How to clean up git?

Question

git

Stupid question.
If you use git to store the site and subsequent development.
All the files that have ever been used in the process are stored in the .git folder
. It grows....
Is there a way at some point to kind of start "from scratch"? Delete all change history?

Answer 1

It must be remembered that

GIT - the stupid content tracker

Git will not do the work for the developer.
The fact that the .git folder grows is completely normal for any developing project.
Logically, you should prevent certain files from being committed to the repository by specifying masks in the project's .gitignore file.
Still, there is a way to clear the history of "random" files:
https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data/

This article will explain how to use two of them: git filter-branch and the BFG Repo-Cleaner .

Answer 2

Create a new repository and put your files in it, leave the old one as a keepsake :)

Answer 3

Answer to the question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRuaiXdzrXM

Answer 4

At a certain moment, when everything works smoothly) and no rollbacks are foreseen, I demolish .git and do git init on a new one))) Yes, it’s dumb) But 100 pounds)