gitlab clone with https basic auth doesnt work

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CheckoutApplication
[INFO] Starting step "CheckoutApplication"
[INFO] Executing: git clone --depth 50 --branch master --recursive...  

Executing: git reset --hard f176bbcbdba63dbebd76e3sdc44346962b60f64a
[WARN] Cloning into '/app/hatchery-local/5f033981b0245d4e/130378c623fe9aegt67d100a13b5416f/run'...
remote: HTTP Basic: Access denied
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://root:@gitlab.example.com/my-app/my-app.git/'
[ERROR] Unable to git clone: Command fail: 128
[INFO] End of step "CheckoutApplication"

Notice how https://root:@gitlab.example.com/my-app/my-app.git/ only contains the username root but after the colon, does not contain the password i specified. This is a bug.