Git error: Encountered 7 file(s) that should have been pointers, but weren't
Like Travis Heeter mentioned in his answer, Try the following command sequence:
git lfs uninstallgit reset --hardgit lfs installgit lfs pullIn case if this is not working (because this was not working for me), the following hack may work:
git rm --cached -r .git reset --hardgit rm .gitattributesgit reset .git checkout .This worked for me!
I had this exact error with some files stored with git-LFS and solved it the same way I've solved a linending induced borked index .
Clear the cache and do a hard reset:
git rm --cached -r .git reset --hardThis was significantly faster than a fresh clone for me due to the huge git-LFS files in my repo.
Since git lfs 2.5.0, there is a new command available that makes this easier (docs):
git lfs migrate import --no-rewrite "broken file.jpg" "another broken file.png" ...This "migrates" files to git lfs which should be in lfs as per .gitattributes, but aren't at the moment (which is the reason for your error message).
--no-rewrite prevents git from applying this to older commits, it creates a single new commit instead.
Use -m "commitmessage" to set a commitmessage for that commit.