What is Git LFS?

Git LFS (Large File Storage) is an extension for Git that allows you to manage large binary files more efficiently. Git itself is excellent at handling text-based files, but it can become slow and bloated when dealing with large binary files, such as PLC projects, images, videos, datasets, etc.

Git LFS implements very small pointers to the actual binary/large files, saving space and addressing most performance issues. From a user standpoint, this is all done "behind the scenes" and so you shouldn't notice any difference in usage.

When a new repository is created in Copia and it is already Git LFS-enabled, a .gitattributes file is automatically created for generic filetypes. The .gitattributes file also acknowledges vendor-specific filetypes (such as Rockwell .acd files and Siemens .zap## files).

You can tell if a file in your repo is being tracked with LFS by checking if there is a green "LFS" chip next to the file name in the web app, as seen below.

You can read more about Git LFS in our Documentation.