<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=387567) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> Documentation Page: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.html Although this process technically works, it also fails to mention that it knowingly breaks the GitLab UI, resulting in 404's for things like the Merge Requests `Changes` and `Commits` tabs. The underlying source code intentionally makes no effort to utilize the *New* commit-ids to update the internal GitLab database tables. This is rather significant, and worth having a warning banner of some sort on the page to indicate as much. Thanks <!-- Don't edit below this line -->