# Git LFS error checking out VTKExamples
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/git-lfs-error-checking-out-vtkexamples/650
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 31, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/git-lfs-error-checking-out-vtkexamples/650 "2019-03-31T19:23:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Aron\_Helser](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Aron_Helser)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/git-lfs-error-checking-out-vtkexamples/650/1 "2019-03-31T19:23:57Z")
I’m having a problem checking out the [VTKExamples](https://github.com/lorensen/VTKExamples) repo right now. It gives me a git LFS error, on a fresh clone or a pull:
Downloading src/Testing/Data/Frog/frog.mhd (304 B)
Error downloading object: src/Testing/Data/Frog/frog.mhd (bfa117c): Smudge error: Error downloading src/Testing/Data/Frog/frog.mhd (bfa117c99504e92cc62a4c8e68da99db2f807a93ab332f1934f6a874cff0291e): batch request: GitLab: The project you were looking for could not be found.: exit status 1
I was able to check out finally by disabling the download:
GIT\_LFS\_SKIP\_SMUDGE=1 git checkout -f HEAD
@lorensen maybe you know what’s up?
Hoping to contribute a few Python example ports…
Thanks,
Aron
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### Author:  [@lorensen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lorensen)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/git-lfs-error-checking-out-vtkexamples/650/2 "2019-03-31T21:20:38Z")
So, you have hit lfs installed locally?
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### Author:  [@lorensen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lorensen)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/git-lfs-error-checking-out-vtkexamples/650/3 "2019-03-31T21:28:26Z")
Please show the output of git lfs env
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### Author:  [@Aron\_Helser](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Aron_Helser)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/git-lfs-error-checking-out-vtkexamples/650/4 "2019-04-08T12:55:12Z")
Sorry for the slow response, Bill.
I’m using git bash on windows 10:
```
$ git lfs env
git-lfs/2.5.2 (GitHub; windows amd64; go 1.10.3; git 8e3c5c93)
git version 2.19.1.windows.1
LocalWorkingDir=
LocalGitDir=
LocalGitStorageDir=
LocalMediaDir=lfs\objects
LocalReferenceDirs=
TempDir=lfs\tmp
ConcurrentTransfers=3
TusTransfers=false
BasicTransfersOnly=false
SkipDownloadErrors=false
FetchRecentAlways=false
FetchRecentRefsDays=7
FetchRecentCommitsDays=0
FetchRecentRefsIncludeRemotes=true
PruneOffsetDays=3
PruneVerifyRemoteAlways=false
PruneRemoteName=origin
LfsStorageDir=lfs
AccessDownload=none
AccessUpload=none
DownloadTransfers=basic
UploadTransfers=basic
GIT_EXEC_PATH=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core
git config filter.lfs.process = "git-lfs filter-process"
git config filter.lfs.smudge = "git-lfs smudge -- %f"
git config filter.lfs.clean = "git-lfs clean -- %f"
```