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Script to purge large files from a git repository history
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gistfile1.sh
FILE_TO_DELETE="target"
# Filter the history
git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch ${FILE_TO_DELETE' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
# Purge the local repository and force garbage collection
rm -rf .git/refs/original/
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --prune=now
git gc --aggressive --prune=now
# Print new repository size
git count-objects -v
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