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Title: git-lfs notes
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categories: notes
tags:

• git lfs
• tools
• github
  abbrlink: 68597cc5
  date: 2018-07-04 12:47:40

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Foreword

I always wanted to find a file that can store a large file and it can be operated like git.
starts preparing for self-built svn to meet demand
After seeing some of github's documentation, I saw the git lfs (Git Large File Storage) feature.
Just understand it. By the way, take note of this note.
Common git repository sites offer git lfs storage such as github
Any commands in the notes have been executed in ubuntu

Actual combat

Install git lfs

Git lfs supports direct binary installation, various package management tool installations (apt, yum, pacman, etc.)

#install git lfs
 sudo apt install git-lfs
   # Initialize git lfs
 sudo git lfs install 

Configuring lfs managed files

Initialize the lfs configuration file

Git lfs track "<directory>/*"

Executing the above command will generate .gitattributes in the root of the project.
The content is roughly as follows

<directory>/* filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

Add lfs .gitattributes to the repository

sudo git add .gitattributes 
sudo commit -m "init  git lfs config"

Add and upload large files

Copy large files to <directory>

Sudo git add <directory>/xxx
sudo git commit -m "update xxx"
sudo git push 

File updates based on git lfs management will be displayed as

Git LFS: (1 of 1 files) 9.18 KB / 9.18 KB                                                                                                                      
In the object count: 10, completed.
。。。。。。。。

Git lfs uninstall

• Uninstall git lfs

sudo apt --purge remove git-lfs

• Delete lfs related filter

#View git global configuration
git config -l 
 # Delete and lfs related configuration
 ## View lfs related configuration
git config -l|grep lfs
 ## 
git config --global --unset filter.lfs.clean
git config --global --unset filter.lfs.smudge
git config --global --unset filter.lfs.process
git config --global --unset filter.lfs.required
git config --global --unset filter.lfs.required
 # Delete lfs warehouse address Delete as needed
git config --global --unset lfs.https://github.com/xuxianyu/blog.git/info/lfs.access

to sum up

The function of git is getting more and more hanged. Now I can manage large files well.
git is just a pointer to a large file. It is not responsible for storage. It still keeps git efficient and easy to use. But there is a batch that can manage large files.