[Bioc-devel] Package size issue

[Ali Sajid Imami]

Hi,
I am not part of the core Bioconductor team, but I have been in this
situation before. I would suggest you use the BFG Repo Cleaner (
https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/) to remove the errant bam file
from your repo's history. It's very likely that adding and removing the bam
file means that that file is still part of the history. That should help
you cut down on the size.


Regards,
Dr. Ali Sajid Imami
LinkedIn <https://pk.linkedin.com/pub/ali-sajid-imami/50/956/2a6>


On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:17 PM Gabriel.Villamil using mdc-berlin.de <
Gabriel.Villamil using mdc-berlin.de> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> This is my first message to the mailing list so apologies if I am breaking
> any guidelines.
>
> I am submitting a package called Ribostan and the build report gives an
> error that the package tarball exceeds the size requirement. I am also
> being warned that individual package files exceed the 5MB size limit.
>
> The total size of a fresh clone of my package is 5.9MB, but 3.9MB of that
> is from the single packfile in .git/objects/pack. As I understand, the
> packfile contains the history of all files that have ever been in the
> repository, including files that have been deleted.
>
> I am wondering if this packfile is what is inflating my package size in
> the build and whether there is a solution to reduce its size. In case it is
> relevant: at some point a 1.38MB bam file was committed to the repo as toy
> data for running examples, but has since been deleted. I am also wondering
> why an individual file is reported to be exceeding 5MB when I don’t see any
> such file in my repo.
>
> Any advice would be very welcome!
>
> Best regards,
> Gabriel
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