findbiggestgitfiles.sh

#!/bin/bash
#set -x 

# internal field separator
IFS=$'\n';

# list objects by size
if [ -d .git ]; then
objects=`git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx | grep -v chain | sort -k3nr | head -n500`
elif [ -d objects ]; then
objects=`git verify-pack -v objects/pack/pack-*.idx | grep -v chain | sort -k3nr | head -n500`
else
exit 1
fi

echo "All sizes are in kB. The pack column is the size of the object, compressed, inside the pack file."

#relevantobjects=`git rev-list --all --objects | grep -F "$objects"`
output="size,pack,SHA,location"
for y in $objects
do
	# extract the size in bytes
	size=$((`echo $y | cut -f 5 -d ' '`/1024))
	# extract the compressed size in bytes
	compressedSize=$((`echo $y | cut -f 6 -d ' '`/1024))
	# extract the SHA
	sha=`echo $y | cut -f 1 -d ' '`
	# find the objects location in the repository tree
	other=`git rev-list --all --objects | grep $sha`
	#lineBreak=`echo -e "\n"`
	output="${output}\n${size},${compressedSize},${other}"
done

echo -e $output #| column -t -s ', '