Git_LFS.md

How to use Git LFS

1. brew install git-lfs or download from official website

2. git lfs install

3. clone your own repository into local machine

4. place the large file into your repository (sub)folder on local machine

5. cd path-to-repo-dir

6. git lfs track "your-file-name-with-extension"

7. git lfs track to see whether the file is being tracked

   Listing tracked patterns
       out-11.mp4 (.gitattributes)
   Listing excluded patterns
   

8. git add .gitattributes

9. git add (path-to-repo-subfolder/)file-name-with-extension

10. git commit -m "your-summary-comment", you will see something like this:

    2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
    create mode 100644 capstone/TRAIN_ALL_v1/out-11.mp4
    

11. git push

    Uploading LFS objects: 100% (1/1), 96 MB | 2.4 MB/s, done                       
    Enumerating objects: 10, done.
    Counting objects: 100% (10/10), done.
    Delta compression using up to 8 threads
    Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
    Writing objects: 100% (6/6), 589 bytes | 589.00 KiB/s, done.
    Total 6 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0)
    remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (3/3), completed with 3 local objects.
    To https://github.com/yyzz1010/project_drafts.git
    98e267e..06e2a5a  master -> master
    

12. Your large file is being successfully uploaded! =D