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authorToon Claes <toon@gitlab.com>2018-08-02 13:30:24 +0200
committerToon Claes <toon@gitlab.com>2018-08-20 16:39:32 +0200
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Clean up LFS objects when creating fork relation
A forked project stores its LFS objects in the `forked_from_project`. So the LFS objects become inaccessible, and therefore delete them from the database so they'll get cleaned up. To be refactored when implementing https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/39769
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@@ -1419,6 +1419,11 @@ Allows modification of the forked relationship between existing projects. Availa
### Create a forked from/to relation between existing projects
+CAUTION: **Warning:**
+This will destroy the LFS objects stored in the fork.
+So to retain the LFS objects, make sure you've pulled them **before** creating the fork relation,
+and push them again **after** creating the fork relation.
+
```
POST /projects/:id/fork/:forked_from_id
```