Repository size exceeds limit

fabio.carvalho

Dear all,

Our current repository just exceeded the 4GB size limit. We have already tried to remove last commit that exceeded the 4GB limits but nothing happened. 

We have also enabled the "Delete dangling commits when over size limite" as suggested in this link below:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-11593

But at this moment the size hasn't decreased. Can you please run GC and help us out?

We are also planning to delete old branches since we have many, will it require GC to run one more time? How often does the GC runs?

**Please let me know if you need any further information. Currently all my developers cannot push any code to our repository and I cannot take any action.**

Thanks in advance

Theodora Boudale

Hi @fabio.carvalho, welcome to the community, and thank you for tagging me in this (it's perfectly fine).

I ran a git gc on the repository that was over the 4 GB limit and its size has been reduced, so your developers should be able to push now.

The repo's size is still quite large, so I would suggest reducing it further, if possible. You can check this post of mine in a different question with more details:

• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Bitbucket-questions/Revert-bitbucket-repository-state-to-one-day-prior/qaq-p/1908360#M76762

If you decide to proceed with the steps mentioned in that post and rewrite history in the repo with BFG, please keep in mind that the repo's size will get increased again once you push your changes. The repo will then need another git gc for the old commits (prior to history rewrite) to get removed and to get its size reduced.

If you decide to delete branches, a git gc will be required as well. A git gc runs every after push, but with different arguments depending on many different conditions.

You can either let me know here, and I can run another git gc for the repo, or alternatively, since the repo belongs to a workspace on a paid billing plan, you can create a ticket with Bitbucket Cloud support team. You can create a ticket via https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/, in "What can we help you with?" select "Technical issues and bugs" and then Bitbucket Cloud as product. If the repo is over the size limit and your team is blocked, please create the ticket with priority "Level 1" to ensure a faster response.

We have a feature request to allow users to trigger a git gc on their remote repositories: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-11593

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or if you need anything further.

Kind regards,
Theodora