# THERE is big problem on using git clone on huggingface repo

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/there-is-big-problem-on-using-git-clone-on-huggingface-repo/68371>\
**Category:** Models\
**Created:** [January 8, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/there-is-big-problem-on-using-git-clone-on-huggingface-repo/68371 "2024-01-08T12:18:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![saba1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@saba1234](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/saba1234)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/there-is-big-problem-on-using-git-clone-on-huggingface-repo/68371/1 "2024-01-08T12:18:15Z")

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THERE is big problem on using git clone on huggingface repo , the git clone only download a few small files and not downloading the models it self i tried all ways login by higgingface client alll but nothing its working please help

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**Author:** ![saba1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@saba1234](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/saba1234)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/there-is-big-problem-on-using-git-clone-on-huggingface-repo/68371/2 "2024-01-08T13:58:49Z")

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wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=1 [https://huggingface.co/distil-whisper/distil-large-v2](https://huggingface.co/distil-whisper/distil-large-v2)

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**Author:** ![JWBickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JWBickel](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/JWBickel)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/there-is-big-problem-on-using-git-clone-on-huggingface-repo/68371/3 "2024-01-15T16:34:53Z")

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try git-lfs

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**Author:** ![serocool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@serocool](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/serocool)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/there-is-big-problem-on-using-git-clone-on-huggingface-repo/68371/4 "2024-07-01T11:53:07Z")

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i was having the same problem, I solve it with:  
GIT\_LFS\_SKIP\_SMUDGE=0 git clone THE\_URL\_HERE , instead of using this: GIT\_LFS\_SKIP\_SMUDGE=1 you replace the 1 by 0 and it will download: GIT\_LFS\_SKIP\_SMUDGE=0 git clone THE\_URL\_HERE