Testing Connection to a Git linked repository fails after upgrade

[Marshall Richard]

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]

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.

[Marshall Richard]

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]

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