Repo management - Run Garbage Collection (gc) - poweredbyeverrati.git

Question

My repository size seems far larger than on disk; spacesniffer shows the bulk of the size is within the .git folder. I possibly ran BFG in the past but without being able to run garbage collection. I have conducted the steps again for this repository for the likely file and folder size offenders; "No refs to update - no dirty commits found??"

Could I please ask an Atlassian colleague to run the garbage collection step (gc —prune=now —aggressive) on my repo poweredbyeverrati.git?

Anastasiia Dimnych · Accepted Answer

Hi @Gordon Lai,

I understand this issue must be frustrating for you. I've created a support ticket on your behalf: BBS-255486. Please keep an eye on your email for updates, and we're here to help you through this.

Best regards,

Anastasiia

Gordon Lai · Accepted Answer

Thanks both; Support Engineer Alan has:

"…executed the Git GC on the server-side repo and managed to reduce its size to 314.8 MB."

This is a good result, my request can be closed!