From c5a3f94edd5dce461e97879621d40da8f96b4c2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xezon <4720891+xezon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 08:44:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Git LFS tracking to all relevant binary files

---
 .gitattributes | 31 ++-----------------------------
 README.md      |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f7ceacbeb..2600f76a6 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -14,38 +14,11 @@
 *.txt text
 *.wnd text
 LICENSE text
+
 # Text files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout. (Does not work properly. Do not use it.)
 #*.bat text eol=crlf
+
 # All files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
-*.7z binary
-*.ani binary
-*.big binary
-*.bik binary
-*.bmp binary
-*.csf binary
-*.dds binary
-*.dll binary
-*.exe binary
-*.gz binary
-*.jpg binary
-*.map binary
-*.mp3 binary
-*.ods binary
-*.png binary
-*.psd binary
-*.pso binary
-*.pyd binary
-*.rar binary
-*.scb binary
-*.tar binary
-*.tga binary
-*.wak binary
-*.w3d binary
-*.wav binary
-*.vso binary
-*.xls binary
-*.xlxs binary
-*.zip binary
 *.7z filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.ani filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.big filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67ec2ea2c..27a7a3843 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ Welcome to the Generals Game Patch project that aims to fix and improve the orig
 - [Issues](https://github.com/xezon/GeneralsGamePatch/issues)
 
 ### How to contribute
-You can take part in our Issue reports and Pull Request section by commenting. Please keep it professional at all times. We prefer to work with data and evidence. You can also make contributions to the Project by creating Pull Request(s). You can find information on how to use Git effectively with web search.
+You can take part in our Issue reports and Pull Request section by commenting. Please keep it professional. You can also make contributions to the Project by creating Pull Request(s).
+
+On top of Git, this repository requires Git LFS. It can be installed from here:
+- https://git-lfs.github.com/
 
 ### How we approach core objectives
 In our first survey we asked community what they think about addressing bugs that affect gameplay: More than 90% of players want bugs to be fixed. Based on this result and also our discussions and experiences in the developer team, we decided to tackle changes and fixes with the following approach: