error on dvc get: GLIBC_2.18 not found. installed with fedora/centos
```
[hadoop@hostname ~]$ dvc get \\
>     "https://x-token-auth:$GITHUB_TOKEN@$MODEL_REPO_URL" \\
>     experiments/prod/model.pickle \\
>     -o /mnt/repo/model.pickle
ERROR: failed to get 'experiments/prod/model.pickle' from 'https://x-token-auth:REDACTEDTOKEN@github.com/WPMedia/REPOURL.git' - Failed to clone repo 'https://x-token-auth:REDACTEDTOKEN@github.com/WPMedia/REPOURL.git' to '/tmp/tmpxfz0sxdedvc-repo': Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128)
  cmdline: git clone --no-single-branch -v https://x-token-auth:REDACTEDTOKEN@github.com/WPMedia/REPOURL.git /tmp/tmpxfz0sxdedvc-repo
  stderr: 'Cloning into '/tmp/tmpxfz0sxdedvc-repo'...
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-remote-https: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18' not found (required by /usr/lib/dvc/libstdc++.so.6)
'
```

**Please provide information about your setup**
DVC version(i.e. `dvc --version`), Platform and method of installation (pip, homebrew, pkg Mac, exe (Windows), DEB(Linux), RPM(Linux))

- version: 0.58.1
- used fedora/centos install (https://dvc.org/rpm/dvc.repo)
- on standard emr cluster

diff --git a/dvc/external_repo.py b/dvc/external_repo.py
index cb5f38620..3b055c920 100644
--- a/dvc/external_repo.py
+++ b/dvc/external_repo.py
@@ -9,68 +9,31 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from dvc.config import Config
 from dvc.cache import CacheConfig
-from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.utils import remove
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ExternalRepoError(DvcException):
-    pass
-
-
-class CloneError(ExternalRepoError):
-    def __init__(self, url, path, cause):
-        super(CloneError, self).__init__(
-            "Failed to clone repo '{}' to '{}'".format(url, path), cause=cause
-        )
-
-
-class RevError(ExternalRepoError):
-    def __init__(self, url, rev, cause):
-        super(RevError, self).__init__(
-            "Failed to access revision '{}' for repo '{}'".format(rev, url),
-            cause=cause,
-        )
-
-
-def _clone(cache_dir=None, **kwargs):
+def _clone(cache_dir=None, url=None, rev=None, rev_lock=None):
     from dvc.repo import Repo
 
     _path = tempfile.mkdtemp("dvc-repo")
 
-    _clone_git_repo(_path, **kwargs)
-
-    if cache_dir:
-        repo = Repo(_path)
-        cache_config = CacheConfig(repo.config)
-        cache_config.set_dir(cache_dir, level=Config.LEVEL_LOCAL)
-        repo.scm.close()
-
-    return Repo(_path)
-
-
-def _clone_git_repo(to_path, url=None, rev=None, rev_lock=None):
-    import git
+    repo = Repo.clone(url, _path, rev=(rev_lock or rev))
 
     try:
-        repo = git.Repo.clone_from(url, to_path, no_single_branch=True)
-    except git.exc.GitCommandError as exc:
-        raise CloneError(url, to_path, exc)
-    try:
-        revision = rev_lock or rev
-        if revision:
-            try:
-                repo.git.checkout(revision)
-            except git.exc.GitCommandError as exc:
-                raise RevError(url, revision, exc)
+        if cache_dir:
+            cache_config = CacheConfig(repo.config)
+            cache_config.set_dir(cache_dir, level=Config.LEVEL_LOCAL)
     finally:
         repo.close()
 
+    return Repo(_path)
+
 
 def _remove(repo):
-    repo.scm.close()
+    repo.close()
 
     if os.name == "nt":
         # git.exe may hang for a while not permitting to remove temp dir
diff --git a/dvc/repo/__init__.py b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
index 2f743a6ff..ab7d35a79 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Repo(object):
 
         self.config = Config(self.dvc_dir)
 
-        self.scm = SCM(self.root_dir, repo=self)
+        self.scm = SCM(self.root_dir)
 
         self.tree = WorkingTree(self.root_dir)
 
@@ -471,3 +471,15 @@ class Repo(object):
     @cached_property
     def dvcignore(self):
         return DvcIgnoreFilter(self.root_dir)
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.scm.close()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def clone(url, to_path, rev=None):
+        from dvc.scm.git import Git
+
+        git = Git.clone(url, to_path, rev=rev)
+        git.close()
+
+        return Repo(to_path)
diff --git a/dvc/scm/__init__.py b/dvc/scm/__init__.py
index 5a6347fb3..a1d823e77 100644
--- a/dvc/scm/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/scm/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class NoSCM(Base):
     pass
 
 
-def SCM(root_dir, repo=None):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+def SCM(root_dir):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     """Returns SCM instance that corresponds to a repo at the specified
     path.
 
