Git LFS setup in jenkins

Question

I have an issue with git LFS use in Jenkins. What I am doing now is that

1. I am building a war from maven through Jenkins that war contains a jar file
2. thro

Answer 1

This can be done with "Pre SCM BuildStep” Plugin.

1. Add “Pre SCM BuildStep” Plugin in Jenkins.
2. In Job Configuration, Select the property Run buildstep before SCM runs in Build Environment Section and Click on Add Build Step, Select Execute Shell. Add below command in the shell, git lfs install
3. In the Source Code Management section -> Additional Behaviours -> Add Git LFS pull after checkout.

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Answer 2

This can be done using the regular Git+Plugin for Jenkins (version 3.1.0 onwards).

If you are using Jenkins Pipelines (i.e. with a Jenkinsfile in the root of your repo), the key thing is to include the extension [$class: 'GitLFSPull'] in your checkout() call. Here is an (edited) example taken from one of our repos:

checkout([  $class: 'GitSCM', 
    branches: [[name: 'refs/heads/'+env.BRANCH_NAME]],
        doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,
        extensions: [
            [$class: 'GitLFSPull'],
            [$class: 'CheckoutOption', timeout: 20],
            [$class: 'CloneOption',
                    depth: 0,
                    noTags: false,
                    reference: '/other/optional/local/reference/clone',
                    shallow: false,
                    timeout: 120]
        ],
        submoduleCfg: [],
        userRemoteConfigs: [
            [credentialsId: 'foobar',
            url: 'https://github.com/foo/bar.git']
        ]
    ])

Using the Snippet Generator it is possible to generate this code, by selecting "Git LFS pull after checkout" from the "Additional Behaviours" menu. See screenshot here