Repo mirroring doesn't mirror LFS data.

[damomurf]

• Gitea version (or commit ref): 1.0.0+220-g027591a3
• Git version: 2.11.0
• Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04 (Docker)
• Database (use [x]):
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQLite
• Can you reproduce the bug at https://try.gitea.io:
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Description

In a clean install of Gitea I have attempted to mirror a Bitbucket server repository that I know has LFS enabled and stores LFS data. The LFS data appears to not being mirrored in Gitea. (The configured LFS data directory remains empty, even though the repository mirroring appears to be successful).

[lunny]

This is the same reason with #732. Let's close this and discuss there.

[fabian-z]

I'm afraid I have to disagree: #732 is not related. Gitea cannot currently retrieve LFS objects from another server. This would basically require adding a complete LFS client on top of the current implementation.

@damomurf: Please see GitHub documentation regarding repository mirroring with LFS

[lunny]

Seems you are right.

[fabian-z]

I'd suggest to tag this as a feature request. Current behaviour is basically expected imho and supporting LFS mirrors will be challenging in some regards:

• Need LFS client implementation
  • CLI client not developed for interactive use
  • Reusing source would require rewriting to some extent
• Using CLI client
  • Would use at least double the disk space for the LFS objects during mirror
  • Continuous mirror pulling would likely need double the disk space all the time
• The operation will need to scan all files in every commit for LFS meta files, potentially taking very long for large repositories

Just out of interest, does somebody know whether GitHub support automated LFS object mirroring?

For future reference:
GitLab issue, git-lfs issue

[lunny]

Maybe put a notice on migrating UI at first.