Limiting file size in git repository

Question

I\'m currently thinking of changing my VCS (from subversion) to git. Is it possible to limit the file size within a commit in a git repository? For e. g. subversion there is

Answer 1

Another way is to version a .gitignore, which will prevent any file with a certain extension to show up in the status.
You still can have hooks as well (on downstream or upstream, as suggested by the other answers), but at least all downstream repo can include that .gitignore to avoid adding .exe, .dll, .iso, ...