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Big repository cannot be reduced

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WWWoody Wu <woody.wu@vip.163.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2014, 16:43 UTC
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Hi,
I have tried some methods introduced in the network, but always failed.  Some big files committed by me to a very old branch then the files deleted and new branches were continuously created. Now the checkout directory has grown to about 80 megabytes.  What's the right way to permenently erase those garbage big files?

Thanks in advance. - Woody Wu from mobile phone

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