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It seems Codeberg/Forgejo does not include Git LFS files in the .zip or .tar.gz downloads of repositories. The context of this issue is exactly the same as on GitHub, which eventually allowed the option to include or exclude Git LFS files: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/903
As someone who works primarily on hardware projects, and with contributors who are unfamiliar with and/or new to Git, this is a stumbling block.
See, for example, in a project I work on, where someone downloaded the Git LFS file pointers instead of the actual intended files: FBRC/RFB-dev-kit#25). It took me a while before I realized what was happening also.
### Comment
It seems Codeberg/Forgejo does not include Git LFS files in the .zip or .tar.gz downloads of repositories. The context of this issue is exactly the same as on GitHub, which eventually allowed the option to include or exclude Git LFS files: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/903
As someone who works primarily on hardware projects, and with contributors who are unfamiliar with and/or new to Git, this is a stumbling block.
See, for example, in a project I work on, where someone downloaded the Git LFS file pointers instead of the actual intended files: https://codeberg.org/FBRC/RFB-dev-kit/issues/25). It took me a while before I realized what was happening also.