git lfs pull --include="largefile.bin"
Earlier versions of LFS used a simple SHA-256 OID mapping. Version 0.6 of the lazy protocol introduces . Instead of requesting each file individually, the client can request a batch of up to r files (where r might be a numeric value like 4, 8, or 16). The trailing "r" in 0.6r could signify that the default batch size is 4 (r=4) or that retry logic is built into the batch request. lfs lazy 0.6r
Traditional Git LFS operates on an "eager" model. When you run git lfs pull , it downloads every tracked file. For a repository of 50 GB of assets, this is a nightmare. git lfs pull --include="largefile