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Can't push --force a reduced size repo after reaching 1Gb

virus_found

Your workspace has exceeded the 1 GB limit and has been placed in read-only mode. Learn more about upgrading your plan and checking storage usage. — Learn more

% git push --set-upstream origin master --force
Enumerating objects: 6798, done.
Counting objects: 100% (6798/6798), done.
Delta compression using up to 22 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (1321/1321), done.
Writing objects: 100% (6798/6798), 3.87 MiB | 1.78 MiB/s, done.
Total 6798 (delta 5305), reused 6557 (delta 5083), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (5305/5305), done.
remote: This workspace is over the 1 GB size limit. Reduce the size of your workspace or upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan to increase the size limit.
remote:
remote: Upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-your-plan-and-billing/#Change-your-plan
remote: Or learn how to reduce your repository size: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/#Rewind-history-to-undo-large-commits.
To bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git
! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git'

% du -sh .git ; git count-objects -vH
5.0M .git
count: 0
size: 0 bytes
in-pack: 7598
packs: 1
size-pack: 4.23 MiB
prune-packable: 0
garbage: 0
size-garbage: 0 bytes

Accepted answers

Mark C

Hi @virus_found

Welcome to the community.

Could you confirm if you've used the BFG tool to reduce the size of your repository? - https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/

If not yet, could you try that and push again?

Regards,
Mark C

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virus_found

How else am I supposed to "Reduce the size of your workspace" ?

Mark C

Hi @virus_found

Welcome to the community.

Could you confirm if you've used the BFG tool to reduce the size of your repository? - https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/

If not yet, could you try that and push again?

Regards,
Mark C

virus_found

Hello, I confirm that yesterday I tried git-filter-branch to shrink the repo. It did not work and I sent the details in the startning message.

Now I tried BFG. And it did not work either. The remote seems not to be interested in what I am pushing now and what size it is since I once reached the 1Gb limit.

17:16:35 bare/home-configs.git % du -hs . ; git count-objects -vH
1.1G .
count: 0
size: 0 bytes
in-pack: 7189
packs: 1
size-pack: 1.02 GiB
prune-packable: 0
garbage: 0
size-garbage: 0 bytes

17:16:59 bare/home-configs.git % cd ..

17:17:27 /tmp/bare % java -jar /tmp/_ff/bfg-1.15.0.jar --strip-blobs-bigger-than 3M home-configs.git

Using repo : /tmp/bare/home-configs.git

Scanning packfile for large blobs: 7189
Scanning packfile for large blobs completed in 3,040 ms.
Found 128 blob ids for large blobs - biggest=559242656 smallest=3202428
Total size (unpacked)=1444502920
Found 1511 objects to protect
Found 2 commit-pointing refs : HEAD, refs/heads/master

Protected commits
-----------------

These are your protected commits, and so their contents will NOT be altered:

* commit 2068bd68 (protected by 'HEAD') - contains 1 dirty file :
- .zsh_history (3.5 MB)

WARNING: The dirty content above may be removed from other commits, but as
the *protected* commits still use it, it will STILL exist in your repository.

Details of protected dirty content have been recorded here :

/tmp/bare/home-configs.git.bfg-report/2025-06-06/17-19-54/protected-dirt/

If you *really* want this content gone, make a manual commit that removes it,
and then run the BFG on a fresh copy of your repo.


Cleaning
--------

Found 385 commits
Cleaning commits: 100% (385/385)
Cleaning commits completed in 175 ms.

Updating 1 Ref
--------------

Ref Before After
---------------------------------------
refs/heads/master | 2068bd68 | 02e94fa4

Updating references: 100% (1/1)
...Ref update completed in 2 ms.

Commit Tree-Dirt History
------------------------

Earliest Latest
| |
.......................DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

D = dirty commits (file tree fixed)
m = modified commits (commit message or parents changed)
. = clean commits (no changes to file tree)

Before After
-------------------------------------------
First modified commit | b4599560 | 32f8a0c3
Last dirty commit | 44df784f | 03659fe9

Deleted files
-------------

Filename Git id
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.zsh_history | 1f7f9374 (3.5 MB), 1b8e9a3b (3.6 MB), ...
20190419 131314.m4a | abdd8701 (3.7 MB)
20190629 170750.m4a | dfa59cab (9.2 MB)
20190629 172819.m4a | 812def0c (4.7 MB)
20190802 230345.m4a | 4ba62e38 (14.5 MB)
20190802 234349.m4a | dddf03b8 (3.4 MB)
20190924 130735.m4a | 8c2f4c8a (8.7 MB)
20190925 103341.m4a | 599281ba (7.6 MB)
2ahCnbsAY5g.jpg | 0bbd0b0f (3.4 MB)
4xsd-XsMnAg.jpg | d3a31751 (4.1 MB)
RsGOR-J4xpM.jpg | 704f1c28 (3.5 MB)
W4S3UDlqapw.jpg | 00f660a9 (3.2 MB)
_7gSQF4JlhY.jpg | beaf042b (3.1 MB)
bg_desktop_01.png | e1e3dad5 (3.3 MB)
bg_desktop_02.png | b887ba1b (6.4 MB)
...


