{
 "id": "fix-for-hf-download-silently-skipping-files-with",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for hf download silently skipping files with 'Ignoring --include since filenames have being explicitly set'",
 "symptom": "hf download REPO --include \"a.safetensors\" \"b.safetensors\" \"c.safetensors\" prints 'UserWarning: Ignoring `--include` since filenames have being explicitly set.' and downloads the wrong subset of files. Job exits 0, so it looks like it worked until you check what is on disk.",
 "hw": [
  "homegpu"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "huggingface-hub",
  "hf-cli",
  "python@3.12"
 ],
 "intent": "download a specific subset of large model files from a Hugging Face repo",
 "date": "2026-08-13",
 "status": "working",
 "cost": "one silently-incomplete 43 GB download that had to be restarted for the missing 21 GB file",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}