From: rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 8:06 AM To: 'fawaz ahmed0' <fawazahmed0@xxxxxxxxxxx>; git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Reducing Git Repository size - git-filter-repo doesn't help On January 8, 2023 9:22 PM, fawaz ahmed0 wrote: >I have this huge repo: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/currency-api#readme >and I am trying to reduce its size. > >I have run filter-repo script on this repo ( >https://github.com/fawazahmed0/currency- >api/blob/1/.github/workflows/cleanup-repo.yml ) The commits were reduced >from 1k to 600 , but the space used is still same. (i.e size-pack: 6.47 GiB , >https://github.com/fawazahmed95/currency- >api/actions/runs/3865919157/jobs/6589710845#step:5:1498 ) > >Almost all commits of this repo were applied on partially cloned repository: ( >https://github.com/fawazahmed0/currency- >api/blob/1/.github/workflows/run.yml ) So I guess it had never run any git >maintenance task in it's life. > >I am not sure what needs to be done to reduce it's space utilization. ( >https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large- >files/about-large-files-on- >github#:~:text=less%20than%205%20GB%20is%20strongly%20recommended ) The first thing you can try is 'git gc --aggressive' to reduce the clone size. Github automatically does garbage collection. If this is a question of the size of the working index, look at the sparse-checkout command. --Randall ------------ Yes I have already tried git gc --aggressive ( https://github.com/fawazahmed0/currency-api/blob/1a1fb65703a2fc352b0ee452ce908bee545698c2/.github/workflows/cleanup-repo.yml#L78 ) . I am using sparse-checkout to manage the repository. The thing is the space utilized by the repository is not being reduced, even on deleting the data using git-filter-repo script. Thanks, Fawaz Ahmed
