Jenkins job failing with Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: checkout -f returned status code -1
I followed @dildeepak advice and I found that my problem was git was complaining on long file names.
stdout: stderr: error: unable to create file Referenced Packages/CloudSense Contract Lifecycle Management Data Model/layouts/Document_Template_Section_Association__c-Document Template%2FSection Association Layout.layout: Filename too longTo find out what the root cause for your problem is, do the following
Stop Jenkins
Edit
JENKINS_INSTALL_FOLDER/jenkins.xmlAdd -Dhudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.verbose=true to <arguments> tag
<arguments>...... -Dhudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.verbose=true</arguments>Start Jenkins
Now run your build job, and look at the console output for more detailed error message. You will spot the root cause.