# Git lfs for Getting started tutorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 14, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708 "2025-01-14T15:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VenIl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@VenIl](https://www.rubin.community/u/VenIl)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708/1 "2025-01-14T15:59:29Z")
Hello, Does anybody know where to put git lfs files? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![ryanlau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/ryanlau/32/2837_2.png) [@ryanlau](https://www.rubin.community/u/ryanlau)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708/2 "2025-01-14T16:56:20Z")
Hi Ilya – would you mind providing more context on what you’re goals are for storing git lfs files so we can help figure out the right solution for you? ---
**Author:** ![VenIl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@VenIl](https://www.rubin.community/u/VenIl)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708/3 "2025-01-14T17:27:56Z")
Hi Ryan, I’m trying to go trough this tutorial:[Getting started tutorial part 1: setting up the Butler data repository — LSST Science Pipelines](https://pipelines.lsst.io/getting-started/data-setup.html) Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/adam/32/868_2.png) [@adam](https://www.rubin.community/u/adam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708/4 "2025-01-14T17:52:34Z")
Ah. The [pipelines.lsst.io](http://pipelines.lsst.io) documentation is out of date. I’ll create a ticket to fix it. In the meantime, all you should need to do, if you are not going to be pushing git-lfs data, and you are running within the pipelines environment, is to run `git lfs install`. That should be sufficient to give you read-only access. Current git-lfs documentation is available in the Developer Guide at [Using Git LFS (Large File Storage) for data repositories — LSST DM Developer Guide main documentation](https://developer.lsst.io/git/git-lfs.html) but since you’re asking, and since the Pipelines documentation points you there if you need write access, I’m guessing that you only need read access. In which case, if `git lfs install` isn’t all you need, please report that back here so I can fix it. If you’re running outside the pipelines environment you will need to get the git lfs module as well; the Developer Guide covers that too. ---
**Author:** ![adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/adam/32/868_2.png) [@adam](https://www.rubin.community/u/adam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708/5 "2025-01-15T18:59:11Z")
The docs were already updated, but since they’re only published with a Pipelines release, that’s not reflected on the site. Next release we will have caught up. ---
**Author:** ![timj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/timj/32/10_2.png) [@timj](https://www.rubin.community/u/timj)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/git-lfs-for-getting-started-tutorial/9708/6 "2025-01-15T21:25:24Z")
> [@adam](#): > > Next release we will have caught up. V28 should be out next week. > [@Science Pipeline Release 28.0.0 Status and Discussion](http://www.rubin.community/t/science-pipeline-release-28-0-0-status-and-discussion/9505): > > We are starting the science pipelines release process for 28.0.0. The process will be tracked on ticket [DDM-39968](https://ls.st/DM-39968) and this post. Please check back for updates. The weekly for the starting point for the release is w\_2024\_42. The tentative target date to close is 2024-12-15. Release Precursor Steps Identify any pre-release blockers (“must-have features”) Contributors, please check if there are outstanding issues that must be included in the next release and relate them as blockers to the iss…