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

Similar codes

13 votes140 views3 answers
Laravel artisan auth
Shell/Bash
7 votes134 views2 answers
Cp directory linux
Shell/Bash
2 votes142 views1 answer
Brew reinstall mysql
Shell/Bash
0 vote155 views1 answer
Angular new site
Shell/Bash
1 vote130 views2 answers
Valet install command not found
Shell/Bash
0 vote97 views1 answer
Powershell identify empty folders
Shell/Bash
0 vote141 views2 answers
Open a file from the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code?
Shell/Bash
0 vote128 views1 answer
Api to access nexus repository manager
Shell/Bash
1 vote148 views1 answer
Case insensitive zgrep
Shell/Bash
47 votes146 views2 answers
Stop a process running on a port ubuntu
Shell/Bash