On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Joey Hess <joey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That said, since git commit stages the whole large file into the index, > which is the kind of expensive operation git-annex exists to avoid, > it's still not very practical to intercept the commit like that. What > I ideally need is a hook that is run before git commit stages anything. Then maybe you should look at git smudge&clean filters. They perform conversation between the working tree and the index. Though I am not sure how well they work with big files. Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html