git remove file from history
$ git rm --cached giant_file
# Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on diskgit remove file from history
$ git rm --cached giant_file
# Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on diskgithub remove a file from a commit
## Remove Files From Git Commit
## In order to remove some files from a Git commit, use the “git reset”
## command with the “–soft” option and specify the commit before HEAD.
git reset --soft HEAD~1
## Now that your files are in the staging area, you can remove them (or
## unstage them) using the “git reset” command again.
git reset HEAD <file>
git rm --cached <file>
## When you are done with the modifications, you can simply commit your
## changes again with the “–amend” option.
git commit --amend
## Check file is no longer in the list
git ls-files
## Then if you're happy, you can do your push...how to remove git history for a file
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEADremove file history from git
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEADhow 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-DATAhow 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.txtCopyright © 2021 Codeinu
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