Git-lfs: 'git-lfs' was not found on your path in SourceTree

Created on 21 Nov 2015 · 18Comments · Source: git-lfs/git-lfs

I downloaded Github for MAC OS and setup git lfs for my repo. All works great when I am using my repo with Github MAC app. When I open the same repo with SourceTree and push to remote, I get the following error:

This repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting .git/hooks/pre-push.

I know that my SourceTree app is using the _System Git version_. How do I set the 'git-lfs' into my path? And why does 'git-lfs' complains in one client and not in the other one?

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pajapro

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I delete .git/hooks/pre-push in my local repository and it worked for me

chocolim on 6 Apr 2016

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There's a similar bug filed in #846. I think you'll have to go to SourceTree support. I have no idea how it manages its git version and paths.

technoweenie on 23 Nov 2015

@pprochazka72 I had the same problem and received the same error message using Source Tree 1.8.2.2 on Windows. For me the solution was to open the Source Tree Terminal window and inspect the paths and locations of files there. Ultimately I copied the git-lfs executable into one of the folders being searched on the path.

To help troubleshoot the path I injected more output into the error message window by editing the script file mentioned by the error message: '.git/hooks/pre-push' and added the command 'which git-lfs' to the output. It spit out a list of paths being searched. I copied the git-lfs executable into one of those.

These are steps to help troubleshoot. I won't specify any more granularity because the environments differ and this information should be enough to help some other people having the same issue.

johndkane on 26 Feb 2016

I delete .git/hooks/pre-push in my local repository and it worked for me

chocolim on 6 Apr 2016

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@chocolim delete .git/hooks/pre-push means you will not use git-lfs. You will just commit your large file into your git repository.
Just try push your code by using command line.

qin-nz on 29 Apr 2016

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@pprochazka72 You may config SourceTree use git within it self.
Your SourceTree will not find git-lfs in your system PATH.
I use SmartGit, and I use follow command to make git-lfs available for my SmartGit. You can modify it for your SourceTree

ln /Applications/SmartGit.app/Contents/Resources/git/bin/git-lfs /Applications/GitHub\ Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/git-lfs/bin/git-lfs

qin-nz on 29 Apr 2016

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Very clever and thank k8nd sir.

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@pprochazka72 You may config SourceTree use git within it self.

Your SourceTree will not find git-lfs in your system PATH.

I use SmartGit, and I use follow command to make git-lfs available for my SmartGit. You can modify it for your SourceTree

ln /Applications/SmartGit.app/Contents/Resources/git/bin/git-lfs /Applications/GitHub\ Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/git-lfs/bin/git-lfs

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chasescot on 29 Apr 2016

For SmartGit 8 and git-lfs installed via brew I used the following command to make git-lfs available to SmartGit:

ln /usr/local/bin/git-lfs /Applications/SmartGit.app/Contents/Resources/git/bin/git-lfs

kosiara on 8 Sep 2016

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@chocolim Thank you it works for me!

iTofu on 22 Nov 2016

Removing file .git/hooks/pre-push solved this problem

akapitula on 23 Nov 2016

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installation guide is here : https://git-lfs.github.com/ . Just download and follow the instructions to install git-lfs on your local

diophung on 11 Jan 2017

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deleting: .git/hooks/pre-push solves the problem immediatly.

bobKasbi on 1 Mar 2017

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SmartGit 8.0.5 does not have git-lfs inside.

Also it has some weird internal PATH:

/usr/local/git/libexec/git-core:/Applications/SmartGit.app/Contents/Resources:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

To make it see my HomeBrew git-lfs I had to run

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/git-lfs /usr/local/git/libexec/git-core/git-lfs

Is there any doc explaining where SmartGit searches for git-lfs provided we use externa git executable?

rivaros on 10 Apr 2017

@diophung Thank you it works for me!

vb0iko on 19 May 2017

Funny, for me it says "This repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting .git/hooks/post-checkout."

zapjonny on 25 Aug 2017

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*Don't delete: .git/hooks/pre-push *

That just turns off LFS - and will cause issues if you're submitting to a shared repository. It's much better to resolve the errors by linking LFS as other posters have outlined above. Of course if you never intended to use LFS then removing LFS hooks is reasonable.