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Is it possible to diff lfs files in git?

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When I look at the diff of an lfs file, I just see the oid and size difference. Is there a way to easily diff the actual file contents?

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alvion Avatar asked Dec 13 '17 16:12

alvion


1 Answers

From this post by bk2204:

Another option if you want to have diffs is to run git config diff.lfs.textconv cat, which will have any files with the diff=lfs attribute automatically rendered through Git to show the LFS file instead of the pointer.


Sourcetree GUI example:

My diff looked like this:

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After running the command, it looks like this:

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(You might need to re-open Sourcetree for the changes to be applied.)

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sonny Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 05:09

sonny