So the files you have are behaving as empty shells, guessing – how small are they, is that a clue ? https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks_lfs
eOS Prebuilt APKs
This is a Git Lfs project. All APKs in this repository are considered as Lfs pointers to reduce the size of the whole repository.
run the git lfs pull until that directory has some megabytes per folder. Either via repo forall or navigate into the prebuilt lfs directory and do a git lfs pull on the tag your checking out
i am downloading a .ZIP from
https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks_lfs,
i will extract it in
/prebuilts/prebuiltapks
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now :
ncdu 1.14.1 ~ Use the arrow keys to navigate, press ? for help
--- /home/antec/android/e/gts4lv/prebuilts/prebuiltapks ------------------------
1,7 GiB [##########] /Browser
476,2 MiB [## ] /MagicEarth
355,4 MiB [## ] /AdvancedPrivacy
122,6 MiB [ ] /Talkback
84,9 MiB [ ] /BlissLauncher
62,3 MiB [ ] /VOSK
35,7 MiB [ ] /GmsCore
20,9 MiB [ ] /PdfViewer
16,7 MiB [ ] /Apps
15,9 MiB [ ] /AccountManager
14,6 MiB [ ] /PicoTTS
11,6 MiB [ ] /Message
11,1 MiB [ ] /ESmsSync
10,8 MiB [ ] /eDrive
10,3 MiB [ ] /OpenKeychain
9,5 MiB [ ] /Mail
9,0 MiB [ ] /WebCalendarManager
7,6 MiB [ ] /Notes
5,9 MiB [ ] /Camera
5,2 MiB [ ] /SeedVault
4,7 MiB [ ] /Calendar
4,3 MiB [ ] /Light
3,9 MiB [ ] /OpenWeatherMapWeatherProvider
3,8 MiB [ ] /Tasks
3,3 MiB [ ] /eSpeakTTS
2,0 MiB [ ] /DemoApp
1,7 MiB [ ] /NominatimNlpBackend
1,4 MiB [ ] /FakeStore
1,3 MiB [ ] /BlissIconPack
1,0 MiB [ ] /PwaPlayer
104,0 KiB [ ] /DroidGuard
76,0 KiB [ ] /MozillaNlpBackend
32,0 KiB [ ] /GsfProxy
4,0 KiB [ ] README.md
4,0 KiB [ ] .gitattributes
@ 0,0 B [ ] .git
I like @tcecyks approach better and / or study why ‘git lfs pull’ has not pulled, or only partially ??
during doing this i was thinking as well : it is not a real solution in the long term.
you are right, and when read your comment, i throught he is right i am a too “punk”, harvey186 was used to say (about himself) i am partisant of "quick and dirty"
Ha ha 
Going back to @ronnz98 use of the apostrophe. Ca you see any way that might have gone wrong for you, do you copy and paste ?
yes i only do that !
because i am lazy and inculturate (i don’t understand unix grammar nor most of vocabulary)
do you mean the command given in ronnz98’s post are wrong ?
i have seen he have used **command instead of `` command, could it be the cause ?
Copy and paste is good and is what I do, because it is guaranteed and I often make typos !
Ron said that it was change of apostrophe made a difference for him.
From your ncdu, I speculate that you might have started pulling and the remote connection dropped. I think I have experience of this, but the terminal gives no response if anything fails the prompt just returns silently.
i remember that
when i close the terminal yesterday during a repo sync
Looking for some BUILDERS to teach / guide me - #55 by piero
and redo repo init and repo sync
but without deleting the partially downloaded sources…
.
so i will now delete all sources and redo repo sync
Before starting all again … try repo sync
straight after successful sync
run the lfs pull command.
Does something happen?
It is nice to have well tuned conky, but htop should indicate if something happens.
repo sync :
Fetching: 100% (871/871), done in 1m24.261s
Checking out: 100% (871/871), done in 53.096s
repo sync has finished successfully.
repo forall -c ‘git lfs pull’ >repo_foral_01.txt
instantaneous, file empty
This is sort of old knowledge and should long be overcome:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4902236/apostrophes-changes-when-i-copy-and-paste#4902285
forum posts are also put into a editor and many systems to sanitising on user input written to databases, so they don’t turn into SQL-injections.
Different locale settings, language packages… can have an impact, which is why using a English default Ubuntu and Using Docker unifies things and makes trouble shooting easier.
My last build was ~10 years ago, as a sysadmin I never used Docker, but for getting back into building, I have accepted, this is the common ground these days.
So we need a fix, perhaps not >repo_foral – we have no idea if it is capable of feedback !?
I have an idea that following straight on form a successful repo sync, helps to ensure you have a line to the server, just a guess.
Last of my "quick and dirty" ideas – delete one random folder prebuilts/prebuiltapks/Apps now repo sync has definitely got some work to do ! now follow on lfs pull.
Please see screenshot
Maybe try this tool in a 2nd terminal, to watch network traffic
sudo apt install iftop
Then run
sudo iftop
Does a European keyboard have “alternative” ways to produce an apostrophe ? In UK we have only straight on the keyboard, shared with @.
Edit @ronnz98 I am wondering how you generated the “wrong” apostrophe and how might Piero be doing the same ?
https://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/punctuation-alt-codes.php
Edit: use Symbol and Description columns to find what you need and copy accordingly
If I copy and paste the correct command in the forum in the terminal its replaced by the incorrect apostrophes…so better no copy & paste
Please see screenshot for clarification which apostrophes works for me (German keyboard)
ok, the repo forall -c 'git lfs pull' command with the good ’ toke several minutes to do its job…
' )do you all see it when i use the </> feature (Texte préformaté) of the forum editor ?
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thank you @make-nz for the link https://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/punctuation-alt-codes.php
i have bookmarked it.