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Garbage Collection Request

P. Jalu
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January 13, 2025

Hello,

I just ran BFG to test removing large files on one of my repository, but the repository size actually increased when viewed in Bitbucket even though when I tried to clone it, the size already decreased from the original.

Would it possible to run GC on the "*-test-1" repository? Thank you.

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Theodora Boudale
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January 15, 2025

Hi @P. Jalu and welcome to the community!

The size of the remote repo increased after you push changes with BFG because the repo had both old references (before history rewrite) and new ones (after history rewrite).

I ran a git gc on the repo so that old references get removed and its size has been reduced.

Does it look ok now on your end?

Kind regards,
Theodora

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P. Jalu
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January 15, 2025

Hi @Theodora Boudale,

Looks good to me. Thank you for the help!

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