Commit cc22bce1 authored by Antoine Beaupré's avatar Antoine Beaupré Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

simplify git-annex to LFS migration guide

parent 787c954c
......@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ Annex to Git LFS.
If you know what you are doing and want to skip the reading, this is what you
need to do (we assume you have [git-annex enabled][annex-gitlab-use] in your
repository). Fire up a terminal, navigate to your Git repository and:
repository and that you have made backups in case something goes wrong).
Fire up a terminal, navigate to your Git repository and:
1. Disable `git-annex`:
......@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ repository). Fire up a terminal, navigate to your Git repository and:
1. Enable `git-lfs`:
```
git lfs install
git lfs track <files>
git add .
git commit -m "commit message"
......@@ -81,9 +84,22 @@ deprecated in Git Annex version 6, so you may need to upgrade your repository
if the server also has Git Annex 6 installed. Read more in the
[Git Annex troubleshooting tips][annex-tips] section.
1. Backup your repository
```bash
cd repository
git annex sync --content
cd ..
git clone repository repository-backup
cd repository-backup
git annex get
cd ..
```
1. Use `annex direct`:
```bash
cd repository
git annex direct
```
......@@ -198,6 +214,17 @@ branches created by Git Annex: `git-annex`, and all under `synced/`.
![repository branches](images/git-annex-branches.png)
You can also do this on the commandline with:
```bash
git branch -d synced/master
git branch -d synced/git-annex
git push origin :synced/master
git push origin :synced/git-annex
git push origin :git-annex
git remote prune origin
```
If there are still some Annex objects inside your repository (`.git/annex/`)
or references inside `.git/config`, run `annex uninit` again:
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