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Wow! Running git gc just shrunk my .git folder from 18MB to only 3MB.

• sitzkrieg 6y ago
  did it have binary data? if so try moving to lfs and running bfg cleaner and watch it shrink even more
  • ufo 6y ago
    No binary data. Just an ordinary git repo with a bunch of source code files (mostly C and Lua).
    • sitzkrieg 6y ago
      thats even more impressive really, reckon decent history and never pruned before
• glandium 6y ago
  git gc runs automatically when some threshold is met in the number of "loose" objects (objects that were created by e.g. git add and that haven't been packed yet). I don't remember what the threshold is, though.
  • u801e 6y ago
    I believe loose objects are also packed when pushing to a remote or fetching from it. I wonder if the remote's .git folder is also about 3 MB in size.
    • glandium 6y ago
      Indeed, the git protocol exchanges packs.