How to know if I have latest version of file [git lfs lock workflow]

Question

We are using git lfs lock (GitHub's open source git extension) to prevent conflicts with binary files. The problem is that sometimes people forget to pull the latest version of a file, they lock the file and work on it but get rejected when trying to push.

So how can I quickly check if I have the latest version of the file, before locking it?

Answer 1

You can:

• fetch first
• check if there is a diff for that specific file, compared to origin/master (assuming you are on master)

That is:

git fetch
if git diff --quiet origin/master -- yourFile; then
   echo "No changes"
else 
   echo "File changed, let's reject log"
fi