How to download data stored in git lfs

Question

[alhafidzhamdan]

Hi all,

I am trying to download thsi RData file from a repository

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lawrenson-lab/Non-coding-Somatic-Mutations-in-OvCa/master/RData/diffBind_session03_step02.RData

However the file is stored in git lfs system and i am not sure how to download it?

version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 oid sha256:68e64743350d2244d2f6d15569202ce71f8ce892e4320b9a34189ed56d4d2bcb size 155927015

Any advice? Is there an equivalent way of "pulling" data ala git pull?

Answer 1

[Sej Modha]

You'd have to install git lfs and then use git lfs fetch as described in the thread below.

https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/325