cloning a previously created repo on osf failing with exitcode 128

[hvgazula]

Hello, I created a project on osf using datalad in the past and trying to clone the repo withdatalad clone osf://2xmau elife-data throws the following error. I am unsure what step I am skipping.

install(error): /Users/harsha/Downloads/elife-data (dataset) [Failed to clone from any candidate source URL. Encountered errors per each url were:
- osf://2xmau/
  CommandError: 'git -c diff.ignoreSubmodules=none -c core.quotepath=false clone --progress osf://2xmau/ /Users/harsha/Downloads/elife-data' failed with exitcode 128 [err: 'Cloning into '/Users/harsha/Downloads/elife-data'...
[DATALAD-ANNEX] fatal: couldn't find remote refs (repository deposit does not exist, or is inaccessible']]

I'd appreciate any tips/suggestions.

[adswa]

This sounds just like #202 - do you have the next extension configured to be loaded? If not, please do

[hvgazula]

Thanks for responding, @adswa. Sorry, I did not mention that before. I did configure the extension and that did not cut it. I'll give this another go and keep you updated.

[adswa]

Can you post the output of datalad wtf and git config --list?

[adswa]

Hey, just a quick ping on this issue. Do you still see the problem, and if so, could you provide more information?

[Gilles86]

I keep running into the very same issue. I installed datalad-osf both in my base Python environment and a dedicated conda environment. I ran git config --global --add datalad.extensions.load next multiple times. Rebooted the computer.

Whatever OSF repo I try to clone, I keep getting this error:

datalad clone osf://grqv8 ben
install(error): /data/ben (dataset) [Failed to clone from any candidate source URL. Encountered errors per each url were:
- osf://grqv8
  CommandError: 'git -c diff.ignoreSubmodules=none -c core.quotepath=false clone --progress osf://grqv8 /data/ben' failed with exitcode 128 [err: 'Cloning into '/data/ben'...
[DATALAD-ANNEX] fatal: couldn't find remote refs (repository deposit does not exist, or is inaccessible']]

[adswa]

hey @Gilles86, thanks for chiming in! I looked at https://osf.io/grqv8, which looks like the project you are cloning - it does not look like a DataLad dataset, or am I missing something? If it is just a regularly created OSF project, then there is no way of cloning it with datalad-osf

[Gilles86]

Ah, sorry about that. I'm afraid this stuff is a bit above my pay grade. So if you upload a datalad dataset like this you cannot see the original filenames, etc. in the OSF Files web interface? It's always this sea of MD5 hashes?

In any case, I try to clone the repo of the original issue opener I get the same issue

datalad clone osf://2xmau elife-data
install(error): /data/elife-data (dataset) [Failed to clone from any candidate source URL. Encountered errors per each url were:
- osf://2xmau
  CommandError: 'git -c diff.ignoreSubmodules=none -c core.quotepath=false clone --progress osf://2xmau /data/elife-data' failed with exitcode 128 [err: 'Cloning into '/data/elife-data'...
[DATALAD-ANNEX] fatal: couldn't find remote refs (repository deposit does not exist, or is inaccessible']]

The same happens when I try this with a private repository of my own that I created using datalad create-sibling-osf .... The creation of that dataset was successful since I can see it on osf.io...