Git-Lfs

Download an LFS backed file from GitLab.com without git and git-lfs installed

It is possible to download a Git LFS-backed file from GitLab.com without having git or git-lfs installed by using the GitLab API directly. This article provides two shell scripts that demonstrate how to do this.

Well, the API is there and you can do it already!

Just dig into what git is doing by a test-clone with any LFS repo:

export GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1
export GIT_TRACE_CURL=1
git clone <my-repo> 2>&1 | tee git-clone.log

From there you are able to figure out what is happening on SSH.