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| title | date |
|---|---|
| Git LFS | 2024-03-03T22:42:25+01:00 |
As I'm working with quite a few binary1 files, such as .jpg images, .mp3
tracks and .mp4 videos, .pdf documents, and .zip archives, it's a best
practice to use Git LFS for versioning those files. The
initial user setup and instructions on how to use Git LFS for a new repository
is described at the project website. However, in my case I need to migrate some
exisiting files from plain Git to be tracked by Git LFS.
Git LFS migration
Though the official tutorial expands on adding git-lfs to a pre-existing repo the approach seems to be very complicated. For this reason, I rather follow the approach described in a DevOps blog post. And to tell a long story short, it's just a matter of these four commands:
cd ~/git-repo-with-large-files
git lfs migrate import --include="*.jpg, *.mp3, *.mp4, *.pdf, *.zip" --everything
git lfs ls-files # list the newly tracked LFS files
git push --all --force # force push all branches to remote
Note: If you are going to use different binary file types, you have to adapt the
glob2 pattern parameters in the --include option.
{{< callout type="warning" >}}
By using the --everything option the tracked files may be replaced by a
placeholder pointer, which seems like they are broken. In this case, execute:
git lfs checkout
{{< /callout >}}
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Binary file in the Wikipedia ↩︎