Rewriting history of this repo

[cmaumet]

Hi everyone!

Juste a quick note that @bclenet is currently looking into rewriting the history of this repo in order to remove the png files that make the repo >1GB.

ping @satra

[satra]

go for it. using git filter i'm assuming to preserve everything else.

[cmaumet]

Thanks for the quick reply! Yes preserving the full history contributors commits etc. except the png.

[bclenet]

This was done using BFG repo-cleaner and the following procedure :

# Clone the repo, using mirror option
git clone --mirror git@github.com:bids-standard/BEP028_BIDSprov.git

# Run BFG to clean history
java -jar bfg-1.14.0.jar --delete-files *.png BEP028_BIDSprov.git/
# alternatively, if you want to remove the .png images in the current revision (HEAD)
java -jar bfg-1.14.0.jar --no-blob-protection --delete-files *.png BEP028_BIDSprov.git/

# Physically delete the references BFG removed from the hisotry
cd BEP028_BIDSprov.git
git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

# Push the changes
git push

[cmaumet]

@bclenet -- thanks! It is difficult for me to comment on the code you used but if you have an instance of a repo were this was applied I would be happy to have a look -- or was this applied already to the current repo?

[bclenet]

@cmaumet the command lines were indeed applied to the current repo.

[cmaumet]

Fantastic thank you @bclenet!