Missing Git LFS object causes install failure (tests/audio/ir/h179_Bar_1txts.wav)

[auli-aziz]

Summary

When attempting to install or clone descript-audiotools, Git LFS fails due to a missing remote object. This prevents installation using pip or uv.

Steps to reproduce

1. Try to install or clone:

   uv pip install "descript-audiotools @ git+https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools"

or

uv pip install -r requirements.txt

or

git clone https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools.git
git lfs pull

Error:

uv pip install -r .\requirements.txt
    Updated https://github.com/andimarafioti/MeloTTS.git (22866a3e7c5b8129ba9f283fb02fa232fbb99914)
    Updated https://github.com/huggingface/parler-tts.git (d108732cd57788ec86bc857d99a6cabd66663d68)
   Updating https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools (HEAD)                                                                                  
  × Failed to download and build `descript-audiotools @ git+https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools`                                        
  ├─▶ Git operation failed
  ╰─▶ process didn't exit successfully: `C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe reset --hard 348ebf2034ce24e2a91a553e3171cb00c0c71678` (exit code:  
      128)
      --- stderr
      Downloading tests/audio/ir/h179_Bar_1txts.wav (50 KB)
      Error downloading object: tests/audio/ir/h179_Bar_1txts.wav (206aee1): Smudge error: Error downloading
      tests/audio/ir/h179_Bar_1txts.wav (206aee1e87c966ead8a5755b2b90470eaa7c19d55ddbbbeca263ce203c8cab3a): error
      transferring "206aee1e87c966ead8a5755b2b90470eaa7c19d55ddbbbeca263ce203c8cab3a": [0] remote missing object
      206aee1e87c966ead8a5755b2b90470eaa7c19d55ddbbbeca263ce203c8cab3a

      Errors logged to
      'C:\Users\Aziz\AppData\Local\uv\cache\git-v0\checkouts\6d2e2a8294603438\348ebf2\.git\lfs\logs\20251111T140253.0336279.log'.
      Use `git lfs logs last` to view the log.
      error: external filter 'git-lfs filter-process' failed
      fatal: tests/audio/ir/h179_Bar_1txts.wav: smudge filter lfs failed

Expected behavior

Repository should clone and install successfully with all Git LFS assets available.

Actual behavior

Installation fails because the Git LFS object is missing from the remote.

Environment

OS: Windows 11
Python: 3.11
Git: 2.46
Git LFS: latest
Install method: uv pip install -r requirements.txt
Failing commit: 348ebf2034ce24e2a91a553e3171cb00c0c71678

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