.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3 .\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3 . .TH "GIT\-LFS\-CLEAN" "1" "March 2019" "" "" . .SH "NAME" \fBgit\-lfs\-clean\fR \- Git clean filter that converts large files to pointers . .SH "SYNOPSIS" \fBgit lfs clean\fR \fIpath\fR . .SH "DESCRIPTION" Read the contents of a large file from standard input, and write a Git LFS pointer file for that file to standard output\. . .P Clean is typically run by Git\'s clean filter, configured by the repository\'s Git attributes\. . .P Clean is not part of the user\-facing Git plumbing commands\. To preview the pointer of a large file as it would be generated, see the git\-lfs\-pointer(1) command\. . .SH "SEE ALSO" git\-lfs\-install(1), git\-lfs\-push(1), git\-lfs\-pointer(1), gitattributes(5)\. . .P Part of the git\-lfs(1) suite\.