error: pathspec ... did not match any file(s) known to git

[branfosj]

The error seen in easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs#14200 is seen for a bunch of other easyconfigs. This suggests we are using the wrong method to checkout git repositories for a specific commit.

Using eb --fetch --force-download --sourcepath /tmp/test [ec].

Failures:

• Dalton-2020.0-foss-2021a.eb: error: pathspec 'refs/tags/release/2016' did not match any file(s) known to git
• GenomeWorks-2021.02.2-fosscuda-2020b.eb: error: pathspec '691380d' did not match any file(s) known to git
• OpenFOAM-Extend-4.1-20191120-intel-2019b-Python-2.7.16.eb: error: pathspec '93ffff' did not match any file(s) known to git
• OpenFOAM-Extend-4.1-20200408-foss-2019b-Python-2.7.16.eb: error: pathspec 'f2c557' did not match any file(s) known to git
• PHANOTATE-20190724-foss-2018b.eb: error: pathspec 'cc42101' did not match any file(s) known to git
• Sambamba-0.8.0-GCC-10.2.0.eb: error: pathspec 'cdc5f84' did not match any file(s) known to git
• SeisSol-201703-foss-2018b-Python-2.7.15.eb: error: pathspec 'fb97bef' did not match any file(s) known to git
• SeuratWrappers-20210528-foss-2020b-R-4.0.3.eb: error: pathspec '7b9818d' did not match any file(s) known to git
• XGBoost-20171120-intel-2017b-Java-1.8.0_152.eb: error: pathspec '8817769' did not match any file(s) known to git

Successes:

• NewHybrids-1.1_Beta3-GCC-10.2.0.eb
• PyTorch 1.8.1 and 1.9.0
• RAxML-NG-1.0.3-GCC-10.2.0.eb
• SeuratData-20210514-foss-2020b-R-4.0.3.eb