qq - how do I enable git lfs support | Dagger | Page 1

coral cairn Jul 2, 2025, 3:16 PM

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Hi! 👋 What's your use case look like?

I looked up your question in ChatGPT and saw some helpful suggestions to install the git-lfs package and to exec git lfs install and then git lfs pull --include "mybigfile" once you've cloned a repo.

That's easy to do with Dagger, if that sequence does what you need.

I'd think you'd need sufficient resources to handle the large files, but otherwise, I don't see any barrier.

Others may know caveats.

If you're cloning first,

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you'll want to use filters as well https://docs.dagger.io/api/filters/

Directory Filters | Dagger

When you pass a directory to a Dagger Function as argument, Dagger uploads everything in that directory tree to the Dagger Engine. For large monorepos or directories containing large-sized files, this can significantly slow down your Dagger Function while filesystem contents are transferred. To mitigate this problem, Dagger lets you apply filter...

light kiln Jul 2, 2025, 3:28 PM

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For container-use specifically, it's possible we need some options to enable it in the git operations under the hood. I'll look into it!

coral cairn Jul 2, 2025, 3:29 PM

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Good point @lunar dome let us know if you're using https://dagger/container-use or https://dagger/dagger for your project.

I realize the name of this channel might be confusing for folks looking for "how to use containers"

lunar dome Jul 2, 2025, 6:15 PM

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coral cairn Good point <@544963522690547722> let us know if you're using https://dagger/cont...

hey - thanks for answering. I'm trying out container-use in a game codebase that uses git lfs for assets, and its failing with "smudge filter lfs failed" when trying to check out the assets

#qq - how do I enable git lfs support