When your repo exceeds upload limit (GitHub 2GB), you can push in batches so you can store up to total size limit. (100GB) (Warning uses force push, ideally should be used for setting up new remote, once)

Spenser Hale
2023-01-30T20:11:33Z

git-batch-push.sh

| # Adjust the following variables as necessary
| REMOTE=origin
| BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
| BATCH_SIZE=250
|
| # check if the branch exists on the remote
| if git show-ref --quiet --verify refs/remotes/$REMOTE/$BRANCH; then
| # if so, only push the commits that are not on the remote already
| range=$REMOTE/$BRANCH..HEAD
| else
| # else push all the commits
| range=HEAD
| fi
| # count the number of commits to push
| n=$(git log --first-parent --format=format:x $range | wc -l)
|
| # push each batch
| for i in $(seq $n -$BATCH_SIZE 1); do
| # get the hash of the commit to push
| h=$(git log --first-parent --reverse --format=format:%H --skip $i -n1)
| echo "Pushing $h..."
| git push $REMOTE ${h}:refs/heads/$BRANCH --force
| done
| # push the final partial batch
| git push $REMOTE HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH --force