What are the steps to clean up a Git repository?

What are the steps to clean up a Git repository?

To clean up a Git repository, you can follow these steps: 1. Remove unused branches, 2. Clean up your commit history, 3. Use git gc to optimize the repository, 4. Remove large files with git filter-repo.

How do I remove unused branches?

You can remove unused branches by using the command git branch -d branch_name for local branches and git push origin --delete branch_name for remote branches.

What does git gc do?

git gc stands for garbage collection. It cleans up unnecessary files and optimizes the local repository by compressing file revisions.

Can you explain how to clean up my commit history?

To clean up your commit history, you can use interactive rebase with git rebase -i HEAD~n, where n is the number of commits you want to modify. This allows you to squash, edit, or remove commits.