phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Repository "%s" is not a Git repository. Git LFS is only sup

Error message

Repository "%s" is not a Git repository. Git LFS is only supported for Git repositories.

What it means

Error "Repository "%s" is not a Git repository. Git LFS is only supported for Git repositories." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/gitlfs/DiffusionGitLFSAuthenticateWorkflow.php:65

    // NOTE: We aren't checking write access here, even for "upload". The
    // HTTP endpoint should be able to do that for us.

    switch ($operation) {
      case 'upload':
      case 'download':
        break;
      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.

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/gitlfs/DiffusionGitLFSAuthenticateWorkflow.php:65 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/6995713495485365. Report an issue: GitHub.