Can asset packages not be a pain with repositories?

The Setup : I use packages from the asset store. I commit my project to github. I do not include the asset store package in the repository.

The Problem : After downloading the repo and package(s), the links to the prefabs are broken and I have to reassign each piece to its corresponding prefab.

Can I not include assets from the store to the repo and keep the prefab links?

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I would like to use unity asset store packages similar to node. I would like to exclude pushing unity asset packages like node_modules and just download them after the repo while maintaining prefab links. If not, should this be a feature request?