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Can't git clone code-server

See original GitHub issue

OS/Web Information

Web Browser: Chrome, but N/A
Local OS: Debian
Remote OS: N/A
Remote Architecture: N/A
code-server --version: N/A

Steps to Reproduce

git clone git@github.com:cdr/code-server.git

Expected

the repository should be fully cloned without error

Actual

Cloning into 'code-server'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 2312, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (2312/2312), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1727/1727), done.
remote: Total 30415 (delta 459), reused 2280 (delta 442), pack-reused 28103
Receiving objects: 100% (30415/30415), 41.79 MiB | 23.91 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (16240/16240), done.
git-lfs filter-process: line 1: git-lfs: command not found
fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
and retry with 'git restore --source=HEAD :/'

Notes

This issue can be reproduced in VS Code: No

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:13 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

jawnsycommented, Apr 10, 2021

Hey there! 👋

Sorry about the challenges of getting a development environment set up for code-server, that’s definitely not the experience that we want. We’re working on making things better, and issues like yours help us with that, so thanks for sharing the feedback!

I’m not one of the primary maintainers for code-server, so I’m not entirely sure about it, but the git-lfs error looks like it’s because we’re using large file storage for something, so it looks like the existing repository expects it to be installed beforehand? Can you try running through these install steps and cloning again? https://git-lfs.github.com/

Also, if you haven’t seen it already, our contributor guide describes how to build, I think this runs things inside a Docker container to help reduce the environment issues.

Lastly I’d also like to welcome you to our Coder Community Slack: https://community.coder.com/ - in particular we have a #code-server channel and would love to discuss with you over there!

I’m sorry that you’re having these issues but we’d love to help you troubleshoot as we certainly value your contributions 😄

1reaction

code-ashercommented, Apr 12, 2021

That makes sense! We can definitely do that.