Why does nodegit-lfs require git and git-lfs installed?

[MMcKester]

Hello,

I use nodegit for my NodeJS project and would like to add now Git LFS support. So I found nodegit-lfs and the description states:

Nodegit LFS is an extension library used to augment NodeGit with the capability to use git lfs via the command line.
To use this package, you must have git and git lfs installed.

Can anyone explain me the purpose behind this requirement? Nodegit itself works with libgit2, but to use Git LFS I need git and git lfs installed?

Does anyone know how for example GitKraken has solved this to fulfill their Git LFS support? Thanks a lot!

[xmedeko]

Yes, GitKraken requires to have command line git and git-lfs installed in order to have LFS working, see https://help.gitkraken.com/gitkraken-client/git-lfs/#git-lfs-requirements

The reason is that git-lfs does not provide API through C library, see nodegit/nodegit#914 (comment)