git large pack file, delete and rewrite?

Question

I have a relatively small git repository containing a standard Wordpress installation. However, I accidentally added a \"concept\" folder in the repository which contains many l

Answer 1

I mentioned before that a git gc alone can actually increase the size of the repo).

The commands I was listing were:

# remove the temporary history git-filter-branch otherwise leaves behind for a long time
rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && git reflog expire --all &&  git gc --aggressive --prune=now

If that doesn't work, check out the BFG tool.

You will find an even more complete gc in "How to remove unreferenced blobs from my git repo"

This article suggests a similar approach:

rm -rf .git/refs/original/
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git fsck --full --unreachable
git repack -A -d
git gc --aggressive --prune=now