I wish to delete some large offending files (10MB to >100MB each) from my git repository (git://bfast.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/bfast/bfast). The current size of the repo is 656MB. I created a backup of my repository and then searched for such offending files using a script found here: http://stubbisms.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/git-script-to-show-largest-pack-ob jects-and-trim-your-waist-line/ where I modified the script to output in MB instead of KB. This gave me a list of files that I wanted to delete: -e size pack SHA location 113 113 f9f2faab597d4f8ccbfac2864347dbc256353fbf tests.long/save/save.tar.gz 113 113 926b1ba880a26354c4a6b9391985f57fbc9a1174 tests.long/save/save.tar.gz 113 113 e568480bcb8239e6d1ed8d2da86c309c0d3d101b tests.long/save/save.tar.gz 113 113 e3c0ee53f20e8ebfb60eaefcd7b405168c26a565 tests.long/save/save.tar.gz 103 103 ee2ee50c5075d05d29764c8d4b9acc2acedda919 tests.long/save/save.tar.gz 35 35 319c75945c27096093dbab5a0bf6a9a08089bc2d tests.long/data/data.tar.gz 11 11 805193c74ceeffca9da3a2788545e701d77e1caf tests/save/save.tar.gz 11 11 658e4a78c1028875ab597d6bde5823cd6a1694b9 tests/save/save.tar.gz So I decided to remove these files using: git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch tests.long/save/save.tar.gz tests.long/data/data.tar.gz tests/save/save.tar.gz" HEAD I then ran: rm -rf .git/refs/original git reflog expire --expire=now ?all git gc --prune=now Still (using du h) the repository is 656MB and I can see the above files in the revision list: git rev-list --all --objects | grep tests.long/save/save.tar.gz ee2ee50c5075d05d29764c8d4b9acc2acedda919 tests.long/save/save.tar.gz e568480bcb8239e6d1ed8d2da86c309c0d3d101b tests.long/save/save.tar.gz f9f2faab597d4f8ccbfac2864347dbc256353fbf tests.long/save/save.tar.gz 926b1ba880a26354c4a6b9391985f57fbc9a1174 tests.long/save/save.tar.gz e3c0ee53f20e8ebfb60eaefcd7b405168c26a565 tests.long/save/save.tar.gz Could this be because of tags that I had previously created? I am running git version 1.6.3.3. I appreciate any help in advance, Nils Homer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html