NAME

       git-lfs-clone - Efficiently clone a LFS-enabled repository

SYNOPSIS

       git lfs clone [git clone options] repository [directory]

DESCRIPTION

       Clone  an  LFS  enabled  Git  repository  more efficiently by disabling LFS during the git
       clone, then performing a 'git lfs pull' directly afterwards.

       'git lfs clone' also installs all of the repo-level hooks (.git/hooks) that  LFS  requires
       to operate. If --separate-git-dir is given, the hooks will be installed there.

       This is faster than a regular 'git clone' because that will download LFS content using the
       smudge filter, which is executed individually per  file  in  the  working  copy.  This  is
       relatively inefficient compared to the batch mode and parallel downloads performed by 'git
       lfs pull'.

OPTIONS

       All options supported by 'git clone'

       -I paths --include=paths
              See INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE

       -X paths --exclude=paths
              See INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE

       --skip-repo
              Skip installing repo-level  hooks  (.git/hooks)  that  LFS  requires.  Disabled  by
              default.

INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE

       You  can configure Git LFS to only fetch objects to satisfy references in certain paths of
       the repo, and/or to exclude certain paths of the  repo,  to  reduce  the  time  you  spend
       downloading things you do not use.

       In  your  Git  configuration  or  in  a  .lfsconfig  file,  you  may set either or both of
       lfs.fetchinclude  and   lfs.fetchexclude   to   comma-separated   lists   of   paths.   If
       lfs.fetchinclude  is  defined,  Git LFS objects will only be fetched if their path matches
       one in that list, and if lfs.fetchexclude is defined, Git LFS objects will only be fetched
       if  their  path does not match one in that list. Paths are matched using wildcard matching
       as per gitignore(5).

       Note that using the command-line options -I and -X override the  respective  configuration
       settings. Setting either option to an empty string clears the value.

SEE ALSO

       git-clone(1), git-lfs-pull(1), gitignore(5).

       Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.

                                             May 2022                            GIT-LFS-CLONE(1)