressing objects: 61% (70/114) remote: Compressing objects: 62% (71/114) remote: Compressing objects: 63% (72/114) remote: Compressing objects: 64% (73/114) remote: Compressing objects: 65% (75/114) remote: Compressing objects: 66% (76/114) remote: Compressing objects: 67% (77/114) remote: Compressing objects: 68% (78/114) remote: Compressing objects: 69% (79/114) remote: Compressing objects: 70% (80/114) remote: Compressing objects: 71% (81/114) remote: Compressing objects: 72% (83/114) remote: Compressing objects: 73% (84/114) remote: Compressing objects: 74% (85/114) remote: Compressing objects: 75% (86/114) remote: Compressing objects: 76% (87/114) remote: Compressing objects: 77% (88/114) remote: Compressing objects: 78% (89/114) remote: Compressing objects: 79% (91/114) remote: Compressing objects: 80% (92/114) remote: Compressing objects: 81% (93/114) remote: Compressing objects: 82% (94/114) remote: Compressing objects: 83% (95/114) remote: Compressing objects: 84% (96/114) remote: Compressing objects: 85% (97/114) remote: Compressing objects: 86% (99/114) remote: Compressing objects: 87% (100/114) remote: Compressing objects: 88% (101/114) remote: Compressing objects: 89% (102/114) remote: Compressing objects: 90% (103/114) remote: Compressing objects: 91% (104/114) remote: Compressing objects: 92% (105/114) remote: Compressing objects: 93% (107/114) remote: Compressing objects: 94% (108/114) remote: Compressing objects: 95% (109/114) remote: Compressing objects: 96% (110/114) remote: Compressing objects: 97% (111/114) remote: Compressing objects: 98% (112/114) remote: Compressing objects: 99% (113/114) remote: Compressing objects: 100% (114/114) remote: Compressing objects: 100% (114/114), done. Receiving objects: 0% (1/114) Receiving objects: 1% (2/114) Receiving objects: 2% (3/114) Receiving objects: 3% (4/114) Receiving objects: 4% (5/114) Receiving objects: 5% (6/114) Receiving objects: 6% (7/114) Receiving objects: 7% (8/114) Receiving objects: 8% (10/114) Receiving objects: 9% (11/114) Receiving objects: 10% (12/114) Receiving objects: 11% (13/114) Receiving objects: 12% (14/114) Receiving objects: 13% (15/114) Receiving objects: 14% (16/114) error: object file .git/objects/21/a28795e9c6fa55f026860e0c2f0b08d1b31611 is empty fatal: cannot read existing object info 21a28795e9c6fa55f026860e0c2f0b08d1b31611 fatal: index-pack failed at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2042) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandWithCredentials(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1761) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.access$400(CliGitAPIImpl.java:72) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$1.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:442) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource$8.run(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:575) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource$8.run(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:556) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource.doRetrieve(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:367) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource.retrieve(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:556) at jenkins.scm.api.SCMSource._retrieve(SCMSource.java:373) at jenkins.scm.api.SCMSource.fetch(SCMSource.java:283) at jenkins.branch.MultiBranchProject.computeChildren(MultiBranchProject.java:634) at com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder.updateChildren(ComputedFolder.java:277) at com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.FolderComputation.run(FolderComputation.java:164) at jenkins.branch.MultiBranchProject$BranchIndexing.run(MultiBranchProject.java:1025) at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97) at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:429) [Tue Jul 02 09:48:10 BST 2019] Finished branch indexing. Indexing took 10 sec FATAL: Failed to recompute children of my-repository-name hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git fetch --tags --progress origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* --prune" returned status code 128: stdout: stderr: remote: Counting objects: 114, done. remote: Compressing objects: 0% (1/114) remote: Compressing objects: 1% (2/114) remote: Compressing objects: 2% (3/114) remote: Compressing objects: 3% (4/114) remote: Compressing objects: 4% (5/114) remote: Compressing objects: 5% (6/114) remote: Compressing objects: 6% (7/114) remote: Compressing objects: 7% (8/114) remote: Compressing objects: 8% (10/114) remote: Compressing objects: 9% (11/114) remote: Compressing objects: 10% (12/114) remote: Compressing objects: 11% (13/114) remote: Compressing objects: 12% (14/114) remote: Compressing objects: 13% (15/114) remote: Compressing objects: 14% (16/114) remote: Compressing objects: 15% (18/114) remote: Compressing objects: 16% (19/114) remote: Compressing objects: 17% (20/114) remote: Compressing objects: 18% (21/114) remote: Compressing objects: 19% (22/114) remote: Compressing objects: 20% (23/114) remote: Compressing objects: 21% (24/114) remote: Compressing objects: 22% (26/114) remote: Compressing objects: 23% (27/114) remote: Compressing objects: 24% (28/114) remote: Compressing objects: 25% (29/114) remote: Compressing objects: 26% (30/114) remote: Compressing