The Horrifying Cost

If a Git has 2806 commits, and you commit 15MB worth of output each time, then you are a menace and must be stopped.


   2806 commits x 15MB = 41GB

Initial Tactics: `.gitignore`

*.pdf
*.epub
Makefile
*.xcf

...but sometimes it's not enough.

Saving Your Immortal Soul

End the madness with git lfs.

Setup


apt install -y git-lfs
cd $PROJECT
git lfs install

Output: Easy Hooks

cat ~/.git/hooks/pre-push

#!/bin/sh
command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2
"This repository is configured for Git LFS but
'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no
longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by
deleting '.git/hooks/pre-push'."; exit 2; }


git lfs pre-push "$@"

Add Files

Track all the files:

git lfs track "*.iso"
git lfs track "*.png"
git lfs track "*.jpg"
git lfs track "*.jpeg"
git lfs track "*.tiff"
git lfs track "*.xlsx"
git lfs track "*.docx"

cat .gitattributes

Result:

*.jpg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
*.svg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

Double check with git lfs ls-files.

Locking

[ If your remote supports it ] lock your files when working on them.

Migration

Make sure you have all the files:

git lfs fetch origin --all

git lfs push $newRemote --all

Problems

soft-serve does not yet support git-lfs.

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