# Could Not Find Commit

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/could-not-find-commit/20362>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/could-not-find-commit/20362 "2018-02-28T16:55:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![halfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/halfer/32/9083_2.png) [@halfer](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/halfer)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/could-not-find-commit/20362/2 "2018-02-28T22:08:32Z")

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Odd, someone else is [reporting Git problems here](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/switched-our-template-over-to-2-0-and-getting-git-error-trying-to-pull-remote-ref/20371) - also with GitHub.

What sort of checkout are you doing - master, a branch, a specific tag or a hash?

## Edit

Cross-posted [to Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49034804/circleci-is-failing-due-to-a-could-not-find-commit-error). Please always declare your cross-posting, so that readers can check your duplicates before preparing an answer.

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