git-lfs/ROADMAP.md

Git LFS Roadmap

This is a high level overview of some of the big changes we want to make for Git LFS. If you have an idea for a new feature, open an issue for discussion.

Bugs/Features

• git index issues #937
• authenticated property on urls #960
• Use expires_at to quickly put objects in the queue to hit the API again to refresh tokens.
• Add ref information to upload request #969
• Accept raw remote URLs as valid #1085
• use git proxy settings #1125
• Not following 301 redirect #1129
• add all lfs.* git config keys to git lfs env output

Upcoming Features

• File locking #666
• Resumable uploads and downloads #414
• Wrapped versions of git pull & git checkout that optimize without filters like git lfs clone
• Remove non-batch API route in client

Possible Features

• Binary diffing - reduce the amount of content sent over the wire.
• Client side metrics reporting, so the Git LFS server can optionally track how clients are performing.
• Pure SSH: full API & transfer support for SSH without redirect to HTTP

Project Related

These are items that don't affect Git LFS end users.

• CI builds for Windows.
• Automated build servers that build Git LFS on native platforms.
• Automated QA test suite for running release candidates through a gauntlet of open source and proprietary Git LFS environments.
• Automatic updates of the Git LFS client. #531