Tracking blender assets in git LFS (2025-08-19 07:46Z)

User

I'm finally migrating my blender assets to a git repo. What are some more files to add to LFS tracking? there are multiple .vdb files, for example.

Assistant

Looking at your .gitattributes file and the workspace structure, I can see you have a comprehensive list of file types already tracked with Git LFS. However, I notice some file types that are present in your Blender assets workspace that aren't currently tracked:

Missing file types to add:

.vdb - Volumetric data files (I can see you have many of these in the CloudScapes and RealCloud folders)
.npz - NumPy compressed files (present in your HG livekeys folders)
.json - While these are typically small, some asset libraries have large JSON files
.txt - Some documentation files might be large
.cats - Blender asset catalog files (though these are usually small)

Here's what I'd recommend adding to your .gitattributes:

# Volumetric data files
*.vdb filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

# NumPy compressed files
*.npz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

# Large text/documentation files (optional - only if you have large ones)
*.txt filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
*.md filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

# Asset catalog files (optional - these are usually small)
*.cats filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

The .vdb files are definitely the most important addition since they're typically very large volumetric data files that would benefit greatly from LFS tracking. The .npz files in your HG livekeys folders are also worth considering since they can contain large amounts of facial/body data.

Would you like me to add these to your .gitattributes file?

User

can you scan and find me some more file types that are present that I might consider adding?

Assistant

I'll scan your workspace to find additional file types that might be worth adding to LFS tracking. Let me examine the directory structure and look for file patterns.

Grep search for "\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" • **7** files

File	Line	Match
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L1	`# Blender Studio Git Management - .gitignore`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L4	`*.blend1`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L5	`*.blend2`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L6	`*.blend3`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L7	`*.blend4`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L8	`*.blend5`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L9	`*.blend6`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L10	`*.blend7`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L11	`*.blend8`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L12	`*.blend9`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L13	`*.blend10`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L14	`*.blend11`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L15	`*.blend12`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L16	`*.blend13`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L17	`*.blend14`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L18	`*.blend15`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L19	`*.blend16`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L20	`*.blend17`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L21	`*.blend18`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L22	`*.blend19`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L23	`*.blend20`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L24	`*.blend21`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L25	`*.blend22`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L26	`*.blend23`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L27	`*.blend24`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L28	`*.blend25`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L29	`*.blend26`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L30	`*.blend27`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L31	`*.blend28`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L32	`*.blend29`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L33	`*.blend30`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L34	`*.blend31`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L35	`*.blend32`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L38	`*.swp`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L39	`*.swo`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L41	`*.tmp`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L42	`*.temp`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L45	`*.bpy`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L46	`*.bmesh`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L47	`*.bvh`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L48	`*.bobj`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L49	`*.bphys`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L56	`.Trashes`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L57	`ehthumbs.db`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L58	`Thumbs.db`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L59	`desktop.ini`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L64	`*.swp`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L65	`*.swo`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L69	`# *.mp4`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L70	`# *.avi`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L71	`# *.mov`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L72	`# *.png`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L73	`# *.jpg`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L74	`# *.jpeg`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L75	`# *.exr`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L76	`# *.hdr`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L77	`# *.tiff`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L78	`# *.tga`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L81	`# *.wav`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L82	`# *.mp3`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L83	`# *.aac`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L84	`# *.ogg`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L87	`*.zip`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L88	`*.rar`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L89	`*.7z`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L90	`*.tar.gz`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L93	`*.log`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L97	`*.pyc`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L98	`*.pyo`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L99	`*.pyd`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L100	`.Python`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L106	`.env`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L107	`.env.local`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L108	`.env.development.local`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L109	`.env.test.local`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L110	`.env.production.local`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L113	`*.bak`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L114	`*.backup`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L115	`*.old`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.gitignore`	L127	`*.prlock`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/blender_assets.cats.txt`	L156	`e3a30516-84e3-4272-8b9e-68bdfd9febfc:NafanLib/Purchased/Tiny Eye 1.2:NafanLib-Purchased-Tiny Eye 1.2`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/.specstory/.gitignore`	L2	`/.what-is-this.md`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Blender%20Foundation/blender-3.4-splash/charge_asset_library-materials/README.txt`	L5	`• charge_asset_library-materials.blend`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Blender%20Foundation/blender-3.4-splash/charge_asset_library-materials/README.txt`	L8	`• tested and working with Blender 4.1`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/blender_assets.cats.txt~`	L156	`e3a30516-84e3-4272-8b9e-68bdfd9febfc:NafanLib/Purchased/Tiny Eye 1.2:NafanLib-Purchased-Tiny Eye 1.2`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/desktop.ini`	L3	`IconFile=C:\Users\Nathan\AppData\Local\SynologyDrive\SynologyDrive.app\bin\cloud-drive-ui.exe`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12404	`"width": 13.110774993896484`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12441	`"width": 17.124759674072266`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12479	`"width": 0.2747557759284973`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12510	`"width": 9.032740592956543`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12537	`"width": 6.905251502990723`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12575	`"width": 2.4792556762695312`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12603	`"width": 0.17302566766738892`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12635	`"width": 0.36181098222732544`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12674	`"width": 8.359619140625`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12712	`"width": 0.6132736802101135`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12751	`"width": 2.7822158336639404`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12782	`"width": 1.1077854633331299`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12820	`"width": 0.925559401512146`
`file:///c%3A/Users/Nathan/SynologyDrive/BlenderAssets/Purchased/Botaniq_full/mapr_index.json`	L12858	`"width": 2.5976688861846924`

Let me search more specifically for file extensions in the actual asset directories:

find . -type f -name "*.*" | grep -E "\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" | sed 's/.*\.//' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr

 's/.*\.//' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr
                            
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> find . -type f -name "*.*" | gre
p -E "\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" | sed 's/.*\.//' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr
                                                        



























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file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path
is correct and try again.

Let me use PowerShell commands instead to find file types:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -ne ""} | Group-Object Extension | Sort-Object Count -Descending | Select-Object Name, Count

PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n
PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets> Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {$_.Extension -n

Name                  Count
----                  -----
.png                   2268
.blend                 1181
.jpg                    714
.vdb                    595
.json                   174
.npz                    149
.tif                     66
.txt                     48
.exr                     20
.py                       2
.md                       2
.gitignore                2
.7z                       2
.pack-info                1
.hdr                      1
.tga                      1
.gitattributes            1
.cursorindexingignore     1
.txt~                     1

PS C:\Users\Nathan\SynologyDrive\BlenderAssets>

Perfect! Now I can see the file types present in your workspace. Based on this analysis, here are the additional file types you should consider adding to LFS tracking:

High Priority (Large files that should definitely be tracked):

.vdb - 595 files (volumetric data files, typically very large)
.npz - 149 files (NumPy compressed files, can be large)

Medium Priority (Consider if they're large): 3. .json - 174 files (some asset library JSON files can be quite large) 4. .txt - 48 files (usually small, but some documentation can be large) 5. .py - 2 files (usually small, but worth checking)

Already covered in your current .gitattributes:

.png, .jpg, .exr, .hdr, .blend, .7z, .tif, .tga are already tracked

Recommendations:

# Volumetric data files (high priority - these are typically very large)
*.vdb filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

# NumPy compressed files (high priority - can contain large amounts of data)
*.npz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

# Optional - only if you have large JSON files
*.json filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

# Optional - only if you have large text files
*.txt filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

The .vdb files are definitely the most important addition since you have 595 of them and they're typically very large volumetric data files. The .npz files are also worth adding since they can contain large amounts of facial/body data for your HG assets.

Would you like me to add these to your .gitattributes file?

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