Remove .apk files from git history. #135
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The original repo was over 600 MB due to the many .apk files uploaded in the past. I suggest adding
*.apkto the .gitignore file.Using BFG Repo-Cleaner I could remove all .apk files from the git history. Now the repo is 11.3 MB.
Simply pulling in the changes will not work. Deletion of one's old local repo and a fresh git clone is required. If one pushes without having done a fresh clone, the git history with all the .apk files will be restored.
I removed all files larger than 5MB. These are the files purged from the git history: