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Repository size / quota not decreasing after git push --force following history rewrite #2474

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opened 2026-03-25 00:11:12 +01:00 by LIkus777 · 3 comments

LIkus777 commented

2026-03-25 00:11:12 +01:00

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Hello,

I rewrote the Git history of my repository to remove large binary files (APK ~230 MiB, fonts zip, etc.) using git filter-repo and then pushed with git push --force to Codeberg.

Locally, the repository is now small:

git count-objects -vH reports size-pack ~59 KiB, garbage: 0
Only 2 commits remain on master; the pushed pack was on the order of tens of KiB
Despite that, the repository / account storage figure shown in the Codeberg UI still appears to reflect the old size (on the order of hundreds of MiB), as if unreachable objects from before the force-push were still counted.

Repository: https://codeberg.org/LIkus777/IqraApi
Branch: master

Question: Is this expected until server-side git gc runs on your side? If so, is there an ETA or a way to trigger / request garbage collection for a specific repo? If not, could you advise what else might cause the UI quota to stay high?

Thank you for Codeberg and for any guidance.

### Comment Hello, I rewrote the Git history of my repository to remove large binary files (APK ~230 MiB, fonts zip, etc.) using git filter-repo and then pushed with git push --force to Codeberg. Locally, the repository is now small: git count-objects -vH reports size-pack ~59 KiB, garbage: 0 Only 2 commits remain on master; the pushed pack was on the order of tens of KiB Despite that, the repository / account storage figure shown in the Codeberg UI still appears to reflect the old size (on the order of hundreds of MiB), as if unreachable objects from before the force-push were still counted. Repository: https://codeberg.org/LIkus777/IqraApi Branch: master Question: Is this expected until server-side git gc runs on your side? If so, is there an ETA or a way to trigger / request garbage collection for a specific repo? If not, could you advise what else might cause the UI quota to stay high? Thank you for Codeberg and for any guidance.

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ttntm commented

2026-03-31 09:31:29 +02:00

I have done the same thing last week, for a private repo. It is 4 MiB now, but it still shows as 100+ MiB here in the UI.

Gusted commented

2026-04-01 03:54:13 +02:00

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It looks to me the size has been decreased now.

Gusted closed this issue

2026-04-01 03:54:13 +02:00

LIkus777 commented

2026-04-02 02:45:35 +02:00

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@Gusted wrote in #2474 (comment):

It looks to me the size has been decreased now.

yes. because I deleted the repo...and pushed it again.

@Gusted wrote in https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2474#issuecomment-12496809: > It looks to me the size has been decreased now. yes. because I deleted the repo...and pushed it again.

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