try {
                          echo "Checkout ITs from branch: ${ITS_BRANCH}"
                          checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
                                  branches: [[name: ITS_BRANCH]],
                                  extensions: [[$class: 'CloneOption', depth: 1, noTags: true, shallow: true]],

 ---

Legacy Artifact Handlers Reference

  Maven 3 artifact handlers (see {{{../maven-artifact/apidocs/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/ArtifactHandler.html} API}})
  define for each {{{../maven-model/maven.html#class_dependency}dependency type}} information on the artifact
  (classifier, extension, language) and how to manage it as dependency (add to classpath, include dependencies).

                                  echo "Checkout ITs from branch: ${ITS_BRANCH}"
                                  checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
                                          branches: [[name: ITS_BRANCH]],
                                          extensions: [[$class: 'CloneOption', depth: 1, noTags: true, shallow: true]],