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ def SCM(root_dir, repo=None):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
         dvc.scm.base.Base: SCM instance.
     """
     if Git.is_repo(root_dir) or Git.is_submodule(root_dir):
-        return Git(root_dir, repo=repo)
+        return Git(root_dir)
 
-    return NoSCM(root_dir, repo=repo)
+    return NoSCM(root_dir)
diff --git a/dvc/scm/base.py b/dvc/scm/base.py
index e7cf61fa5..a1b2bd4fa 100644
--- a/dvc/scm/base.py
+++ b/dvc/scm/base.py
@@ -11,28 +11,42 @@ class SCMError(DvcException):
     """Base class for source control management errors."""
 
 
-class FileNotInRepoError(DvcException):
+class FileNotInRepoError(SCMError):
     """Thrown when trying to find .gitignore for a file that is not in a scm
     repository.
     """
 
 
-class FileNotInCommitError(DvcException):
+class FileNotInCommitError(SCMError):
     """Thrown when trying to find a file/directory that is not
     in the specified commit in the repository.
     """
 
 
-class FileNotInTargetSubdirError(DvcException):
+class FileNotInTargetSubdirError(SCMError):
     """Thrown when trying to place .gitignore for a file that not in
     the file subdirectory."""
 
 
+class CloneError(SCMError):
+    def __init__(self, url, path, cause):
+        super(CloneError, self).__init__(
+            "Failed to clone repo '{}' to '{}'".format(url, path), cause=cause
+        )
+
+
+class RevError(SCMError):
+    def __init__(self, url, rev, cause):
+        super(RevError, self).__init__(
+            "Failed to access revision '{}' for repo '{}'".format(rev, url),
+            cause=cause,
+        )
+
+
 class Base(object):
     """Base class for source control management driver implementations."""
 
-    def __init__(self, root_dir=os.curdir, repo=None):
-        self.repo = repo
+    def __init__(self, root_dir=os.curdir):
         self.root_dir = os.path.realpath(root_dir)
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py b/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py
index 631f84744..bf30a2359 100644
--- a/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from dvc.scm.base import (
     SCMError,
     FileNotInRepoError,
     FileNotInTargetSubdirError,
+    CloneError,
+    RevError,
 )
 from dvc.scm.git.tree import GitTree
 
@@ -32,11 +34,11 @@ class Git(Base):
     GITIGNORE = ".gitignore"
     GIT_DIR = ".git"
 
-    def __init__(self, root_dir=os.curdir, repo=None):
+    def __init__(self, root_dir=os.curdir):
         """Git class constructor.
         Requires `Repo` class from `git` module (from gitpython package).
         """
-        super(Git, self).__init__(root_dir, repo=repo)
+        super(Git, self).__init__(root_dir)
 
         import git
         from git.exc import InvalidGitRepositoryError
@@ -56,6 +58,32 @@ class Git(Base):
         self.ignored_paths = []
         self.files_to_track = set()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def clone(url, to_path, rev=None):
+        import git
+
+        try:
+            tmp_repo = git.Repo.clone_from(
+                url,
+                to_path,
+                env=fix_env(None),  # needed before we can fix it in __init__
+                no_single_branch=True,
+            )
+            tmp_repo.close()
+        except git.exc.GitCommandError as exc:
+            raise CloneError(url, to_path, exc)
+
+        # NOTE: using our wrapper to make sure that env is fixed in __init__
+        repo = Git(to_path)
+
+        if rev:
+            try:
+                repo.checkout(rev)
+            except git.exc.GitCommandError as exc:
+                raise RevError(url, rev, exc)
+
+        return repo
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_repo(root_dir):
         return os.path.isdir(Git._get_git_dir(root_dir))
['dvc/scm/base.py', 'dvc/scm/git/__init__.py', 'dvc/external_repo.py', 'dvc/repo/__init__.py', 'dvc/scm/__init__.py']