Commit e9a7208f authored by Greg Myers's avatar Greg Myers Committed by Evan Read

Clarify repository cleanup process

Fix heading - Purging files from repo history doesn't reduce storage.
parent 5db05f8c
......@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ Rewriting repository history is a destructive operation. Make sure to back up yo
you begin. The best way back up a repository is to
[export the project](../settings/import_export.md#exporting-a-project-and-its-data).
## Purge files from repository history and storage
## Purge files from repository history
To reduce the size of your repository in GitLab, you must remove references to large files from branches, tags, *and*
To reduce the size of your repository in GitLab, you must first remove references to large files from branches, tags, *and*
other internal references (refs) that are automatically created by GitLab. These refs include:
- `refs/merge-requests/*` for merge requests.
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