After you’ve pushed your code up to the repository on GitHub, you can run the command below to get the free space in your project.

git status | xargs -n1 git free

After you run the command, you can see how much free space is available in your project.

git status | xargs -n1 git free

Now that you know how to find the free space in your project, you can start to think about how you can use that information to your advantage.

You can use this information to shrink your project. If there’s a large block of code that’s taking up a lot of space, you can shrink that code.

Hide unused code

If you have a large block of code that’s taking up a lot of space, you can hide it from git. To keep your project organized and reduce clutter, you can use the command below to hide unused code.

git clean -f && git add . && git commit -m "Removing unused code."

What Is A Git Repository?

Git repositories are like books that you can update and delete from. You can also download them in formats like PDF or HTML.

How to Shrink Your Code

If you need to shrink your code, you can first decide which blocks of code are taking up the most space. Then, you can use git’s rebase command to move these blocks of code to a new location. You don't want to remove these blocks of code because they're still useful, but you do want them in a different location. To shrink your project without removing any of the existing functionality, you can use git’s rebase and squash commands.
1) Let's say that block A takes up 10% of your total file size and block B takes up 5%.
2) In the text editor below, replace this line:
A
with this line:
B
3) Now type out all the changes that occurred in block A with this text:
C
4) After typing all the changes for block A in the text editor below and saving it with a name like "Shrink", run this command:
git rebase --interactive Shrink -i | git apply Shrink

Pull Request Template with Free Space ```sh

# Pull Request Template with Free Space

A note on shrinking your project

Of course, shrinking your project comes with a cost, too. If you take one chunk of code and shrink it down to something smaller, you’re essentially removing other chunks of code that were previously taking up space.
Of course, shrinking your project is always an option, but it’s not the best option. You should be focusing on ways to become more efficient instead.

Timeline

Published on: 09/25/2022 19:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 11/14/2022 15:15:00 UTC

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