Is there appetite to extend Use Git button to using git lfs as well? about starters HOT 8 OPEN

That's a nifty idea! It's pretty easy to setup tracking for common data extensions like csv sqlite etc
We could use git2r to execute the commands

It'll have to be an opt-in but it's a great idea

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for large files & GitHub see also https://github.com/cboettig/piggyback

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possibly the data folder and outputs folders or having a set of default extensions we'll LFS as part of the fn args

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@DaveParr could you explain more precisely what you'd want? Thanks!

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Not sure about Dave but I frequently want datasets or have outputs that bust the max file size for github - setting it up retrospectively is often cripplingly hard and I'd welcome it being "on by default"

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In practice, does this mean gitignoring+lfs-ing a folder by default? which folder?

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Ok. When I get to this, I'll probably do some reading and more questioning. 😁

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That's a pretty accurate summary of what I had in mind :)

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