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1. mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 13:10:47 JST mcc

   - I clone a git repository.
   - The repository contains many git lfs files. They're all the placeholders
   - Oops! This computer doesn't have git lfs even installed.
   - I apt install git-lfs
   - I run `git lfs install`
   - I run `git checkout .`
   - I run `git reset --hard HEAD`
   - The files are all still placeholders
   - WTF

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 13:10:47 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @mcc git-lfs is a special technology designed to randomly break git without anyone noticing.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 14:34:39 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Chris [list of emoji]
     • sndels

     @sndels @suetanvil @mcc the best part is that checking out a repo that uses git-lfs on a system without git-lfs is not an error, but will result in files that don't have the content you expect.

     I found this out the hard way at a previous job, where a server automatically checked out a repo and tried to build it, but some previously functional data files were now just URLs. This crashed it, badly

   • sndels (sndels@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 14:34:43 JST sndels

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     • Chris [list of emoji]
     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     @suetanvil @foone @mcc It also fixes the problem of repos being able to be forked trivially.

   • Chris [list of emoji] (suetanvil@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 14:34:44 JST Chris [list of emoji]

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     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     @foone @mcc

     git-lfs fixes the problem of being able to switch branches without a fast network connection.