Cleaning up git repository

cleaning_git.md

1. Check the size du .git/object or git count-objects -v
2. find unwanted files git filter-branch --tag-name-filter cat --index-filter 'git rm -r --cached --ignore-unmatch filename' --prune-empty -f -- --all
3. Reclaim space

rm -rf .git/refs/original/\n
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --prune=now
git gc --aggressive --prune=now

4. Push the cleaned repository git push origin --force --all (for all repository) git push origin --force --tags (for all tags)
5. Tell your teammates git rebase or take fresh code (git clone)

This is also great article https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Maintaining+a+Git+Repository