Long story short, there are very big files (like iso files-big) that were pushed into git. Not during my time with the group, but they've been treating the repo like an SVN-VC.
Anywho, how can i removed iso's from the repo and its history, to lighten the repo.
Or
Would it be easier to just move the code to a new repo, losing it's repo?
Long story short, there are very big files (like iso files-big) that were pushed into git
You should use this tool to clean your repository history:
https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/
It is the perfect tool for this kind of task
BFG Repo-Cleaner
an alternative to git-filter-branch.
The BFG is a simpler, faster alternative to git-filter-branch for cleansing bad data out of your Git repository history:
- Removing Crazy Big Files
- Removing Passwords, Credentials & other Private data
In all these examples bfg is an alias for java -jar bfg.jar.
# Delete all files named 'id_rsa' or 'id_dsa' :
bfg --delete-files id_{dsa,rsa} my-repo.git
After you have cleaned your repository use this tool to store your large files.
Look at git filter branch and BFG repo cleaner, which was made precisely for this task. Beware that both of these tools rewrite history, which is a dangerous operation. Make sure you know what you are doing, and make backups before you do.
