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Repository size reported as 376 MB but full mirror clone is only 656 KB

irshad arippayil
August 6, 2026

Several repositories in our Bitbucket Cloud workspace report sizes far larger than the actual Git data they contain.

One shows as 376.4 MB in the repository list. When I clone it with --mirror, which fetches every ref including branches, tags, and pull request refs, the result is 656 KB:

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Tomislav Tobijas
Community Champion
August 6, 2026

Hi @irshad arippayil ,

It could be that the Support team would need to run manual garbage collection. 🧹

I'll ping the forum support team to take a look at this. Someone should get back to you within 1 or 2 business days.

Cheers,
Tobi

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