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| author | Robert Speicher <rspeicher@gmail.com> | 2021-01-20 13:34:23 -0600 |
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| committer | Robert Speicher <rspeicher@gmail.com> | 2021-01-20 13:34:23 -0600 |
| commit | 6438df3a1e0fb944485cebf07976160184697d72 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/topics/git/lfs/migrate_to_git_lfs.md b/doc/topics/git/lfs/migrate_to_git_lfs.md index 941fc281e4c..ef2675db6d4 100644 --- a/doc/topics/git/lfs/migrate_to_git_lfs.md +++ b/doc/topics/git/lfs/migrate_to_git_lfs.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w description: "How to migrate an existing Git repository to Git LFS with BFG." --- -# Migrate a Git repo into Git LFS with BFG +# Migrate a Git repository into Git LFS with BFG Using Git LFS can help you to reduce the size of your Git repository and improve its performance. @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Before beginning, make sure: Storage is required for the entire history of all files. - All the team members you share the repository with have pushed all changes. Branches based on the repository before applying this method cannot be merged. - Branches based on the repo before applying this method cannot be merged. To follow this tutorial, you need: @@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ Consider an example upstream project, `git@gitlab.com:gitlab-tests/test-git-lfs- 1. Clone `--mirror` the repository: Cloning with the mirror flag creates a bare repository. - This ensures you get all the branches within the repo. + This ensures you get all the branches within the repository. It creates a directory called `<repo-name>.git` (in our example, `test-git-lfs-repo-migration.git`), |