Hi
I have a git repository on server side, and a client keep pulling this repository periodically. After a while this repository gets very big (even after git gc), and since history is not very important to us, a purge strategy is needed.
I did some research on internet, and found two methods are available to purge history on git repository:
1. Remove .git folder
1. Remove .git folder
2. Reinit repository
3. Commit all existing files
2. Create a new branch and remove existing branch
1. git checkout --orphan latest_branch
2. git add -A
3. git commit -am "commit message"
4. git branch -D master
5. git branch -m master
6. git reflog expire --expire=now --all
7. git gc --prune=now
Here I have two questions:
1. What would happen if client pulling is executed concurrently with above 2 methods? Would client side repository gets corrupted?
2. Is there anyway to propagate purged repository to client side?
Thank you so much for your attention.
Best Regards,
Kai
