Unable to clone repository about crtm

[BenjaminTJohnson]

@kgerheiser github repositories have data limitations using git-lfs, and we're required to purchase "data packs" to support additional bandwidth. That's being worked currently I'm working on a solution to use an alternative data provider source.

We use git-lfs for the binary files (i.e., everything in the /fix/ directory.). For CRTM, this is a substantial volume (a few GB).

You should still get the source code, typically it just downloads the pointers to the LFS files, rather than the files themselves when this type of error occurs. Let me know if that's not occurring.

Tagging @ytremolet @rhoneyager for visibility.

[climbfuji]

Thanks @BenjaminTJohnson - yes, we need to fix this as soon as possible.

[kgerheiser]

I was able to workaround this issue with export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1

[kgerheiser]

Question though, why is a CMake file being downloaded through git-lfs?

Am I reading this correctly?

Downloading src/Build/CMakeFiles/3.17.1/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI_Fortran.bin (803 KB)

[BenjaminTJohnson]

By default, every binary file is added to git-lfs because of the .gitattributes file.

[BenjaminTJohnson]

@kgerheiser quick question for you, are you able to use ectools (ecbuild) now for building / compiling code?

[kgerheiser]

I'm actually using the EMC branch which doesn't use ecbuild.