Cloning from git anonymously?

[oSoMoN]

I'm trying to fetch the code using the instructions:

GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad.git
cd 0ad
git lfs pull

Sometimes the clone operation fails, when it does it looks like the server replies with a 500 error.

When it succeeds, the git lfs pull operation blocks, requesting a username and password:

Username for 'https://gitea.wildfiregames.com':

If I input my username and password, I'm prompted again, and again (it's seemingly requesting them for every single file/object it's pulling).

Is this expected (i.e. is it not possible to get the source from git anonymously), or a known server hiccup?

[Stan`]

2 hours ago, oSoMoN said:

I'm trying to fetch the code using the instructions:

GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad.git
cd 0ad
git lfs pull

Sometimes the clone operation fails, when it does it looks like the server replies with a 500 error.

When it succeeds, the git lfs pull operation blocks, requesting a username and password:

Username for 'https://gitea.wildfiregames.com':

If I input my username and password, I'm prompted again, and again (it's seemingly requesting them for every single file/object it's pulling).

Is this expected (i.e. is it not possible to get the source from git anonymously), or a known server hiccup?

It's possible it's just that Gitea is down right now. :/

[oSoMoN]

I tried again today, and the clone operation succeeded. The lfs pull one initially went through, and it pulled 1.8GB of objects before stalling and asking for a username. The last progress indicator was:

Downloading LFS objects:  35% (5308/15255), 1.8 GB | 12 MB/s

It doesn't really make sense to me that some objects could be fetched anonymously, while others require authentication. Or does it?

Edited February 13, 2025 by oSoMoN

[Stan`]

8 minutes ago, oSoMoN said:

I tried again today, and the clone operation succeeded. The lfs pull one initially went through, and it pulled 1.8GB of objects before stalling and asking for a username. The last progress indicator was:

Downloading LFS objects:  35% (5308/15255), 1.8 GB | 12 MB/s

It doesn't really make sense to me that some objects could be fetched anonymously, while others require authentication. Or does it?

It starts requiring authentication when the server crashes.

[oSoMoN]

Ouch… That explains it. I'll refrain from trying again in a while to give admins a chance to fix the issue then.

Can I be notified here when it's safe to try again? Thanks!

[Stan`]

14 minutes ago, oSoMoN said:

Ouch… That explains it. I'll refrain from trying again in a while to give admins a chance to fix the issue then.

Can I be notified here when it's safe to try again? Thanks!

There is no ETA. For now your best bet is to keep trying. Hopefully you'll be faster than the dDOS IPs

[oSoMoN]

This eventually worked. The topic can be closed.