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+# Git LFS tracking for BowlEye
+# Binary/large-asset types are stored via LFS and lockable, since binaries
+# can't be merged. Run `git lfs lock <file>` before editing one of these.
+# See docs/ and the "So you got your VM" onboarding deck for context.
+
+# ML models (pose detection, custom-trained)
+*.tflite  filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.onnx    filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.pt      filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.pb      filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+
+# Video / audio (bowling capture footage, test clips)
+*.mp4     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.mov     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.wav     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.mp3     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+
+# Images
+*.png     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.jpg     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.jpeg    filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.webp    filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.psd     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+
+# Android build / signing artifacts
+*.apk       filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.aab       filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.jar       filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.aar       filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.so        filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.keystore  filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.jks       filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+
+# Misc large/binary
+*.zip     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.fbx     filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable
+*.blend   filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text lockable