diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 906b59a..f2add83 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -789,7 +789,14 @@ class GitCommandManager {
             else {
                 args.push(ref);
             }
-            yield this.execGit(args);
+            // Retry checkout because it can trigger network I/O when using partial
+            // clones (filter=blob:none).  In that mode git lazily fetches missing
+            // blobs from the promisor remote during checkout, so a transient network
+            // failure would otherwise surface as a hard error here.
+            const that = this;
+            yield retryHelper.execute(() => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                yield that.execGit(args);
+            }));
         });
     }
     checkoutDetach() {
@@ -995,7 +1002,10 @@ class GitCommandManager {
             if (recursive) {
                 args.push('--recursive');
             }
-            yield this.execGit(args);
+            const that = this;
+            yield retryHelper.execute(() => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                yield that.execGit(args);
+            }));
         });
     }
     submoduleStatus() {
diff --git a/src/git-command-manager.ts b/src/git-command-manager.ts
index f1349ce..0b4e2da 100644
--- a/src/git-command-manager.ts
+++ b/src/git-command-manager.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,14 @@ class GitCommandManager {
       args.push(ref)
     }
 
-    await this.execGit(args)
+    // Retry checkout because it can trigger network I/O when using partial
+    // clones (filter=blob:none).  In that mode git lazily fetches missing
+    // blobs from the promisor remote during checkout, so a transient network
+    // failure would otherwise surface as a hard error here.
+    const that = this
+    await retryHelper.execute(async () => {
+      await that.execGit(args)
+    })
   }
 
   async checkoutDetach(): Promise<void> {
@@ -463,7 +470,10 @@ class GitCommandManager {
       args.push('--recursive')
     }
 
-    await this.execGit(args)
+    const that = this
+    await retryHelper.execute(async () => {
+      await that.execGit(args)
+    })
   }
 
   async submoduleStatus(): Promise<boolean> {