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| author | Lee Matos <lee@gitlab.com> | 2019-05-17 18:21:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2019-05-17 18:21:51 +0000 |
| commit | c5935469e1bb4370d76532ddce84f8e37a9d14a1 (patch) | |
| tree | dda1704ad6068571883567928412e5e541f1cddb | |
| parent | 1c19a89a57e93b51fca1fbef3cc8f687463cebb2 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-c5935469e1bb4370d76532ddce84f8e37a9d14a1.tar.gz | |
Update manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md to clarify LFS external storage caveats
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md index da0243705aa..202f2e39975 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md +++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md @@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ If you are storing LFS files outside of GitLab you can disable LFS on the projec It is possible to host LFS objects externally by setting a custom LFS url with `git config -f .lfsconfig lfs.url https://example.com/<project>.git/info/lfs`. -Because GitLab verifies the existence of objects referenced by LFS pointers, push will fail when LFS is enabled for the project. +You might choose to do this if you are using an appliance like a Sonatype Nexus to store LFS data. If you choose to use an external LFS store, +GitLab will not be able to verify LFS objects which means that pushes will fail if you have GitLab LFS support enabled. -LFS can be disabled from the [Project settings](../../user/project/settings/index.md). +To stop push failure, LFS support can be disabled in the [Project settings](../../user/project/settings/index.md). This means you will lose GitLab LFS value-adds (Verifying LFS objects, UI integration for LFS). |