I checked a load of files in to a branch and merged and then had to remove them and now I'm left with a large.pack file that I don't know how to get rid of.I deleted all the files using git rm -rf xxxxxx and I also ran the -cached option as well.Can someone tell me how I can remove a large.pack file that is currently in the following directory.git/objects/pack/pack-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.packDo I just need to remove the branch that I still have but am no longer using? The issue is that, even though you removed the files, they are still present in previous revisions. Scenario A: If your large files were only added to a branch, you don't need to run git filter-branch. You just need to delete the branch and run garbage collection: git branch -D mybranchgit reflog expire -expire-unreachable=all -allgit gc -prune=allScenario B: However, it looks like based on your bash history, that you did merge the changes into master.
FilmImpact Transition Packs 1,2,3 CE Bundles Full Free DIRECT Download! NOTE: Download the latest 3.6.3 by clicking HERE!! Transition Pack 1 just got updated to version 3.2.1. One option: run git gc manually to condense a number of pack files into one or a few pack files. This operation is persistent (i.e. The large pack file will retain its compression behavior) so it may be beneficial to compress a repository periodically with git gc -aggressive. Another option is to save the code and.git somewhere and then delete the.git and start again using this existing.
If you haven't shared the changes with anyone (no git push yet). The easiest thing would be to reset master back to before the merge with the branch that had the big files. This will eliminate all commits from your branch and all commits made to master after the merge.
As loganfsmyth already stated in his, you need to purge git history because the files continue to exist there even after deleting them from the repo. Official GitHub docs which I find easier to use than filter-branch: Deleting files from historyBFG from their website. Make sure you have java installed, then create a mirror clone and purge history. Run the following command, replacing PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA with the path to the file you want to remove, not just its filename.
These arguments will:. Force Git to process, but not check out, the entire history of every branch and tag.
Remove the specified file, as well as any empty commits generated as a result. Overwrite your existing tagsgit filter-branch -force -index-filter 'git rm -cached -ignore-unmatch PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA' -prune-empty -tag-name-filter cat - -allThis will forcefully remove all references to the files from the active history of the repo.Next step, to perform a GC cycle to force all references to the file to be expired and purged from the pack file.
Nothing needs to be replaced in these commands. Git update-ref -d refs/original/refs/remotes/origin/mastergit for-each-ref -format='delete%(refname)' refs/original git update-ref -stdingit reflog expire -expire=now -allgit gc -aggressive -prune=now.
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