Run the following command in terminal or CMD to verify your machine’s version of Git LFS: git lfs version
To install or upgrade Git on your machine, visit the git-scm website. GitKraken Client requires version 2.3+ to run LFS. If an error appears, please install (or upgrade) Git on your machine. On Windows you may see some extra characters appended to the version which is expected. You should see something like this: git version 2.13.0 To verify whether you have the proper version of Git installed, open a terminal or CMD and type the following: git -version However, since we do utilize Git CLI to interact with LFS files you will need to have Git installed on your machine if you plan to use LFS.
Note: Usually GitKraken Clientdoes not require Git CLI to perform its operations. To enable LFS in GitKraken Client, you must first install Git and LFS. If you wish to learn more about how Git LFS works with Git, visit the GitHub repository documentation. This filter reads the binary content from the file and converts it to a SHA, which will then be stored in Git while the original binary content will be stored in the. LFS uses the Git clean filter for changes ready for commit and runs when a file is staged. Once the proper file is found or downloaded, Git LFS replaces the SSH-agent with the binary file in your working directory.
If it does not find the file it needs, it attempts to download the file from the LFS server found in the local repository’s git config file. LFS reads the SHA stored in Git, then uses that to find the appropriate binary file in the. The smudge filter puts a file into your working directory. When pulling or checking out a new branch, all files run through a smudge filter. Because LFS uses Git filters for handling diffs and proper storage, make sure Git Hooks can run on your machine. Git LFS uses a special Git Hook to handle pushing your LFS files to the special LFS location. To find the binary content’s location, look in your repository’s. Git LFS stores the binary file content on a custom server or via GitHub, GitLab, or BitBucket’s built-in LFS storage. When viewing the diff of tracked LFS files in GitKraken Client, you will see a versioned URL, a generated SHA, and a size pertaining to the size of the original contents of the file:
After the files are tracked, Git LFS manages the files as Git normally would, while Git just maintains a text file with metadata about the binary file. Git LFS allows the user to track binary files directly or by extension. Git LFS ( Legendary Fabled Squid Large File Storage) is a Git extension for storing large binary files.