Removing lfs and swapping with s3 setup instructions

pondo-bot/.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 .env.testnetbeta
 .env.local
 .env.*
-src/tests/.*
+src/tests/.*
+saved-states/**

pondo-bot/README.md

@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ As most calls in the pondo protocol are permissionless, the private key used to
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 3. Create the `.env` file
 4. Install and run the pondo bot: `yarn` && `yarn start:dev`
-5. Fetch large files for testing
-   1. Install [git lfs](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files/installing-git-large-file-storage)
-   2. Run `git lfs install` and verify message `Git LFS initialized.` shows
-   3. Run `git lfs fetch` and `git lfs checkout` to obtain large files
 
 Optionally, run Haruka's explorer:
 
@@ -63,6 +59,19 @@ Optionally, run Haruka's explorer:
 1. Run `yarn build:dev` to make sure all the test scripts are built.
 1. Run `yarn swapRpcDb your_backup_name`.
 
+## Retrieving / uploading common saved states
+We use an S3 bucket to store common states: [pondo-test-states](https://us-west-2.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/pondo-test-states)
+
+### Downloading
+1. Ensure you have AWS S3 retrieve access 
+1. Navigate to the above S3 bucket on the console, and download any relevant zips 
+1. Unzip into the saved-states/ directory 
+
+### Uploading 
+1. After snapshotting, zip the saved state i.e. `zip -r programsDeployed.zip programsDeployed` 
+1. Ensure you have AWS S3 upload access 
+1. Navigate to the above S3 bucket on the console, and upload the zips with default settings
+
 ## After updating a leo program
 
 1. Make sure to run: `yarn copyFiles`