The usual disclaimer – this is not my project, but it is simple and awesome so I wanted to share.

Check out this Git pre-commit hook for large files.

What it does:
Most people working on serious ML projects have probably experienced this issue, where you accidentally do git add .
and after committing (or worse, pushing to the remote), realize that you added your ginormous model / data to the repository.

If you’re a Git expert, you can definitely fix it. But why fix something you can avoid?

It’s super easy to install (only Linux/Mac are currently supported):

curl -L https://gist.github.com/guysmoilov/ddb3329e31b001c1e990e08394a08dc4/raw/install.sh | bash

By default limits files to 5MB max size, but this can be configured with:

GIT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=42000000 git commit -m “This commit is allowed file sizes up to 42MB”

The hook itself is based on this Gist – which deserves credit as well.

Thanks to both developers! What other hooks do you use as part of your ML work?