# Clone step fails often

**URL:** <https://drone.discourse.group/t/clone-step-fails-often/4686>\
**Category:** Drone Support\
**Created:** [November 7, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/clone-step-fails-often/4686 "2017-11-07T11:51:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rdeutz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/rdeutz/32/4941_2.png) [@rdeutz](https://drone.discourse.group/u/rdeutz)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/clone-step-fails-often/4686/1 "2017-11-07T11:51:06Z")

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The clone step fails quite often when the build is started over a github hook. If I restart the build just a few seconds after the fail it doesn’t fail. Any idea where/how I can investigate the problem further?

```
+ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /drone/src/github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/.git/
+ git remote add origin https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms.git
+ git fetch --no-tags origin +refs/pull/18516/merge:
fatal: Couldn't find remote ref refs/pull/18516/merge
exit status 128

```

Cheers,  
Robert

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**Author:** ![bradrydzewski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/bradrydzewski/32/3513_2.png) [@bradrydzewski](https://drone.discourse.group/u/bradrydzewski)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/clone-step-fails-often/4686/2 "2017-11-07T15:36:30Z")

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Duplicate of [[SOLVED] Issues when cloning github PR](http://discuss.harness.io/t/solved-issues-when-cloning-github-pr/482/15?u=bradrydzewski)

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**Author:** ![bradrydzewski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/bradrydzewski/32/3513_2.png) [@bradrydzewski](https://drone.discourse.group/u/bradrydzewski)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/clone-step-fails-often/4686/3 "2017-11-07T15:36:38Z")

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