github - How to import git repositories with large files?

Question

Given that GitHub doesn't allow to push files larger than 100 MB, it is not possible to git clone and push a repository with large files into GitHub enterprise. The push fails with a:

remote: error: GH001: Large files detected. You may want to try Git Large File Storage - https://git-lfs.github.com.
remote: error: File large.zip is 145.00 MB; this exceeds GitHub Enterprise's file size limit of 100.00 MB

^{(N.B.: there is a repository importer, but this is only for github.com, and requires public access to your repository)}

Fortunately, GitHub provides support for storage of files larger than 100MB since April 2015. So how to convert a current repository with such large files into a GitHub LFS compatible repository I can push to?

Answer 1

You can now use git lfs migrate built-in command to both assess which files is best to migrate and also do the actual history-rewriting.

See git-lfs migration tutorial for more details.