# Emplace LFS objects without Gitea API

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/emplace-lfs-objects-without-gitea-api/12483>\
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\
**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/emplace-lfs-objects-without-gitea-api/12483 "2026-10-06T03:49:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/emplace-lfs-objects-without-gitea-api/12483/1 "2026-10-06T03:49:20Z")

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If I have a process external to Gitea (with access to the same gitea/lfs directory that Gitea is using) and I have it write (using the appropriate structure and naming scheme) an object into the file structure, is there a way to tell Gitea that the file is there?

I did a test with this and, despite the file being there, the first step of LFS pushes (i.e. to send a batch of objects) returns an action to upload the object, despite the object already physically existing (but not via the Gitea API).