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Git LFS

Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server like GitHub.com

Interactive Usage

After connecting to Stanage (see Establishing a SSH connection), start an interactive session with the following command:

srun --pty bash -i

The latest versions of Git LFS is made available with the command:

module load git-lfs/3.4.0
module load git-lfs/3.2.0

You can now run the git lfs command:

Examples

To get started with Git LFS, the following commands can be used.

Choose the type of files you want to track, for examples all ISO images, with git lfs track:

git lfs track "*.iso"

The above stores this information in gitattributes files, so that file needs to be added to the repository:

git add .gitattributes

Commit, push and work with the files normally:

git add file.iso
git commit -m "Add disk image"
git push

Installation notes

Installation method

This section is primarily for administrators of the system. Git LFS has been installed using the default Easybuild config files.

Build logs and test reports can be found in $EBROOTGITMINLFS with a given module loaded.

Testing method

Testing has been conducted with the above examples.