From ae051a4eb040f15b2c4641649675ef5511489d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott W Harden <swharden@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:02:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create clean_repo.md

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+ensure latest bfg is in this folder, named bfg.jar
+
+create a mirror (don't run bfg on existing clones)
+```
+git clone --mirror https://github.com/swharden/ScottPlot.git
+```
+
+remove all folders named "images" from the history
+```
+java -jar bfg.jar --delete-folders "images" ScottPlot.git
+```
+
+clean up
+```
+cd ScottPlot.git
+git reflog expire --expire=now --all
+git gc --prune=now --aggressive
+```
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