Use git lfs for reference images
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Description
## Feature Description
Consider using Git Large File Storage (https://git-lfs.com/) for our reference images for VRT tests. This will let us reduce the size of our repository which is 2.41 GiB:
```
$ git count-objects -vH
```
```
count: 590
size: 3.15 MiB
in-pack: 432771
packs: 13
size-pack: 2.41 GiB
prune-packable: 137
garbage: 0
size-garbage: 0 bytes
```
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Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue identifies VRT reference images and the `git count-objects -vH` output as the starting points. Investigate how Git LFS would store and retrieve those images, then verify that visual regression tests continue to work while the repository size is reduced.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100