From fe501f4d14f73e20218bee2edf2b34b773151e76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Wachter <andreas.wachter@buddyspencer.monster>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:24:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added lfs to s3

---
 conf.example.yml | 1 +
 gickup_spec.json | 4 ++++
 local/local.go   | 6 ++++++
 main.go          | 1 +
 types/types.go   | 1 +
 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/conf.example.yml b/conf.example.yml
index e63e773..d1053d5 100644
--- a/conf.example.yml
+++ b/conf.example.yml
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ destination:
      storageclass: "" # storage class for all repos to be uploaded to this S3 bucket. E.g. for AWS: STANDARD, STANDARD_IA, GLACIER, etc.
      src_repo_url_tag_key: "" # if set, tag each uploaded object with this key and the source repo URL as value. Leave unset to disable tagging.
      datecreatedir: false # if true, gickup will create a directory for backup with the creation date
+     lfs: true # clone lfs repos, !! ATTENTION !! git and git-lfs must be installed on the system!
   azureblob:
     - url: https://yourstorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net # blob storage endpoint for your storage account, can be a SAS url
       container: name of your blob container
diff --git a/gickup_spec.json b/gickup_spec.json
index ab9600f..d024dbe 100644
--- a/gickup_spec.json
+++ b/gickup_spec.json
@@ -618,6 +618,10 @@
                             "datecreatedir": {
                                 "type": "boolean",
                                 "description": "If true, gickup will create a directory for backup with the creation date"
+                            },
+                            "lfs": {
+                                "type": "boolean",
+                                "description": "uses lfs to clone repositories"
                             }
                         },
                         "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/local/local.go b/local/local.go
index e4fc5c3..b922056 100644
--- a/local/local.go
+++ b/local/local.go
@@ -604,6 +604,12 @@ func tempCloneBase(repo types.Repo, tempdir string, isBare bool) (*git.Repositor
 			return r, lfsErr
 		}
 
+		// Bare backups already contain all refs and LFS objects.
+		// Checkout and pull require a working tree and must not run for these clones.
+		if isBare {
+			return r, nil
+		}
+
 		// Get the symbolic reference for HEAD
 		headRef, err := r.Head()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ba46a42..c5dce47 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ func backup(repos []types.Repo, conf *types.Conf) {
 				}
 
 				defer os.RemoveAll(tempdir)
+				r.Origin.LFS = d.LFS
 				tempClonePath := path.Join(tempdir, r.Name)
 				_, err = local.TempCloneBare(r, tempClonePath)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index 64f7a1e..92838c5 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ type S3Repo struct {
 	StorageClass     string  `yaml:"storageclass"`
 	DateCreateDir    bool    `yaml:"datecreatedir"`
 	SrcRepoUrlTagKey *string `yaml:"src_repo_url_tag_key"`
+	LFS              bool    `yaml:"lfs"`
 }
 
 func (s3 S3Repo) GetKey(accessString string) (string, error) {