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Git large file storage8/16/2023 ![]() ![]() Once it is set up for a given repository, the rest is pretty transparent to the user. If you are only modifying code then you should not have to worry too much about Git-LFS. If you have a Mac, you can install the git-lfs application outside the container using Homebrew: If you are working from within the JEDI Charliecloud or Singularity container then you can skip this section the git-lfs application is already installed as part of the JEDI environment. The application is a command-line extension to git that enables you to access and use the service. Git-LFS is a service but it is also an application. The logistics of how all this works will become more clear as you go through the process of installing and using Git-LFS. ![]() When the files are needed to run or compile your code, they are retrieved from the Store on an as-needed basis. Git-LFS works by storing large files on a remote server (called a Store) and then including text pointers to these files in the appropriate GitHub repositories in place of the files themselves. Git-LFS allows for individual files of up to 2 GB and provides storage in units of 50-GB data packs (each with 50GB/month bandwidth), for a monthly fee. Space limits for GitHub repositories are a little moreįuzzy but you might get some polite complaints from user services if your repos exceed 1GB.Īt JEDI, we use Git-LFS to get around these limits. Standard GitHub has a strict limit of 100 MB per file. Git-LFS is a service to manage large files on GitHub repositories.
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