What happens when user clones repo with LFS but do not install the extension?

[ekudritski]

What happens when user clones repo with LFS but do not install the git extension?

If user add new large file and so on?

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/use-git-lfs-with-bitbucket-828781636.html

[Daniil Penkin · Accepted solution]

Hello @ekudritski,

If user clones a repository with LFS files without having the Git client LFS extension, they'll see so called LFS pointer files in place of the files stored in LFS. These pointer files are plain text files that contain just three lines: spec version, hash of the LFS file and its size. Without LFS extension Git will treat these files as plain text files.

The extension can be installed after such repository is cloned, user can call something like git lfs fetch to download LFS files afterwards.

Without an extension Git will work as usual, so any new file will simply added to the Git repository, not LFS.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Daniil