Hi, I’ve switched my git repository (bitbucket) to use LFS for storing images. I’m not using Netlify large media . I’m noticing that whenever I add a new image to my repository, builds fail until I go into the netlify dashboard and trigger ‘Clear cache and deploy site’. 7:25:09 AM: Error checking o…

I encountered the same “smudge filter lfs failed” error when I added LFS images to my Bitbucket git repository. Setting GIT_LFS_ENABLED to true fixed the problem for me. However I didn’t set it in netlify.toml, I set it on the Netlify website at Settings > Build & deploy > Environment > Environment…

If cloning a repository using LFS, we recommend using an environment variable GIT_LFS_ENABLED in our documentation here . Quoting: If you set a GIT_LFS_ENABLED variable, we’ll use git lfs clone to check out your repository — otherwise we just use git clone . You can add the environment variab…

Thanks Luke. I’ve put the variable in my netlify.toml file, and will check it with the next site update.

Ok, so I’ve committed a new image to Git (LFS) and it’s failed: This is the log from Netlify 10:50:20 AM: Preparing Git Reference refs/heads/master 10:50:22 AM: Error checking out branch: Downloading static/uploads/2019/07/TWH4.jpg (48 KB) Error downloading object: static/uploads/2019/07/TWH4.jpg …

Thanks @gtch . Now you mention it, all the documentation I read mentioned setting GIT_LFS_ENABLED true in the netlify control panel rather than in netlify.toml. I couldn’t understand why that was the case, but your post makes perfect sense! Thanks.

Great catch, and exactly correct, @gtch !

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funkydan2 July 2, 2019, 10:48pm 9

And for later searchers…this announcement/FAQ thread is a good place to go for problems with environment variables.

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