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# Make a fresh clone of YOUR_REPO | |
git clone YOUR_REPO | |
cd YOUR_REPO | |
# Create tracking branches of all branches | |
for remote in `git branch -r | grep -v /HEAD`; do git checkout --track $remote ; done | |
# Remove DIRECTORY_NAME from all commits, then remove the refs to the old commits | |
# (repeat these two commands for as many directories that you want to remove) | |
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch DIRECTORY_NAME/' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all | |
git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 git update-ref -d | |
# Ensure all old refs are fully removed | |
rm -Rf .git/logs .git/refs/original | |
# Perform a garbage collection to remove commits with no refs | |
git gc --prune=all --aggressive | |
# Force push all branches to overwrite their history | |
# (use with caution!) | |
git push origin --all --force | |
git push origin --tags --force | |
You can check the size of the repository before and after the gc with: | |
git count-objects -vH |
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