Removing git lfs from (any) repository

So, it has been an interesting journey, but time to remove git-lfs. Here follows a summary of the approach I used to safely remove git-lfs,

git add --update; git commit -m “Commit before lfs removal”; git push
git checkout -b “remove-lfs”
remove hooks git lfs uninstall
remove files enrolled in git-lfs from .gitattributes (open the file, delete the contents) [P.S. don’t delete the file!]
list all lfs files, git lfs ls-files
run git rm --cached for each file
- git lfs ls-files | cut -f 3 -d ' ' | xargs git rm --cached
Untrack files (individually or pattern)git lfs untrack '*.xz'
run git add for each file individually
run a git status and make sure all the files were added properly
run git add --renormalize .
commit everything

git add .gitattributes
git commit -m "removed lfs"
git push

check that no lfs files left with git lfs ls-files
remove any items in lfs, rm -rf .git/lfs

Once your branch (fix/remove-lfs) is merged into develop, your team doesn't need to do anything other than simply pulling and checking out the new state of the world, their repository will work as-expected without git lfs installed. If git lfs is still installed, simply let them uninstall it: git lfs uninstall

Credits: Fedor, Taylor, Chase, Simon, Evert, Nuc

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