A set of helpers to simplify working with Git LFS through Isomorphic Git.

== Installation

Peer dependencies:

• Isomorphic Git ^1.21.0

== Usage

As of 0.4.0, API offers the following functions:

• downloadBlobFromPointer({ http, headers, url, auth }, lfsPointer) => Buffer

where http is an HttpClient as supported by Isomorphic Git, URL is repository URL and lfsPointer is an object returned by readPointer(). + Uses cache, if the object had been previously retrieved.

• uploadBlobs({ http, headers, url, auth }, buffers) => LFSPointerInfo

where first argument is the same as for the download function, and returned pointer info can be used to write a pointer file in place of actual object in Git repository (pass it through formatPointerInfo()).

• readPointer({ dir, gitdir, content }) => LFSPointer

where dir, gitdir behavior mimics that of Isomorphic Git, and content is a Buffer.

• buildPointerInfo(content) => LFSPointerInfo

converts file to a pointer.

• readPointerInfo(buffer) => LFSPointerInfo

reads a properly formatted LFS pointer within a Git repository.

• formatPointerInfo(lfsPointerInfo) => Buffer

converts pointer info to appropriately formatted blob suitable to be stored in Git repository in place of actual object data.

• populateCache(workDir, ref?)

where workDir is a path to working directory, and ref should probably be left at the default "HEAD". +

• pointsToLFS(content) => boolean

tells if file is an LFS pointer.

• downloadUrlFromPointer({ http, headers, url, auth, info }) => Buffer

where http is an HttpClient as supported by Isomorphic Git, URL is repository URL and info is an object returned by buildPointerInfo().

== Considered within scope

• Implement batch uploads and downloads (parallelise requests? use native batch API?)
• Find a way to generalize UA header handling