From ebb5cc12f5d8ac46002e3ac35575c9f7c611f6f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adeeb Shihadeh <adeebshihadeh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:55:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ci: don't pay the big model tax yet (#38371)

* ci: don't pay the big model tax yet

* skip big in release
---
 .github/workflows/docs.yaml             | 5 +++++
 .github/workflows/model_review.yaml     | 7 ++++++-
 .github/workflows/release.yaml          | 5 +++++
 .github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yaml | 3 +++
 .github/workflows/tests.yaml            | 3 +++
 tools/release/release_files.py          | 3 +++
 6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 2d7da672e7..4be4fac916 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ concurrency:
   group: docs-tests-ci-run-${{ inputs.run_number }}-${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.run_id || github.head_ref || github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  GIT_CONFIG_COUNT: 1
+  GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0: lfs.fetchexclude
+  GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0: openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/big_driving_supercombo.onnx
+
 jobs:
   docs:
     name: build docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/model_review.yaml b/.github/workflows/model_review.yaml
index 82c732dc3b..d491b6397a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/model_review.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/model_review.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
       - 'openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/*.onnx'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  GIT_CONFIG_COUNT: 1
+  GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0: lfs.fetchexclude
+  GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0: openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/big_driving_supercombo.onnx
+
 jobs:
   comment:
     permissions:
@@ -39,4 +44,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@0ea0beb66eb9baf113663a64ec522f60e49231c0
         with:
           header: model-review
-          message: ${{ steps.report.outputs.content }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          message: ${{ steps.report.outputs.content }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 6916fd5ce8..26b28ab330 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 9 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  GIT_CONFIG_COUNT: 1
+  GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0: lfs.fetchexclude
+  GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0: openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/big_driving_supercombo.onnx
+
 jobs:
   build_masterci:
     name: build master-ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yaml b/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yaml
index 0421efe6e8..e4ca9b2129 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
 
 env:
   PYTHONPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
+  GIT_CONFIG_COUNT: 1
+  GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0: lfs.fetchexclude
+  GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0: openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/big_driving_supercombo.onnx
 
 jobs:
   package_updates:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 08206ee1e2..d0de0fb680 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ env:
   CI: 1
   PYTHONPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
   PYTEST: pytest --continue-on-collection-errors --durations=0 -n logical
+  GIT_CONFIG_COUNT: 1
+  GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0: lfs.fetchexclude
+  GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0: openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/big_driving_supercombo.onnx
 
 jobs:
   build_release:
diff --git a/tools/release/release_files.py b/tools/release/release_files.py
index dd6b16253c..223e3f2c77 100755
--- a/tools/release/release_files.py
+++ b/tools/release/release_files.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ blacklist = [
 
   "matlab.*.md",
 
+  # skip big model for now
+  "openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/models/big_driving_supercombo.onnx",
+
   # no LFS or submodules in release
   ".lfsconfig",
   ".gitattributes",