Re: Serious bug with Git-2.11.0-64-bit and Git-LFS

From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 8, 2016, 14:18 UTC
Message-ID: <D1437EA2-F4D3-4190-8D79-020C06CFA3DB@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABW+60za0shXucPgg_jGYt4f8QbkLzLmS5GRf8czE67Taqd+zw@mail.gmail.com>

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> On 08 Dec 2016, at 15:00, Nick Warr <nick.warr@bossastudios.com> wrote:
> 
> That looks pretty much like the error we're dealing with, any reason
> why going back a point version on Git (not git-lfs) would resolve the
> issue however?

Going back to GitLFS 1.4.* would make the error disappear. However, I think you should fix your repository. Try this:

git lfs clone <YOUR REPO URL> cd <YOUR REPO> git rm --cached "workers/unity/Assets/3rdPartyAssets/FORGE3D/Sci-Fi Effects/Effects/Debris/Meshes/debris_junk.FBX" git add --force "workers/unity/Assets/3rdPartyAssets/FORGE3D/Sci-Fi Effects/Effects/Debris/Meshes/debris_junk.FBX" git commit -m "Move files properly to GitLFS" git push

Afterwards you should be able to use the latest version of Git and GitLFS without trouble.

Cheers, Lars

PS: Top posting is not that popular in the Git community ;-)

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> On 8 December 2016 at 13:57, Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 08 Dec 2016, at 12:46, Nick Warr <nick.warr@bossastudios.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Using Git-2.11.0 with the latest git-lfs 1.5.2 (also tested with
>>> 1.5.3) cloning from our locally hosted gitlab CE server via HTTPS.
>>> 
>>> When cloning a repo (large, 3.3 gig in git, 10.3 in LFS)  for the
>>> first time the clone will finish the checkout of the git part, then
>>> when it starts downloading the LFS parts it will reliably finish with
>>> a smudge filter error.
>>> 
>>> This leaves the repo in an unstable condition, you can then fetch the
>>> lfs part without issue, but checking out the lfs files or trying a git
>>> reset --hard will continue to spit out the same error. As you can see,
>>> the actual error is not particularly useful.
>>> 
>>> fatal: workers/unity/Assets/3rdPartyAssets/FORGE3D/Sci-Fi
>>> Effects/Effects/Debris/Meshes/debris_junk.FBX: smudge filter lfs
>>> failed
>>> Unknown command ""
>>> 
>>> Possibly it's due to the file extension being all capital letters, we
>>> did manage to change the error by recommitting the file with a
>>> lowercase extension, but it failed on the next file (which also had a
>>> capital letter extension).
>>> 
>>> This has happened on multiple fresh windows 10 64 bit installs,
>>> different machines and target directories (to hopefully remove the
>>> possibility of file permissions) where cloning is taking place.
>>> 
>>> The solution is to back level to Git 2.10.2 and the error disappears.
>>> 
>>> More than willing to provide any further information,
>> 
>> Hi Nick,
>> 
>> debris_junk.FBX is not stored properly in Git LFS.
>> I explained the problem in detail here:
>> https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/1729
>> 
>> You should add the file properly to GitLFS to fix the problem.
>> However, I think this is a regression in GitLFS and I hope it will
>> be fixed in the next version.
>> 
>> No change/fix in Git is required.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Lars