How to use GIT LFS to track iOS frameworks?

Important: To successfully get Git LFS working, the file may not already be in your Git history.

Mandatory steps:

1. Install Git LFS via brew (or mac ports.. )

   brew install git-lfs

2. Initialize LFS inside jour local Git repo. Otherwise your commands will have no effect.

   git lfs install

// Updated pre-push hook. Git LFS initialized.

3. Do not track the iOS framework directly (eg. “opencv2.framework”) because macOS will treat it as a folder. Just track the one large binary file inside the framework.

   git lfs track MyProject/Libraries/opencv2.framework/Versions/A/opencv2

// Tracking MyProject/Libraries/opencv2.framework/Versions/A/opencv2

4. Add all the files including the new generated “.gitattributes”

   git add .

5. Commit changes

   git commit -m "added lfs binary"

6. Now verify the file is properly tracked by LFS

   git lfs ls-files

// 604bd36eb5 * MyProject/Libraries/opencv2.framework/Versions/A/opencv2

7. Push the commit and see that Git is uploading the large file first

   git push

// Git LFS: (1 of 1 files) 3.54 MB / 87.34 MB

And you are done.