yashprit/cleaning_git.md

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Cleaning up git repository

Raw

    Check the size
du .git/object or git count-objects -v
find unwanted files
git filter-branch --tag-name-filter cat --index-filter 'git rm -r --cached --ignore-unmatch filename' --prune-empty -f -- --all
Reclaim space

rm -rf .git/refs/original/\n
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --prune=now
git gc --aggressive --prune=now

Push the cleaned repository
git push origin --force --all (for all repository)
git push origin --force --tags (for all tags)
Tell your teammates
git rebase or take fresh code (git clone)


  

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yashprit commented Sep 8, 2014

This is also great article https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Maintaining+a+Git+Repository