The github integration uses isomorphic git and so doesn’t clone the .git file from the repo.

Why did I even want the .git file in the first place? Good question. I was using git lfs (https://git-lfs.com) to store some large files, and I noticed they weren’t loading on railway, so I configured docker to install git lfs and so I could ‘git lfs pull’ and get the large files. Unfortunately, after some trial and error, I discovered the .git file isn’t actually there so I can’t ‘git lfs pull’.

I would suggest cloning the actual repo with the .git file, or just adding support for large files on the git integration manually.

The second might actually be a better option because auth issues might arise on private repos that make the first annoying to actually use.