Git. Find/identify large files/commits in Git history

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Find/identify large files/commits in Git history

The Base Code

This bash one-liner displays all blob objects in the repository, with the largest ones last.
This will generate computer-friendly output.

    git rev-list --objects --all \
  | git cat-file --batch-check='%(objecttype) %(objectname) %(objectsize) %(rest)' \
  | awk '/^blob/ {print substr($0,6)}' \
  | sort --numeric-sort --key=2

Output for Humans

If you append the following to the above code you get beautiful human-readable output

    | cut --complement --characters=8-40 \
    | numfmt --field=2 --to=iec-i --suffix=B --padding=7 --round=nearest

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