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diff --git a/doc/topics/git/lfs/index.md b/doc/topics/git/lfs/index.md index 1ab4a8a8acc..98710315652 100644 --- a/doc/topics/git/lfs/index.md +++ b/doc/topics/git/lfs/index.md @@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ Documentation for GitLab instance administrators is under [LFS administration do [add the URL to Git configuration manually](#troubleshooting). - [Group wikis](../../../user/project/wiki/group.md) do not support Git LFS. +## How LFS objects affect repository size + +When you add an LFS object to a repository, GitLab: + +1. Creates an LFS object. +1. Associates the LFS object with the repository. +1. Queues a job to recalculate your project's statistics, including storage size and + LFS object storage. Your LFS object storage is the sum of the size of all LFS objects + associated with the repository. + +When your repository is forked, LFS objects from the upstream project are associated +with the fork. When the fork is created, the LFS object storage for the fork is equal +to the storage used by the upstream project. If new LFS objects are added to the fork, +the total object storage changes for the fork, but not the upstream project. + +If you create a merge request from the fork back to the upstream project, +any new LFS objects in the fork become associated with the upstream project. + ## Using Git LFS Let's take a look at the workflow for checking large files into your Git |