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A focused reading collection for files & recovery.
Files need a lifecycle as well as a location. This collection examines the assets that grow beyond a simple source checkout and the copies that make a project recoverable. It brings large-file planning together with archives, repository history, retention, and restoration, so storage decisions remain connected to what developers and users need later. The large files hub and backup and security hub provide complementary topic overviews.
Start with the Git LFS guide if an asset must follow a particular source revision. Read the backup and archive guide when you need to preserve a usable project after deletion, migration, or loss. In either case, identify the exact result you must reproduce: an editable historical revision, a downloadable release, or a working application with its data. Then evaluate the storage and verification process against that result.
A ZIP, a clone, and a working backup preserve different things. Learn how to protect repository history, recover large-file objects, retain application state, and rehearse restoration without depending on the original host.
Large files need a storage decision before they need a Git command. Learn which assets belong in ordinary Git, which fit Git LFS, and which should stay in artifact storage or application backups.