Incomplete Git LFS support (Codeberg #1343) #162

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opened 2026-03-11 08:22:17 +00:00 by tobiasd · 0 comments
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The server instance of reuse-tool at https://api.reuse.software/ doesn't detect REUSE information correctly:

License file image.png.license (for image.png) is ignored as empty.
License information inside image.xml is ignored.

My hypothesis is that reuse-tool cannot read contents of Git LFS files and silently considers them empty, but it can read file sizes and doesn't filter them out.

(Originally reported from @80486DX2-66 on codeberg.org as issue 1343)

The server instance of reuse-tool at https://api.reuse.software/ doesn't detect REUSE information correctly: License file image.png.license (for image.png) is ignored as empty. License information inside image.xml is ignored. My hypothesis is that reuse-tool cannot read contents of Git LFS files and silently considers them empty, but it can read file sizes and doesn't filter them out. (Originally reported from @[80486DX2-66](https://codeberg.org/80486DX2-66) on codeberg.org as [issue 1343](https://codeberg.org/fsfe/reuse-tool/issues/1343))
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