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authorRobert Schilling <rschilling@student.tugraz.at>2015-11-19 17:05:30 +0100
committerRobert Schilling <rschilling@student.tugraz.at>2015-11-19 17:05:30 +0100
commit91a76957e3d18e3cb89bc8320f8513e1002e551e (patch)
tree69fcf77b1c84fe3942210c6f81aa7b0815e01220
parent6756f87f90a6d8e80470ade835689f4d64bef35d (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-update-lfs-docs.tar.gz
Update LFS docs for cloning [ci skip]update-lfs-docs
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diff --git a/doc/workflow/git_lfs.md b/doc/workflow/git_lfs.md
index e1064051fe8..616a71522ae 100644
--- a/doc/workflow/git_lfs.md
+++ b/doc/workflow/git_lfs.md
@@ -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
```