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Obliterate a file from your git history
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git-obliterate
#!/usr/bin/env bash
file="$1"
test -z "$file" && echo "file required." 1>&2 && exit 1
git filter-branch -f --index-filter "git rm -r --cached '$file' --ignore-unmatch" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
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