How to clone/pull a git repository, ignoring LFS?

Question

Is there a way to explicitly ignore all git-lfs files on clone and pull?
(besides uninstalling git-lfs which I ended up doing).

Answer 1

Two alternatives:

1) Using the GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE variable:

GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone SERVER-REPOSITORY

2) Configuring the git-lfs smudge:

git config --global filter.lfs.smudge "git-lfs smudge --skip"
git clone SERVER-REPOSITORY

To undo this configuration, execute:

git config --global filter.lfs.smudge "git-lfs smudge -- %f"