I added a large file to a git repository (102Mb), commited and push and got an error due to size limit limitations on github
remote: error: GH001: Large files detected. You may want to try Git Large File Storage - https://git-lfs.github.com. remote: error: Trace: 7d51855d4f834a90c5a5a526e93d2668 remote: error: See http://git.io/iEPt8g for more information. remote: error: File coverage/sensitivity/simulated.bed is 102.00 MB; this exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100.00 MB |
Here, you see the path of the file (coverage/sensitivity/simualted.bed).
So, the solution is actually quite simple (when you know it): you can use the filter-branch command as follows:
git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf path/to/your/file' HEAD git push |
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If it is a shared repo, you should consider the following before doing this:
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch
WARNING! The rewritten history will have different object names for all the objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not be able to easily push and distribute the rewritten branch on top of the original branch. Please do not use this command if you do not know the full implications, and avoid using it anyway, if a simple single commit would suffice to fix your problem. (See the “RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE” section in git-rebase[1] for further information about rewriting published history.)
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Note that if your original commit and push with the large files was done with unresolved changes, you will not be able to use this git filter-branch solution directly. You will need to first add and commit all untracked or modified objects, or you will need to add those to .gitignore. Once done the steps above will work.
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