Testing Connection to a Git linked repository fails after upgrade

Question

I have a very simply repository setup for testing but after a upgrade from 5.14 -> 6.8.1. the Test Connection returns an error.  Below is the error from the logs

Failed to connect to repository (type: Git, location: https://git.xx.xxx/xxx/SimpleWebSite.git, time: 22.99 ms, errors: [Unknown option: -c
usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]
[--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]
[--help] COMMAND [ARGS]])

The Git repository has no authentication and it points to the master branch.  The error message seems to imply that the function that get calls is not working correctly.

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

You need to download a later version, 1.7.1 does not have the -c option. The latest Git version is 2.21.

Marshall Richard_nsti1p · Answer

We are running Bamboo on RHEL 6.10 and when i use yum to install the latest, i get the message that the latest version is already installed.

$ yum install git-core

Package git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.x86_64 already installed and latest version

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

Hi Marshall,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

Check what version of Git you have on your Bamboo server, older versions of Git do not have the -c option on the clone command.