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Merge branch 'main' into 2gb-push-limit-non-ff-override
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Expand Up @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ You can avoid hitting the limit by breaking your push into smaller parts, each o
1. Push each of these commits one at a time to your {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} hosted repository.

```shell
git push REMOTE-NAME <YOUR_COMMIT_SHA_NUMBER>:refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME
git push REMOTE-NAME +<YOUR_COMMIT_SHA_NUMBER>:refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME
```

If you see the message `remote: fatal: pack exceeds maximum allowed size`, reduce the step size in step 2 and try again.
Expand All @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Once you're familiar with the procedure, you can automate steps 2 to 4 to simpli

```shell
step_commits=$(git log --oneline --reverse refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME | awk 'NR % 1000 == 0')
echo "$step_commits" | while read commit message; do git push REMOTE-NAME $commit:refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME; done
echo "$step_commits" | while read commit message; do git push REMOTE-NAME +$commit:refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME; done
```

## Starting from scratch
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