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Radish, Keep Going!
Radish, Keep Going!
Feb 25, 2026 · Fundamentals

Unlock Git’s Hidden Power: Master the Magic Files That Control Your Repository

This guide explains the purpose, syntax, and practical usage of Git’s special configuration files—including .gitignore, .gitattributes, .lfsconfig, .gitmodules, .mailmap, and others—so developers can correctly configure repository behavior, manage large files, submodules, and author identities across platforms.

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Unlock Git’s Hidden Power: Master the Magic Files That Control Your Repository
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 26, 2023 · Operations

How We Shrunk a 9 GB Git Repository to 350 MB: A Complete Step‑by‑Step Guide

When Tencent Meeting’s user base exploded to 300 million, its Git repository ballooned to over 17 GB, crippling clone speed, so the team devised a comprehensive slimming process that removed old history, migrated large files to LFS, created a new repo, handled special branches, adapted platform settings, and verified the result, ultimately reducing the repo size from 9 GB to 350 MB.

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How We Shrunk a 9 GB Git Repository to 350 MB: A Complete Step‑by‑Step Guide