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diff --git a/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md b/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md index 2339759ecc8..e3d771524ce 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md +++ b/doc/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Reducing the repository size using Git -A GitLab Enterprise Edition administrator can set a [repository size limit][admin-repo-size] +A GitLab Enterprise Edition administrator can set a [repository size limit](../../admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.md) which will prevent you from exceeding it. When a project has reached its size limit, you will not be able to push to it, @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ move some blobs to LFS, or remove some old dependency updates from history. Unfortunately, it's not so easy and that workflow won't work. Deleting files in a commit doesn't actually reduce the size of the repo since the earlier commits and blobs are still around. What you need to do is rewrite history with Git's -[`filter-branch` option][gitscm], or a tool like the [BFG Repo-Cleaner][bfg]. +[`filter-branch` option](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#The-Nuclear-Option:-filter-branch), +or a tool like the [BFG Repo-Cleaner](https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/). Note that even with that method, until `git gc` runs on the GitLab side, the "removed" commits and blobs will still be around. You also need to be able to @@ -137,7 +138,3 @@ remove some of them, but it should not be depended on for security purposes! ``` Your repository should now be below the size limit. - -[admin-repo-size]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.html#repository-size-limit -[bfg]: https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ -[gitscm]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#The-Nuclear-Option:-filter-branch |