Repository size not decreasing

Alexandrun

Hello,

 

We pushed a big folder accidentally. Then we ran BFG and removed that folder. Now a local copy is around 1.4 gb, but the size shown by bitbucket is 3.89GB.

 

What else can I do, or should a gc be run on the repository by the Bitbcuket team?

 

Best regards,

Alex

Patrik S

Hello @Alexandrun and welcome to the Community!

After cleaning up a repository and pushing it back to Bitbucket, it's necessary to run a garbage collection on Bitbucket side to remove the dangling objects that were left behind by the removal of the large files.

I went ahead and executed a GC in the repository of your workspace that matched the size you shared with us. The size was reduced back to 1.3GB

Now that GC is completed, I would highly recommend you having everyone on your team removing their old copies of the repository and doing a fresh clone of it. Since the old clones have a dirty history, it's better to delete them, so you don't risk pushing the dangling objects back into your cleaned repository, which would increase its size again.

Thank you, @Alexandrun !

Patrik S