what happens to my repository if I revert back to free account from standard?

[ManishMit]

I want to know what happens to my repositories which have size larger than 1GB if I cancel my standard subscription and go back to the free account.

[Ana Retamal · Accepted solution]

Hi Manish, welcome to the Community.

Nothing will happen to your repositories. The maximum size is the same for the Free, Standard, and Premium plans. The difference is the number of users that are allowed to have access to your repositories. The Free plan has a limit of 5 users (including you) so if any of your repos has more than 5 users, it will become 'read-only' until you remove some users from it. 

Hope this clarifies your concerns!

Best regards,

Ana

[ManishMit]

I want to increase the size of my repo, can you please tell me how can I do that. Thanks.

[Ana Retamal]

Hi Manish, the maximum size of the repo can not be increased. If your repo is going to exceed the 2GB you should look into which files are making it so big. If you have binaries, images, etc, you should know that this approach is discouraged and I'd recommend you to look into Git LFS. 

With Git LFS you can purchase separate storage to keep those big files, without them affecting the performance of the rest of your repository. The free account includes 1GB of LFS storage, and you can purchase extra at $10/month for 100GB.

Hope that helps!

Ana

[Ralph Tetenburg]

Hi Ana,

If I am paying for extra LFS storage (and using it), what will happen to the files in there if I cancel the subscription?

Thanks,

Ralph