Containerised Git LFS installation

This project is intended for system administrators who want to perform an installation of Git LFS on any Linux distribution using a docker container.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Install
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Prerequisites

This projects requires an installation of docker and docker compose.

Docker

To install docker, follow the instructions for your platform:

• Install Docker Engine | Docker Documentation > Supported platforms
• Post-installation steps for Linux | Docker Documentation

Docker Compose

• Install Docker Compose | Docker Documentation

Install

Clone the source code of this project:

git clone https://gitlab.com/b-data/git-lfs/glfsi.git

Usage

Change directory and make a copy of all sample. files:

cd glfsi

for file in sample.*; do cp "$file" "${file#sample.}"; done;

In .env, set GIT_LFS_VERSION to the desired version of Git LFS (<major>.<minor>.<patch>) and PREFIX to the location, where you want the git-lfs programm to be installed (default: /usr/local).

Then, create and start container glfsi using options --build (Build images before starting containers) and -V (Recreate anonymous volumes instead of retrieving data from the previous containers):

docker-compose up --build -V

Contributing

PRs accepted.

This project follows the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.

License

MIT © 2022 b-data GmbH