how to remove git history for a file code example
Example 1: git remove file from history
$ git rm --cached giant_file
# Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on disk
Example 2: remove file history from git
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD
Example 3: how to remove git history for a file
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD