I have a local repo and a private remote repo in the cloud (not github). I am the only user. I have been using these two for a couple of years with no issues. However, I inadvertently included some large test files in some commits, and the repo grew to over 8 GB and started having issues. I went through the local repo and removed the unnecessary files using BFG repo cleaner, and now it is down to 145 MB. I thought I could just wipe out (i.e. delete) my remote repo, make a new one, and then push my local to remote and be done with it. It did not work out as I planned.

I posted a detailed question on stackoverflow - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64055979/issues-with-updating-a-fresh-remote-git-repository?noredirect=1#comment113275077_64055979

and got one suggestion, but I don't really understand what the person is suggesting. I also found this article, which seems to relate, but it is not detailed enough for me to follow it. https://www.nickang.com/2017-09-30-replace-git-branch-code/

I am  hoping someone on the list who has some experience with git, can help me fix this problem.

Thanks!

Mark