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I installed git-lfs using homebrew, and it works fine from the command line. I can still add text files in Xcode as well, but whenever I try in Xcode to add a file which should be tracked by git-lfs, there is no effect (the file stays "?" in Xcode's file list, and the command line confirms that the file was not, in fact, added). After some research, I tried adding ~/Library/LaunchAgents/my.startup.plist to setenv PATH /usr/local/bin but it had no effect.

How can I get Xcode to play nice with git-lfs?

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We have a similar issue, our CI uses Xcode's git and not the homebrew one. So we needed to get git-lfs working in Xcode. This proved pretty simple: copying the git-lfs core file from the homebrew version into Xcode (you need to do this again every time you upgrade Xcode):

sudo ln -s `which git-lfs` /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/git-lfs

Edited to highlight great improvement by @blackjack75.

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Same in an one-liner finding the current git sudo ln -s `which git-lfs` /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/git-lfs
Or even better when you have multiple Xcode versions on the machine and it is not named Xcode.app sudo ln -s `which git-lfs` `xcode-select -p`/usr/libexec/git-core/git-lfs
At first this does not appear to work in MacOS 14.6 ("Operation not permitted"). But after you try this ln command, you can then go into Settings / Privacy & Security / App Management then tick on "Allow the applications below to update or delete other applications" and then it works
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There seem to be a problem with using git-lfs with Xcode. See this article: http://gopalkri.com/2016/05/17/git-lfs-xcode-asset-catalogs/

Might be better off to stick with Git to commit your changes instead of doing it via Xcode.

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3 years later and it still seems to be an issue.. Any updates?
Feels like still a default issue here at... 7 years later?
Ya Xcode does have it's own git (in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/), but for some reason it can't seem to find the homebrew installed git-lfs when running the git from that folder. It does not come with a git-lfs in that folder either. The other answer makes a symbolic link inside that folder so Xcode's git can find git-lfs, (but there's a little catch, see my comment on that other answer above)

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