That won't shrink the repo. Any reference will keep all the objects alive and they all get packed together. If you only care about reducing clone size see this

That won't shrink the repo. Any reference will keep all the objects alive and they all get packed together. If you only care about reducing clone size see this post: https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/ https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-... To be clear, I was not suggesting deleting the old repo. Keep it for historical purposes, whether you rewrite or start fresh.