Repo is larger than 100 mb, and this seems to break roam-to-git

[Etyre]

Describe the bug

My roam-to-git stopped working working because I've exceeded the maximum file size of 100 mb. The edn file, in particular, is too big. The script would terminate with an error.

I set up Git Large File Storage for the repo that I'm backing up to, but that doesn't seem to have solved the problem. The script does run successfully now, but it hasn't made any commits to my repo over the past month. (I've made lots of changes on my roam, so there should be plenty of commits.) I don't know if that's because of the original file-too-big problem or because Git Large File Storage broke something.

What do I do? Has anyone run into this problem before?

Please complete the following information:

• OS: OSX
• Do you use Github Action? - Yes
• Do you use multiple Roam databases? - No
• Does roam-to-git use to work for you? When precisely did it stopped to work? - Yes it used to work. My last commit is from July 17.
• Does some backup runs are still working? - Working in the sense of completing, but not actually committing anything.

[MatthieuBizien]

Hi @Etyre, you will not be able to save your edn file anymore due to the Github limits.

You can use the --format option to skip the edn.

[Etyre]

Can you elaborate, or link me to documentation? What do you mean skip the edn?

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Hi @Etyre https://github.com/Etyre, you will not be able to save your edn file anymore due to the Github limits.

You can use the --format option to skip the edn.

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[MatthieuBizien]

The documentation is here: https://github.com/MatthieuBizien/roam-to-git/blob/2381924739a6f848165c483d6d0a2af3cdca1916/roam_to_git/__main__.py#L60-L65

You can remove the edn from your github action. Eg in https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MatthieuBizien/roam-to-git-demo/master/.github/workflows/main.yml, replace roam-to-git --skip-git . --formats json markdown formatted edn by roam-to-git --skip-git . --formats json markdown formatted