title: Git LFS refused to track my large files properly, until I did the following
body: <h1>Problem</h1>
  
  <p>I had troubles trying to use <a href="https://git-lfs.github.com/" rel="noreferrer">git LFS</a>, despite the many suggestions here on SO, on Git and GitHub's documentation, and on some Gists I'd run across.</p>
  
  <p>My problem was as follows:</p>
  
  <p>After performing the necessary steps:</p>
  
  <pre><code>git lfs install
  git lfs track "&lt;file of interest&gt;"
  git commit
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would still not have any files being tracked.  If I performed</p>
  
  <pre><code>git lfs ls-files
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it would be blank.  If I went ahead &amp; performed the push, the transaction would fail, saying that the files are too large.  (As expected, but I was desperate.)</p>