[leksak]

Wouldn't a potential workaround be to create a new barebones repository and push the repacked one there? Sure, people will have to change their remote origin but if it solves the problem that might be worth the hassle?

[masklinn]

It breaks the issues, PRs, all the tooling and integration, …

For now we’re getting by with partial clones, and employee machines being imaged with a decently up to date repository.