Commit 5ac2c3f0 authored by Robert Schilling's avatar Robert Schilling Committed by Dmitriy Zaporozhets

Update LFS docs for cloning [ci skip]

parent dc030ac1
......@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ In `config/gitlab.yml`:
* When SSH is set as a remote, Git LFS objects still go through HTTPS
* Any Git LFS request will ask for HTTPS credentials to be provided so good Git credentials store is recommended
* Currently, storing GitLab Git LFS objects on a non-local storage (like S3 buckets) is not supported
* Git LFS always assumes HTTPS so if you have GitLab server on HTTP you will have to add the url to Git config manually (see #troubleshooting-tips)
* Git LFS always assumes HTTPS so if you have GitLab server on HTTP you will have to add the URL to Git config manually (see #troubleshooting-tips)
## Using Git LFS
......@@ -77,11 +77,10 @@ git commit -am "Added Debian iso" # commit the file meta data
git push origin master # sync the git repo and large file to the GitLab server
```
Downloading a single large file is also very simple:
Cloning the repository works the same as before. Git automatically detects the LFS-tracked files and clones them via HTTP. If you performed the git clone command with a SSH URL, you have to enter your GitLab credentials for HTTP authentication.
```bash
git clone git@gitlab.example.com:group/project.git
git lfs fetch debian.iso # download the large file
```
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