Removing unwanted tarballs from the dist-git rpms

Description

This SOP provides instructions for sysadmin-main level users to remove unwanted tarballs and source RPMs from a branch in the dist-git repositories on Fedora’s infrastructure.

Access level required

  • sysadmin-main

Machine

  • pkgs01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

Steps to access the machine

  1. SSH into batcave01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org:

       ssh batcave01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

  2. Switch to the root user:

       sudo su

  3. SSH into pkgs01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org:

       ssh pkgs01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

Removing unwanted tarballs from dist-git

To remove unwanted tarballs and source RPMs from a specific branch of a package in the dist-git repository:

  1. Navigate to the package repository:

       cd /srv/git/repositories/rpms/PKG_NAME.git

  2. Rewrite history on the desired branch:

       FILTER_BRANCH_SQUELCH_WARNING=1 git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm -r --cached --ignore-unmatch *.src.rpm *.tar.gz' --original refs/archive -- BRANCH

  3. Move the backup reference:

       mv refs/archive/refs/heads/BRANCH refs/archive/BRANCH

  4. Remove the redundant directories:

       rm -r refs/archive/refs/

Replace PKG_NAME with the name of the package. Replace BRANCH with the target branch name.

Verification

Verify the unwanted files have been removed from the branch history.

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