Git LFS repository for big and binary files

Note

This is an alternative to the FTP-server described in FTP.md. We aim to phase out the FTP-server in the future.

To keep our websites small and efficient, we’re storing our big (>0.5 MB) and binary files (e.g. .JPEG, .zip) in a separate repository which makes use of git LFS. Furthermore, this allows us to share single assignments files without attachments.

To access the Git LFS repository, you must be added to the ‘content writers’ team in the MUDE GitHub organization. Tom van Woudenberg can add you to this team.

Add your big and binary files in the ./file/-directory. Don’t be afraid of things becoming a mess, that’s fine! As long as you don’t delete existing files, although GitHub shouldn’t allow you to do so ;). And of course, DON’t put any copyrighted material in this repository. You need to add files from your local computer, uploading in the github interface online doesn’t work.

To use a file, you can use the url https://github.com/TUDelft-MUDE/source-files/raw/main/file/<filename>. For example the file MUDE_Logo-small.png in ./file/ can be referenced by with https://github.com/TUDelft-MUDE/source-files/raw/main/file/MUDE_Logo-small.png, which gives you the image below:

Figures can be referenced in any markdown text using the normal syntax for a figure:

![](https://github.com/TUDelft-MUDE/source-files/raw/main/file/<filename>)

If you want to have students download files from a .ipynb-file, you can use the following lines of code:

import os
from urllib.request import urlretrieve

def findfile(fname):
    if not os.path.isfile(fname):
        print(f"Downloading {fname}...")
        urlretrieve('https://github.com/TUDelft-MUDE/source-files/raw/main/file/'+fname, fname)

findfile('<filename>')

If you use the code above, add the file to the .gitignore to make sure it will not get synced with github.