[JENKINS-47803 && JENKINS-7009] Remove working copy if external is broken #247
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Currently checkout will silently ignores an external failure due to locked working copy.
So build continues without one recognizing that the result is build using an old revision.
With this fix the update will behave like the non-external checkout: delete working copy and start with a fresh one.