phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Git LFS is not enabled for this repository.

Error message

Git LFS is not enabled for this repository.

What it means

Error "Git LFS is not enabled for this repository." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/gitlfs/DiffusionGitLFSAuthenticateWorkflow.php:73

      default:
        throw new Exception(
          pht(
            'Git LFS operation "%s" is not supported by this server.',
            $operation));
    }

    $repository = $this->getRepository();

    if (!$repository->isGit()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Repository "%s" is not a Git repository. Git LFS is only '.
          'supported for Git repositories.',
          $repository->getDisplayName()));
    }

    if (!$repository->canUseGitLFS()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht('Git LFS is not enabled for this repository.'));
    }

    // NOTE: This is usually the same as the default URI (which does not
    // need to be specified in the response), but the protocol or domain may
    // differ in some situations.

    $lfs_uri = $repository->getGitLFSURI('info/lfs');

    // Generate a temporary token to allow the user to access LFS over HTTP.
    // This works even if normal HTTP repository operations are not available
    // on this host, and does not require the user to have a VCS password.

    $user = $this->getSSHUser();

    $authorization = DiffusionGitLFSTemporaryTokenType::newHTTPAuthorization(
      $repository,
      $user,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/gitlfs/DiffusionGitLFSAuthenticateWorkflow.php:73 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0b5bbc9153ce01fe. Report an issue: GitHub.