Towards a production quality open source Git LFS server

Since GitLab 8.2, both GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) have supported Git Large File Storage (LFS), following a path towards production-level support that began with a reference implementation not initially ready for production use. GitLab was compelled to develop its solution because existing solutions for managing large files in Git repositories, such as Git Annex, were not sufficient, and GitHub's Git LFS was not initially production-ready. GitHub had announced Git LFS and open-sourced its client and server reference implementation in 2015, which sparked interest from the GitLab community for similar support. Despite not receiving direct responses from GitHub, GitLab decided to fork the Git LFS reference implementation, remove unnecessary user management features, and incorporate it into both CE and EE versions. GitLab's open-source efforts began with contributions from the community and anticipated further input, aiming to release an alpha version with GitLab 8.1 and a beta in 8.2.

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