How to Block Committing Large Files With a Git Hook

One accidental giant commit bloats the repo forever. A size-guard hook prevents it. Here is how.

How to fix it

1. Set a size threshold

Pick a maximum size for non-LFS files that catches mistakes without blocking normal work.

2. Reject in a pre-commit hook

Have the hook fail the commit when an oversized, non-LFS file is staged.

3. Share the hook

Distribute the hook through a hook manager so it protects every clone, not just yours.

Catching the ones you can't reproduce

The hardest version of this to fix is the one you can't reproduce — it only happens on a player's hardware, OS, driver, or save state, under conditions that simply aren't present on your machine. A report that says “it crashed” or “it froze” gives you nothing to act on, so the bug survives release after release while quietly costing you players.

Automatic error capture closes that gap. Each failure arrives with its full stack trace, the device and OS, the build number, and a breadcrumb trail of what the player did right before it broke, so even a failure you have never seen becomes a specific, reproducible issue. Fold identical failures into one signature ranked by how many players each hits, and your worklist sorts itself worst-first instead of arriving as a stream of vague complaints.

This is where a tool like Bugnet earns its place. Its SDK captures every error automatically with the full stack trace plus device, OS, memory, build, and game-state context, folds duplicates into one grouped issue with an occurrence count, and ties each to the build it first appeared on — so you fix the problem that hurts the most players first and confirm it is gone when its signature disappears from the next release.