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Shallow clones (`--depth 1`) only fetch HEAD of the default branch, so a subsequent `git checkout <tag>` fails with "pathspec did not match". Use `git clone --depth 1 --branch <ref>` instead, which fetches the target ref directly in a single step; no separate checkout is needed. Also refactor project_git_clone to build each git command (clone, checkout, submodules) independently, then dispatch once on single_run_command. This removes the nested shallow x single_run branching and gracefully handles an empty commit (clone HEAD only). Signed-off-by: Antonio Paolillo <apaolill@gmail.com>
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Shallow clones (
--depth 1) only fetch HEAD of the default branch, so a subsequentgit checkout <tag>fails with "pathspec did not match".Use
git clone --depth 1 --branch <ref>instead, which fetches the target ref directly in a single step; no separate checkout is needed.Also refactor project_git_clone to build each git command (clone, checkout, submodules) independently, then dispatch once on single_run_command. This removes the nested shallow x single_run branching and gracefully handles an empty commit (clone HEAD only).