From b6f5e209442ed8ec67169fdc573607b604978a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Block Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 10:08:13 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to Steve Lorek's article on large file removal --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d92c2063..11d663683 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ If you aren't using any zsh frameworks, or if you're a bash user, do the followi * And when you manage to get your git working directory in a sad state, you can run into the chicken-egg problem where if you just knew what command to man, you could dig yourself out of the hole, but if you knew that, you wouldn't be in the bad place anyway. [Oh Shit, Git!](http://ohshitgit.com/) has a collection of bad situations explained in plain English and how to get yourself out of them. +* Steve Lorek has a blog post explaining [how to shrink a repository](http://stevelorek.com/how-to-shrink-a-git-repository.html). + ### External Git Utilities * [bfg repo-cleaner](https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/) - Removes large or troublesome blobs like git-filter-branch does, but faster.