clearing secrets from github code example

Example 1: 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

Example 2: how 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.txt