LFS recovery for DevOps organizations

Learn how GitProtect restores Git LFS objects alongside repositories to ensure complete data recovery for DevOps organizations.

GitProtect supports backup and recovery of Git Large File Storage (LFS) content for DevOps organizations, ensuring that repositories configured with Git LFS are protected together with their associated large binary objects. During restore operations, both standard Git data and LFS objects are recovered to preserve repository integrity and maintain consistency across supported DevOps platforms.

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Restoring LFS metadata

GitProtect supports the backup and recovery of LFS objects across all supported DevOps platforms.

While you can choose whether to include LFS metadata during the recovery process, please note that LFS must be restored alongside its parent repository; it cannot be recovered as a standalone item.

If LFS objects are included in your repository’s source code archives, downloading those archives will count toward the repository’s bandwidth usage.

Example of LFS metadata included in Azure DevOps project recovery process.

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Useful links and items

Work with large files in your Git repo - Azure ReposMicrosoftLearn

Storage policy for Git LFS with Bitbucket | Bitbucket Cloud | Atlassian SupportAtlassian Support

Manage large files with Git Large File Storage (LFS) | Bitbucket Cloud | Atlassian SupportAtlassian Support

Git Large File Storage billing - GitHub DocsGitHub Docs