How to reduce the size of a reproduction?

[harry643]

I'm trying to submit a bug report and my minimal reproduction zip is 26MB. The Github limit is 25MB. This is a completely new mkdocs project with a venv containing only the mkdocs-material Python package.

Please can I have some guidance on this?

[squidfunk]

Thanks for asking. The venv must not be included in the zip. As noted in our new reproduction guide, please use the info plugin, which will only include the necessary files.

[harry643]

Ok thank you. I assumed that plugin was optional!

[squidfunk]

No, as our new issue template mentions, it is mandatory:

Please create a minimal reproduction for the bug. First, read our reproduction guide that explains the necessary steps, then use the built-in info plugin (mandatory) to create a self-contained .zip file with the reproduction. Without a reproduction, it can be challenging to fix the bug. More