Run GC

Question

Hi,

I have cleaned my repository from local through bfg. Can you run gc on this repo git@bitbucket.org:sk29325/spm-reports-clone.git. Is it possible to run gc by myself?

Syahrul · Answer

Hey @Sumeet.d.kumar You need to make sure to follow the BFG steps and clone as well as run the BFG onto the --mirror (Bare) repository. In some cases, you may need to use no blob protection parameter if the files you wish to delete are in the protected HEAD bfg --delete-files {filesname} --no-blob-protection my-repo.git Regards, Syahrul

Sumeet.d.kumar · Answer

Hi @Syahrul ,

I deleted files through BFG. Size got reduced from 2.42 GB to 2.24GB in my local machine. However I am unable to push my changes to Bitbucket Cloud Repository. It says "Everything up-to-date". Is there any other way to achieve this part. Am I missing something?

Attaching screenshot with this.

Thanks,

Sumeet

Syahrul · Answer

Hey @Sumeet.d.kumar

Welcome to the community!

I have triggered Git GC on the affected repository, which remains at 2.5 GB. This means that there are still many large files in your repository.

I suggest reviewing them again, identifying which files are huge, and deleting them one by 1 through BFG.

Identify large files

As for triggering GC on yourself, unfortunately, you can't now. You have to raise a support ticket with us or a community post. Note that we automatically trigger GC on the repository from time to time.

Regards,
Syahrul