[PLUG] OT: Need some help fixing a git issue

[Mark Phillips]

Jonathan,

All I want to do is create a new remote repo based on my current local
repo. The local repo is the master copy of all my work.

Can you tell me what I did wrong, and where my logic went astray?

Thanks,

Mark

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 7:28 PM Johnathan Mantey <manteyjg at gmail.com> wrote:

> The second option won't help you. You've blown away your "private", which I
> assume is just the "remote" repository.
> You are trying to somehow recover your "remote" using the contents of your
> "local".
> I will have to look, and think a little more, about how to accomplish what
> you want without restoring what your deleted at your cloud storage.
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 4:39 PM Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
> wrote:
>
> > I need some help from an experienced git user to unravel a git issue I am
> > having.
> >
> > I have a local repo and a private remote repo in the cloud (not github).
> I
> > am the only user. I have been using these two for a couple of years with
> no
> > issues. However, I inadvertently included some large test files in some
> > commits, and the repo grew to over 8 GB and started having issues. I went
> > through the local repo and removed the unnecessary files using BFG repo
> > cleaner, and now it is down to 145 MB. I thought I could just wipe out
> > (i.e. delete) my remote repo, make a new one, and then push my local to
> > remote and be done with it. It did not work out as I planned.
> >
> > I posted a detailed question on stackoverflow -
> >
> >
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64055979/issues-with-updating-a-fresh-remote-git-repository?noredirect=1#comment113275077_64055979
> > and got one suggestion, but I don't really understand what the person is
> > suggesting. I also found this article, which seems to relate, but it is
> not
> > detailed enough for me to follow it.
> > https://www.nickang.com/2017-09-30-replace-git-branch-code/
> >
> > I am  hoping someone on the list who has some experience with git, can
> help
> > me fix this problem.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
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