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		Symbiote on Feb 4, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backblaze seemingly does not support files greater... You can rewrite the history of the repository to remove the huge files, if you wish. Of course, all the commit identifiers change.

aleph_minus_one on Feb 4, 2025 [–]

> You can rewrite the history of the repository to remove the huge files, if you wish.

These old files nevertheless contain valuable data that I want to keep. Converting them to the new, much improved format would take serious efforts.

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