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Introduction
Github is a protocol designed by Tom Preston , Chris wanstrath and Scott chacon to help the programmers or developers to share their thoughts and code without any hustle. In this post I discussed Github large file storage.
What is a GitHub?
Git Hub is platform ,which provides hosting for software development and version control using Git.
Git is a distributed version-control system for tracking modifications in source code during software development. It is designed for coordinating work among programmers and developers, but it can also be used to track changes in any set of files. Its main agenda include speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows.
This famous protocol was designed by Linus Torvalds.
What is GitHub Large files(LFS)?
GitHub LFS is used to store large files like media files to the cloud server in remote area.
How to use GitHub LFS ?
Git Hub large file storage is discussed in step by step procedure:
Step1 : Download and install the Git command line extension.
Once downloaded and installed, set up Git LFS for your user account by running the command:
git lfs install.
Step2: In each Git repository where you want to use Git LFS, select the file types you’d like Git LFS to manage (or directly edit your .gitattributes).
Now make sure .gitattributes is tracked by executing following command:
git add .gitattributes
Step 3 : Commit and push. The commands are as follows:
git add file.psd
git commit -m “Add design file”
git push origin master
What are Features of GitHub LFS?
Large file versioning
More repository space
Faster cloning and fetching
Same Git workflow
Same access controls and permissions
Conclusion
GitHub comes with an very good solution to solve the problem of large file , in future I will post more articles on Github usage.