How can I clean large file history in repository and request to trigger GC on bitbucket repository

[preeda_wap]

I have 2 test repositories to clean large files that were committed and would like to request to manually trigger GC for these repositories

First, I use git-filter-repo to remove unwanted files from the repository.

git filter-repo --path-glob '*.bundle' --invert-paths
git push --force origin --all

All '*.bundle' files have been removed from the repository but after I forced push changes into the git occupied storage increased from ~400MB to ~700MB which I assume is temporary until the GC trigger.
https://bitbucket.org/<workspaceID>/repo-4

Seconds, I follow this document https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/use-bfg-to-migrate-a-repo-to-git-lfs/ to use BFG to convert files{.pdf and .bundle} to LFS.

java -jar bfg-1.14.0.jar --convert-to-git-lfs "*.{bundle,pdf}" --no-blob-protection .
git push --force

Same as the first repo, after force push the occupied storage increased from ~400MB to ~700MB. The LFS size doesn't seem to increase by the size of files I convert to LFS by the command above.
https://bitbucket.org/<workspaceID>/repo-5

[Theodora Boudale · Accepted solution]

Hi @preeda_wap and welcome to the community!

I ran a git gc for both repos and their size has been reduced.

If you ever need a git gc again, you can either create a new question in community or (since the workspace is on a paid billing plan) you can also create a ticket with the support team via https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/. In "What can we help you with?" select "Technical issues and bugs" and then Bitbucket Cloud as product.

Just a heads up, I edited the repo names from your post as well to protect your privacy.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Kind regards,
Theodora

[preeda_wap]

Thank you for your help

[Theodora Boudale]

You are very welcome, please feel free to reach out if you ever need anything else!