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    # Install git-lfs
    # (From https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/wiki/Installation)
    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
    sudo apt-get update
    curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
    sudo apt-get install git-lfs
    git lfs install

    # Add git-lfs to an existing repo
    # (From https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/wiki/Tutorial#adding-git-lfs-to-a-pre-existing-repo)
    git init .
    touch README.md
    git add README.md
    git commit -m "initial"
    git tag one
    echo hi > plain.txt
    ls > foo.bin
    git add plain.txt foo.bin
    git commit -m "Add some files"
    git tag two
    echo bye > plain.txt
    ls > bar.bin
    ls > foo.bin
    git add plain.txt foo.bin bar.bin
    git commit -m "Update and add another file"
    git tag three
    echo bye >> plain.txt
    ls > foo.bin
    git add plain.txt foo.bin
    git commit -m "Update some more"
    git tag four

    # Now lets decide we want *.bin files to be turned into LFS objects.
    git lfs track '*.bin'
    git add .gitattributes
    git commit -m "Track .bin files"
    git tag not_working

    # This shows nothing
    git lfs ls-files

    # Remove the bin files and then add them as LFS objects
    git rm --cached *.bin
    git add *.bin
    git commit -m "Convert last commit to LFS"

    # This shows our two tracked .bin files!
    git lfs ls-files

    # Also this shows that we are LFS; by revealing the object identifier (OID)
    git show HEAD:foo.bin

    # Shows:
    # version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
    # oid sha256:4665a5ea423c2713d436b5ee50593a9640e0018c1550b5a0002f74190d6caea8
    # size 36