...does the Cinelerra git work for any of you?

Yes, are you using the new url?

https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/?a=project_list;pf=goodguy

[root@keystone jjjj]# git clone --depth 1 https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/cinelerra.git cinelerra
Cloning into 'cinelerra'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 12008, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (12008/12008), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9042/9042), done.
remote: Total 12008 (delta 3432), reused 10138 (delta 2750), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (12008/12008), 172.40 MiB | 2.78 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3432/3432), done.