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

I am using gitolite and the update hook was already being used - instead of using the update hook, I used the pre-receive hook. The script posted by Chriki worked fabulously with the exception that the data is passed via stdin - so I made one line change:

- refname=$3
+ read a b refname

(there may be a more elegant way to do that but it works)