diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/RelativeTargetDirectory.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/RelativeTargetDirectory.java
index 2f93739a34..f5e9cd998c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/RelativeTargetDirectory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/RelativeTargetDirectory.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public FilePath getWorkingDirectory(GitSCM scm, Job<?, ?> context, FilePath work
         if (relativeTargetDir == null || relativeTargetDir.length() == 0 || relativeTargetDir.equals(".")) {
             return workspace;
         }
+       //fixing issue : #3068 : Warn if used in Pipeline
+        if ( context != null && context.getClass().getName().equals("org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob")){
+            listener.getLogger().println("[Warning] 'Check out to a sub-directory' is not intended for use with Pipeline jobs. Please use the 'dir' step instead. ");
+        }
         return workspace.child(environment.expand(relativeTargetDir));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/RelativeTargetDirectoryPipelineTest.java b/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/RelativeTargetDirectoryPipelineTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26059e4050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/RelativeTargetDirectoryPipelineTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package hudson.plugins.git;
+
+import jenkins.plugins.git.GitSampleRepoRule;
+import jenkins.plugins.git.junit.jupiter.WithGitSampleRepo;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowDefinition;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsRule;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.junit.jupiter.WithJenkins;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+@WithJenkins
+@WithGitSampleRepo
+public class RelativeTargetDirectoryPipelineTest {
+
+    private JenkinsRule r;
+    private GitSampleRepoRule sampleRepo;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void beforeEach(JenkinsRule rule, GitSampleRepoRule repo) throws Exception {
+        this.r = rule;
+        this.sampleRepo = repo;
+
+        sampleRepo.init();
+        sampleRepo.write("Jenkinsfile", "echo 'hello'");
+        sampleRepo.git("add", "Jenkinsfile");
+        sampleRepo.git("commit", "--all", "-m", "init");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void warningIsLoggedWhenUsedInPipeline() throws Exception {
+        WorkflowJob job = r.jenkins.createProject(WorkflowJob.class, "test-job");
+        String repoUrl = sampleRepo.toString();
+
+        String pipelineScript =
+                "node {\n" +
+                        "  checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',\n" +
+                        "    branches: [[name: '*/master']],\n" +
+                        "    userRemoteConfigs: [[url: '" + repoUrl + "']],\n" +
+                        "    extensions: [[$class: 'RelativeTargetDirectory', relativeTargetDir: 'subdir']]\n" +
+                        "  ])\n" +
+                        "}\n";
+        job.setDefinition(new CpsFlowDefinition(pipelineScript, true));
+
+        WorkflowRun run = r.buildAndAssertSuccess(job);
+        r.assertLogContains("'Check out to a sub-directory' is not intended for use with Pipeline jobs", run);
+        r.assertLogContains("Please use the 'dir' step instead", run);
+    }
+}
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