It seems like git gc --aggressive really cleans up my repo, but when I do git push everything is already up-to-date. Is there a way to clean up the server?
It seems like git gc –aggressive really cleans up my repo, but when I
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It seems like git gc --aggressive really cleans up my repo, but when I do git push everything is already up-to-date. Is there a way to clean up the server?
2012: I know that GitHub will run
git gcperiodically, as the GitHub support mentioned inthis thread.Since 2012 (up to 2023):
I don’t know if you can force it yourself, though.
I didn’t see such a service in the GitHub hooks.
As illustrated by "How to remove a dangling commit from GitHub?", no
git gcseems to be ever performed on remote GitHub repository.That means any remote repository cleanup would be the result of an explicit request to GitHub Support.