Request Garbage collection

[nfrance709]

I removed some large files from a repo and it doubled in size, its currently 1.63 GB.

Can you run garbage collection to see if the repo reduces in size?

Regards, Neil

[Theodora Boudale · Accepted solution]

Hi Neil and welcome to the community!

I saw one repo with a size of 1.6 GB among the ones you have access to. I ran a git gc for it and its size has been reduced.

Does it look on now on your end?

Kind regards,
Theodora

[nfrance709]

Thank you, the size is correct now.

[Theodora Boudale]

That's good to hear and you are very welcome. Please feel free to reach out if you ever need anything else!

[Hrudu Shibu · Accepted solution]

Hi @nfrance709 ,

To shrink your Bitbucket repo:

1. Backup: Clone with --mirror.
2. Remove Large Files: Use BFG Repo Cleaner or git filter-branch.
3. Garbage Collection:

git reflog expire --expire=now --all 

git gc --prune=now 

1. Force Push:

git push --all --force 

git push --tags --force 

[nfrance709]

Thank you for that information.