Question

Git LFS support for Apps?

Posted on February 25, 2024
DigitalOcean App Platform
Asked by evan.kaufman

Deploying a static site directly from Gitlab works well and seems pretty straight forward, but unfortunately it does not seem to pull down any files versioned via large file storage (LFS).

I see that it supports build commands, is there a simple way to ensure it pulls down anything from LFS in addition to a normal git checkout?

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Sri Charan Madhavapeddi

DigitalOcean Employee

• February 26, 2024

Hello,

Not as of now, but we have it on our roadmap

Cheers, Sri Charan

KFSys

Site Moderator

• February 26, 2024

Heya @evankaufman,

I don’t think this is something that is available as a feature as of now. Additionally, I can see it’s been confirmed it’s on the RoadMap for now so, I’ll try to provide an update in this topic once we have it as a feature.

Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• August 2, 2024

Hi there,

Quick update here.

As per the release notes on August 1, 2024, App Platform apps now support Git Large File Storage (LFS), a Git extension that lets you store large files in Git repositories, even if they are too large to store in a single Git commit.

You can add Git LFS to your app by adding the installation commands to your app’s run and build commands.

- Bobby