Git LFS Usage (Source Tree)

Author: @Andhika Rogue

Last Updated February 3, 2023

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How to Setup

• Now open up source tree and initialize Git LFS in your git project

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  • In Repository, you can find Git LFS menu
  • Use Initialize Repository from there

How to Use

Adding files to LFS

• To add files, you can just right click on the files you want to add to Git LFS and click Track file type in Git LFS

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• You can also add or remove (or even check) file types in Git LFS in Git LFS menu here

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Getting LFS files

• When you check out a branch, you should be getting a popup like this

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• If you don’t you can also manually get LFS files by going to LFS menu and choose Pull LFS Content

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