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Remove accidentally commited big files from GIT
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remove-accidentally-commited-big-files.sh
# Get BFG Repo-Cleaner (https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner)
wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/madgag/bfg/1.13.2/bfg-1.13.2.jar
# Removing by filesize
java -jar bfg-1.13.2.jar --strip-blobs-bigger-than <MB> <repository>
# Removing by filename
java -jar bfg-1.13.2.jar <filename> <repository>
# Prune reference logs, cleanup and optimize
git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive
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