Enhancing Git Operations with a Retry Wrapper

In continuous integration and deployment pipelines, automation is
key. A retry wrapper ensures that transient issues do not break your
automated workflows, making your CI/CD processes more resilient.

Git does not feature of retrying on failures. It just gives up operation.

What is a Git Retry Wrapper?

A Git retry wrapper is a script or a
tool designed to automatically retry Git commands when they fail due
to transient errors. By wrapping Git commands in a retry mechanism,
you can mitigate the impact of temporary issues, ensuring that your
operations eventually succeed without manual intervention.

Why You Need a Git Retry Wrapper?

1. Network Reliability

Intermittent Network issues can cause Git commands to fail
sporadically. A retry wrapper helps by attempting the operation again
after a short delay, increasing the chances of success as the network
stabilizes.

2. Server-Side Fluctuations:
Git servers may experience temporary downtime or slow response
times. A retry wrapper can handle these scenarios by waiting and
retrying until the server becomes responsive again.

How it works?
Here is a simple bash script here
This script should be named as `git`. Adjust your path variable to make this wrapper come before /usr/bin/git

If you are using it in Jenkins, you can use it as custom git.