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Subject: Re: Problems getting rid of large files using git-filter-branch
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>> 3. I tried "git reflog expire --all" + lots of other tricks in the
>> link below, but no luck.
>
> OK, try this:
>
>        cd ..
>        mv my_repo my_repo.orig
>        mkdir my_repo
>        cd my_repo
>        git init
>        git pull file://$(pwd)/../my_repo.orig
>
> This is the easiest way to ensure you have only the necessary objects=
 in
> the new repo, without all the extra stuff tied to reflogs, etc.

Super!

That worked!

> Then, if your repo is still seemingly too big, you can get a bit dirt=
y
> with the sequence Johannes just posted.

Johannes procedure had the unexpected side effect of showing that
my server setup is flaky somehow though... :-) I'll need his
tricks for other situations soon enough.


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