The Atlassian Community Forums are currently in read-only mode. We will be relaunching on a new platform on September 22 (read more here). We apologize for the extended downtime. For concerns or questions, please email communitymanagers@atlassian.com. See you on the other side, on the new Atlassian Community Forums! :)

×
Forums
Home Q&A Discussion groups Articles Ask a question Search
Learning
Events
Champions
Release Notes
Community
Forums
Home Q&A Discussion groups Articles Ask a question Search
Learning Events Champions Release Notes
Forums
Home Q&A Discussion groups Articles Ask a question Search
Learning Events Champions Release Notes

Forums

Articles
Create
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
Q&A
See all
Community resources
Top groups
Explore all groups
Community resources
Learn
Community resources
Events
Community resources

Request Garbage collection

nfrance709
nfrance709
March 15, 2025

 

I removed some large files from a repo and it doubled in size, its currently 1.63 GB.

Can you run garbage collection to see if the repo reduces in size?

Regards, Neil

Watch
Like # people like this
701 views

2 answers

2 accepted

Comments for this post are closed

Community moderators have prevented the ability to post new answers.

0 votes
Answer accepted
Theodora Boudale
Theodora Boudale
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
March 17, 2025

Hi Neil and welcome to the community!

I saw one repo with a size of 1.6 GB among the ones you have access to. I ran a git gc for it and its size has been reduced.

Does it look on now on your end?

Kind regards,
Theodora

View More Comments
nfrance709
nfrance709
March 17, 2025

Thank you, the size is correct now.

Like • Theodora Boudale likes this
Theodora Boudale
Theodora Boudale
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
March 18, 2025

That's good to hear and you are very welcome. Please feel free to reach out if you ever need anything else!

Like
Reply
0 votes
Answer accepted
Hrudu Shibu
Hrudu Shibu
Rising Star
Rising Star
Rising Stars are recognized for providing high-quality answers to other users. Rising Stars receive a certificate of achievement and are on the path to becoming Community Champions.
Get recognized
March 15, 2025

Hi @nfrance709 ,

To shrink your Bitbucket repo:

  1. Backup: Clone with --mirror.
  2. Remove Large Files: Use BFG Repo Cleaner or git filter-branch.
  3. Garbage Collection:

git reflog expire --expire=now --all 

git gc --prune=now 

  1. Force Push:

git push --all --force 

git push --tags --force 

View More Comments
nfrance709
nfrance709
March 17, 2025

Thank you for that information.

Like
Reply
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
DEPLOYMENT TYPE
CLOUD
PERMISSIONS LEVEL
Product Admin Site Admin
TAGS
AUG Leaders

Atlassian Community Events

    See all events
    Community
    Forums
    FAQs Forums guidelines
    Learning
    About learning Resources
    Events
    Champions
    Release Notes
    Copyright © 2026 Atlassian
    Privacy Policy Notice at Collection Terms Security