Bitbucket and GIT LFS (Does BB automatically detects if a repo needs LFS)

[G. W.]

Hello,

Could you please help me with the following questions regarding LFS support in Bitbucket :

• When migrating from a 3rd party GIT repository that contains large files (>=100MB), does  Bitbucket automatically flag the repository as needing LFS?
• If we push the repository to BB as is (LFS not enabled), will BB error out and refuse the push? 
• Is there a way to migrate a "regular" GIT repository to an LFS enabled repository without re-writing GIT history? (repo cloning speed is not a concern for us)

Best,

G.

[Theodora Boudale · Accepted solution]

Hi G.,

The 100 MB limit is not enforced if you push to an empty Bitbucket Cloud repo with no commits.

Additionally, it is possible to disable the limit (if you are a repo admin) from Repository settings > Repository details > select ADVANCED > uncheck the option Block pushes with files over 100MB.

You mentioned that cloning speed is not a conecrn for you. Please keep in mind that apart from cloning speed, multiple large files also contribute to the repository size. Every Bitbucket Cloud repo has a limit of 4 GB. If a repo exceeds this limit, it will become read-only and you won't be able to push any changes.

The extra storage of 100 GB for $10/Month is only for LFS, and not for the core Git repo.

If you want to track with LFS files that are already committed to a repo, then a history rewrite is necessary.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any other questions!

Kind regards,
Theodora

[G. W.]

Thank you @Theodora Boudale !

May I ask a follow up question: Is the 4GB limit per repository? Is there a limit on how big the a Bitbucket Workspace can be (Is there a limit of the total size of all the repositories under an account) ?

Best,

G.

[Theodora Boudale]

You are very welcome, G.!

The 4 GB limit is per repository. We don't have a limit on the total size of all repos under a workspace.

Please feel free to let me know if you need anything further.

Kind regards,
Theodora

[Nicolas Grossi]

@G_ W_ If you have an active license you might ask that to support team support.atlassian.com

[G. W.]

Thank you Nicolas!

G.

[Nicolas Grossi]

@G_ W_ Welcome you might take a look at this link: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-large-files-with-git-large-file-storage-lfs/

HTH

Nicolas

[G. W.]

Hi Nicolas, 

Thank you for your reply. Could I ask you a follow up question:

• If we buy the 100GB storage for $10/Month, can we use it for only LFS storage, or can it be used for storing additional "regular" GIT repositories?  

Thank you again!

G.