Avoid binaries in git commit

Question

I have git integrated with gerrit,
I am trying to stop committing binary files into git,

Here is what I tried:
I added *.bin in .gitignore file,
But that can be skipped using -f option while committing,

Can anyone suggest an alternative method?

Answer 1

If you really want to prevent any binary to make it to the repo managed by gerrit, you can add a pre-receive hook detecting binaries and rejecting the push: see "Is there a git hook which can prevent binary check-ins".

That way, you still can accidentally commit binaries, but you won't be able to push them to the remote repo.