That message usually means that the authentication failed for the "git ls-remote" call.
If the repository requires credentials, then you'll need to define the credential in the Jenkins credentials, and use that credential in the job definition. Note that https git URL's need a username / password credential, not a private key credential. Mark Waite On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:12 AM Simba K <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you All for sharing thoughts. ..Branch actually exists.. But when i > use option to poll the repo hourly, I see below error msg in logs. > > > using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials XXXX > > git.exe ls-remote -h https://git.URLXXXX.git # timeout=10 > Unexpected ls-remote output line '' > [poll] Couldn't get remote head revision > Done. Took 0.15 sec > > > > > On Monday, April 3, 2017 at 3:08:22 AM UTC-4, Fritz Elfert wrote: > > Replies inline > > On 03.04.2017 00:08, Mark Waite wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 3:23 PM Fritz Elfert <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 02.04.2017 22:35, Mark Waite wrote: > > > That message usually means that the repository in the workspace > > does not > > > contain a reference named "master" or named "origin/master". That > > is a > > > surprise, since most repositories include a master branch. > > > > If the git plugin has this requirement, then this assumption is a > bug. > > There is no obligation at all to have a branch called "master". In > fact, > > at my employer, the default branch is called "devel" instead. > > > > > > The git plugin does not have any requirement that there be a branch > > named master. > [...] > > Thanks for making that clear. > > Cheers > -Fritz > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/303ec8af-42b9-4df2-914a-4a2c07064329%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/303ec8af-42b9-4df2-914a-4a2c07064329%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtFW5GDvvXPi6HnFQPnQ6HpvR%2BFr%3DorT8ieWKhOkE7-jTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
