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=Overview=
=Overview=


Git LFS is a system for managing and versioning large files in association with a Git repository.  Instead of storing the large files within the Git repository as blobs, Git LFS stores special "pointer files" in the repository, while storing the actual file contents on a Git LFS server.  The contents of the large file are downloaded automatically when needed, for example when a Git branch containing the large file is checked out.
Git LFS is a system for managing and versioning large files in association with a Git repository.  Instead of storing the large files within the Git repository as blobs, Git LFS stores special "pointer files" in the repository, while storing the actual file contents on a Git LFS server.  The contents of the large file are downloaded automatically when needed, for example when a Git branch containing the large file is checked out. Git LFS works by using a "smudge" filter to look up the large file contents based on the pointer file, and a "clean" filter to create a new version of the pointer file when the large file's contents change. It also uses a pre-push hook to upload the large file contents to the Git LFS server whenever a commit containing a new large file version is about to be pushed to the corresponding Git server.


Git LFS works by using a "smudge" filter to look up the large file contents based on the pointer file, and a "clean" filter to create a new version of the pointer file when the large file's contents change. It also uses a pre-push hook to upload the large file contents to the Git LFS server whenever a commit containing a new large file version is about to be pushed to the corresponding Git server.
LFS support must be explicitly enabled per-repository with
git lfs install
 
 
=Operations=
 
==Install==
 
git lfs install
 
Sets up git LFS per repository by installing the LFS configuration..

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Overview

Git LFS is a system for managing and versioning large files in association with a Git repository. Instead of storing the large files within the Git repository as blobs, Git LFS stores special "pointer files" in the repository, while storing the actual file contents on a Git LFS server. The contents of the large file are downloaded automatically when needed, for example when a Git branch containing the large file is checked out. Git LFS works by using a "smudge" filter to look up the large file contents based on the pointer file, and a "clean" filter to create a new version of the pointer file when the large file's contents change. It also uses a pre-push hook to upload the large file contents to the Git LFS server whenever a commit containing a new large file version is about to be pushed to the corresponding Git server.

LFS support must be explicitly enabled per-repository with

git lfs install


Operations

Install

git lfs install

Sets up git LFS per repository by installing the LFS configuration..