[patch v2] documentation: Explain how to free up space after filter-branch

From: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>
Date: Dec 22, 2008, 09:06 UTC
Message-ID: <200812221006.45370.thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>

Explain how to free up space after filter-branch. Thanks to Björn Steinbrink for pointing me in the right direction.

The v2 version of this patch uses "git repack -a -d" instead of "git repack -a -d --depth=250 --window=250" as this nocked down a box with 4GB of ram using a repository with medium sized binary files (50 - 100mb).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-
branch.txt
index fed6de6..1432380 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ git filter-branch --index-filter \
 	 mv $GIT_INDEX_FILE.new $GIT_INDEX_FILE' HEAD
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+Free up the space in .git if the rewritten version is correct
+by deleting refs/original and pruning the reflog:
+
+----------------------------------------------------
+git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/original
+	| xargs -i git update-ref -d {}
+
+git reflog expire --expire=0 --all
+git repack -a -d
+git prune
+----------------------------------------------------
+
 
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