Repository size exceeds limit but GC is not working

Question

Hello, one of our repositories recently exceed the size limit of 4GB.

We used the official guides and came to a point where we cannot push anymore because repo size is not changing apparently because the automatic GC is not working properly.

Can you help? Maybe you could run the GC manually against our repo?

Thank you very much in advance!

Ben · Answer

Hi @m_liscio @gtugnolo

I have performed a subsequent gc and the size of the repo has only reduced by 200mb (it is now 3.7GB).

I have opened a support ticket on your behalf, you should receive an email with a link to the request - we will communicate further on there.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)

m_liscio · Answer

Could you please run again git gc on our repo since I removed another big file?

If it still doesn't solve our size problem, then yes, we could really use further assistance.

Thank you in advance,

Michele

Ben · Answer

Hey Michele,

Apologies for the delay in response - I was OOO for a few days.

I have ran a git gc and the repository size is still only 3.9GB, are there any other files which can be removed - given that you do not wish to use GIT LFS?

If you need further assistance, please let me know and I will raise a ticket formally so I may look into the backend of your repository and identify any problematic large files in your commit history.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)