From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
To: Rolf Wester <rolf.wester@ilt.fraunhofer.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to safely remove a blob
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:40:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D5A3C1B.2030600@drmicha.warpmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D5A358F.2050906@ilt.fraunhofer.de>
Rolf Wester venit, vidit, dixit 15.02.2011 09:13:
> Hello,
>
> in one of my git repos I found an 102 MB object that probably came in there more or less occasionally.
> Its a blob and I would like to remove it safely. I tried to figure out how to do it but I was
> not very successful. I guess simply deleting the file could corrupt my repo or at least the clones of
> that repo.
>
> I would be very appreciative for any help.
If nothing references that blob then it will go away eventually. The
last section of git-filter-branch's manpage (checklist for shrinking a
repo) details the steps you can take to get rid of it now. (You should
be already in the situation after applying filter-branch and removing
refs/original/*.) If the blob still persists then it is referenced.
Michael
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-15 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-15 8:13 How to safely remove a blob Rolf Wester
2011-02-15 8:40 ` Alex Riesen
2011-02-15 8:42 ` Alex Riesen
2011-02-15 8:40 ` Michael J Gruber [this message]
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