Doesn't a git rewrite break all existing clones, forks out there? I'm happy to be corrected, if this is not the case.
/Henrik On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 08:16 Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The BiocCheck will complain on the build system about the > 5MB package > size. > > The rewrite of the history with BFG cleaner ( > https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ < > https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/>) is not as severe as you > think it is to be honest. It is just removing these pack files which don’t > have a place in the tree structure. These are more often than not, orphan > files. > > If you are suspect of this solution, I would suggest you make a backup > clone of your repo and try it on that first before you touch the main repo. > Check the history (git log) to see if anything important is missing. > > But usually a software package has to be below 5MB. If you have some data > in there which is needed for the package, consider Experiment Hub. > > Best, > > Nitesh > > > On Sep 30, 2020, at 12:46 PM, McGrath, Max <max.mcgr...@ucdenver.edu> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > We have a package that is ready for submission, but when running > BiocCheck a warning is generated noting that "The following files are over > 5MB in size: '.git/objects/pack/pack-xxx...". I've pruned, repacked, and > run git gc which reduced the file size from 5.2 to 5.1MB, but I have been > unable to reduce it further. > > > > I'm reaching out to determine if this is an issue, and if so to ask for > recommendations for solving it. Currently, the only solution I've come up > with is to rewrite the repository's history using a tool like > "git-filter-repo", but this is a more drastic action than I would prefer to > take. I would greatly appreciate any advice on the matter. > > > > Thank you, > > Max McGrath > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
