When pushing your changes, you might see a message indicating that some files exceed the 1MB size limit:

If you encounter an error like this, it’s likely due to inadvertently committing files that are too large or not meant to be tracked (e.g., binaries or node_modules/).

Depending on when these large files entered your Git history, there are two ways to resolve this.

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Solution 1: Amend last commit (Try this first)

1

Stage the large files for deletion

Run the following command:

git rm LARGE_FILE

This command removes the large files from your Git repository and locally.

For example to delete the ./server and ./release/target binaries shown in the screenshot above, run the following command:

git rm server release/target
2

Commit the changes

git commit --amend --no-edit --allow-empty

This will amend the previous commit with the changes.

3

Push the code

Finally, push your code:

git push origin master

If Solution 1 doesn’t work, it means the large files are present in an older commit and will require some extra work. Follow the instructions in Solution 2 below.

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Solution 2: Amend historical commits

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Install `git repo-filter`

You can install git-filter-repo manually or by using a package manager. For example, to install the tool with Homebrew, run the following command:

brew install git-filter-repo

For more information, see INSTALL.md

2

Delete the large files

Delete each of the large files using the following command:

git filter-repo --invert-paths --path PATH-TO-LARGE-FILE

This will remove the file from your Git history and local filesystem.

Add the path to the files you want to remove, not just their filename.

3

Restore your remotes and push

The git filter-repo tool will automatically remove your configured remote CodeCrafters Git repository. Restore it using the following steps:

Copy the CodeCrafters Git repository URL from the dropdown menu:

Run the following command in your local project folder:

git remote add origin CODECRAFTERS-GIT-URL

Finally, force-push your code:

git push origin --force --all

If you’re still running into issues after trying the the two steps above, please reach out to us at hello@codecrafters.io and we’ll help out!

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