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Git LFS v2.2.0 is now available with the all-new git-lfs-migrate command, making it easier than ever to start using Git LFS in your repository.

For example, if you’ve tried to push a large file to GitHub without LFS, you might have seen the following error:

$ git push origin master
# ...
remote: error: GH001: Large files detected. You may want to try Git Large File Storage - https://git-lfs.github.com.
remote: error: See http://git.io/iept8g for more information.
remote: error: File a.psd is 1.2 GB; this exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100.00 MB
to github.com:ttaylorr/demo.git
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:ttaylorr/demo.git'

$ git push origin master
# ...
remote: error: GH001: Large files detected. You may want to try Git Large File Storage - https://git-lfs.github.com.
remote: error: See http://git.io/iept8g for more information.
remote: error: File a.psd is 1.2 GB; this exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100.00 MB
to github.com:ttaylorr/demo.git
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:ttaylorr/demo.git'

You can use the git lfs migrate info command to see which files are causing the push failure:

$ git lfs migrate info
*.psd   1.2 GB   27/27 files(s)  100%

$ git lfs migrate info
*.psd   1.2 GB   27/27 files(s)  100%

Using the information above, you can determine which files to pluck out of your history and store in LFS:

$ git lfs migrate import --include="*.psd"
migrate: Sorting commits: ..., done
migrate: Rewriting commits: 100% (810/810), done
  master        f18bb746d44e8ea5065fc779bb1acdf3cdae7ed8 -> 35b0fe0a7bf3ae6952ec9584895a7fb6ebcd498b
migrate: Updating refs: ..., done

$ git push origin
Git LFS: (1 of 1 files) 1.2 GB / 1.2 GB
# ...
To github.com:ttaylorr/demo.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master

$ git lfs migrate import --include="*.psd"
migrate: Sorting commits: ..., done
migrate: Rewriting commits: 100% (810/810), done
  master        f18bb746d44e8ea5065fc779bb1acdf3cdae7ed8 -> 35b0fe0a7bf3ae6952ec9584895a7fb6ebcd498b
migrate: Updating refs: ..., done

$ git push origin
Git LFS: (1 of 1 files) 1.2 GB / 1.2 GB
# ...
To github.com:ttaylorr/demo.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master

You can also configure the ‘import’ command to migrate specific filetypes, branches, and more. For a detailed overview, take a look at the man page.

This was a quick look at the migrate command available today in Git LFS v2.2.0. For more on the full release, check out the release notes.