File exceeded size for git even though it's been shrunk to below the limit

Question

I get this error when I try to push my branch up to Github:

remote: error: File ProjectFunctionalityVideo/Project0Video.mov is 299.46 MB; this exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100.00 MB

I've now shrunk the file to 67MB, added and committed the file again but still get the error when I push. I guess the file size has been cached somewhere. How do I resolve this?

Hakan Dilek · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-10T19:40:27.467

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You probably have a ~300MB version of your file in a previous commit. You should remove any non-pushed previous commits.

Please check status of your HEAD and origin/* branches you're trying to push using git log.

Check out this answer how to remove the previous commits: https://stackoverflow.com/a/927386/430718

edited Jun 10 '20 at 19:40

answered Jun 10 '20 at 19:37

Hakan Dilek

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He needs to remove, not just revert, the previous commit that contains the large file. – torek Jun 10 '20 at 19:38
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That was it. Thanks for the help. – runnerpaul Jun 10 '20 at 19:46

File exceeded size for git even though it's been shrunk to below the limit

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