github.com/x-oss-byte/git-lfs@v2.5.2+incompatible/docs/man/git-lfs-smudge.1.ronn (about) 1 git-lfs-smudge(1) -- Git smudge filter that converts pointer in blobs to the actual content 2 =========================================================================================== 3 4 ## SYNOPSIS 5 6 `git lfs smudge` [<path>] 7 `git lfs smudge` --skip [<path>] 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 11 Read a Git LFS pointer file from standard input and write the contents 12 of the corresponding large file to standard output. If needed, 13 download the file's contents from the Git LFS endpoint. The <path> 14 argument, if provided, is only used for a progress bar. 15 16 Smudge is typically run by Git's smudge filter, configured by the repository's 17 Git attributes. 18 19 ## OPTIONS 20 21 Without any options, `git lfs smudge` outputs the raw Git LFS content to 22 standard output. 23 24 * `--skip`: 25 Skip automatic downloading of objects on clone or pull. 26 27 ## KNOWN BUGS 28 29 On Windows, Git does not handle files in the working tree larger than 4 30 gigabytes. 31 32 For more information, see: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/2434. 33 34 ## SEE ALSO 35 36 git-lfs-install(1), gitattributes(5). 37 38 Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.