Why can't I compress my git repository?

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I'm using msysGit on windows7 in a 32bit environment. I'm really new to git so I don't know what else I would need to explain here to help. One thing I can tell you is this repo is a git clone from my svn repo

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You could try these answers: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4826639/repack-of-git-repository-fails. — Benoit Garret, Sep 09 '11 at 17:32
Yes, not by choice. There are some video files. the whole repo is 2.2GB. The largest file is about 800M in one very old revision. — Doug Chamberlain, Sep 09 '11 at 17:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

What version of Git are you using? Looks like you may have uncovered an issue prevalent in msysgit for repositories > 2 GB.

Found this in the msysgit issue tracker.. http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=194

Also, found some helpful information in.. Managing large binary files with git

Suggestions were to try using git-submodule for larger binary files. I recommend using this strategy if at all possible.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Looks like you are experiencing the same issue as: Repack of Git repository fails

They suggest running:

git config pack.windowMemory 10m
git config pack.packSizeLimit 20m

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answered Feb 06 '12 at 23:11

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Your video is almost certainly (lossy) compressed - then there is no way in saving more than say 5%. You should delete it from your repo and use an smb/ftp/whatever share instead. see: How to permanently delete a file stored in GIT?

(for text like files: git compresses old files itself when necessary)

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answered Sep 09 '11 at 17:57

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Why can't I compress my git repository?

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