Cloud Drops - Introducing and Setting up Git LFS (Large File Storage)
Storing large binary files directly in Git forces every developer to download the full history of those files on every clone — a growing pain as the number of assets increases. Git LFS solves this by replacing tracked files with small pointer files containing a version, an ID, and a size, while the actual content lives on the remote LFS server. Run git lfs install once per machine, then git lfs track "*.mp3" per repository to create a .gitattributes entry. All subsequent git add, git commit, and git push operations work exactly as normal; LFS handles the upload transparently. When cloning, pass --config lfs.fetchExclude="*.mp3" to skip downloading the large files and receive only the lightweight pointers instead.
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