git-lfs checkout remote branch

Question

I'm trying to checkout a branch from a remote that uses lfs to store files:

git remote add remoteRepo git@github.com:user/remoteRepo-lfs.git
git fetch remoteRepo
git checkout -b test remoteRepo/master

It is worth mentioning that the remote has been subject to the bozaro/git-lfs-migrate tool. The checkout process stops with an error and a

git lfs logs last

shows:

git-lfs/1.4.4 (GitHub; linux amd64; go 1.7.3; git cbf91a9)
git version 2.10.2

$ git-lfs smudge -- testText.log
Error downloading object: testText.log (dc56c0fc4d655b0895d83cd61b121f30cb74bda428655db4144e4a1c8b582b57)

Smudge error: Error buffering media file: Object not found on the server.: 
github.com/github/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/errors/types.go:166
github.com/github/git-lfs/errors.NewSmudgeError
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/errors/types.go:252
github.com/github/git-lfs/lfs.PointerSmudge
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/lfs/pointer_smudge.go:69
github.com/github/git-lfs/lfs.(*Pointer).Smudge
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/lfs/pointer.go:64
github.com/github/git-lfs/commands.smudgeCommand
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/commands/command_smudge.go:66
github.com/github/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:477
github.com/github/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:551
github.com/github/git-lfs/commands.Run
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/commands/run.go:65
main.main
    /Users/ttaylorr/dev/go/src/github.com/github/git-lfs/git-lfs.go:33
runtime.main
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.7.3/libexec/src/runtime/proc.go:183
runtime.goexit
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.7.3/libexec/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:2086

ENV:
LocalWorkingDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus
LocalGitDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git
LocalGitStorageDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git
LocalMediaDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git/lfs/objects
LocalReferenceDir=
TempDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git/lfs/tmp
ConcurrentTransfers=3
TusTransfers=false
BasicTransfersOnly=false
BatchTransfer=true
SkipDownloadErrors=false
FetchRecentAlways=false
FetchRecentRefsDays=7
FetchRecentCommitsDays=0
FetchRecentRefsIncludeRemotes=true
PruneOffsetDays=3
PruneVerifyRemoteAlways=false
PruneRemoteName=origin
AccessDownload=none
AccessUpload=none
DownloadTransfers=basic
UploadTransfers=basic
GIT_DIR=.git
GIT_PREFIX=

A git-lfs env shows:

git-lfs/1.4.4 (GitHub; linux amd64; go 1.7.3; git cbf91a9)
git version 2.10.2

Endpoint=https://github.com/username/repo.git/info/lfs (auth=none)
  SSH=git@github.com:username/repo.git
Endpoint (remoterepo)=https://github.com/username/remoteRepo.git/info/lfs (auth=none)
  SSH=git@github.com:username/remoteRepo.git
LocalWorkingDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus
LocalGitDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git
LocalGitStorageDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git
LocalMediaDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git/lfs/objects
LocalReferenceDir=
TempDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git/lfs/tmp
ConcurrentTransfers=3
TusTransfers=false
BasicTransfersOnly=false
BatchTransfer=true
SkipDownloadErrors=false
FetchRecentAlways=false
FetchRecentRefsDays=7
FetchRecentCommitsDays=0
FetchRecentRefsIncludeRemotes=true
PruneOffsetDays=3
PruneVerifyRemoteAlways=false
PruneRemoteName=origin
AccessDownload=none
AccessUpload=none
DownloadTransfers=basic
UploadTransfers=basic
git config filter.lfs.smudge = "git-lfs smudge -- %f"
git config filter.lfs.clean = "git-lfs clean -- %f"

I have cloned remoteRepo-lfs successfully with

git clone git@github.com:user/remoteRepo-lfs.git

and have also been able to successfully checkout the branch by specifying in a .lfsconfig file:

[lfs]
  url = https://github.com/username/remoteRepo-lfs.git
[remote "remoteRepo"]
  lfsurl = https://github.com/username/remoteRepo-lfs.git/info/lfs

which seems to overwrite the endpoint url for origin. Is there a way to setup the local directory such that I can push/pull/checkout lfs files from origin and remotes based on their respective endpoint urls?

Answer 1

I have found a workaround to this problem that I am encountering by modifying the lfs filter (in ~/.gitconfig). Namely:

[filter "lfs"]
  smudge = git-lfs smudge --skip %f
  required = true
  clean = git-lfs clean -- %f

git-lfs smudge converts the file pointers to the actual files. With this workaround, I have to perform a

git lfs fetch

followed by a

git lfs checkout

to retrieve/access the contents of the files. It is not clear to me why this workaround is necessary. Looking through the issues on the git-lfs, it seems like this is a general work in progress.

(eg https://github.com/github/git-lfs/issues/834 ).

Answer 2

have you ever installed the git-lfs? If not, you can install here . It seems you have no GIT_LFS_PATH yet, my own environment can be referenced.

DownloadTransfers=basic
UploadTransfers=basic
GIT_LFS_PATH=C:\Program Files\Git LFS
git config filter.lfs.smudge = "git-lfs smudge -- %f"
git config filter.lfs.clean = "git-lfs clean -- %f"

And have you create a git-lfs repo on GitHub? You can try to use https://github.com/username/remoteRepo-lfs.git to check if it's really exist.

And I am also confused that your local directory like:

LocalWorkingDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus
LocalGitDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git
LocalGitStorageDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git
LocalMediaDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git/lfs/objects
LocalReferenceDir=
TempDir=/home/person/Projects/proteus/proteus/.git/lfs/tmp

my local directory like this:

LocalWorkingDir=C:\Users\TFSTest\New folder\Git2
LocalGitDir=C:\Users\TFSTest\New folder\Git2\.git
LocalGitStorageDir=C:\Users\TFSTest\New folder\Git2\.git
LocalMediaDir=C:\Users\TFSTest\New folder\Git2\.git\lfs\objects
LocalReferenceDir=
TempDir=C:\Users\TFSTest\New folder\Git2\.git\lfs\tmp