Documentation review for "Remove cleaned up OIDs from database and cache"
References
Merged MR that introduced documentation requiring review: !26555 (merged)
Related issue(s): https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30093
Further Details
The following discussion from !26555 (merged) should be addressed:
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@nick.thomas started a discussion: @marcia we could do with a documentation review here, I think.
This feature started as repository size reduction, but with these changes we're starting to inch it towards removing sensitive content from history.
It's still not complete, and there are lots of places where we need to address copies of the rewritten data before it will be, but it feels like the docs are starting to creak!
I did find https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/numerous_undo_possibilities_in_git/ which mentions BFG and
git filter-branch
, but I'm concerned that this doesn't seem GitLab-specific at present.WDYT? Can we merge as-is and look at a follow-up issue to split the topics, or should we address this upfront?