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authorBen Bodenmiller <bbodenmiller@hotmail.com>2016-11-22 19:25:20 +0000
committerBen Bodenmiller <bbodenmiller@hotmail.com>2016-11-22 19:25:20 +0000
commit7e0e5bc3786bbe8ce2a58e28cc166f9e7cbc8193 (patch)
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parent3cefaca24938d0f1b891054c9c9b6bc3c541c286 (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-7e0e5bc3786bbe8ce2a58e28cc166f9e7cbc8193.tar.gz
add details that Git LFS must be enabled in project
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 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 28e6a21a229..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
@@ -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