git how to remove untracked files from the pack file [duplicate]

Question

I removed a folder\files from my Git repo by running

git rm -r --cached Application01

to untrack all the files in that folder and reduce the size of the Git repo.

The problem is that the pack file .git/objects/pack/*.pack is still holding the files I removed\untracked.

How can I completely remove all untracked files and lose all their history and make the pack file smaller?

Thanks

The files still exist in your version history - after all, git is a version control system - so if you really want to reduce the size of your repo you need to rewrite history. — 1615903
– 1615903, Commented May 23, 2017 at 8:00

Anas Laghouaouta · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 07:54:21Z

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try to run this command

git gc

this will run git garbage collector to clean up unnecessary files and optimise your local repository

answered May 23, 2017 at 7:54

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you can try with the option --aggressive as well. See documentation below git-scm.com/docs/git-gc

I tried git gc --prune=now --aggressive, but that didn't remove the files.

I think the problem has been solved here stackoverflow.com/questions/11050265/…