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Git remove file from history

How to remove git history for a file

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD

Source: stackoverflow.com

Remove file history from git

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD

Source: stackoverflow.com

Git remove file from history

$ git rm --cached giant_file
// Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on disk

Source: help.github.com

How to remove one file from git history

To replace all text listed in passwords.txt wherever it can be found in your repository's history, run:
bfg --delete-files YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA

Source: help.github.jp

How to remove one file from git history

The BFG Repo-Cleaner is a faster, simpler alternative to git filter-branch for removing unwanted data. For example, to remove your file with sensitive data and leave your latest commit untouched), run:
bfg --replace-text passwords.txt

Source: help.github.jp

Delete a file from repo history

$ git filter-branch --force --index-filter \
  "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA" \
  --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
  > Rewrite 48dc599c80e20527ed902928085e7861e6b3cbe6 (266/266)
  > Ref 'refs/heads/main' was rewritten

Source: docs.github.com

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