Commit aca57305 authored by Marcia Ramos's avatar Marcia Ramos Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

improve consistency [ci skip]

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# Migration Guide from Git Annex to Git LFS
Both [Git Annex][] (git-annex) and [Git LFS][]
(git-lfs) are tools to manage large files in Git.
Both [Git Annex][] (**git-annex**) and [Git LFS][]
(**git-lfs**) are tools to manage large files in Git.
GitLab EE is deprecating
[support to git-annex][post-intro-annex] from version
[support to **git-annex**][post-intro-annex] from version
8.17 on (released on 2017/02/22). It
[will be removed][issue-remove-annex] completely in
GitLab 9.0 (2017/03/22).
To understand the main differences between git-annex
ang git-lfs, read through this [overview][annex-vs-lfs].
To understand the main differences between **git-annex**
ang **git-lfs**, read through this [overview][annex-vs-lfs].
## Configurations
To use [git-annex in GitLab EE][annex-ee], you had
To use [**git-annex** in GitLab EE][annex-ee], you had
first to install and enable it on your server and
in your [local environment][install-annex-local].
On GitLab.com, git-annex was enabled, and you had
On GitLab.com, **git-annex** was enabled, and you had
only to install it locally.
### Enabling Annex
This step is only important to remind you how did
you enabled git-annex, so disabling it will become
you enabled **git-annex**, so disabling it will become
more logical. Of course, you don't need to repeat
these steps.
Considering you have git-annex up and running in
both remote and local copies, to enable git-annex to
your project, initiate git-annex and sync your repo:
Considering you have **git-annex** up and running in
both remote and local copies, to enable **git-annex** to
your project, initiate **git-annex** and sync your repo:
- Initiate git-annex in your repository:
- Initiate **git-annex** in your repository:
```bash
$ git annex init
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$ git annex sync --content
```
By doing so, git-annex would record the tracked files
By doing so, **git-annex** would record the tracked files
in the `.git/config` file in your repository root.
You will also find a new directory at `.git/annex/`.
The files you assign to be tracked with git-annex
The files you assign to be tracked with **git-annex**
will not affect `.git/config` records. The files are
turned into symbolic links that point to data in
`.git/annex/objects/`.
......@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ the `annex sync` command.
Use `git annex info` to retrieve the information about
that repository.
### Disabling git-annex
### Disabling **git-annex**
Before changing anything, make sure you have a backup
of your repository first. There are a couple ways to
......@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ path and push it to GitLab if you want a remote backup
as well.
Here you'll find a guide on
[how to back up a git-annex repository to an external hard drive][bkp-ext-drive].
[how to back up a **git-annex** repository to an external hard drive][bkp-ext-drive].
To [stop using git-annex][uninit], you need to disable
git-annex first.
To [stop using **git-annex**][uninit], you need to disable
**git-annex** first.
Make sure the [git-annex mode is `direct`][stackoverflow-1]:
Make sure the [**git-annex** mode is `direct`][stackoverflow-1]:
```bash
$ git annex direct
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```
For keeping your repo clean, let's remove all
git-annex related branches from your repository.
**git-annex** related branches from your repository.
- On GitLab, navigate to your project's **Repository** > **Branches**
![repository branches](images/git-annex-branches.png)
- Delete all branches created by git-annex: `git-annex`, and all under `synced/*`.
- Delete all branches created by **git-annex**: `git-annex`, and all under `synced/*`.
### Enabling Git LFS
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(GitLab CE, GitLab EE, GitLab.com), therefore, you
don't need to do anything in the server side.
First, let's make sure you have Git LFS installed
First, let's make sure you have **git-lfs** installed
locally:
```bash
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```
If the terminal doesn't prompt you with a full response
on Git LFS commands, [install LFS][install-lfs] first:
on **git-lfs** commands, [install LFS][install-lfs] first:
```bash
$ brew install git-lfs
```
[Enable Git LFS][lfs-track] for the group of files you
[Enable **git-lfs**][lfs-track] for the group of files you
want to track with it. You can track specific files, all
files containing the same extension, or an entire
directory:
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Once you do that, run `git status` and you'll see
`.gitattributes` added to your repo. It collects all
file patterns that you chose to track via LFS.
file patterns that you chose to track via **git-lfs**.
To see LFS working, look at the project's size (in
To see **git-lfs** working, look at the project's size (in
bites), update one of your files, and push a change
to the remote.
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[lfs-track]: https://about.gitlab.com/2017/01/30/getting-started-with-git-lfs-tutorial/#tracking-files-with-lfs
[post-intro-annex]: https://about.gitlab.com/2015/02/17/gitlab-annex-solves-the-problem-of-versioning-large-binaries-with-git/
[stackoverflow-1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24447047/remove-git-annex-repository-from-file-tree
[test-project]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-tests/git-annex-to-git-lfs
[uninit]: https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-uninit/
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