3 ready prompts
Written for the moment this actually comes up.
Execute — do the immediate task
+I need a quick list of the biggest files in this repository going back through history so I can…
Execute — do the immediate task
+I need a quick list of the biggest files in this repository going back through history so I can argue for cleaning them out. Run a search across all commits and show the top 25 files by size with the commit hash, path, size in MB, author and commit date. Put the results in a CSV I can open in Excel and double-check before I raise it with the team tomorrow morning.
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Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I scanned history and found a 350 MB file on master committed by Carlos three months ago; I do not…
Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I ran a size scan and found an unexpected 350 MB file in master
I scanned history and found a 350 MB file on master committed by Carlos three months ago; I do not know which branches reference it or whether any CI depends on it. What is the most likely source of this large file and the safest next step to verify impact before proposing removal?
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Become — change the pattern
+We keep spending hours chasing and removing large files only for new ones to reappear. Where are we…
Become — change the pattern
+Large binaries keep reappearing in our repos
We keep spending hours chasing and removing large files only for new ones to reappear. Where are we losing discipline — on onboarding, CI hygiene, or release packaging — and what three habits should we change to stop large binaries entering history in the first place?
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