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Fix Git Push Rejected for Large Files: GitHub 100 MB Limit, LFS and History Cleanup

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Self-Hosting & Infra intermediate 7 min read $0.01 Updated 2026-10-19

Resolving remote rejected pushes for oversized files: finding the large blobs, why deleting the file is not enough, git filter-repo and BFG, migrating to Git LFS, .gitignore and pre-commit size guards, and rotating anything secret.

GitHub rejected your push because a file is over 100 MB, even after you deleted it. Remove it from history with git filter-repo, move big assets to Git LFS, and stop it recurring.

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