Bitbucket added me memory when I deleted files

[Yoni Berk]

Hi!

Today my bitbucket memory was 1.3GB so I deleted more then 600MB of files witch I didn't need and I took the files I need and changed their directory in Unreal Engine. So after the push I recognize that my bitbucket memory has grown to 1.5GB. And in the bitbucket server I see that the last push "added" me all the files that I changed their directory.

How is it possible when I didn't add any file?

Thanks for help! 

[TimP]

Hi Yoni,

Deleting files doesn't actually reduce repository size, as Git will still keep them in your repository history. This page has some good advice for removing files completely from repository history.

cheers,

Tim

[Yoni Berk]

Thanks! I will check this out.

[Yoni Berk]

OK, so I have no idea how to use the BFG.. :\ May you explain me? Thanks!

[TimP]

There's a good step-by-step guide here: https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/#usage I'd recommend using a combination of the --strip-blobs-bigger-than and --delete-files commands (explained on that page under "examples") to remove large files from your repository. Hope that helps! cheers, Tim

[Yoni Berk]

When I entered this command $ java -jar bfg.jar --strip-biggest-blobs 500 topdown.git the Source Tree commander wrote me "java command not found."

[TimP]

Hi Yoni, BFG is written in Java and packaged as an executable JAR file. You'll need to have Java installed and the java binary on your path in order to run it. cheers, Tim

[Yoni Berk]

Hi Tim, I have Java installed. And what you mean "installed on your path"? Yoni.