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| author | Phil Hughes <me@iamphill.com> | 2016-11-24 11:32:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Phil Hughes <me@iamphill.com> | 2016-11-24 11:32:59 +0000 |
| commit | 8c4f4afd6dd6d382aab2d6b992b6ffe3e60f91af (patch) | |
| tree | 37d3ff76dc31e7fcfa63eb8c2f54c9d84eb9b88a /doc/workflow/lfs | |
| parent | 03a235783f697572fe201332cb82746401a01daf (diff) | |
| parent | 3e44ed3e2bf75bb14a2d8b0466b3d92afd0ea067 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-autocomplete-space-prefix.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into autocomplete-space-prefixautocomplete-space-prefix
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 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 1a4f213a792..6a7098e79d0 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md +++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Documentation for GitLab instance administrators is under [LFS administration do ## Requirements * Git LFS is supported in GitLab starting with version 8.2 +* Git LFS must be enabled under project settings * [Git LFS client](https://git-lfs.github.com) version 1.0.1 and up ## Known limitations @@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ Documentation for GitLab instance administrators is under [LFS administration do * Git LFS v1 original API is not supported since it was deprecated early in LFS development * 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 +* Any Git LFS request will ask for HTTPS credentials to be provided so a good Git credentials store is recommended * 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) + to add the URL to Git config manually (see [troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)) >**Note**: With 8.12 GitLab added LFS support to SSH. The Git LFS communication still goes over HTTP, but now the SSH client passes the correct credentials @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ check it into your Git repository: ```bash git clone git@gitlab.example.com:group/project.git -git lfs install # initialize the Git LFS project project +git lfs install # initialize the Git LFS project git lfs track "*.iso" # select the file extensions that you want to treat as large files ``` @@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ available to the project anymore. Probably the object was removed from the serve * Local git repository is using deprecated LFS API -### Invalid status for <url> : 501 +### Invalid status for `<url>` : 501 Git LFS will log the failures into a log file. To view this log file, while in project directory: @@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ git lfs logs last If the status `error 501` is shown, it is because: +* Git LFS is not enabled in project settings. Check your project settings and + enable Git LFS. + * Git LFS support is not enabled on the GitLab server. Check with your GitLab administrator why Git LFS is not enabled on the server. See [LFS administration documentation](lfs_administration.md) for instructions |