Unable to reduce repository size
OK seems related to #342731 (closed) followed similar steps but a repo i have attempted to shrink has now doubled in size, according to metrics on Gitlab, but pulling from the repo is drastically reduced ~1Gb-> 160Mb
So i guess i wondering what steps i messed up from https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.html that lead to this error that doubled- tripled my repo size. (now 2.9GB) yes i may have tired these steps several times but if i hit this error now in months in advance to prep for the free tier space clamping down I'm certain it will only get worse for you guys after it happens.
i have a hunch that the bloat is something that could be cleared with a git gc purge but i don't see as a user what else i can do (housekeeping doesn't do anything for me in the current state)
edit, tested by making a fork and the fork is the expected size (~160Mb)