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Can heavy Git history be cleaned out? #125

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opened on Oct 4, 2018
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As mentioned in #6, the Git repository takes some time to clone due to the fact that the Git history contains old binaries for macOS and Windows (which have been removed from the code base in the meantime).

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Is there a way to "compact" the repository, to avoid having to download a huge, unnecessary history? e.g.

  • Maintenance and Data Recovery - Git Internals (official Git documentation)
  • How to Shrink a Git Repository (Steve Lorek)
  • Compact Git repository with history depth (StackOverflow)
  • Compact repo by removing old commits (StackOverflow)
  • Reduce git repository size (StackOverflow)

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  1. cool-RR commented on Oct 5, 2018

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    That's a good idea. I have no objection to that and I'm okay with moving my local branch to a new, rewritten history. If you'd like to tackle that, feel free.

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    on Mar 31, 2019
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