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 ```
 
 The above configuration would look for the status who's `"context"` is `"my-provider/deployment"`.
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+## Git Large File Storage (LFS)
+
+Please note that the GitHub backend **does not** support [git-lfs](https://git-lfs.github.com/), see [this issue](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/issues/1206) for more information.