Remove large objects from repository and history

git_remove_large_objects.md

Git remove large objects from history

check the size of the git repo

du -hs .git/objects/

delete file using git filter-branch

git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch pathname'

e.g. removing ".ear" files

git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch /deployments/application.ear' HEAD

cleanup backups

git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 git update-ref -d

mark so that the garbage-cleaner does it's work

git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --prune=now

force push to git repo

git push --all --force
git push --tags --force