git push after cleanup

[jossi]

If using BitBucket, running git push after cleanup, as per the documentation, it does not remove the previous history. I went from a 1.7 GB repo to a 2.4 GB repo after the push.

To avoid this, push --mirror into a new repo.

git push --mirror git@bitbucket.org:accountname/new-repo.git

[agilgur5]

Based on https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data/, it would seem that this command is missing:
git for-each-ref --format='delete %(refname)' refs/original | git update-ref --stdin
before the two clean up commands

[nishatafshan]

I am unable to push after the clean up steps.
Counting objects: 217307, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (80946/80946), done.
Writing objects: 100% (214361/214361), 666.42 MiB | 1.15 MiB/s, done.
Total 214361 (delta 118358), reused 209184 (delta 114750)
remote: You are attempting to update refs that are reserved for Stash's pull request
remote: functionality. Stash manages these refs automatically, and they may not be
remote: updated by users.
remote:
remote: Rejected refs:
remote: refs/pull-requests/190/from
remote: refs/pull-requests/247/from
remote: refs/pull-requests/247/merge
To ssh://git@repo.git
! [remote rejected] Branch1 -> Branch1 (pre-receive hook declined)
! [remote rejected] Branch2 -> Branch2 (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://git@repo.git'

[javabrett]

See comment on #41 .