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Reduced repo size even after deleting large files

Raja Muhammad Tahir Qaiser
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December 8, 2025

My Git repo became extremely large, so I tried to clean it up.
I deleted all local and remote branches, added the asset files to .gitignore, and removed them from Bitbucket. I also rewrote the history so that only the recent commit remains.

However, the repository size on Bitbucket is still huge. I don’t understand why the size hasn’t decreased, and it’s getting really frustrating.

How can I completely clean the repo size on Bitbucket?

How long does bitbucket takes to do garbagge collection ?

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Mikael Sandberg
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December 8, 2025

Hi @Raja Muhammad Tahir Qaiser,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

I have notified the support team from Atlassian that is on here and they will reach out to you within 2 business days to get this resolved. 

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