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* [PATCH] fetch2/git: Clarify error about missing LFS support
@ 2026-09-02 12:26 Peter Kjellerstedt
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From: Peter Kjellerstedt @ 2026-09-02 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bitbake-devel

Not everyone knows that lfs=0 is a parameter that shall be added to the
URL to ignore the LFS contents.

Signed-off-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
---
 lib/bb/fetch2/git.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 0bb2ea39a..924a8f7ae 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         """
         if shutil.which("git-lfs", path=d.getVar('PATH')) is None:
             raise bb.fetch2.FetchError(
-                "Repository %s has LFS content, install git-lfs on host to download (or set lfs=0 "
-                "to ignore it)" % self._get_repo_url(ud))
+                "Repository %s has LFS content, either install git-lfs on the host to download it, "
+                "or ignore it by adding lfs=0 as a parameter to the URL" % self._get_repo_url(ud))
 
     def _get_repo_url(self, ud):
         """


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