How can I remove large commits for good?

[smelcher53]

I've tried several different options that I found online without success.  One of them seemed to corrupt the repository and the others seemed to double the size of the repository.

I do NOT need the history of the large commits.

My goal is to reduce the size of my repository to under the 4GB limit.  The initial large commits were done by mistake

[Ben]

Hi @smelcher53 

I assume you are referring to the 1GB workspace repository size limit that will be imposed on 28th Apr.

The largest repo I saw on your workspace was 1006 MB. I executed a garbage collection, which reduced the size to 997.2MB.

To reduce further I'd suggest checking your largest files first:

git rev-list --objects --all \
| git cat-file --batch-check='%(objecttype) %(objectname) %(objectsize) %(rest)' \
| awk '/^blob/ {print substr($0,6)}' \
| sort -r --numeric-sort --key=2 \
| numfmt --field=2 --to=iec-i --suffix=B --padding=7 --round=nearest

Once you have those large files, remove those files using the BFG tool - there are instructions below:

• https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/

Once you've performed the cleanup operation - please let me know and I will execute a final garbage collection on the server-end. It is normal for the size to increase temporarily until the final gc is executed from my side.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)