Recently I was working on my onsite project that involved uploading large files ( > 50 MB). When I was trying to push changes into my remote origin branch I received the following message:
Removing the file from your local repository will not help because the file itself left a trace in the history.
There are several ways to fix the problem. You may use Git Large File Storage (git-lfs.github.com) or use suggested commands on GitHub help page (help.github.com/en/github/managing-large-files/removing-files-from-a-repositorys-history).
I used the rebase command which can be used to rewrite the history of a repository. Remember to have a backup of the repository you are about to run the command on in case something goes wrong.
- Look into your history to see which file might have violated the 100MB hard limit. In my case it was the following mp4 file:
git log — name-status — all
2. Find first commit id preceding the commit which added the file. In my case: 7c0a5fae
3. Run:
git rebase -i <commit id>In my case git rebase -i 7c0a5fae
Change ‘pick’ to ‘edit’ for all commits touching your offensive file.
4. For every commit you selected in the previous step, git rebase will recreate a snapshot and allow you to edit that commit. Keep repeating steps below until your rebase is completed:
git rm <your file>
git commit --amend # this will overwrite the original commit
git rebase --continue
Note: you might get conflicts as you continue with your rebase, resolve them the usual way.5. After removing from you history all files > 50MB, you can finally push!
6. Success!
