Answers for "delete a file from repo history"

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git remove file from history

$ git rm --cached giant_file
# Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on disk
Posted by: Guest on April-09-2020
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remove file history from git

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD
Posted by: Guest on May-22-2020
0

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
Posted by: Guest on June-22-2021

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