In total, 495 object ids were changed. Full details are logged here:

/tmp/bare/home-configs.git.bfg-report/2025-06-06/17-19-54

BFG run is complete! When ready, run: git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

17:19:56 /tmp/bare % cd home-configs.git/

17:20:41 bare/home-configs.git % git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive
Enumerating objects: 7189, done.
Counting objects: 100% (7189/7189), done.
Delta compression using up to 22 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (6677/6677), done.
Writing objects: 100% (7189/7189), done.
Selecting bitmap commits: 328, done.
Building bitmaps: 100% (108/108), done.
Total 7189 (delta 5431), reused 1338 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)

17:21:00 bare/home-configs.git % gs
fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree

17:21:31 bare/home-configs.git % git push
Enumerating objects: 7189, done.
Writing objects: 100% (7189/7189), 97.51 MiB | 7.38 MiB/s, done.
Total 7189 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7189 (from 1)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (5431/5431), done.
remote: This workspace is over the 1 GB size limit. Reduce the size of your workspace or upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan to increase the size limit.
remote:
remote: Upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-your-plan-and-billing/#Change-your-plan
remote: Or learn how to reduce your repository size: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/#Rewind-history-to-undo-large-commits.
To bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git
! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git'

1 17:22:00 bare/home-configs.git % du -hs . ; git count-objects -vH
98M .
count: 0
size: 0 bytes
in-pack: 7189
packs: 1
size-pack: 97.70 MiB
prune-packable: 0
garbage: 0
size-garbage: 0 bytes

17:22:39 bare/home-configs.git %

virus_found

Hello, that time I tried git-filter-branch tool and that did not work according to the starting message. Now I tried BFG and the result is the same.

17:16:35 bare/home-configs.git % du -hs . ; git count-objects -vH
1.1G .

17:16:59 bare/home-configs.git % cd ..

17:17:27 /tmp/bare % java -jar /tmp/_ff/bfg-1.15.0.jar --strip-blobs-bigger-than 3M home-configs.git

Using repo : /tmp/bare/home-configs.git

Scanning packfile for large blobs: 7189
Scanning packfile for large blobs completed in 3,040 ms.
Found 128 blob ids for large blobs - biggest=559242656 smallest=3202428
Total size (unpacked)=1444502920
Found 1511 objects to protect
Found 2 commit-pointing refs : HEAD, refs/heads/master

Protected commits
-----------------

These are your protected commits, and so their contents will NOT be altered:

* commit 2068bd68 (protected by 'HEAD') - contains 1 dirty file :
- .zsh_history (3.5 MB)

WARNING: The dirty content above may be removed from other commits, but as
the *protected* commits still use it, it will STILL exist in your repository.

Details of protected dirty content have been recorded here :

/tmp/bare/home-configs.git.bfg-report/2025-06-06/17-19-54/protected-dirt/

If you *really* want this content gone, make a manual commit that removes it,
and then run the BFG on a fresh copy of your repo.


Cleaning
--------

Found 385 commits
Cleaning commits: 100% (385/385)
Cleaning commits completed in 175 ms.

Updating 1 Ref
--------------

Ref Before After
---------------------------------------
refs/heads/master | 2068bd68 | 02e94fa4

Updating references: 100% (1/1)
...Ref update completed in 2 ms.

Commit Tree-Dirt History
------------------------

Earliest Latest
| |
.......................DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

D = dirty commits (file tree fixed)
m = modified commits (commit message or parents changed)
. = clean commits (no changes to file tree)

Before After
-------------------------------------------
First modified commit | b4599560 | 32f8a0c3
Last dirty commit | 44df784f | 03659fe9

Deleted files
-------------

Filename Git id
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.zsh_history | 1f7f9374 (3.5 MB), 1b8e9a3b (3.6 MB), ...
20190419 131314.m4a | abdd8701 (3.7 MB)
20190629 170750.m4a | dfa59cab (9.2 MB)
20190629 172819.m4a | 812def0c (4.7 MB)
20190802 230345.m4a | 4ba62e38 (14.5 MB)
20190802 234349.m4a | dddf03b8 (3.4 MB)
20190924 130735.m4a | 8c2f4c8a (8.7 MB)
20190925 103341.m4a | 599281ba (7.6 MB)
2ahCnbsAY5g.jpg | 0bbd0b0f (3.4 MB)
4xsd-XsMnAg.jpg | d3a31751 (4.1 MB)
RsGOR-J4xpM.jpg | 704f1c28 (3.5 MB)
W4S3UDlqapw.jpg | 00f660a9 (3.2 MB)
_7gSQF4JlhY.jpg | beaf042b (3.1 MB)
bg_desktop_01.png | e1e3dad5 (3.3 MB)
bg_desktop_02.png | b887ba1b (6.4 MB)
...


