This repository reached the 2 GB limit, restricting it to read-only access.

Question

Hi,

I recently got the following warning on https://bitbucket.org/igor_gorovoy/pixahub.com :

I then followed the instruction given here to reduce my repository size and restore write access.

I ran the following commands in my corresponding local git repo (which was up-to-date with this one) and ran:

git reset --hard <commit-SHA>

git push --force origin master

But still got error.

wrgrant · Answer

@igor_gorovoy

I inherited a repository recently that had many unnecessary large binary files committed in the history which caused the repository to be many GB.

The solution I used was to download http://gitextensions.github.io/

Obviously make a local backup copy first.

Open the repository in Git Extensions. Then under the Plugins menu, select 'Find Large Files'.

Check any very large offenders and hit confirm.

You can check the new size by looking at the folder size for the local copy you are working on. Note the history will be re-written and these objects will be gone forever! Needless to say, don't delete anything you will need in the future.

To finalize the changes, do a force push to the origin.

Ana Retamal · Answer

I've run a garbage collection in the remote repository and it went down from 6+GB to 2.1GB. It's still over the limit, but this means that what you're doing is working, you just need to reset back to a previous commit so the repo is back to under 2GB.

Have you tried deleting the repo yourself? You could delete it and then upload the new reduced version. If you can't, let me know (and also confirm you have a copy of it) so I can continue helping you.

Cheers!

Ana

igor_gorovoy · Answer

Hi, Ana, I do next steps, but got same message: 1) :~/pixahub.com$ git log -n 4 commit b3d59340f42c146cf3a1c08e4c37e610b9ca79c2 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Author: Igor Date: Tue Dec 12 18:20:34 2017 +0200 - comment eps - thumbnail add onclick action commit d3294b8e4adf1353f2468f4e4f06d0b342acd13e Merge: def40b3 8df24e4 Author: Igor Date: Mon Dec 11 21:54:03 2017 +0200 Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' commit 8df24e449849b6fe53f5227c8660502f26a9de59 Author: Vasilij Zakharov Date: Mon Dec 11 12:24:01 2017 +0200 EPS processing fix commit 2a4d5aaa7ed4574c3fdde1b2e8036c534152c814 Author: Vasilij Zakharov Date: Mon Dec 11 10:22:03 2017 +0200 . 2):~/pixahub.com$ git reset --hard 8df24e449849b6fe53f5227c8660502f26a9de59 HEAD is now at 8df24e4 EPS processing fix 3):~/pixahub.com$ git push --force repository is in read only mode (over 2 GB size limit). Learn how to reduce your repository size: https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/xgMvEw. fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. Can you delete in repo on server directory storage/4upload ? Thanx. Best regards, Igor.