Git LFS Roadmap

This is a high level overview of some of the big changes we want to make for Git LFS. If you have an idea for a new feature, open an issue for discussion.

Releases

• 0.5 - Initial release using the original HTTP API
• 0.6 - First release using the batch HTTP API, with a fallback to the original API.
• 0.7 - Drops support for the original API.

v1.0

These are the features that we feel are important for a v1 release of Git LFS, and we have a good idea how they could work.

• Fast, efficient uploading and downloading (#414).
• Improved local storage management (#490).
• Extensions (#486).
• Improved installation/upgrade experience (#531).
• Ability to remove objects from the command line through the API.
• Go 1.5+

Possible Features

These are features that require some more research. It's very possible that these can make it in for v1.0 if there's a great proposal.

• File locking
• Binary diffing - reduce the amount of content sent over the wire.
• Client side metrics reporting, so the Git LFS server can optionally track how clients are performing.

Project Related

These are items that don't affect Git LFS end users.

• Releases through common package repositories: RPM, Apt, Chocolatey, Homebrew.
• CI builds for Windows.
• Automated build servers that build Git LFS on native platforms.
• Automated QA test suite for running release candidates through a gauntlet of open source and proprietary Git LFS environments.
• Automatic updates of the Git LFS client.