From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:58:55 GMT Subject: Re: Remove "historical" objects from repository to save place Message-ID: <7v1wz1mjy8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200601212218.51055.arvidjaar@mail.ru> Andrey Borzenkov writes: > Description of git-prune suggests that it may be possible by removing tags > from refs/tags If the documentation suggests that, then it is misleading. > OTOH I may have commit chain that will prevent them. Correct. > Also > won't those tags come back after git fetch --tags? Correct. You might be able to cauterize the history at a specific commit and then re-clone. I've talked about how in "[QUESTION] about .git/info/grafts file" thread yesterday, so I won't repeat that.