Cleaning Up Unreferenced Files from a Git LFS Repository

Overview

This command is used to clean up files from a Git LFS repository. This deletes all files from a Git LFS repository, which are no longer referenced in a corresponding Git repository.

Commands Params

Command name	rt git-lfs-clean
Abbreviation	rt glc
Command options
--refs	[Default: refs/remotes/*] List of Git references in the form of "ref1,ref2,..." which should be preserved.
--repo	[Optional] Local Git LFS repository in Artifactory which should be cleaned. If omitted, the repository is detected from the Git repository.
--quiet	[Default: false] Set to true to skip the delete confirmation message.
--dry-run	[Default: false] If true, cleanup is only simulated. No files are actually deleted.
Command arguments	If no arguments are passed in, the command assumes the .git repository is located at current directory.
path to .git	Path to the directory which includes the .git directory.

Examples

Example 1

Cleans up Git LFS files from Artifactory, using the configuration in the .git directory located at the current directory.

 jf rt glc

Example 2

Cleans up Git LFS files from Artifactory, using the configuration in the .git directory located inside the path/to/git/config directory.

jf rt glc path/to/git/config