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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 a024f8eff97..16bffe5417d 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 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 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](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#The-Nuclear-Option:-filter-branch), -or an open source community-maintained tool like the +or an open source community-maintained tool like the [BFG](https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/). Note that even with that method, until `git gc` runs on the GitLab side, the |