Re: Trying to use git-filter-branch to compress history by removing large, obsolete binary files

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Elijah Newren, Mon, Oct 08, 2007 00:24:49 +0200:
> On 10/7/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > rm -rf .git/refs/original/refs/heads/<the branch where HEAD pointed to>
> > (assuming you haven't repacked yet)
> >
> > or just edit .git/packed-refs and remove everything "refs/original"
> > which fits the criteria
> >
> > > So...how do I fix the reflog, and then repack to have a
> > > pack under 11MB in size?
> >
> > git reflog expire --all (it is a bit to much. You can just edit
> > .git/logs/* in any text editor)
> 
> So...
> 
> $ du -hs .
> 11M     .
> $ rm -rf .git/refs/original/
> $ vi .git/packed-refs
> # Remove the line referring to refs/original...
> $ git reflog expire --all
> $ git gc --aggressive --prune
> $ du -hs .
> 11M     .
> 
> It's still 11MB.
> 
> Any other ideas?

you missed something. Your example compresses to about 124k.

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