Git LFS Check workflow (ag2ai/build-with-ag2)

The Git LFS Check workflow from ag2ai/build-with-ag2, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: ag2ai/build-with-ag2.github/workflows/lfs-check.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Git LFS Check workflow from the ag2ai/build-with-ag2 repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: "Git LFS Check"

on: pull_request
permissions: {}
jobs:
  lfs-check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          lfs: true
      - name: "Check Git LFS files for consistency, if you see error like 'pointer: unexpectedGitObject ... should have been a pointer but was not', please install Git LFS locally, delete the problematic file, and then add it back again. This ensures it's properly tracked."
        run: |
          git lfs fsck

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: "Git LFS Check"
 
on: pull_request
permissions: {}
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  lfs-check:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          lfs: true
      - name: "Check Git LFS files for consistency, if you see error like 'pointer: unexpectedGitObject ... should have been a pointer but was not', please install Git LFS locally, delete the problematic file, and then add it back again. This ensures it's properly tracked."
        run: |
          git lfs fsck

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout