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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. |