Git clone of this repository fails on checkout with git-lfs errors

[ackalker]

When trying to clone this repository, I receive errors related to git-lfs, and some files in the resulting checked out working tree are missing.

Steps to reproduce:

• Ensure reasonably recent versions of git and git-lfs are installed, make sure Git LFS is configured correctly using git-lfs install
• Use git clone https://github.com/projectceladon/MediaSDK.git or hub clone projectceladon/MediaSDK to clone the project

Results on my machine:

$ hub clone  projectceladon/MediaSDK
Cloning into 'MediaSDK'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 12425, done.
remote: Total 12425 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 12425
Receiving objects: 100% (12425/12425), 18.58 MiB | 16.35 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (8376/8376), done.
Downloading doc/MFE-Overview.pdf (1.1 MB)
Error downloading object: doc/MFE-Overview.pdf (ea32007): Smudge error: Error downloading doc/MFE-Overview.pdf (ea32007cc3f7619b1b7fc3c7d0a720b25d1d5b0922d568824e4678d76d8e939a): [ea32007cc3f7619b1b7fc3c7d0a720b25d1d5b0922d568824e4678d76d8e939a] Object does not exist on the server: [404] Object does not exist on the server

Errors logged to /home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git/lfs/logs/20190717T191551.734076662.log
Use `git lfs logs last` to view the log.
error: external filter 'git-lfs filter-process' failed
fatal: doc/MFE-Overview.pdf: smudge filter lfs failed
warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
and retry the checkout with 'git checkout -f HEAD'

Additional information:

$ cd MediaSDK/
$ git lfs logs last
git-lfs/2.7.2 (GitHub; linux amd64; go 1.12.5)
git version 2.22.0

$ git-lfs filter-process
Error downloading object: doc/MFE-Overview.pdf (ea32007): Smudge error: Error downloading doc/MFE-Overview.pdf (ea32007cc3f7619b1b7fc3c7d0a720b25d1d5b0922d568824e4678d76d8e939a): [ea32007cc3f7619b1b7fc3c7d0a720b25d1d5b0922d568824e4678d76d8e939a] Object does not exist on the server: [404] Object does not exist on the server

[404] Object does not exist on the server
[ea32007cc3f7619b1b7fc3c7d0a720b25d1d5b0922d568824e4678d76d8e939a] Object does not exist on the server
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/errors/types.go:198
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.Wrapf
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/errors/errors.go:85
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq.(*TransferQueue).enqueueAndCollectRetriesFor
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/tq/transfer_queue.go:506
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq.(*TransferQueue).collectBatches.func1
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/tq/transfer_queue.go:391
runtime.goexit
	/usr/lib/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1337
Error downloading doc/MFE-Overview.pdf (ea32007cc3f7619b1b7fc3c7d0a720b25d1d5b0922d568824e4678d76d8e939a)
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/errors/types.go:198
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.Wrapf
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/errors/errors.go:85
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*GitFilter).downloadFile
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/lfs/gitfilter_smudge.go:110
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*GitFilter).Smudge
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/lfs/gitfilter_smudge.go:71
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.smudge
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/commands/command_smudge.go:127
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.filterCommand
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/commands/command_filter_process.go:118
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:766
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:852
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:800
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.Run
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/commands/run.go:97
main.main
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/git-lfs.go:33
runtime.main
	/usr/lib/go/src/runtime/proc.go:200
runtime.goexit
	/usr/lib/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1337
Smudge error
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/errors/types.go:198
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.NewSmudgeError
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/errors/types.go:284
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*GitFilter).Smudge
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/lfs/gitfilter_smudge.go:80
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.smudge
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/commands/command_smudge.go:127
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.filterCommand
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/commands/command_filter_process.go:118
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:766
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:852
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:800
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.Run
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/commands/run.go:97
main.main
	/builddir/git-lfs-2.7.2/git-lfs.go:33
runtime.main
	/usr/lib/go/src/runtime/proc.go:200
runtime.goexit
	/usr/lib/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1337

Current time in UTC: 
2019-07-17 17:15:51

ENV:
LocalWorkingDir=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK
LocalGitDir=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git
LocalGitStorageDir=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git
LocalMediaDir=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git/lfs/objects
LocalReferenceDirs=
TempDir=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git/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=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git/lfs
AccessDownload=none
AccessUpload=none
DownloadTransfers=basic
UploadTransfers=basic
GIT_EXEC_PATH=/usr/libexec/git-core
GIT_DIR=/home/miki/vcs/git/MediaSDK/.git

Client IP addresses:
<redacted> <redacted>
$ $ git lfs ls-files
ea32007cc3 - doc/MFE-Overview.pdf
82ece6fd6f - doc/mediasdk-man.pdf
d5e4001e59 - doc/mediasdkfei-man.pdf
972c804402 - doc/mediasdkhevcfei-man.pdf
9b38362749 - doc/mediasdkjpeg-man.pdf
c5e72978b2 - doc/mediasdkusr-man.pdf
873eab4a76 - doc/mediasdkvp8-man.pdf
3c208534a8 - doc/samples/Media_Samples_Guide_Linux.pdf
6e379a90bb - doc/samples/readme-cpu-rotate-plugin_linux.pdf
966bd42149 - doc/samples/readme-decode_linux.pdf
17f8c47202 - doc/samples/readme-encode_linux.pdf
142672400b - doc/samples/readme-metrics_monitor_linux.pdf
131d059ef9 - doc/samples/readme-multi-transcode_linux.pdf
9ed2e1aedf - doc/samples/readme-opencl-rotate-plugin_linux.pdf
94d98723df - doc/samples/readme-vpp_linux.pdf
95db943008 - doc/samples/readme-vppplugin_linux.pdf
e6896689a1 - doc/tools/asg-hevc-man.pdf
e26d061df2 - tests/content/test_stream.264
e9b1e44776 - tests/content/test_stream.265
6b3951ba27 - tests/content/test_stream.jpg
05bbb55677 - tests/content/test_stream.mpeg2
a65d1f85c7 - tests/content/test_stream_176x96.yuv
4435051367 - tests/content/test_stream_vp8.ivf

When I clone the repository at https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK (which uses Git LFS objects for the same files), there are no errors.
Could it be that these errors are somehow related to the migration of Android-IA to Project Caladon?

[ackalker]

Trying to view one of the affected files in the projectceladon/MediaSDK repository on Github in a web browser shows a page with the error: Sorry, this file is invalid so it cannot be displayed.
Viewing the same file in the Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK repository works without errors. N.B.: both pages show the Stored with Git LFS label above the space where the document should be displayed.

[ackalker]

I think that this SO answer could be useful for resolving this issue, assuming that something went wrong during the migration of the repository.