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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ */
+
+def checkout_ci_scripts() {
+    checkout([
+        $class: 'GitSCM',
+        branches: [[name: '$CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH']],
+        userRemoteConfigs: [[
+            credentialsId: 'GIT_SSH_KEY',
+            url: '$CI_SCRIPTS_REPO',
+            refspec: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/changes/*:refs/remotes/origin/refs/changes/*'
+        ]]
+    ])
+}