ymollard

#!/bin/bash

# This script, executed at the root of a git repository, deletes traces of every old file in this repository, index + blob on all branches
# It can take 10-30 minutes to run and will print regular warning stating than some references are unchanged
# time ./clear_git_repositor.bash >cleaning.log 

# We need several passes to clean files renamed multiple times (git log --find-renames prevents its deletion for each renaming)
# MAXIMUM_PASSES should be more than the maximum number of renamings/movings for any file, if not then we might keep some traces of former files
MAXIMUM_PASSES=10  # Maximum number of passes