digitalcoyote/purge.txt

Created August 27, 2018 21:24

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A one-liner for removing a file/folder from a git repo

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git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm --cached -f -r --ignore-unmatch <file/folder name>" -f  --prune-empty -d "<tempDirectory>" -- --all

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digitalcoyote commented Aug 27, 2018

You have to use the file/folder names that existed at the time of the commit. If the name changed, it you will need to do both the new and old names

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