git-lfs/docs/man/git-lfs.1.ronn

git-lfs(1) -- Work with large files in Git repositories
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## SYNOPSIS

`git lfs` <command> [<args>]

## DESCRIPTION

Git LFS is a system for managing and versioning large files in
association with a Git repository.  Instead of storing the large files
within the Git repository as blobs, Git LFS stores special "pointer
files" in the repository, while storing the actual file contents on a
Git LFS server.  The contents of the large file are downloaded
automatically when needed, for example when a Git branch containing
the large file is checked out.

Git LFS works by using a "smudge" filter to look up the large file
contents based on the pointer file, and a "clean" filter to create a
new version of the pointer file when the large file's contents change.
It also uses a `pre-push` hook to upload the large file contents to
the Git LFS server whenever a commit containing a new large file
version is about to be pushed to the corresponding Git server.

## COMMANDS

Like Git, Git LFS commands are separated into high level ("porcelain")
commands and low level ("plumbing") commands.

### High-level commands (porcelain)

* git-lfs-config(1):
    Display the Git LFS environment.
* git-lfs-init(1):
    Ensure Git LFS is configured properly.
* git-lfs-logs(1):
    Show errors from the git-lfs command.
* git-lfs-track(1):
    View or add Git LFS paths to Git attributes.
* git-lfs-untrack(1):
    Remove Git LFS paths from Git Attributes.
* git-lfs-push(1):
    Push queued large files to the Git LFS endpoint.

### Low level commands (plumbing)

* git-lfs-clean(1):
    Git clean filter that converts large files to pointers.
* git-lfs-smudge(1):
    Git smudge filter that converts pointer in blobs to the actual content.