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DevOps & Automation · Intermediate

Git Large File Storage (Git LFS)

A Git extension that stores large binary files outside the repository, replacing them with small pointer files.

Definition

LFS keeps clones fast when projects contain large assets such as images, datasets, or firmware. Files are tracked with git lfs track patterns stored in .gitattributes.

Example

git lfs track "*.bin" adds firmware binaries to LFS.

Exam tip

Use LFS for large binaries; Git itself handles text diffs efficiently but not large binaries.

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