gitlab runner doesn`t work on a specific project

There are a few options to fix this. The problem is the version of git on your runner is too old. And sometimes you can't update git on the runner.

Options to fix:

1. Upgrade to a newer version of git on the runner.

2. In .gitlab-ci.yml, use the option to git clone:

variables:
  GIT_STRATEGY: clone

3. Configure Gitlab, change Git strategy for pipelines of the project to "git clone".

   3.1. In the Gitlab web gui,

   3.2. go to your project,

   3.3. then: "Settings -> CI / CD -> General pipelines".

   3.4. Change the options for:

   • "Git strategy for pipelines" to: "git clone"
   • "Git shallow clone" to: 0

Centos 7 ships with git version 1.8.3.1 . This version doesn't support commands like git fetch-pack . To fix this problem, you could update git on your server from the IUS repository. update git on Centos 7 to version 2 from third-party IUS repo