Comment by riedel

The article mentions alternatives to git lfs like git annex that support S3 already (which IMHO is however still a bit of a pain in the ass on windows due to the symlink workflow). Also dvc plays nicely with git and S3. Gitlab btw also simply offloads git lfs to S3. All have their quirks. I typically opt for LFS as a no-brainer but use the others when it fits the workflow and the infrastructure requirements.

Edit: Particularly the hash algorithm and the change detection (also when this happens) makes a difference if you have 2 GB files and not only the 25MB file from the OP