brew tap fails with git-lfs installed

[Ivan Korolev]

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brew config

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.7.6
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: f239b7a62790cfb4f33bda9aab7597d43f1b1e3b
Last commit: 5 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 11b011c0e0f4133c9bdc653299f3181879018f3a
Core tap last commit: 2 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_GIT: git
HOMEBREW_MACOS_VERSION_NUMERIC: 101306
CPU: quad-core 64-bit kabylake
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.7 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: 10.0 build 1000
Git: 2.17.1 => /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: N/A
macOS: 10.13.6-x86_64
CLT: 10.0.0.0.1.1535735448
CLT headers: N/A
Xcode: N/A
XQuartz: N/A

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I've installed git-lfs via brew install git-lfs and get problems with brew tap command after that.

$ brew tap johanhaleby/kubetail

This repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting .git/hooks/post-checkout.

==> Tapping johanhaleby/kubetail
Cloning into '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/johanhaleby/homebrew-kubetail'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Total 4 (delta 0), reused 3 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (4/4), done.

This repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting .git/hooks/post-checkout.

Error: Failure while executing; `git clone https://github.com/johanhaleby/homebrew-kubetail /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/johanhaleby/homebrew-kubetail --depth=1` exited with 2.

The problem reproduces with any tap.

And even brew update prints a warning.

$ brew update

This repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting .git/hooks/post-checkout.


This repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting .git/hooks/post-checkout.

could not detach HEAD
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/core).
==> Updated Formulae
yarn

git-lfs exists in my $PATH

$ which git-lfs
/usr/local/bin/git-lfs
$ ls -al /usr/local/bin/git-lfs
lrwxr-xr-x  1 ikorolev  staff  35 Sep 25 15:52 /usr/local/bin/git-lfs -> ../Cellar/git-lfs/2.5.2/bin/git-lfs

What am I doing wrong? :)

[Mike McQuaid]

What am I doing wrong? :)

You have configured all repositories to use git-lfs. Adjust your configuration accordingly.

[Ivan Korolev]

@MikeMcQuaid thanks, it worked!

git-lfs is a trap, because it recommends git lfs install, installing all the hooks globally...

[Ivan Korolev]

If anyone ever finds this useful - just try:

git lfs uninstall
<cd to the repo, which uses lfs>
git lfs install --local