I\'ve a repository hosted on VSTS, containig a file stored through git-lfs. If I just let VSTS build checkout the repository it just downloads the git-lfs metadata file cont
The process has been updated yet again (March 2017). This time you need to edit the "Get Sources" part of your build definition. Enable the "Advanced Settings" option on the top right and check the option to "Checkout files from LFS".