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Error
"remote: fatal: pack exceeds maximum allowed size (2.00 GiB)"
Solution
Step 1 – First add and Commit in Smaller chunk
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| To use this script, save it to a file with a .sh extension, make it executable using chmod +x <filename>.sh, and run it in the terminal, passing the commit message as an argument: | |
| ./git-add-commit.sh "Small fix" |
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Here's a shell script that adds and commits changes in a Git repository in smaller chunks: | |
| # Usage: git-add-commit.sh <message> | |
| # Check if a commit message was provided | |
| if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Error: No commit message provided" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Store the commit message in a variable | |
| message="$1" | |
| # Add changes in smaller chunks | |
| for file in $(git diff --name-only --cached); do | |
| git add "$file" | |
| git commit -m "$message" | |
| done |
Optional – add and Commit in Smaller chunk
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| To use this script, save it to a file with a .sh extension, make it executable using chmod +x <filename>.sh, and run it in the terminal, passing the commit message as an argument: | |
| bash | |
| Copy code | |
| ./git-add-commit.sh "Small fix" |
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| # Here's a shell script that adds and commits changes in a Git repository in smaller chunks of 500 MB: | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Usage: git-add-commit.sh <message> | |
| # Check if a commit message was provided | |
| if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Error: No commit message provided" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Store the commit message in a variable | |
| message="$1" | |
| # Function to determine the size of a file in MB | |
| function size_in_mb() { | |
| echo $(( $(wc -c < "$1") / 1048576 )) | |
| } | |
| # Store the sum of sizes of staged files in a variable | |
| staged_size=$(git diff --cached --name-only | xargs du -c | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}') | |
| # Add changes in smaller chunks | |
| while [ "$staged_size" -gt 0 ]; do | |
| chunk_size=0 | |
| for file in $(git diff --name-only --cached); do | |
| file_size=$(size_in_mb "$file") | |
| if [ "$((chunk_size + file_size))" -le 500 ]; then | |
| chunk_size=$((chunk_size + file_size)) | |
| git add "$file" | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| git commit -m "$message" | |
| staged_size=$(git diff --cached --name-only | xargs du -c | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}') | |
| done |
Step 2 – shell script to push in chunk of 100 commits at a time
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| # Adjust the following variables as necessary | |
| REMOTE=origin | |
| BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) | |
| BATCH_SIZE=100 | |
| # check if the branch exists on the remote | |
| if git show-ref --quiet --verify refs/remotes/$REMOTE/$BRANCH; then | |
| # if so, only push the commits that are not on the remote already | |
| range=$REMOTE/$BRANCH..HEAD | |
| else | |
| # else push all the commits | |
| range=HEAD | |
| fi | |
| # count the number of commits to push | |
| n=$(git log --first-parent --format=format:x $range | wc -l) | |
| # push each batch | |
| for i in $(seq $n -$BATCH_SIZE 1); do | |
| # get the hash of the commit to push | |
| h=$(git log --first-parent --reverse --format=format:%H --skip $i -n1) | |
| echo "Pushing $h..." | |
| git push $REMOTE $h:refs/heads/$BRANCH | |
| done | |
| # push the final partial batch | |
| git push $REMOTE HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH |
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