How to reduce git repository storage after migrating git repository to git lfs?

Muichirou 0
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I've created a test repository on GitLab and pushed a .mp4 (500MB) file to that repository. After that, I tried to migrate this repository to Git LFS and run the force push command. But when I check the usage quotas on Gitlab, both "LFS storage" and "Repository" have 500MB usage, so the total usage of project is 1GB. Gitlab usage quotas

Why after migrating success, the "Repository" usage is not reduced?

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When you migrate a repository to LFS, the result is:

  • a new repository that is small, and
  • the large files, stored (or to be stored) on the large file server.

The old repository is still large and if you add the new repository's commits to the old repository, it will continue to be large. The only thing to do with the old repository is to archive it and remove it from active service. Call the new repository something else, to avoid the usual silly human mistakes people will make if you don't do that.

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