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Can heavy Git history be cleaned out? #125
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That's a good idea. I have no objection to that and I'm okay with moving my local branch to a new, rewritten history. If you'd like to tackle that, feel free. |
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As mentioned in #6, the Git repository takes some time to clone due to the fact that the Git history contains old binaries for macOS and Windows (which have been removed from the code base in the meantime).
Investigation required
Is there a way to "compact" the repository, to avoid having to download a huge, unnecessary history? e.g.