Delete from git history

Remove git from git history

Remove .git folder inside of untracked submodule.
Run git rm --cached path-to-folder
git add . in parent or root folder and you are good to go

Git remove from history

$ git rm --cached giant_file
# Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on disk
$ git commit --amend -CHEAD
# Amend the previous commit with your change
# Simply making a new commit won't work, as you need
# to remove the file from the unpushed history as well

Source: docs.github.com

Delete from git history

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

Source: stackoverflow.com

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