Repository size increased after force push, guess I need to run git gc on Bitbucket

Question

I'm cleaning my repo to try to fit into new size limits. So I used BFG cleaner to strip some large files from history and then did push --force.

Before that I checked the repo size in Bitbucket console - it was 2.2 Gb. Now it's 3.5 Gb.

Similar posts say that git gc needs to be launched on Bitbucket so could anyone please do this for me? Or is there any way for me to launch	rigger it myself without asking for support everytime cause I have 5-6 more repos to clean up :)

The repo name is CatPow. Thank you in advance.

Mark C · Answer

Hi @kumade

You could provide those repo sizes here, and I'll run Git GC against them.

Regards,
Mark C

kumade · Answer

Yes it's the same tiny size on bitbucket now, thank you Mark.

I have few more repos to clean so do I need to create a new question for each or I could ask right here by replying to your message?

Mark C · Answer

Hi @kumade

No worries. I've done the GC process, could you check the size now?

Regards,
Mark C