How to fix warning: File large_file.zip is too large to be efficiently tracked by Git in Git

# Find files larger than 50MB in your working directory
find . -type f -size +50M -not -path "./.git/*"

# Check what files are staged
git status

# See sizes of staged files
git diff --cached --stat

# List the 10 largest files in the repository history
git rev-list --objects --all | \
  git cat-file --batch-check='%(objecttype) %(objectname) %(objectsize) %(rest)' | \
  sed -n 's/^blob //p' | sort -rnk2 | head -10

# Add specific file
echo "large_file.zip" >> .gitignore

# Add file patterns
echo "*.zip" >> .gitignore
echo "*.tar.gz" >> .gitignore
echo "data/*.csv" >> .gitignore

# Remove from staging if already added
git reset HEAD large_file.zip

# Commit the .gitignore
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Add large files to .gitignore"

# Build outputs
dist/
build/
*.exe
*.dll

# Data files
*.csv
*.json.gz
*.parquet

# Archives
*.zip
*.tar.gz
*.rar

# Media
*.mp4
*.mov
*.psd

# macOS
brew install git-lfs

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install git-lfs

# Windows (with Git for Windows 2.29+)
# Git LFS is included, just initialize it

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install git-lfs

git lfs install

# Track specific file types
git lfs track "*.zip"
git lfs track "*.psd"
git lfs track "*.mp4"

# Track a specific file
git lfs track "data/large_dataset.csv"

# Track files in a directory
git lfs track "assets/**"

git add .gitattributes
git commit -m "Track large files with Git LFS"

git add large_file.zip
git commit -m "Add large file via LFS"

git lfs ls-files

# Migrate specific file types in all branches
git lfs migrate import --include="*.zip,*.psd" --everything

# Migrate files over a certain size
git lfs migrate import --above=50mb --everything

# Migrate only in the current branch
git lfs migrate import --include="*.zip"

# Force push to update remote (coordinate with your team!)
git push --force-with-lease

# Team members must re-clone or run:
git lfs fetch --all
git lfs checkout

# Install git-filter-repo
pip install git-filter-repo

# Remove a specific file from all history
git filter-repo --path large_file.zip --invert-paths

# Remove all files larger than 50MB
git filter-repo --strip-blobs-bigger-than 50M

# Clone the repo as a mirror
git clone --mirror [email protected]:user/repo.git

# Remove files larger than 100MB
java -jar bfg.jar --strip-blobs-bigger-than 100M repo.git

# Clean up
cd repo.git
git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

# Push changes
git push --force

# Check repository size
git count-objects -vH

# Verify no large files are staged
git diff --cached --stat

# Check LFS tracking (if using LFS)
git lfs ls-files
git lfs status

# Push changes
git push origin main