My repo uses git lfs. For a fresh clone, I ran:
git lfs install
git clone https://example.com/repo.git
The clone gets to the point where it starts downloading lfs files, gets to some file and then fails. The file at which it fails is different each time I attempt to clone. Very occasionally it succeeds.
Here is the output:
Cloning into 'repo'...
remote: Counting objects: 35699, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (17678/17678), done.
remote: Total 35699 (delta 15603), reused 35553 (delta 15545)
Receiving objects: 100% (35699/35699), 231.45 MiB | 11.12 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (15603/15603), done.
Downloading big_file.big (157.39 KB)
...
Downloading some_other_big_file.big (18.84 KB)
Error downloading object: some_other_big_file.big
Errors logged to blah.log
Use `git lfs logs last` to view the log.
error: external filter 'git-lfs filter-process' failed
fatal: some_other_big_file.big: smudge filter lfs failed
warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
and retry the checkout with 'git checkout -f HEAD'
The lfs logs say:
Error downloading object: some_other_big_file.big
Smudge error: Error buffering media file: cannot write data to tempfile "blah.tmp": LFS: unexpected EOF:
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:166
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.NewSmudgeError
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:252
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.PointerSmudge
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs/pointer_smudge.go:70
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*Pointer).Smudge
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs/pointer.go:65
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.smudge
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands/command_smudge.go:84
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.filterCommand
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands/command_filter_process.go:65
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:477
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:551
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.Run
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands/run.go:66
main.main
C:/Go/src/github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/git-lfs.go:33
runtime.main
C:/Go/src/runtime/proc.go:183
runtime.goexit
C:/Go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:2086
If I try git lfs pull
at this point, everything works fine.
Any idea what could be causing this failure to download the lfs files?
I had the similar issue and there was already a bug reported with git lfs. While the bug was being resolved, this workaround helped me, where you skip the filter where it was failing.
// Skip smudge - We'll download binary files later in a faster batch
git lfs install --skip-smudge
// Do git clone here
git clone ...
// Fetch all the binary files in the new clone
git lfs pull
// Reinstate smudge
git lfs install --force
Credits: @strich
Try to do git lfs pull
from GitBash.
It looks like the commandprompt isn't showing pass key popup, which is necessary for git lfs
to work.
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