how to get files from shallow-then-unshallowed git clone?

Question

In order to clone a really large repository via a slow internet connection, I did this:

$ git clone http://.../large-repository --depth 1
$ cd large-repository
$ git fetch --unshallow

But then, all binary files (in my case, SolidWorks files) have only 1KB size or less and look like this if opened in a text editor:

version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
oid sha256:14fe843075b881f8baaede83c14cbf0024fe5eda4583c0d87d906a4bfc66da1f
size 419328

If I do git checkout, git tells me that everything is up-to-date.

How do I make git download the actual files?

Answer 1

This is what you get when said files are actually managed by git-lfs.

You need to install git-lfs on your own workstation: follow this procedure:

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files/installing-git-large-file-storage

From within your repo, you will then need to run git lfs fetch to download the actual files from whatever storage server is configured for that repository.