Git LFS won't ignore files

Asked Apr 06 '17 at 14:18

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Trying to push a project to Github, but I have a couple of compiled (.exe and .msi) files that are larger than the 50MB size limits. I installed LFS from Github, tracked all .exe and .msi files, added a .getattributes, committed and tried to push the project again. I still get the warning about those files.

Since they are compiled and not needed in the repo directly, I even tried to just delete them, commit again and push. Same errors. It's still finding them for some reason, even though they don't exist.

I'm at a loss and not sure how to clear them and push my project. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

asked Apr 06 '17 at 14:18

Aaron Rumford

Have you removed the .exe and .msi files from all versions in the Git history? – Marcelo Ávila de Oliveira Apr 06 '17 at 14:55
honestly, not 100% sure how to do that. – Aaron Rumford Apr 06 '17 at 14:57
You need to use the "git filter-branch" command to rewrite the history. I don't know if it's the case but maybe it's acceptable to initiate a new repository with just the last version. What do you thing? – Marcelo Ávila de Oliveira Apr 06 '17 at 17:03

Git LFS won't ignore files

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