Cannot use older version of git-lfs on a repo created using latest version

Question

I have a local repo with a bunch of git-lfs files tracked. It was creted using git-lfs version 2.1.0.

If I try to do a checkout on that repo using git-lfs version 1.5.6, I get the error:

    Error: unknown command "post-checkout" for "git-lfs"
    Run 'git-lfs --help' for usage.

I get the same error after running git-lfs install in the repo.

Is git-lfs not backwards-compatible?

I got the same errror. Updating to the latest git-lfs version fixed the problem. It would appear it is not backwards compatible — chrismarx, Aug 01 '17 at 14:25
how did you find which version of git-lfs was used by the repo? Just wanted to know, as it would help me out a lot! — Yahya Uddin, Aug 06 '17 at 19:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 12:18

I guess the answer to your question is "no, git lfs is not backwards compatible".

You would need to update your git lfs version to a newer one for this to work properly.

You can see the latest release (and previous releases) here:

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