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Managing Large Files with Git LFS

November 25, 2024
8 min
Can Özkan

Efficiently manage your large binary files using Git Large File Storage.

What Is Git LFS?

Git LFS represents large binary files (images, video, datasets) with pointers, preventing your repository history from bloating. The actual content is stored in a separate store.

Setup and Usage

Enable it with git lfs install, then specify the file types to track with git lfs track. Don't forget to commit the .gitattributes file.

Best Practices

Only put truly large and rarely changing files into LFS. Monitor your repository quota and clean unnecessary large files from history.

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