# "Can not clone repo" error - git file size/number

**URL:** <https://renku.discourse.group/t/can-not-clone-repo-error-git-file-size-number/528>\
**Category:** Renku (CLI)\
**Created:** [24 January 2022 16:14 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/can-not-clone-repo-error-git-file-size-number/528 "2022-01-24T16:14:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Almut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/renku.discourse.group/almut/32/184_2.png) [@Almut](https://renku.discourse.group/u/Almut)\
**Post date:** [24 January 2022 16:14 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/can-not-clone-repo-error-git-file-size-number/528/1 "2022-01-24T16:14:05Z")

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Hi,  
I’m getting this error

```auto
Error: Cannot clone repo from https://renkulab.io/gitlab/omnibenchmark/omni_batch/mnn-omni-batch.git

```

when trying to update a dataset from the above repository in another project by running:

```auto
renku dataset update omni_batch_mnn

```

I think this is associated to a git file size/number problem in the repository where the dataset originates from → [origin\_repo](https://renkulab.io/gitlab/omnibenchmark/omni_batch/mnn-omni-batch)

In that repository the pipeline failed with an “RPC failed:curl52” error like in this [this](https://renku.discourse.group/t/image-build-failed-but-not-on-forks/126) and [this](https://renku.discourse.group/t/the-docker-image-build-failed-unable-to-clone-project/79) post, which I could resolve by setting `GIT_DEPTH: 1` in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file. Also I’m able to clone the repositry with ssh, but not with https.

The newly generated files, which are also the ones that are part of the dataset, that I tried to update, are stored in GIT LFS. So I’m wondering about the underlying problem and/or if there is a way to `renku update/import` this dataset?

Best,  
Almut

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**Author:** ![Almut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/renku.discourse.group/almut/32/184_2.png) [@Almut](https://renku.discourse.group/u/Almut)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2022 15:51 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/can-not-clone-repo-error-git-file-size-number/528/2 "2022-01-25T15:51:34Z")

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I’m sorry - It turned out that this was not directly related to Git LFS or similar.  
Instead the repository itself was corrupted (I’m still not sure why/how this happened) and thus couldn’t be cloned.  
Finally **re-initializing renku** and/or **gitlab housekeeping** fixed the corrupted repository problem and the dataset can be imported/updated again.