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March 30, 2019 10:18
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| git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf dist' --prune-empty HEAD | |
| git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 git update-ref -d | |
| cat <<EOT > .gitignore | |
| node_modules/ | |
| dist/ | |
| EOT | |
| git add .gitignore | |
| git commit -m 'Removing dist from git history' | |
| git gc |
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