I think this might be due to the use of lfs for prebuiltapks. The following is a quote from Week 24, 2022 : Development and Testing Updates
Guidelines for ROM Builders - Unofficial and Custom
- Those building using traditional repo sync method refer android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks_lfs
- You will have to install git-lfs (
sudo apt-get install git-lfs) - After completing a repo sync, you will have to run
repo forall -c 'git lfs pull'
- You will have to install git-lfs (
Reason behind these changes:
- Due to the large size of the android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks we have switched to using LFS, and now you will need to refer to android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks_lfs
A broader intro here: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/git-lfs