objects: 27% (31/114) remote: Compressing objects: 28% (32/114) remote: Compressing objects: 29% (34/114) remote: Compressing objects: 30% (35/114) remote: Compressing objects: 31% (36/114) remote: Compressing objects: 32% (37/114) remote: Compressing objects: 33% (38/114) remote: Compressing objects: 34% (39/114) remote: Compressing objects: 35% (40/114) remote: Compressing objects: 36% (42/114) remote: Compressing objects: 37% (43/114) remote: Compressing objects: 38% (44/114) remote: Compressing objects: 39% (45/114) remote: Compressing objects: 40% (46/114) remote: Compressing objects: 41% (47/114) remote: Compressing objects: 42% (48/114) remote: Compressing objects: 43% (50/114) remote: Compressing objects: 44% (51/114) remote: Compressing objects: 45% (52/114) remote: Compressing objects: 46% (53/114) remote: Compressing objects: 47% (54/114) remote: Compressing objects: 48% (55/114) remote: Compressing objects: 49% (56/114) remote: Compressing objects: 50% (57/114) remote: Compressing objects: 51% (59/114) remote: Compressing objects: 52% (60/114) remote: Compressing objects: 53% (61/114) remote: Compressing objects: 54% (62/114) remote: Compressing objects: 55% (63/114) remote: Compressing objects: 56% (64/114) remote: Compressing objects: 57% (65/114) remote: Compressing objects: 58% (67/114) remote: Compressing objects: 59% (68/114) remote: Compressing objects: 60% (69/114) remote: Compressing objects: 61% (70/114) remote: Compressing objects: 62% (71/114) remote: Compressing objects: 63% (72/114) remote: Compressing objects: 64% (73/114) remote: Compressing objects: 65% (75/114) remote: Compressing objects: 66% (76/114) remote: Compressing objects: 67% (77/114) remote: Compressing objects: 68% (78/114) remote: Compressing objects: 69% (79/114) remote: Compressing objects: 70% (80/114) remote: Compressing objects: 71% (81/114) remote: Compressing objects: 72% (83/114) remote: Compressing objects: 73% (84/114) remote: Compressing objects: 74% (85/114) remote: Compressing objects: 75% (86/114) remote: Compressing objects: 76% (87/114) remote: Compressing objects: 77% (88/114) remote: Compressing objects: 78% (89/114) remote: Compressing objects: 79% (91/114) remote: Compressing objects: 80% (92/114) remote: Compressing objects: 81% (93/114) remote: Compressing objects: 82% (94/114) remote: Compressing objects: 83% (95/114) remote: Compressing objects: 84% (96/114) remote: Compressing objects: 85% (97/114) remote: Compressing objects: 86% (99/114) remote: Compressing objects: 87% (100/114) remote: Compressing objects: 88% (101/114) remote: Compressing objects: 89% (102/114) remote: Compressing objects: 90% (103/114) remote: Compressing objects: 91% (104/114) remote: Compressing objects: 92% (105/114) remote: Compressing objects: 93% (107/114) remote: Compressing objects: 94% (108/114) remote: Compressing objects: 95% (109/114) remote: Compressing objects: 96% (110/114) remote: Compressing objects: 97% (111/114) remote: Compressing objects: 98% (112/114) remote: Compressing objects: 99% (113/114) remote: Compressing objects: 100% (114/114) remote: Compressing objects: 100% (114/114), done. Receiving objects: 0% (1/114) Receiving objects: 1% (2/114) Receiving objects: 2% (3/114) Receiving objects: 3% (4/114) Receiving objects: 4% (5/114) Receiving objects: 5% (6/114) Receiving objects: 6% (7/114) Receiving objects: 7% (8/114) Receiving objects: 8% (10/114) Receiving objects: 9% (11/114) Receiving objects: 10% (12/114) Receiving objects: 11% (13/114) Receiving objects: 12% (14/114) Receiving objects: 13% (15/114) Receiving objects: 14% (16/114) error: object file .git/objects/21/a28795e9c6fa55f026860e0c2f0b08d1b31611 is empty fatal: cannot read existing object info 21a28795e9c6fa55f026860e0c2f0b08d1b31611 fatal: index-pack failed at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2042) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandWithCredentials(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1761) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.access$400(CliGitAPIImpl.java:72) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$1.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:442) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource$8.run(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:575) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource$8.run(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:556) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource.doRetrieve(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:367) at jenkins.plugins.git.AbstractGitSCMSource.retrieve(AbstractGitSCMSource.java:556) at jenkins.scm.api.SCMSource._retrieve(SCMSource.java:373) at jenkins.scm.api.SCMSource.fetch(SCMSource.java:283) at jenkins.branch.MultiBranchProject.computeChildren(MultiBranchProject.java:634) at com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder.updateChildren(ComputedFolder.java:277) at com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.FolderComputation.run(FolderComputation.java:164) at jenkins.branch.MultiBranchProject$BranchIndexing.run(MultiBranchProject.java:1025) at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97) at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:429) Finished: FAILURE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. 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