Is there a way to explicitly ignore all git-lfs files on clone and pull?
(besides uninstalling git-lfs which I ended up doing).
In this case git-lfs just contains pre-compiled libs for a platform I don't use... so there is absolutely no use in getting them.
Two alternatives:
1) Using the GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE variable:
GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone SERVER-REPOSITORY
2) Configuring the git-lfs smudge:
git config --global filter.lfs.smudge "git-lfs smudge --skip"
git clone SERVER-REPOSITORY
To undo this configuration, execute:
git config --global filter.lfs.smudge "git-lfs smudge -- %f"
I'm currently struggling myself to find a clean way to download (and remove afterwards) large files with git-lfs.
However, there is a third alternative to the post of @Marcelo Ávila de Oliveira:
git lfs install --skip-smudge
will define globally to skip lfs downloads initially, when cloning repositories.
EDIT: I've created a tutorial for basic git-lfs handling. Any feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
You can find it at:
https://sabicalija.github.io/git-lfs-intro/
or pull it via:
git clone https://github.com/sabicalija/git-lfs-intro.git
