CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none

cloning git repositories fails on devleop branch with:

error: server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none
   - [rewdevweb1] err: /Stage[main]/Site_webapp/Vcsrepo[/srv/leap/webapp]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/git clone https://leap.se/git/leap_web /srv/leap/webapp' returned 128: Cloning into '/srv/leap/webapp'...
   - [rewdevweb1] error: server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none while accessing https://leap.se/git/leap_web/info/refs
   - [rewdevweb1] fatal: HTTP request failed
   - [rewdevweb1] err: /Stage[main]/Site_nickserver/Vcsrepo[/srv/leap/nickserver]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/git clone https://leap.se/git/nickserver /srv/leap/nickserver' returned 128: Cloning into '/srv/leap/nickserver'...
   - [rewdevweb1] error: server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none while accessing https://leap.se/git/nickserver/info/refs
   - [rewdevweb1] fatal: HTTP request failed
   - [rewdevcouch1] err: /Stage[main]/Site_couchdb/Vcsrepo[/srv/leap/couchdb/scripts]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/git clone https://leap.se/git/couchdb_scripts /srv/leap/couchdb/scripts' returned 128: Cloning into '/srv/leap/couchdb/scripts'...
   - [rewdevcouch1] error: server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none while accessing https://leap.se/git/couchdb_scripts/info/refs
   - [rewdevcouch1] fatal: HTTP request failed
   - [rewdevcouch1] err: /Stage[main]/Tapicero/Vcsrepo[/srv/leap/tapicero]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/git clone https://leap.se/git/tapicero /srv/leap/tapicero' returned 128: Cloning into '/srv/leap/tapicero'...
   - [rewdevcouch1] error: server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none while accessing https://leap.se/git/tapicero/info/refs
   - [rewdevcouch1] fatal: HTTP request failed

(from redmine: created on 2014-03-13, closed on 2014-04-03)