.git folder size big

[Srinivasan Subramanian - OIT]

we have an alert for disk space on hssdrl101u in the /apps/ directory
These are some of files taking up the highest space
7.1G    /apps/cbmsIDE/app/jenkins/jobs/PrdCode_Checkin/workspace/prd-build/.git/objects/pack/pack-815f458834aad60190dfec0c058e6d7268f5b267.pack
7.1G    /apps/cbmsIDE/app/jenkins/jobs.bkup/PrdCode_Checkin/workspace/prd-build/.git/objects/pack/pack-815f458834aad60190dfec0c058e6d7268f5b267.pack
1.8G    /apps/cbmsIDE/dev_build_area/Jboss/corticon_Uat/.git/objects/pack/pack-c309c2067046f16e0477ee3d9fa0073cfa62a5c3.pack
1.8G    /apps/cbmsIDE/dev_build_area/Jboss/corticon_Sit04/.git/objects/pack/pack-76e2148425330817542ccc517a69aa6152c512b0.pack
1.8G    /apps/cbmsIDE/dev_build_area/Jboss/corticon_Sit03/.git/objects/pack/pack-c309c2067046f16e0477ee3d9fa0073cfa62a5c3.packWhy these are taking more spaces?All files are in .git folder

[Kristy]

Hi @Srinivasan Subramanian - OIT ,

The files you're looking at are called Git Packfiles. Git periodically tries to save as much space as it can by looking for similar files and storing them in diffs from one version of the file to the next. Without these packfiles, the `.git` folder would be much bigger (but scattered across lots of different files instead).

Hope that helps!

Kristy