Repository Size is showing incorrect value

I cleaned up my repository

now when I do git clone with --mirror flag the total size of the clone folder is only 48.1 MB.

But when I go to Repository settings it shows repository size as 1.5 GB

Whats going on here?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Regards,

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Hi Karmendra,

A git clone with --mirror option creates a "bare" repository that does not have a work area.

It is, in fact, more like a read-only clone that you can then pull from -- and get a working repository.

Since the mirrored clone is different from its upstream repository in its structure and layout, it will differ in size.

More info here: when doing a git clone mirror where are the actual files.

Regards,

Kanwar | Atlassian Support

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Thanks a lot for you response, highly appreciate it.

Now I tried a normal git clone, repository size is only 96.8 MB, which still different from 1.5 GB shown in Repository Details. I read somewhere that bitbucket support should run git gc from back-end after a clean up is done. I did a clean up approximately a month ago (I still see the repository size warning btw).

Following images show my new clone and it size on disk