remove file from git code example

Example 1: delete git

rm -rf .git

Example 2: git remove folder remotely

git rm -r --cached <folder>
git commit -m "Removed Folder"
git push origin master

Example 3: git remove file from history

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

Example 4: remove file history from git

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

Example 5: delete file from a branch git

git rm --cached file1.txt
git commit -m "remove file1.txt"

Example 6: how to delete file from git command

git rm file1.txt
git commit -m "remove file1.txt"