CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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staple
staple

Reputation: 125

permanently delete every file in git not referenced by HEAD

I have an old git repo with a ton of cruft. I'd like to permanently delete every file in the history that isn't referenced by HEAD to free up space on the server. Is there a way to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 63

Answers (1)

Jepessen
Jepessen

Reputation: 12445

git clean -d -x -f removes all untracked files and directories and ignored ones. If you want to test it without affecting the repository change -f with -n to run the command in dry-run mode.

If you want to clean instead all tracked files, in my opinion is better to copy youw project in a new folder (with all ignored/untracked files removed) and start a new repository, mantaining the old one as backup for some time.

Upvotes: 3

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