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How Does Git LFS Work? Git LFS uses pointers instead of the actual files or binary large objects (blobs). So, instead of writing large files/blobs to a Git repository, you write a pointer file, and the files/blobs themselves are written to a separate server. Plus, with Git LFS, multiple servers can be used.
It's important to never commit binary files because once you've commit them they are in the repository history and are very annoying to remove. You can delete the files from the current version of the project - but they'll remain in the repository history, meaning that the overall repository size will still be large.
Any binary format can be diffed with git, as long as there's a tool which converts the binary format to plain text. One just needs to add the conversion handlers and attributes in the same way.
If you're using Git on the command line, there are different installation options available to you: Binary Packages: Up-to-date binary packages are available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD.
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I had essentially the same problem: I wanted to git pickle files, which are binary, but git thinks they're text.
I found this chapter on Git Attributes in the Pro Git Book. So I resolved my issues by creating a .gitattributes file with this line:
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