remove file from git history code example
Example 1: git remove file from history
$ git rm --cached giant_file
Example 2: remove file history from git
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD
Example 3: github remove a file from a commit
git reset --soft HEAD~1
git reset HEAD <file>
git rm --cached <file>
git commit --amend
git ls-files
Example 4: remove a file from git commit
git reset --soft HEAD^
or
git reset --soft HEAD~1
git reset HEAD path/to/unwanted_file
git commit -c ORIG_HEAD
Example 5: how to remove git history for a file
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD
Example 6: how 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-DATA