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| author |  https://me.yahoo.com/a/2grhJvAC049fJnvALDXek.6MRZMTlg--#eec89 <John@web> | 2013-08-28 03:22:46 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2013-08-28 03:22:46 +0000 |
| commit | d3cf567f7217ba8a0e522886d410a350dbc9e20c (patch) | |
| tree | f340c098a84f637ebb8bfc2c7202c8bc1d41f347 | |
| parent | f9ed14d326dd8352fbb17377280cfef11c07f539 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Pruning_out_unwanted_Git_objects.mdwn b/doc/forum/Pruning_out_unwanted_Git_objects.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..36397b267 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Pruning_out_unwanted_Git_objects.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +I have a backups repository with a few files in it, that at one point had some huge filesets erroneously added to it. As a result, even though there are only 23,334 annexed files, the number of non-dangling Git objects in the repository comes to 593,584. + +Normally I would use `git filter-branch` to clear out the deadwood in situations like this, since it is a completely private repository. What I'm wondering is, is any such thing possible with git-annex, or is the best option just to start over, copy all the files into the new repository, and then `git-add` them all? |