Merge branch 'lfs-support-for-ssh-enabled' into 'master'

LFS support for ssh enabled

## What does this MR do?
This is follow-up after https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/6043 which is falsely shown as merged due to: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/22334

## Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?

## Why was this MR needed?

## Screenshots (if relevant)

## Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

- [ ] [CHANGELOG](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/CHANGELOG) entry added
- [ ] [Documentation created/updated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md)
- [ ] API support added
- Tests
  - [ ] Added for this feature/bug
  - [ ] All builds are passing
- [ ] Conform by the [merge request performance guides](http://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/merge_request_performance_guidelines.html)
- [ ] Conform by the [style guides](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#style-guides)
- [ ] Branch has no merge conflicts with `master` (if you do - rebase it please)
- [ ] [Squashed related commits together](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits)

## What are the relevant issue numbers?

See merge request !6413

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md b/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md
index 9dc1e9b47e3..b3c73e947f0 100644
--- a/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md
+++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ In `config/gitlab.yml`:
 * Currently, storing GitLab Git LFS objects on a non-local storage (like S3 buckets)
   is not supported
 * Currently, removing LFS objects from GitLab Git LFS storage is not supported
-* LFS authentications via SSH is not supported for the time being
-* Only compatible with the GitLFS client versions 1.1.0 or 1.0.2.
+* LFS authentications via SSH was added with GitLab 8.12
+* Only compatible with the GitLFS client versions 1.1.0 and up, or 1.0.2.
diff --git a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md
index 9fe065fa680..1a4f213a792 100644
--- a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md
+++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Documentation for GitLab instance administrators is under [LFS administration do
   credentials store is recommended
 * Git LFS always assumes HTTPS so if you have GitLab server on HTTP you will have
   to add the URL to Git config manually (see #troubleshooting)
+  
+>**Note**: With 8.12 GitLab added LFS support to SSH. The Git LFS communication
+ still goes over HTTP, but now the SSH client passes the correct credentials
+ to the Git LFS client, so no action is required by the user.
 
 ## Using Git LFS
 
@@ -132,6 +136,10 @@ git config --add lfs.url "http://gitlab.example.com/group/project.git/info/lfs"
 
 ### Credentials are always required when pushing an object
 
+>**Note**: With 8.12 GitLab added LFS support to SSH. The Git LFS communication
+ still goes over HTTP, but now the SSH client passes the correct credentials
+ to the Git LFS client, so no action is required by the user.
+
 Given that Git LFS uses HTTP Basic Authentication to authenticate the user pushing
 the LFS object on every push for every object, user HTTPS credentials are required.