Removing a commit from gitlab

Question

Recently I filled my gitlab server's hard drive and I am looking to free some space, so:

Is it possible to remove files with all of their history?

possible duplicate of [Completely remove file from all Git repository commit history](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/307828/completely-remove-file-from-all-git-repository-commit-history) — Dylan Corriveau, Dec 05 '14 at 13:54
and for the remote optimization problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3162786/how-can-i-trigger-garbage-collection-on-a-git-remote-repository — Ciro Santilli Путлер Капут 六四事, Dec 05 '14 at 16:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '14 at 13:58

To get free space,

git gc

is the easiest way. It removes unnecessary files in Git.

If you want to delete specific big size files from history

git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm some/big/file' HEAD

If you want to delete entire repository, just delete YOUR_REPO/.git directory.

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