/use/practices/code/scm/Recent content in Source Code Management on Software FactoryHugoen/use/practices/code/scm/lfs/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/use/practices/code/scm/lfs/<p><img src="../img/git-lfs.png" alt="“LFS”"></p> <h2 id="understanding-git-lfs">Understanding Git LFS<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#understanding-git-lfs" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <p><a href="https://git-lfs.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Git Large File Storage</a> (LFS) is a Git extension that handles large binary files more efficiently by storing them separately from your Git repository.</p> <h3 id="the-problem">The problem<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#the-problem" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h3> <p>Git stores every version of every file. This creates issues with large binary file:</p> <ul> <li>Repository can grow rapidly</li> <li>Slow clone/fetch operations</li> <li>Wastes bandwidth and disk space</li> </ul> <p>This becomes a bottleneck in workflows during cloning and fetching repositories with large binary files.</p>