How to use GIT LFS to track iOS frameworks?

Question

I want to track my frameworks with lfs by a smart way. So this is my setting for git lfs:

*.framework/Versions/A (.gitattributes) */*.framework/Versions/A (.gitattributes) */{*.framework}/Versions/A (.gitattributes) 

But it doesn't work. When I run

"git add ." 

there's no files tracked by lfs.

How to fix that. Thank you!

Answer 1

Important: To successfully get Git LFS working, the file may not already be in your Git history.

Mandatory steps:

1. Install Git LFS via brew (or mac ports.. )

   brew install git-lfs

2. Initialize LFS inside jour local Git repo. Otherwise your commands will have no effect.

   git lfs install

// Updated pre-push hook. Git LFS initialized.

3. Do not track the iOS framework directly (eg. "opencv2.framework") because macOS will treat it as a folder. Just track the one large binary file inside the framework.

   git lfs track MyProject/Libraries/opencv2.framework/Versions/A/opencv2

// Tracking MyProject/Libraries/opencv2.framework/Versions/A/opencv2

4. Add all the files including the new generated ".gitattributes"

   git add .

5. Commit changes

   git commit -m "added lfs binary"

6. Now verify the file is properly tracked by LFS

   git lfs ls-files

// 604bd36eb5 * MyProject/Libraries/opencv2.framework/Versions/A/opencv2

7. Push the commit and see that Git is uploading the large file first

   git push

// Git LFS: (1 of 1 files) 3.54 MB / 87.34 MB

And you are done.

Answer 2

You can follow the next steps to add all frameworks to the git lfs:

brew install git-lfs                                 # install via homebrew git lfs install                                      # initialize lfs for yor repo git lfs track ios-app/Frameworks/*.framework/**/*    # track all frameworks in your project git add --all                                        # stage git commit -m "Added files to git lfs"               # commit git lfs ls-files                                     # check that files are tracked 

Eventually you should get the next result:

9ee501fdc8 * ios-app/Frameworks/Lottie.framework/Headers/Lottie-Swift.h 8fa3ecc835 * ios-app/Frameworks/Lottie.framework/Info.plist 4a870aa4cc * ios-app/Frameworks/Lottie.framework/Lottie 

Take into account that this will not convert any pre-existing files to Git LFS (from other branches or in your prior commit history). To do that, use the git lfs migrate command:

git lfs migrate import --include='ios-app/Frameworks/*.framework/**/*' --everything