In total, 495 object ids were changed. Full details are logged here:

/tmp/bare/home-configs.git.bfg-report/2025-06-06/17-19-54

BFG run is complete! When ready, run: git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

17:19:56 /tmp/bare % cd home-configs.git/

17:20:41 bare/home-configs.git % git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive
Enumerating objects: 7189, done.
Counting objects: 100% (7189/7189), done.
Delta compression using up to 22 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (6677/6677), done.
Writing objects: 100% (7189/7189), done.
Selecting bitmap commits: 328, done.
Building bitmaps: 100% (108/108), done.
Total 7189 (delta 5431), reused 1338 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)

17:21:31 bare/home-configs.git % git push
Enumerating objects: 7189, done.
Writing objects: 100% (7189/7189), 97.51 MiB | 7.38 MiB/s, done.
Total 7189 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7189 (from 1)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (5431/5431), done.
remote: This workspace is over the 1 GB size limit. Reduce the size of your workspace or upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan to increase the size limit.
remote:
remote: Upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-your-plan-and-billing/#Change-your-plan
remote: Or learn how to reduce your repository size: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/#Rewind-history-to-undo-large-commits.
To bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git
! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git'

1 17:22:00 bare/home-configs.git % du -hs . ; git count-objects -vH
98M .
count: 0
size: 0 bytes
in-pack: 7189
packs: 1
size-pack: 97.70 MiB
prune-packable: 0
garbage: 0
size-garbage: 0 bytes

virus_found

(My post is being deleted two times already. Posting the third time, obfuscating the output.)

Hello, that time I tried git-filter-branch tool and that did not work according to the starting message. Now I tried BFG and the result is the same.

17:16:35 bare/home-configs.git % du -hs . ; git count-objects -vH
1.1G .

17:16:59 bare/home-configs.git % cd ..

17:17:27 /tmp/bare % java -jar /tmp/_ff/bfg-1.15.0.jar --strip-blobs-bigger-than 3M home-configs.git

Using repo : /tmp/bare/home-configs.git

<...>

In total, 495 object ids were changed. Full details are logged here:

/tmp/bare/home-configs.git.bfg-report/2025-06-06/17-19-54

BFG run is complete! When ready, run: git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

17:19:56 /tmp/bare % cd home-configs.git/

17:20:41 bare/home-configs.git % git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive
Enumerating objects: 7189, done.
Counting objects: 100% (7189/7189), done.
Delta compression using up to 22 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (6677/6677), done.
Writing objects: 100% (7189/7189), done.
Selecting bitmap commits: 328, done.
Building bitmaps: 100% (108/108), done.
Total 7189 (delta 5431), reused 1338 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)

17:21:31 bare/home-configs.git % git push
Enumerating objects: 7189, done.
Writing objects: 100% (7189/7189), 97.51 MiB | 7.38 MiB/s, done.
Total 7189 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7189 (from 1)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (5431/5431), done.
remote: This workspace is over the 1 GB size limit. Reduce the size of your workspace or upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan to increase the size limit.
remote:
remote: Upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-your-plan-and-billing/#Change-your-plan
remote: Or learn how to reduce your repository size: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/#Rewind-history-to-undo-large-commits.
To bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git
! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'bitbucket.org:virus_found/home-configs.git'

1 17:22:00 bare/home-configs.git % du -hs . ; git count-objects -vH
98M .
count: 0
size: 0 bytes
in-pack: 7189
packs: 1
size-pack: 97.70 MiB
prune-packable: 0
garbage: 0
size-garbage: 0 bytes

jason_drlat6

Hi, I tried to reduce the size of my repo and get the following error:

jay@MacBook-Air bit_repo % git push origin --force --all

Enumerating objects: 18782, done.

Counting objects: 100% (18782/18782), done.

Delta compression using up to 8 threads

Compressing objects: 100% (8213/8213), done.

Writing objects: 100% (18740/18740), 219.19 MiB | 1.56 MiB/s, done.

Total 18740 (delta 9742), reused 18704 (delta 9717), pack-reused 0 (from 0)

remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (9742/9742), completed with 10 local objects.

remote: This workspace is over the 1 GB size limit. Reduce the size of your workspace or upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan to increase the size limit.

remote:

remote: Upgrade to a Standard or Premium plan: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/manage-your-plan-and-billing/#Change-your-plan

remote: Or learn how to reduce your repository size: https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/reduce-repository-size/#Rewind-history-to-undo-l…

! [remote rejected] main -> main (pre-receive hook declined)

error: failed to push some refs to

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